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The Power Five => SEC => Topic started by: Cincydawg on September 04, 2023, 04:22:27 PM
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Ole Miss - Tulane Both are ranked preseason.
Texas A&M @ Miami
Texas @ Alabama
Arizona @ Miss State
Auburn @ Cal
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Very interested in UT @ Bama
Game will transpire at the same time as LSU's, but Mrs. DeTiger is a Longhorn and she's going to win TV rights for that one.
The Longhorns look like a very talented team. Remains to be seen if they can play up to their physical capability and perform well on the road. The new Bama QB looked fine last weekend, but I don't think I learned much about either team. Very curious how this one will go.
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Very interested in UT @ Bama
Game will transpire at the same time as LSU's, but Mrs. DeTiger is a Longhorn and she's going to win TV rights for that one.
The Longhorns look like a very talented team. Remains to be seen if they can play up to their physical capability and perform well on the road. The new Bama QB looked fine last weekend, but I don't think I learned much about either team. Very curious how this one will go.
You and me both. I hope Texas can keep it competitive. I guess we'll see.
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What I'm most interested in is how Sark will counter Alabama's favorite play they run on Texas....the one where they knock Texas' QB out of the game.
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Bryant-Denny is a different animal... the zebras are interviewed and must pass Lil Satan's board before entering.
If you beat them there, then you have to really beat them. The score may still be close and as close as the refs can make it- even if your team is the far superior team that day.
It's really, and truly, that bad.
Itll be interesting when the powers behind Texas and OU collide with the powers of Bama.
Meanwhile, I just want to see a good, clean, fairly officiated game. Bama won't let that happen in Tuscaloosa.
Comparable stadiums are Provo and the plains... but they aren't as bad.
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What I'm most interested in is how Sark will counter Alabama's favorite play they run on Texas....the one where they knock Texas' QB out of the game.
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Itll be interesting when the powers behind Texas and OU collide with the powers of Bama.
OU's main "power" is that they follow Texas around.
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Bryant-Denny is a different animal... the zebras are interviewed and must pass Lil Satan's board before entering.
If you beat them there, then you have to really beat them. The score may still be close and as close as the refs can make it- even if your team is the far superior team that day.
It's really, and truly, that bad.
Itll be interesting when the powers behind Texas and OU collide with the powers of Bama.
Meanwhile, I just want to see a good, clean, fairly officiated game. Bama won't let that happen in Tuscaloosa.
Comparable stadiums are Provo and the plains... but they aren't as bad.
Yeah I've heard SEC folks talk about this over the years.
Nothing I can do about it so I guess I'll just have to watch and hope for some miracles.
On the "bright side," B12 officials have been absolutely destroying Texas since the announcement that we're leaving for the SEC, so it won't be anything new to us.
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Ole Miss - Tulane Both are ranked preseason. Tulane 41 OM 37
Texas A&M @ Miami A&M 38 Miami 28
Texas @ Alabama Bama 27 Texas 13
Arizona @ Miss State MSU 24 UA 20
Auburn @ Cal Cal 26 Auburn 19
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Ole Miss - Tulane .... Ole Miss 31-45 - Tulane 21- 35.... Tulane would have to catch Ole Miss in a bad outing and have a great one to make it work
Texas @ Alabama.... I honestly like Texas to cover.... Texas 17-35 - Bama 21-42... Bama wins, but cover? dunno.. it's a 7pt game right now.
Texas A&M @ Miami.... now this one? This one should be a game... aTm 28-42 - UM 28-42 .... of course, this early- guessing is all we got... it'll likely be a blow out just because I said this...
Arizona @ Miss State.... don't know how this made a 'notable' list... may be a tight game, though.
Auburn @ Cal...there are a lot of time zones in the middle, which usually hurts the traveling team... but... Auburn here... Auburn 28-49 - Cal 17-31
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I'm really interested in A&M @ Miami. Could be a pillow fight, but if either spanks the other, they might be legit.
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It's a good thing I don't bet.
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Bryant-Denny is a different animal... the zebras are interviewed and must pass Lil Satan's board before entering.
If you beat them there, then you have to really beat them. The score may still be close and as close as the refs can make it- even if your team is the far superior team that day.
It's really, and truly, that bad.
Itll be interesting when the powers behind Texas and OU collide with the powers of Bama.
Meanwhile, I just want to see a good, clean, fairly officiated game. Bama won't let that happen in Tuscaloosa.
I've wondered about that before. I like the outcome so far. I don't think anybody could argue the refs favored Bama in that game. Mind you, I don't think they favored UT either. Off the cuff, I can't think of any calls or big non-calls I took exception to. I thought it was reasonably officiated.
Maybe just getting Penn Wagers off the field for the last couple of seasons has started draining the ooze from the waste dump.
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I'm really interested in A&M @ Miami. Could be a pillow fight, but if either spanks the other, they might be legit.
Miami kind of spanked A&M and I somehow came out of that thinking they're still not legit. Maybe they'll prove me wrong.
