The problem this week isn’t ranking a Mississippi school at the top. It’s which Mississippi school to rank first. Honestly, at this point, you can make valid arguments for each. To me, it’s a dead heat. So I’m going to flip-flop them in the top two spots each week until one of them deserves to drop out.
- Mississippi State. Okay, Bulldogs, okay. I’m convinced.
- Mississippi. Ole Miss’ defense is so well coached that it’s hard to believe Paul Johnson canned Dave Wommack once upon a time.
- Auburn. If the Tigers hadn’t come out as tight as a tick, that game might have gone differently. But they did.
- Georgia. Mark Richt gained control.
- Alabama. There were moments during the Arkansas game when Nick Saban looked like he was choking over every nice thing he’d ever said about Lane Kiffin.
- Texas A&M. Second straight week the Aggies couldn’t stay with a team with a good defense. Maybe they’ll do better this week against Alabama.
- LSU. Never underestimate the power of Les Miles to pull a win out of his ass, my friends.
- Arkansas. The catch to getting your opponent to play down to your level is that you’re still playing down to your level.
- Kentucky. I know. But the ‘Cats keep winning and sooner or later, you’ve got to respect the process of elimination.
- Florida. So, when does Boom start playing for next year? Too soon?
- Missouri. Laid a stinker and can’t even blame Todd Gurley for it.
- South Carolina. You lost to Missouri, so don’t even start.
- Tennessee. Looking at the rest of the Vols’ schedule, achieving bowl eligibility isn’t going to be easy.
- Vanderbilt. I can’t think of a more apt way to describe the current state of Vandy’s program than this: Vanderbilt 21, Charleston Southern 20.
We keep winning, we keep gaining–steady as she goes. When we have a weekend where GA wins and GT, FL, and AU all lose, life is indeed good.
Congrats to CMR and staff for an exquisite piece of coaching. Who saw such a sixty-minute beatdown coming? Neither I nor Gary Pinkel, though only one of us is pleased.
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The parity in the conference makes it tougher to rank them…but more fun also. I like the change of powers in the west…it keeps things interesting.
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Right now, at the mid-point I’d go:
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So far to date, Butchikins and Son of Barbara Dooley are neck and neck for SEC results. Talked to a big UT booster last night, they need to win an SEC game over somebody not located in Nashville. Butch’s seat is warming up whether he knows it or not.
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It would be great if they fired him, I hope that dumpster fire burns forever. What is left to offer Gruden, prima nocta? I wouldn’t put it past them.
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Butch Jones is nothing more than a gasbag. Another 5-7 season likely, IMHO. They won’t fire him after this season but next year–hotseat a la SOD.
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State gets my nod based on FG kickers. I’ve seen two Ole Miss games this season where their FG kicker was a liability at best. That bites you eventually.
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Dave Wommack couldn’t practice against a legitimate passing offense at tech. Facing one for the first time in a game is almost always bad news unless the opposing quarterback is having a very bad day..
This will be tech’s achillies as long as PJ is there.
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Regarding Wommack doing better at Ole Miss than Tech – Insert recycled comment about Jimmies and Joe’s and how they matter and Paul Johnson sucks at getting them.
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To be fair – and all snickering aside – that was at least a decent Charleston Southern team by FCS standards. They entered the Vandy game 5-0 and some were thinking they had a legitimate shot to win it. Since we play CS later this season, I made a point to watch about 30 minutes of that game. They are definitely not a bad FCS team. Thought it was actually a pretty big win for a scrappy Vandy team that seems to still be playing hard. With all that said, #14 is the only spot they could take in the power poll, though.
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Where did the landshark nickname for Ole Miss come from I thought they went from the Rebels to the Black Bears?
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Sorry that was supposed to be a new post not a reply to the Charleston Southern comment.
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Speaking of UF. Stay classy Muschamp
http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/florida-fan-criticizes-muschamp-praises-miles-injury/
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Saw that it show lack of character.
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Show Kentucky some love! Resume is better than Arky IMHO right now.
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