Schedule

[ShotgunDawg]

If it gets to that there will be no football so take that out of the equation

I don't agree. 1 player here and there being out for games won't stop the season.

In fact, think stopping the games will take a good portion of your roster being out

If we're going to shut down for 1 player having COVID & sitting out a game, then there's no point in starting the season since that'll probably happen week 1

[trob115]

Floor: 3-7
Probably: 5-5
Ceiling: 7-3 , losses to Bama, GA, and LSU

[Mobile Bay]

Playing 10 SEC games in 11 weeks favors the top (deeper) teams in the league. Having two bye weeks would have leveled it a little but the league doesn't want that. Our bye essentially does us no good coming before Bama. I guess I'm happy we're playing football but I think 5 wins is as good as we can hope for. That would be the equivalent of about 8-4 in a regular year but I think we are going to have some embarrassments on this schedule with all that's going on. We could be 2-6 going into the Egg Bowl and you never know how that will work out.
I hope Leach proves me wrong.

We play Bama after a bye, on Halloween. Saban better start believing in ghost stories.

[Homedawg]

I don't agree. 1 player here and there being out for games won't stop the season.

In fact, think stopping the games will take a good portion of your roster being out

If we're going to shut down for 1 player having COVID & sitting out a game, then there's no point in starting the season since that'll probably happen week 1

Mlb stops a game Bc of one positive. They changed what they were going to do originally. And maybe one positive doesn't stop it. But it will be the 15 others under quarantine. You can disagree that's fine. Hope youre right. But we have 4 weeks to run the campus rampant of it and hope.

[R2Dawg]

We don't know yet. Odds are 4 wins, but I could see a 3 win team or two getting a bowl if slots need to be filled

With half of leagues not playing, everyone gets a trophy and goes to a bowl.

[Dawgology]

Mlb stops a game Bc of one positive. They changed what they were going to do originally. And maybe one positive doesn't stop it. But it will be the 15 others under quarantine. You can disagree that's fine. Hope youre right. But we have 4 weeks to run the campus rampant of it and hope.

College campus and teams will run just like most other populations. You will see a slow lull, followed by a quick spike, followed by a decrease in cases after about 20% tested infection rate.

[Todd4State]

I think what this year will prove to me is how much of effect S&C and discipline play in winning football games.

I don't really have any expectations- it's basically a science experiment for me at this point. Last year we won three SEC games with Joe- we'll see how this works with Leach.

[confucius say]

You could make an argument that we'd be better off if half the team got it now (assuming they haven't).

[Homedawg]

College campus and teams will run just like most other populations. You will see a slow lull, followed by a quick spike, followed by a decrease in cases after about 20% tested infection rate.

I agree!!! Problem is universities aren't going to wait to cancel. And that doesn't change the fact we aren't going to change our protocols on guys that have to sit. Therefore......

[Cowbell]

That could be true, but he will see more talent than he has any other stop too.

This is a bad point. The big 12 was at its peak when he was there. And beating people up.

[Cowbell]

I am not going to give LSU that first game. Some of you are not taking into consideration the wild things that will happen with this covid scenario. It could swing completely for or against us. Arguing wins/losses at this point is meaningless.

[Homedawg]

I am not going to give LSU that first game. Some of you are not taking into consideration the wild things that will happen with this covid scenario. It could swing completely for or against us. Arguing wins/losses at this point is meaningless.

Ok I'll take LSU and give you the money line 5-1. How much you want ?

[msstate7]

This is a bad point. The big 12 was at its peak when he was there. And beating people up.

Maybe, but the sec had a record number of players from a conference in the nfl in 2018. It set record with 15 1st rounders last year

[Mobile Bay]

Ok I'll take LSU and give you the money line 5-1. How much you want ?

How about LSU-24. Now how froggy do you feel?

[dantheman4248]

26 point spread seems like too many points.

MSU +26. Vandy +37. Florida -8. Alabama -19.5. All of those feel like pretty good bets.

[Homedawg]

How about LSU-24. Now how froggy do you feel?

If you will read HIs post he was talking about us winning the game..... so the money line was the proper one.... don't take line bets for the most part. But I will take the +16 vs the rebels that I saw today!!

[dantheman4248]

Maybe, but the sec had a record number of players from a conference in the nfl in 2018. It set record with 15 1st rounders last year

Individual player NFL talent doesn't equate to better overall teams. Just use 2018 MSU as a solid example of that.

As for recency, I'd say 2013-2015 was the "peak" of the SEC and now we're on a downward trend as a whole from that. Last year we may have had 15 first rounders but we had 7 just plain bad teams. Compare with 2014 when the entire West was full of good teams with Vanderbilt as the only objectively bad team. Kentucky was a 4 pt loss to Louisville away from being the 13th bowl eligible team that year.

[MaroonFlounder]

Fowler talked about how SEC should stay with 10-game SEC when things get back to normal AND keep the 1 P5 opponent every year. That leaves only 1 game vs a smaller school.

Jeez. We'd never win more than 4 or 5 in a season if that comes to be.

[Homedawg]

I think what this year will prove to me is how much of effect S&C and discipline play in winning football games.

I don't really have any expectations- it's basically a science experiment for me at this point. Last year we won three SEC games with Joe- we'll see how this works with Leach.

This is what sucks even more about Covid. We have a good sc coach it appears. We lost months of what we had to make up. And ML let's him do his job. JM didn't let his. It showed. Badly!!

[msstate7]

Individual player NFL talent doesn't equate to better overall teams. Just use 2018 MSU as a solid example of that.

As for recency, I'd say 2013-2015 was the "peak" of the SEC and now we're on a downward trend as a whole from that. Last year we may have had 15 first rounders but we had 7 just plain bad teams. Compare with 2014 when the entire West was full of good teams with Vanderbilt as the only objectively bad team. Kentucky was a 4 pt loss to Louisville away from being the 13th bowl eligible team that year.

He was in big12 from 2000-2009. Big 12 was really solid. Here's their totals...

Natties 2
Top 10 finishes 19

Same time for sec...

Natties 4
Top 10:finishes 21

Even during that period the sec was better