Media's preseason SEC picks are out

[The Croom Diaries]

Pretty glaring omissions in my mind were McKinney and Autry from the 3-deep of the SEC. But this is the media.

SEC CHAMPION
Alabama 182
Georgia 38
South Carolina 18
Texas A&M 4
LSU 1

EASTERN DIVISION
Georgia (149) 1570
South Carolina (75) 1474
Florida (19) 1300
Vanderbilt 858
Tennessee 694
Missouri 577
Kentucky 331

WESTERN DIVISION
Alabama (225) 1681
Texas A&M (11) 1333
LSU (7) 1324
Ole Miss 883
Auburn 579
Mississippi State 516
Arkansas 488

ALL CONFERENCE SELECTIONS
OFFENSE
First-Team
QB Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M (119)
RB T.J. Yeldon, Alabama (221)
RB Todd Gurley, Georgia (206)
WR Amari Cooper, Alabama (194)
WR Jordan Matthews, Vanderbilt (106)
TE Arthur Lynch, Georgia (148)
OL Cyrus Kouandjio, Alabama (193)
OL Jake Matthews, Texas A&M (176)
OL Anthony Steen, Alabama (109)
OL Gabe Jackson, Mississippi State (88)
C Travis Swanson, Arkansas (92)

Second-Team
QB AJ McCarron, Alabama (67)
RB Tre Mason, Auburn (15)
RB *LaDarius Perkins, Mississippi State (12)
RB *Keith Marshall, Georgia (12)
WR Donte Moncrief, Ole Miss ( 46)
WR Mike Evans, Texas A&M (33)
TE Rory Anderson, South Carolina (33)
OL Antonio Richardson, Tennessee (76)
OL Jon Halapio, Florida (51)
OL Chris Burnette, Georgia (50)
OL Ja’Wuan James, Tennessee (50)
C Reese Dismukes, Auburn (33)

Third-Team
QB Aaron Murray, Georgia (52)
RB *Matt Jones, Florida (5)
RB *Jeff Scott, Ole Miss (5)
RB *Alfred Blue, LSU (5)
WR Malcolm Mitchell, Georgia (28)
WR Jarvis Landry, LSU (19)
TE Brian Vogler, Alabama (18)
OL La’el Collins, LSU (37)
OL Josh Williford, LSU (30)
OL Wesley Johnson, Vanderbilt (18)
OL *A.J. Cann, South Carollina (14)
OL *Zach Fulton, Tennessee (14)
C *James Stone, Tennessee (30)
C *Jonotthan Harrison, Florida (30)

DEFENSE
First-Team
DL Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina (223)
DL Dominique Easley, Florida (162)
DL Anthony Johnson, LSU (127)
DL Chris Smith, Arkansas (56)
LB C.J. Mosley, Alabama (231)
LB A.J. Johnson, Tennessee (107)
LB Denzel Nkemdiche, Ole Miss (94)
DB Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Alabama (203)
DB Craig Loston, LSU (135)
DB Loucheiz Purifoy, Florida (117)
DB Deion Belue, Alabama (77)

Second-Team
DL Xzavier Dickson, Alabama (49)
DL Ed Stinson, Alabama ( 39)
DL Dee Ford, Auburn (38)
DL Jeoffrey Pagan, Alabama (31)
LB Adrian Hubbard, Alabama (66)
LB Jordan Jenkins, Georgia (64)
LB Lamin Barrow, LSU (29)
DB Damian Swann, Georgia (70)
DB Andre Hal, Vanderbilt (69)
DB Marcus Roberson, Florida (50)
DB Vinnie Sunseri, Alabama (36)

Third-Team
DL Garrison Smith, Georgia (26)
DL Daniel McCullers, Tennessee (23)
DL Alvin Dupree, Kentucky (23)
DL C.J. Johnson, Ole Miss (22)
LB Ronald Powell, Florida (24)
LB Tahj Jones, LSU (20)
LB *Trey DePriest, Alabama (16)
LB *Avery Williamson, Kentucky (16)
DB E.J. Gaines, Missouri (34)
DB Charles Sawyer, Ole Miss (25)
DB Jalen Mills, LSU (22)
DB Chris Davis , Auburn (20)

SPECIALISTS
First-Team
P Kyle Christy, Florida (108)
PK Carey Spear, Vanderbilt (100)
RS Odell Beckham Jr., LSU (74)
AP Bruce Ellington, South Carolina (69)

Second-Team
P Cody Mandell, Alabama (54)
PK Cody Parkey, Auburn (71)
RS Bruce Ellington, South Carolina (62)
AP Odell Beckham Jr., LSU (44)

Third-Team
P Steven Clark, Auburn (33)
PK Zach Hocker, Arkansas (39)
RS Andre Debose, Florida (53)
AP Loucheiz Purifoy, Florida (36)

My MSU at media days round-up if you're interested. http://www.forwhomthecowbelltolls.com/2013/7/18/4534532/msu-at-sec-media-days

