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I'm obviously not a neutral observer but I'm very interested to see how Texas and OU fare in the SEC.  

I also find Alabama interesting-- brand new coach following the GOAT.  He's a good coach for sure, will that be enough?

Wisconsin.

Gonna tell us a lot about both teams.

I'm totally gonna go ahead and be a homer and say Michigan. I could see them being 7-5. But I could also see them being 11-1. 

They are replacing 5 starters on the OL but that OL will be just fine imo. They are going to be playing lot of older guys there that have been in the building for like 2-4 years now and in that system with Sherrone Moore developing and waiting for their turn. They aren't playing all transfers (just one in LG Josh Priebe- and he's a pretty good one too btw) or true frosh or rs frosh. Youngest guy on that OL will be a RS Soph. Two of the starters were former top 100 overall recruits in the 247Rankings and another was an OMERG FIVE STARZ. At this point with Sherrone Moore in charge of the OL- Michigan is a place you just expect to have good offensive lines. 

They are going to run the shit out of the football- and they have what I believe is the most talented RB in the country in Donovan Edwards- and a very underrated big body power back in Kalel Mullings- he's very reminiscent of Hassan Haskins. They'll have a nice RB room. They have maybe the best TE in CFB in Colston Loveland.

The QB situation scares me to death- and that's not a good place to be in when you don't know what you have at QB and Texas is on the schedule week 2. Alex Orji has never thrown a pass in a real game- we don't know if he can throw the ball consistently and take care of the football. And the other options are very uninspiring in a former walk-on Davis Warren, 7th year clipboard holder Jack Tuttle, and a true freshman Jadyn Davis. If Orji can't throw the ball just enough and be consistent enough to keep defenses honest- or if he is just like a turnover machine- Michigan is a 7-5 or 8-4 team. 

They'll have a good OL, they'll have excellent backs, they'll have good special teams, and that defense will be flat out filthy. Defense could very well once again be the best defense in the country. But none of that means shit if you're QB is hot garbage and turns the ball over like it's in-style or if he can't complete a forward pass. 

I'm obviously not a neutral observer but I'm very interested to see how Texas and OU fare in the SEC. 

I also find Alabama interesting-- brand new coach following the GOAT.  He's a good coach for sure, will that be enough?

Alabama is definitely super interesting post-Saban. And they lost a ton in the portal and to the NFL draft. Their #1, #2, and #3 sack & TFL leaders are gone in starting edge rushers Dallas Turner (NFL draft) and Chris Braswell (NFL draft) and starting defensive tackle  Justin Eboigbe (NFL draft). Their entire starting secondary is gone with CB Terrion Arnold (NFL draft), CB Kool-Aid McKinstry (NFL draft), S Caleb Downs (porthole, was their leading tackler and a fucking STUD), and S Jaylen Key (NFL draft) all moving on. 

Saban you just always knew he's going to have an elite defense no matter. That's his MO. Dude is a 3-4 guru and defensive genius from the Bill Belichik tree. Kalen DeBoer? Um, not so much. 

Penn State is interesting to me because they had a great defense last year and a couple of amazing running backs, but their quarterback was inexperienced.

This year they have a pretty light schedule and could easily go undefeated or end up with one or two losses, if the quarterback is just serviceable.  Could be a playoff team.

Anyone who thinks Michigan is going to have a big drop off is not been paying attention or didn’t notice how nasty that defense was last year.  Combined with their ability to develop offensive linemen, a great running back, and a great tight end I think the quarterback just needs to be not mistake prone. Michigan will be in every game and could be as good as undefeated or as bad as 8-4.    

Franklin has had UW's number lately, and it sucks. I'm hoping that changes this year in Madison. We'll see what Fickell 2.0 can bring. I don't think he realized how much of a rebuild UW was, and how PC let it all slip away.