Let's get the worst prognosticator out of the way...
- I predicted 9-3 last year (toot toot??) with losses to K-State, Miss St, UGA. Instead, we won a tight one vs KSU and lost a winnable one vs Bama. The TAMU game came out-of-nowhere.
- Last year's team was not going undefeated (5 road games vs solid teams). This year's team can ABSOLUTELY go undefeated even though I don't predict it. No jinx.
Power Rankings for relevant teams (based on combined average of Phil Steele/Athlon/Lindy's)
3) Alabama
9) Auburn
9) UGA
13) LSU (L?)
16) Arky (L)
18) Ole Miss (watch-out just for the sake of watching-out)
19) Tenn
25) TAMU
28) Mizzou
30) Miss St (watch-out if we beat LSU the week prior)
35) Florida
37) Louisville
47) S Caro
57) Kentucky
77) Vandy
100) San Jose St
NR) Jax St (top-10 in Div-1AA; better than Idaho, comparable to SJSU)
122) Idaho
- 10-2 regular season. A loss to Arky is predicted.
- A 2nd loss will be to LSU (although I will hedge and say we lose 1-of-3 to LSU/MSU/Ole MIss since I'm not sold on LSU).
- We play 9 teams who can beat us (all but the 3 cupcakes).
- We can run the table vs all 12 teams.
- We go undefeated in November vs TAMU/UGA/Bama despite already having two losses just to mess with everyone's head and give 'em all a nice big sh*tburger ($1 to Lou Brown).
Easiest path to Final 4: Ohio St (point of reference: If we played UGA once, TAMU 3 times, Kentucky 8 times, we'd have Ohio St's schedule).
Toughest path to Final 4: probably Bama (I say that with no shame since we've played a tougher schedule than them for about 78 consecutive seasons. Plus, who wants to play at Jordan-Hare??).
Toughest non-SEC honorable mention: USC (they play every good team in the 2nd-best conference plus ND)
WDE!!!
- I predicted 9-3 last year (toot toot??) with losses to K-State, Miss St, UGA. Instead, we won a tight one vs KSU and lost a winnable one vs Bama. The TAMU game came out-of-nowhere.
- Last year's team was not going undefeated (5 road games vs solid teams). This year's team can ABSOLUTELY go undefeated even though I don't predict it. No jinx.
Power Rankings for relevant teams (based on combined average of Phil Steele/Athlon/Lindy's)
3) Alabama
9) Auburn
9) UGA
13) LSU (L?)
16) Arky (L)
18) Ole Miss (watch-out just for the sake of watching-out)
19) Tenn
25) TAMU
28) Mizzou
30) Miss St (watch-out if we beat LSU the week prior)
35) Florida
37) Louisville
47) S Caro
57) Kentucky
77) Vandy
100) San Jose St
NR) Jax St (top-10 in Div-1AA; better than Idaho, comparable to SJSU)
122) Idaho
- 10-2 regular season. A loss to Arky is predicted.
- A 2nd loss will be to LSU (although I will hedge and say we lose 1-of-3 to LSU/MSU/Ole MIss since I'm not sold on LSU).
- We play 9 teams who can beat us (all but the 3 cupcakes).
- We can run the table vs all 12 teams.
- We go undefeated in November vs TAMU/UGA/Bama despite already having two losses just to mess with everyone's head and give 'em all a nice big sh*tburger ($1 to Lou Brown).
Easiest path to Final 4: Ohio St (point of reference: If we played UGA once, TAMU 3 times, Kentucky 8 times, we'd have Ohio St's schedule).
Toughest path to Final 4: probably Bama (I say that with no shame since we've played a tougher schedule than them for about 78 consecutive seasons. Plus, who wants to play at Jordan-Hare??).
Toughest non-SEC honorable mention: USC (they play every good team in the 2nd-best conference plus ND)
WDE!!!
