SEC after 8 weeks

leeinator

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As predicted, A&M and LSU are 1-2 in the league and Vanderbilt is ahead of Alabama in the standings.
You predicted this? Hard to see anyone predict that Vandy would have been ahead of BAMA before the season started.
 

patdog

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Pretty clear to me NIL, transfer portal and 12 team playoffs have lowered the quality of the teams week in and week out.
How could it not? When everyone is bringing in new key players just a couple of months before the season starts, how can you build a team culture and get everyone on the same page and comfortable playing together like you could back in the days when players usually stayed at the same school for 4 years?
 

ckDOG

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How could it not? When everyone is bringing in new key players just a couple of months before the season starts, how can you build a team culture and get everyone on the same page and comfortable playing together like you could back in the days when players usually stayed at the same school for 4 years?
Army, Navy, and BYU are 20-0. The military schools are self explanatory for roster continuity and I know BYU deemphasized the portal for 2024. Might be something to this roster development concept. But how do you do it as a low resource SEC team and keep your roster from thing picked apart by vultures year over year?
 

OG Goat Holder

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Army, Navy, and BYU are 20-0. The military schools are self explanatory for roster continuity and I know BYU deemphasized the portal for 2024. Might be something to this roster development concept. But how do you do it as a low resource SEC team and keep your roster from thing picked apart by vultures year over year?
Niches, and strategic intentionality with the money. Really sucks that Leach died.
 

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SEC Championship Game could be a selection mess
SEC fanbases with two weeks to go figuring out how they get to Atlanta:

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My SEC power rankings:
  1. Georgia
  2. Tennessee
  3. Alabama
  4. Texas
  5. LSU
  6. Texas A&M
  7. Ole Miss
  8. Missouri
  9. South Carolina
  10. Florida
  11. Oklahoma
  12. Vanderbilt
  13. Arkansas
  14. Kentucky
  15. Auburn
  16. Mississippi State
 

8dog

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Pretty clear to me NIL, transfer portal and 12 team playoffs have lowered the quality of the teams week in and week out.

Might change in Dec / Jan though.
I’d argue it’s more that Bama isn’t Bama. And had that been case in past years we would see the sec in a similar light.
 

RocketDawg

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Army, Navy, and BYU are 20-0. The military schools are self explanatory for roster continuity and I know BYU deemphasized the portal for 2024. Might be something to this roster development concept. But how do you do it as a low resource SEC team and keep your roster from thing picked apart by vultures year over year?
The service academies have been paying players for years, legally. It's not much and is the same as they pay all the other students.
 

RocketDawg

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I’d argue it’s more that Bama isn’t Bama. And had that been case in past years we would see the sec in a similar light.

Saban was 7-6 his first year at Alabama. DeBoer will almost certainly do better than that. I have a feeling they'll be back.
 

patdog

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The service academies have been paying players for years, legally. It's not much and is the same as they pay all the other students.
its a hell of a good deal for players not going to the NFL. You get a top notch education & come out a commissioned officer. You’re set for life with a great job & career path & retirement plan. And if you decide to leave the military, you’ll have plenty of good job options.
 

ckDOG

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The service academies have been paying players for years, legally. It's not much and is the same as they pay all the other students.
Indeed. Point was that the athletes are there for reasons other than to chase a big NIL check and are more much likely to stick around than a more typical 18 year old elsewhere.
 
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The Peeper

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Army, Navy, and BYU are 20-0. The military schools are self explanatory for roster continuity and I know BYU deemphasized the portal for 2024. Might be something to this roster development concept. But how do you do it as a low resource SEC team and keep your roster from thing picked apart by vultures year over year?
Indiana 7-0