Bleacher Report SEC football predictions

[JacksonDevilDog]

http://www.bleacherreport.com/articles/23913-Pigskin-Minus-Perrilloux-2008-SEC-West-Wide-Open

Check out the first response:

<cite> by Chad
from 1 day ago</cite> <div class="comment-content">

I agree with a large part of your article with a few exceptions. Ole Miss will be in the thick of things this year as well. Over all they are more talented than Mississippi State, have a much better coach now and arguably the best QB in the West to lead them. They won't win, but they will be competetive and will surprise many.
Secondly, anything can happen, but I do not see Miss. State being as much of a threat as you do. After there much troubled off-season and dismissal of starters, I do not see the team doing any better than last year. They will cause trouble to some others in the west, but will not compete to the extent of actually winning the west. At least that's my opinion.</p>

I also agree with you that if Alabama can get by Clemson with out major injury and come out with a win, they should be looking very good rolling into Athens as the Dawgs will be coming off two tough road games AT South Carolina and AT Arizona State. Even though they do have to play in Athens they will have a good chance at getting to the Dome if they can win at least split both UGA/LSU and UT/AU.</p>

Should be a fun year. I can't wait!</p> </div>

 

[DerHntr]

nfm

 

[RebelBruiser]

Not that Snead will be the best QB in the West (he probably won't be), but here are the returning numbers for QBs that played last year:

Name Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A TD INT Rating
John Parker Wilson 255 462 2846 55.2 6.16 18 12 114.6
Casey Dick 150 262 1695 57.3 6.47 18 10 126.6
Kodi Burns 10 26 145 38.5 5.58 2 1 103.0
Wesley Carroll 134 255 1392 52.5 5.46 9 7 104.6

We're not exactly talking about a bunch of world beaters in the SEC West this year. Being the best QB in the SEC West won't necessarily mean you're a great QB given the crop of returning starters. The best you can say for any of them is that each team hopes its QB will be serviceable. None of them are the type of QBs that can carry a team. When Casey Dick has the best returning numbers of QBs in the West, that shows that you're not talking about much when you say potential to be the best QB in the SEC West.

 

[JacksonDevilDog]

Yeah, but when Sneed hasn't even taken a snap at Ole Miss and you make a statement like that, it's crazy. Sneed might be the real deal, but there's a reason why he left Texas.

 

[KurtRambis4]

the thing that ole miss fan doesn't understand, that as bad as some of them might have played last year, they still have the experience and are proven somewhat. whereas, y'all are relying on a qb that hasn't proven himself whatsoever and has not played in what, 3 years? i mean come on. just bc the kid was a badass, allegedly, in highschool doesn't mean he'll be a badass in college.

 

[MaleBovineK9]

just bc the kid was a badass, allegedly, in highschool doesn't mean he'll be a badass in college.

Wasn't Kyle York a badass in high school?

 

[JacksonDevilDog]

I remember this from the Spirit after UM beat Memphis in Schaeffer's first game:

From Chuck Rounsaville:

* The only phrase I can come up with to describe QB Brent Schaeffer is "slick operator." Forget he's physically gifted, which is a big part of his arsenal. Where he impressed me is the way he managed the offense. No delay of game penalties - I saw Steve Spurrier's offense get a handful against Mississippi State just three days prior due to the new start-the-play-clock-immeidately rule, no turnovers - as OC Dan Werner said, not a single pass Brent attempted was even close to being picked off, no fumbles - flawless ballhandling, and, according to those who know more than I do, Schaeffer was "very astute for his first game in making the right checks and reads." Marvelous coming out party for number 7 and it will only get better as he acclimates himself more and more into the offense.

We all know where that went. Just wait until you see what you have, Ole Miss fans.

 

[RebelBruiser]

I agree that it's better to wait and see. I was just saying that we're not exactly talking about a bunch of great QBs. Again, Casey Dick looks to be the best returning QB in the SEC West. That says a lot about the lack of QBs in our division. I'm not expecting Snead to set the world on fire, but it wouldn't be a big surprise for he or the new LSU QB to be able to come in and be the best in the West considering the bar is set so low.

