Three weeks in, only two conference teams are undefeated.
There are a considerable number more that don’t seem to be able to play much defense.
The middle of the SEC is a muddle.
- Alabama. The funny thing this week is that both Saban and Smart are going to prepare the conference’s only two undefeated teams by grumbling about bad execution in Saturday’s wins.
- Georgia. We’re about to get an early look at how far a great defense can take a team in this day and age.
- Auburn. Gus’ rabbit’s foot makes an appearance.
- Texas A&M. Jimbo earns his paycheck, at least for one week.
- Florida. Those national championship plans got put on hold. That’s a shame.
- Tennessee. Winning the games you’re supposed to win is a good start, but eventually you’ll play somebody you’re not supposed to beat.
- Kentucky. Ugly win, but when the turnovers go your way, you’ll take ’em.
- Ole Miss. Fun to watch, the defense is as wretched as the offense is good.
- Arkansas. Sam Pittman is my early candidate for SEC Coach of the Year.
- Missouri. I’d say the offense is coming around faster than expected, but that was Bo Pelini they just faced.
- South Carolina. Vanderbilt is chicken soup for Boom’s soul.
- Mississippi State. No SEC team has seen its stock fall faster from Week 1 than MSU.
- LSU. Coach O is only as good as his coordinators.
- Vanderbilt. Vandy’s bad enough at full roster, but having to play with only 56 made it even worse.
Get The Picture 
AU is ranked far too high and very easily could be 0-3 right now if not for ref intervention (certainly should be 1-2). I’d rank UF, TAMU and UT ahead of them personally.
In the preseason, Coach O took a shot at Dave Aranda, saying what a great job Bo Pelini was doing and how the D was improved compared to last year because of better coaching. That alone tells you how clueless he is, and this quickly is turning into Gene Chizik 2.0.
Looks like the whispers last year that this was a Aranda+Brady+Burrow show were correct.
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The problem is who do you put at #3 -#14? Honestly no one other than us or Bama looks worth a shit. None of them can play D.
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UT looked less shitty than Auburn. Hate to say it but UF looks less shity.
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What does UF have outside of Pitts?
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UF’s offense is a lot better than Auburn’s, both statistically and on the scoreboard. While Auburn’s defense is better than UF’s defense, I don’t believe AU can run on UF well enough to win.
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Toney seems to be living up to the hype as WR1 for them (well, not really #1, that’s Pitts, but still…a dangerous enough second option)
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That’s not entirely fair. MSU has been good on defense so far. It’s their offense that’s killing them, ironically. Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky have demonstrated some competency on defense, too. Nobody’s Georgia, but neither is everyone Ole Miss. Speaking of Ole Miss, their defensive YPP is 8.79 so far. That’s over two yards worse than anyone has finished as far back as cfbstats goes, which means it’s probably two yards worse than anyone has ever finished. You might say, “Well, that’s because they’ve played the two best offenses in the league.” But they also gave up 7.55 YPP to a middling or worse Kentucky offense.
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Can the Laner bring Daddy back as a consultant?
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Agree with 3rdandGrantham. You have Auburn way too high.
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Same – Aub down to six (6) – 4, 5 & 6 move up. All else looks good. LSU in it’s rightful position.
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It is going to be hard for Danny boy to go undefeated now
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If nobody but Georgia can play D, then I think you should put 3-14 based on what they can do on O.
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Auburn’s last 3 SEC wins have been directly benefited by 3 SEC officiating/replay screw ups.
The free, untimed down against Alabama at the end of the first half. Those 3 points were huge.
The man in the end zone call against Kentucky. Kentucky goes into half robbed of 7 points and a big lead.
The gift against Arkansas that effectively handed AU the game.
3 Auburn wins, all turned on crappy SEC officiating.
If that were Alabama or Georgia getting those gifts, we’d never hear the end of it. Auburn? “Oh well, on to next week.”
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Auburn isn’t #3 after the way they were given the game on Saturday. The Pitt Boss at this point is the coach of the year. A&M beat Florida, but I’m not sure I would have them above the Handbags (that Vandy win and Bama loss were still pretty bad). I would have Bama, UGA, FU and TAMU at the top.
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Is Coach O Gene Chizik 2.0? Kinda looks that way.
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I’d drop Auburn down a good bit. I’d put Tennessee above Auburn and the handbags. Also Kentucky is a little bit of a mystery and they might actually be number three or four. I’ll be the first to say that Kentucky could be a trap game for UGA. (And “We’ll get their best shot”)
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I thought Coach O was a football speaking platitude moron. Then 2019 happened. He found an amazing OC and hit the lotto on his QB. Coach O still doesnt strike me as a guy grinding film at 9p at night.
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Pruitt looked like a Palestinian with his “scarf” anyone notice?
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My son said he looked like an uncircumcised penis with headphones.
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Tennessee is better than Auburn. Tennessee will beat Auburn by three touchdowns.
Arkansas was better than Auburn on a rain-soaked Jordan-Hare field, but they lost the game so they don’t need to be higher than Auburn. But Florida? Better than Auburn. South Carolina? Most likely better than Auburn. Ole Miss? Will most assuredly beat Auburn. A&M? They’re going to beat Auburn. I sincerely can’t imagine why you have Auburn ranked 3rd. I watched them against Kentucky and felt like they were lucky to escape, and then I was shocked to see how bad they are in person when they played Georgia. That’s not Dawg-grading a win, that’s a statement of fact. Auburn isn’t very good. They need to get a lot better to avoid taking five more losses. I think Alabama, Tennessee, and A&M are all losses. I think South Carolina this weekend could be, and same for Ole Miss next weekend. Come on, Tigers, y’all need to save Gus’ job!
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Save Gus, or get to selling a helluva lot more YellaWood.
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