SEC after 8 weeks

[pseudonym]

As predicted, A&M and LSU are 1-2 in the league and Vanderbilt is ahead of Alabama in the standings.

 

[57stratdawg]

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.

 

[leeinator]

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]

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]

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]

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.

 

[Dawgbite]

You predicted this? Hard to see anyone predict that Vandy would have been ahead of BAMA before the season started.

Even I caught the sarcasm and and I’m slow as Golden Eagle syrup that some dubmass put in the refrigerator!

 

[Dawgbite]

Why does refrigerator not have a D in it but fridge does?

 

[MSUDOG24]

Why does refrigerator not have a D in it but fridge does?

Just one of life's mysteries.

 

[PhredPhantom]

Why does refrigerator not have a D in it but fridge does?

It’s odd that the adjective form of the word “metal” is “metallic” but the same rule does not apply to the word “iron” which is ironic.

 

[L4Dawg]

Check the schedules of Army, Navy, and BYU.

 

[Coast_Dawg]

SEC Championship Game could be a selection mess

 

[pseudonym]

SEC Championship Game could be a selection mess

SEC fanbases with two weeks to go figuring out how they get to Atlanta:

 

[pseudonym]

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]

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.