As far as Schaeffer is concerned, I still think he'd have been a much better QB in a different offense. He was not a drop back QB, yet we tried to squeeze him into that type of offense his entire career. It'd be like trying to stuff Kodi Burns into Al Borges's offense. It wouldn't work. Burns has potential to be a pretty good QB if they use his skills right. Fortunately for AU fans, Tubberville obviously gets that and is putting Burns in an offense that fits his skill set.

 

[RebelBruiser]

Yeah, but when Sneed hasn't even taken a snap at Ole Miss and you make a statement like that, it's crazy. Sneed might be the real deal, but there's
a reason why he left Texas.

</p>

You're right, and it's because he wasn't as good as Colt McCoy, a guy who has completed over 65% of his passes for just less than 6000 yards and over 50 TD passes in only 2 seasons as a starter.

McCoy is a very good QB. It's not like he lost the QB battle to Seth Adams. That doesn't mean Snead will be any good, (From what I saw in the practice I visited, I didn't come away impressed) but it also doesn't mean he sucks. There isn't a QB in the SEC West that would beat out McCoy. For that matter, the only QB in the entire SEC that would beat out McCoy would be Tim Tebow.

 

[OMlawdog]

But its not like he left Texas because he was stupid and couldn't stay out of trouble and school (Schaefer), he left because he lost out on the starting QB gig to Colt McCoy.

Colt had RS behind Vince Young, and Snead was a true freshman, and he lost out to a QB that ended up throwing for 29 TD in 2006.

He did the smart thing and transferred to a school that didn't have someone in front of him that the coaches got behind. He also played in 2006, as Colt's backup.

I really don't understand why more QB's don't transfer when its clear their school has decided to go with a certain QB. Im not sure who Matt Stafford's backup was last year, but I sure as hell wouldn't of been sitting around for the next two years hoping I get a turn to play QB.

If Snead flops, the good thing is that MSU fans can have someone else to say we overhyped. So really its a win-win situation.</p>

 

[RebelBruiser]

Stafford had both Joe Cox and Blake Barnes behind him. The only reason I can think of that you would stick around as a QB in that type of situation is if you just happen to have grown up a fan of that school and don't plan to have a pro career. Cox was highly rated out of high school and could probably have transferred to another D-1 school in the Southeast to be a starter. I'm sure Arkansas, State, and Ole Miss all would've been ready with open arms. Same for Blake Barnes.

I too don't understand sitting behind someone unless you just know that you're going to get your chance at some point. Matt Flynn sitting behind Russell worked out for him because he got to be a 1 year starter for a national title team. Most times that won't happen. Florida signed a slew of big time QBs as well after Tebow's freshman year. However, most of them redshirted this past year, and they all think they will be able to win the starting job as redshirt sophomores after Tebow leaves (most likely) after his junior year.

 

[thunderclap]

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[rebelrouseri]

who would you pick? It sure as hell wouldn't be carol or dick. I think you take a complete unknown (which Sneed is not) over both of them.

 

[dogfan96]

Well what would you call him? He took snaps against Rice, North Texas, Sam Houston St., and Kansas State (13 for 30).. overall stats: 53% completion, 2 TDs, 2 INTs... he might not be a total unknown but he's the closest thing to it</p>

 

[OMlawdog]

John Parker?
Lee from LSU?
Carroll?
Dick?
Burns?
Snead?

Honest question. Its not like we are talking about the 1983 NFL draft QB class. For one season Id probably take John Parker. For my program I'd probably take Burns and run the WV offense.

Just not much to choose from.

 

[formtackler.sixpack]

prospect like Jevan Snead was coming out of high school. I live in the Houston area and follow football and Snead was a big time player in a big time state. He only transferred, because UT started out with McCoy really only because he had one year of being in the system as a redshirt, while Snead only had the one spring under his belt. The plan was actually to have Snead take over a couple of games into the season because they were neck and neck in competition during fall practice. However, McCoy had an incredible redshirt freshman year and there was no way you could bench the kid. Snead knew that and understood that so he looked for a new opportunity.

 

[dogfan96]

Wilson by a mile.. he's not w world-beater but you know what you're gonna get out of him.. pretty steady, not spectacular.. and if I had a great RB and a good OL, take Burns and run the spread option

 

[rebelrouseri]

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