Barrett Sallee is brainless.....

[maroonmania]

Not even going to link this off bleacher report and only bring it up because its a dead time of year but he made his predictions for all of the SEC teams with his "optimistic", "pessimistic" and "realistic" expectations for the season. Here is his "realistic" predictions for the SEC West teams which I will leave here without additional comment because none is needed.

Alabama - 11-1
Auburn - 11-1
Ole Miss - 9-3
Texas A&M - 9-3
LSU - 8-4
Arkansas - 7-5

and wait for it....

MSU - 6-6

[Dawgface]

He's just saying what all the talking heads are saying. Hopefully we prove them wrong.

[Coach34]

26 of 32 teams in the last 10 years that returned a player getting Heisman votes won 9+ that year. Only 1 of 32 won as little as 7. Nobody went 6-6

6-6 this year and Mullen makes history

[BeardoMSU]

Wow....these guys are gonna hate us this year.

[gravedigger]

Pretty good indicator that we won't go 6-6. He hasn't been right about us since Mullen became coach.

Call it black helicopters if you wish, but it appears that if MSU wanted to have positive predictions made about it, there are plenty of so called experts that would be all too willing to make them if we paid.

Bottom line: if offseason articles are what you hang your hat on, there are enough "pretend" experts to make it happen. I think it's far more entertaining to watch them make excuses when they are proven wrong.

Sort of like watching Mel kiper and taking him seriously. He's no more accurate than a circus monkey. But to some, he is an expert.

[BulldogBear]

I do have say to at least once that the consipracy theorist part of me wonders and shudders a bit with all the preseason predictions of business as usual for Mississippi State and the SEC. I am concerned at least a smidge and at least once brain cell wonders if the fix is in because we knocked over some priviledged childrens' sand castles last year. Beware the Zebras. "They are terrible." LOTR fans will like that one.

[gravedigger]

26 of 32 teams in the last 10 years that returned a player getting Heisman votes won 9+ that year. Only 1 of 32 won as little as 7. Nobody went 6-6

6-6 this year and Mullen makes history

Where the hell did you pull that stat from? Not that it isn't believable, but it's pretty obscure.

[BulldogBear]

Where the hell did you pull that stat from? Not that it isn't believable, but it's pretty obscure.

There was a whole thread on it complete with charts. I wish I could remember how far back to go. It may have been something by Beastman. I can't remember.

[TUSK]

Where the hell did you pull that stat from? Not that it isn't believable, but it's pretty obscure.

I'd be curious to know how many Heisman Vote "getters" actually returned the following year... between SRs and early NFL entrants, it seems like there wouldn't be a lot...

[DancingRabbit]

Here's Sallee's predictions from 2014

Auburn 11-1 (7-1 SEC) SECW Champs, lose to Georgia in SEC championship game
Bama 11-1 (7-1 SEC)
LSU 9-3 (5-3 SEC)
UM 9-3 (5-3 SEC)
aTm 7-5 (3-5 SEC)
Miss State 7-5 (3-5 SEC)
Arkansas 3-9 (0-8 SEC)


Some more Sallee "bold predictions"

Florida Will Play Georgia for the SEC East Crown
Georgia Will Win the SEC and Make the College Football Playoff
Marquez North Will Have 1,100 or More Receiving Yards (actually 320)
Jerron Seymour Will Break the 1,000-Yard Rushing Mark (actually 123)
Nick Marshall Will Top 3,000 Yards Through the Air (actually 2532)
Mississippi State's Pass D Will Be Top 3 in the SEC (ha)
Bo Wallace Will Throw More Than 25 TD Passes (22)

[Coach34]

Where the hell did you pull that stat from? Not that it isn't believable, but it's pretty obscure.

http://www.forwhomthecowbelltolls.co...glory-of-x-and

[DistrictDawg92]

Most writers get too hung up on the name of schools during the pre-season. If Tennessee had gone 10-3 last year and returned the 1st-team All-SEC Heisman candidate QB with the amount of weapons we are returning, they would be consensus top 5-10 pre-season nationally. Last year we went from pre-season NR to #1 in just 7 weeks. Pre-season rankings are purely for the big name school's ego, regardless, the cream will always rise to the top.

[Dallas_Dawg]

I hope we never "pay" for preseason prognosticators to put us in any top 25. We do better when we aren't picked do do shit. See 2001 and 2014.

[Drugdog]

Saly can bite my hairy ass.

[MSUDawg99]

Barrett Sallee is brainless? You're late to the party, but welcome.

[BeardoMSU]

Barrett Sallee is brainless? You're late to the party, but welcome.

Like I said: These guys are going to hate us, because all their "expertise" is about to get exposed. That says something about a profession, really....when anyone who knows just a little bit about sports could do the exact same thing you do, and probably do it better; you just have to have freshman level writing ability. The fact that guys like Sallee consider themselves journalists makes really makes me feel bad for the real journalists who have to trudge along knowing they share a discipline with clowns like these.

[TUSK]

in fairness, he missed on what everyone else did... how bad AU would be and how good MSU would be...

5 outta 7 ain't bad...

I'll grant you this; a genius, he isn't....

[mstatefan91]

in fairness, he missed on what everyone else did... how bad AU would be and how good MSU would be...

5 outta 7 ain't bad...

I'll grant you this; a genius, he isn't....

He missed Arkansas too. 4/7 does not make one an expert

[BeardoMSU]

He missed Arkansas too. 4/7 does not make one an expert

No shit. Especially when you "go out on the limb" and project the Bamas, LSUs, and Georgias of the world to do 'aight every year.

[mstatefan91]

No shit. Especially when you "go out on the limb" and project the Bamas, LSUs, and Georgias of the world to do 'aight every year.

It's like saying Ole Miss has the best 'cruitin class to ever grace the earth. Everyone else already knows.**