Nothing is more exciting on college campuses across the country than the anticipation of the upcoming season. It has been 7 months since we saw Florida take care of business in 24-14 win over Oklahoma in the BCS Championship Game. National Signing Day has passed, new recruits are on campus and preseason camps are under way across the nation. In one region, in particular, the intensity and interest in college football never slowed down: The Southeastern Conference.
If you still need convincing that the SEC enthusiasts are among the most passionate of all sports fans, look no further than the SEC Media Days which occurred in late July. Over one thousand credentials were issued to the media to cover the 3 day event which included all twelve head coaches as well as a select number of players from each of the SEC schools. You just
don't see that kind of interest in any other conference.
Stand around a water cooler in just about any city in the state of Alabama in mid-June and you will most likely be hearing co-workers debating the dominance of their favorite in-state program. Walk into a barbeque restaurant in the state of Louisiana wearing a Florida Gators shirt and I'll bet you'll hear at least one or two "Tiger Bait" chants before you are done with your meal. I'm not saying these things don't happen in the mid-west, Big-Ten land or in the home of the Pac-10, but I am saying that it doesn't happen near as often. The SEC simply has more passion and interested fans than any other league across the nation, period. Whether or not you believe that it is the strongest football conference in the country, the SEC has won 3 of the past 4 BCS Championships and has garnered an unprecedented amount of interest on a year round basis from the public.
So in the next few days and weeks you will be seeing an expansive preview of SEC Football and team by team coverage. I'll wet your appetite and little bit and get you started with my predicted regular season records and standings:
SEC EAST:
1. Florida 11-1 (7-1)
2. UGA 7-5 (5-3)
3. Tennessee 6-6 (3-5)
4. South Carolina 6-6 (2-6)
5. Kentucky 4-8 (1-7)
6. Vanderbilt 4-8 (1-7)
SEC WEST:
1. Alabama 10-2 (7-1)
2. LSU 10-2 (6-2)
3. Arkansas 8-4 (5-3)
4. Ole Miss 9-3 (5-3)
5. Auburn 6-6 (3-5)
6. Miss St. 4-8 (1-7)
SEC Championship Game: Florida def. Alabama
Stay tuned for a team by team breakdown and analysis before the season kicks off on September 3rd.
6 comments:
UGA will win more games than 7. Florida will win it all because Tebow is the man. And glad you were able to write all of this, but not do the dishes. Sweet!
I didn't read any part of the Alabama article because Alabama bores me to tears. But it looked nice, so great job!
I'm proud of you. This is nice work. If you spent half the time on our Podcast as this we'd be famous by now.
David's comment about the dishes is funny.
Um, the SEC is good and all, but I would like for you to also give some coverage to the, oh...other 100+ schools that play D-1 Football. "SEC SEC SEC" <---The same people who chant "Hey mah, I just saw Goldberg on the TV. Jackhammer!"
Go Blue
Nice! I like it. Maybe you can get to 20 haters by the end of the summer. You already have two with Dave and Vince. Who cares about dishes and Michigan football? College football and more importantly SEC football are the only two things that matter right now.
So tel them to suck it and WAR DAMN EAGLE!
Bert, SEC football is the only thing that matters? Ha! Do they plan on breaking away from the rest of College Football and creating their own College Football League? Are they going to draw a Mason Dixon Line? Oh wait, they have. None of them travel North of it to play anyone when it's cold.
Weagle Weagle, War Damn Eagle,John Parker 4 Heisman, HEY!
Florida is the only top 5, possibly top 10 team in the nation this year from the SEC.
hey Vince quit your crying and leave that to your coach Rich Rodriguez.
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