[Coach34]

wow- No McKinney or Autry is a crime

Kimdeechy 1st team LB? C'mon mane

[The Croom Diaries]

wow- No McKinney or Autry is a crime

Kimdeechy 1st team LB? C'mon mane

I think the media just goes down NFL mock drafts and the number of tackles a player had when determining LBs. No way little Kemdiche is 1st team, and no way UK's Williamson is better than McKinney - but he had 130+ tackles so he must be good.*

[messageboardsuperhero]

Nkimdiche is good, but he isn't first team All-SEC good. There's no way in hell I'd trade Mckinney for Nkimdiche, and Mckinney didn't even make any of the lists. You don't get points for getting your brother to come to school with you. Anyone who believes that he's one of the three best linebackers in the league has lost their damn mind.

The Alabama bias is pretty clear too. Does anyone else notice that CJ Mosely got more first team votes than Clowney? What a farce.

Also, where is Baker Sweedenburg? He might have been the best punter in the SEC last year, and he only allowed 13 return yards all season.

There are definitely some head-scratchers on there.

[Coach34]

good call on Swedenburg- he should probably be 1st team and isnt even mentioned

Things to remember:

The media didnt pick the A&M explosion, Vandy winning 9 games, or Auburn going 2-10

[messageboardsuperhero]

Yeah, I think we all need to remember that this thing is held in Birmingham by a media that is largely from the state of Alabama, and if the vote deals with a non-Alabama/Auburn player, they usually go with the guys that have the most hype and name recognition. The fact that the two players from Alabama make the team and Swedenburg didn't tells you all you need to know about what they know about SEC punters. When in doubt, go with the guys from Alabama.

[FISHDAWG]

so if we beat LSU this year it already looks like another classic ..."but they were bad this year" cliche

[maroonmania]

Wow, NO MSU player on 1st, 2nd or 3rd team defense.

[Goat Holder]

so if we beat LSU this year it already looks like another classic ..."but they were bad this year" cliche

Agreed. And it's the damndest thing I've ever seen. Our fans can't even get excited about beating SEC 'haves' Georgia, Florida, Auburn and Tennessee. They have to make excuses. I enjoyed the hell out of every one of those games.

[FlabLoser]

That list...

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e52/mshanecrowe/humor/image001-1.jpg

[mic]

Its the same media that gave Ole Miss one first place vote last year....

[messageboardsuperhero]

Agreed. And it's the damndest thing I've ever seen. Our fans can't even get excited about beating SEC 'haves' Georgia, Florida, Auburn and Tennessee. They have to make excuses. I enjoyed the hell out of every one of those games.

It is absurd for some of our fans to say this stuff. Does UM talk about how they caught Auburn and Arkansas down last year? No. They talk about how Freeze beat those teams in his first year and Mullen didn't beat them until his fourth. Even though everyone knows how bullshit that comparison is, considering how good those teams were in Mullen's first three year as opposed to how bad they were in Freeze's first year, they keep sticking by that party line and a lot of our fans accept it as fact for some reason... But then when it comes time for us to take credit for beating UGA; Florida; Tennessee; etc. we talk about how those teams were down. So our fans accept that UM can brag about beating down teams and we can't? It makes no sense, especially considering that UGA and Florida were better in 2010 than Arkansas and Auburn were last year.

I'm sick of some of our fans not pointing out our positives; those people need to grow a pair.

[SaltyDawg]

What do the asterisks next to certain players mean?

[MSUDawg4Life]

It'll be interesting to compare this to the post-season list.

[messageboardsuperhero]

What do the asterisks next to certain players mean?

They were in a tie with someone else in the voting.

[Coach34]

It is absurd for some of our fans to say this stuff. Does UM talk about how they caught Auburn and Arkansas down last year? No. They talk about how Freeze beat those teams in his first year and Mullen didn't beat them until his fourth. Even though everyone knows how bullshit that comparison is, considering how good those teams were in Mullen's first three year as opposed to how bad they were in Freeze's first year, they keep sticking by that party line and a lot of our fans accept it as fact for some reason.

this right here amazes me as well

[Goat Holder]

Agreed, they are a bunch of pussies. Deep down they think that we'll get beat in the end anyway, so no use pumping us up and getting embarrassed. I ask, who cares? I can take it.

[Pollodawg]

Agreed. And it's the damndest thing I've ever seen. Our fans can't even get excited about beating SEC 'haves' Georgia, Florida, Auburn and Tennessee. They have to make excuses. I enjoyed the hell out of every one of those games.

I don't give a damn if Auburn was horrible last season. We got them second game of the season, so how the hell would they--or anyone else--know if they were horrible. Hell, they did lose to LSU 12-10. That anal pounding WE put on that tiger tail was what started the spiral. After the Cam Newton fiasco, there is no other team next to the bears that I have relished embarrassing more.