A&M looked terrible in pass defense again....they'll probably still beat us again at season's end.
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I'm surprised at the amount of piling on of Bama I'm seeing from the "news" outlets and InterWebz chatter.
Rumors of Alabama's demise may still be greatly exaggerated, as far as "the west is wide open."
First, this could be a really good Texas team. Time will tell, but the talent is unquestionably there. If Sark coaches well and the players focus, work, and stay motivated, this is a high-ceiling Longhorn team. Losing to them doesn't mean you're "over."
Second, it has absolutely no bearing on the SEC West. Alabama losing to Texas doesn't suddenly make them less likely to win the west. Who, exactly, is a better team? Not A&M. Not LSU. Arkansas? Ole Miss? I mean....who?
What I saw is an Alabama team with a mortal QB for the first time in about 10 years, and this is what a team looks like when a kid isn't All-Everything and has some growing to do. Really...think about their string of QBs over the last ten years. AJ McCarron, small break and then Jalen Hurts, Tua Tagovailoa, Mac Jones, Bryce Young. That's a ridiculous run of three guys tearing it up in the NFL, one who is new but will probably be very good in the NFL as well, and then McCarron, who didn't stick in the NFL, but let's face it, that doesn't detract from his insane college career.
So Bama has some growing to do. Okie dokie. Milroe can certainly improve throughout the season. In fact, that'd be more the rule than the exception. He seemed to be the main stumbling block impeding their ability to play Texas better. Bama's lines are still better than their SECW counterparts and they aren't going to see beef and talent like Texas has again until they get to ATL vs. UGA again.
I've seen some dogpiling, and I don't get it. I get LSU fans playing up Alabama's loss because they're trying to make themselves feel better about still having a chance to win the west after realizing their team isn't anything close to what they thought. The Finebaums of the world, etc.? I think it just gets clicks to have hot takes like "Bama is done."
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The bad thing about games like LSU played is there can only be bad things to take from it. The good stuff is worthless because of the opponent. The concerns are compounded because of the opponent.
LSU's front 7 is nowhere near as good as advertised. I'm not sure why. On paper they should've been a strength. They're not. Pass defense is terrible, but that was expected.
Remember when LSU called themselves "DBU" ?
I think now that stands for "defense basically unnecessary."
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I'm surprised at the amount of piling on of Bama I'm seeing from the "news" outlets and InterWebz chatter.
Rumors of Alabama's demise may still be greatly exaggerated, as far as "the west is wide open."
First, this could be a really good Texas team. Time will tell, but the talent is unquestionably there. If Sark coaches well and the players focus, work, and stay motivated, this is a high-ceiling Longhorn team. Losing to them doesn't mean you're "over."
Second, it has absolutely no bearing on the SEC West. Alabama losing to Texas doesn't suddenly make them less likely to win the west. Who, exactly, is a better team? Not A&M. Not LSU. Arkansas? Ole Miss? I mean....who?
What I saw is an Alabama team with a mortal QB for the first time in about 10 years, and this is what a team looks like when a kid isn't All-Everything and has some growing to do. Really...think about their string of QBs over the last ten years. AJ McCarron, small break and then Jalen Hurts, Tua Tagovailoa, Mac Jones, Bryce Young. That's a ridiculous run of three guys tearing it up in the NFL, one who is new but will probably be very good in the NFL as well, and then McCarron, who didn't stick in the NFL, but let's face it, that doesn't detract from his insane college career.
So Bama has some growing to do. Okie dokie. Milroe can certainly improve throughout the season. In fact, that'd be more the rule than the exception. He seemed to be the main stumbling block impeding their ability to play Texas better. Bama's lines are still better than their SECW counterparts and they aren't going to see beef and talent like Texas has again until they get to ATL vs. UGA again.
I've seen some dogpiling, and I don't get it. I get LSU fans playing up Alabama's loss because they're trying to make themselves feel better about still having a chance to win the west after realizing their team isn't anything close to what they thought. The Finebaums of the world, etc.? I think it just gets clicks to have hot takes like "Bama is done."
Agree with all of this. Mediots love to build something up, and then turn around and tear it down. It helps them create artificial drama and get more views/clicks/eyeballs.
I think Georgia remains the best team in the SEC, but I'm not sure who's better in the West than Alabama.
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UGA "looks" to have no obvious warts at this point, some areas of concern. I think Bama comes out swinging and goes 11-1 or 10-2.
Texas COULD finish 15-0.
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Can't wait for the UGA/UT rematch.
UGA "wasn't up for it" last time.
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UGA had two tune up games of course. Now USCe where they are pretty heavily favored.
Bama of course lost twice last season by one point each on the road to good teams and it basically killed their season.
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Poor Bama.
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UGA had two tune up games of course. Now USCe where they are pretty heavily favored.
Bama of course lost twice last season by one point each on the road to good teams and it basically killed their season.
Lost by 3 to TN.