If you’re wondering how many SEC players who, but for the NCAA’s decision not to count the 2020 season towards their eligibility, would have otherwise been out of eligibility after the 2020 season, but are instead living to fight another day in 2021, Roll ‘Bama Roll has compiled a list.
- Alabama – 2
- Arkansas – 10
- Auburn – 2
- Florida – 5
- Georgia – 3
- Kentucky – 9
- LSU – 6
- Mississippi State – 5
- Missouri – 12
- Ole Miss – 10
- South Carolina – 7
- Tennessee – 11
- Texas A&M – 7
- Vanderbilt – 5
Some of those home sidelines look like they’re gonna be a little crowded this season. (Not Tennessee’s, though.)
The elephant in the room is what happens after 2021. Super seniors will not count against a team’s 85-scholarship limit this coming season unless they transferred in from another program. How that goes after this season is anyone’s guess, because the NCAA hasn’t figured it out yet.
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Talent gap not withstanding, is it possible that some of these also rans wind up outperforming expectations with the extra experience?
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And we play a lot of the teams with the most!
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Looks to help the bottom half of the conference a good bit. If you’re a “building to a year with a lot of upperclassmen” school, this is your year.
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I expect ole miss, UK and Missouri will perform better than their long term average due to the inflated numbers. It’s similar to the over signing period 10 years ago when Vanderbilt and S Carolina won 9-10 games due to over signing then returned to their normal win totals.
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I’ve said this before, and please correct me if I’m missing anything, but isn’t the simple solution just to extend the super senior rule for 5-6 years and then go back to a hard 85 cap in 2026 or 2027? That would ensure that every kid this effects would be out of the system.
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Sounds too simple, CB. You gotta be missing something!
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You can’t just do things like that for these kids when you don’t have to. It shows weakness.
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“I spoil my children as you can see. They talk when they should listen.”
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Who are the Dawg’s three?
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You’re supposed to know this stuff, RR! Wtf do you think we keep you around ?
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he’s gonna kick you in the mouth…
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Nah! He’d have to catch me first!
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When you’re right you’re right, BB.
Hey man, come over here and let me show you a pic of the UGA cheerleaders skinny dipping at Lake Hartwell…
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See there, folks! He insults my intelligence, too! Whataguy!!!
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Rochester, Robertson and ?
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Julian Rochester, D-Rob, and one other that escapes me.
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Wyatt
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There’s actually four. Wyatt, Rochester, Shaffer, and Robertson. This means all the above data is suspect.
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Last time I checked we had four super seniors…
D-Rob, Rochester, Shaffer and Wyatt
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What we’ll eventually learn from this is how big a difference one more year in a program’s system, meaning one more year of maturation and work, can make in a player’s on field performance.
What if it’s huge? What if Kentucky turns out to be a beast with all of those SSs returning? Mediocre players developed into beasts?
At least some of these are diamonds in the rough.
Kyle Trask likely would have been a SS had Franks not gotten injured.
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Too bad!
So sad!
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You just wait and see. Mizzou is going to be the big surprise in the SEC. Those kids have bought into Drinkwitz’s system. That’s why so many who could be leaving are coming back. Arkansas too.
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