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Thursday, June 29, 2006

Predicted SEC Standings

SEC West: Auburn 11-1 (7-1), LSU 9-3 (5-3), bama 8-4 (4-4), Arkansas 6-6 (3-5), Ole Miss 6-6 (3-5), Mississippi State 4-8 (1-7),

SEC East: Tennessee 11-1 (7-1), Florida 9-3 (6-2), Georgia 10-2 (6-2), South Carolina 8-4 (5-3), Kentucky 4-8 (1-7), Vanderbilt 3-9 (0-8)

So we end up with Auburn and Tennessee in the SEC Championship game. 2004 all over again? I sure hope so. This Tennessee team reminds me a lot of the 2004 Auburn team. A year before the team came in with unreal expectations and hit a hard schedule. Both fired or demoted absolutely awful offensive coordinators and replaced them with experienced and great offensive coordinators. With a more favorable schedule they have a chance to make some serious waves and get their name back in the national spotlight. I look at Auburn and their question marks are of the smaller variety. Auburn has two new offensive tackles but one is a junior and one is a senior. Two of the 3 replacements on the defensive line are have tons of experience and are more than capable. And both safeties will be new, but may be covered up by possibly the best cornerback tandem in the SEC. Both teams have most of their tough games at home.

But I see Auburn winning it. I think UT kinda gets to the game using smoke and mirrors and pulling out some lucky wins. By the 13th game of the season Auburn's defense should be rock solid and barring injury the offense should lead the SEC for the third year in a row.

By the way that leaves the SEC East at 25-23 and the West obviously at 23-25, so apparently the East is ever so slightly better than the West in my mind. That's the end of the SEC Schedule a Day preview and I hope you enjoyed it. If you're mad and think I did a bad job, I feel bad that you feel that way. So to make it up to you, I created you the following collage:

SEC Football Collage

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