[Lefty Noob]

I was just checking an SEC preview from Rivals.com's Bob McClellan. The article is located at http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?s...vals&type=lgns and contains a lot of interesting predictions.

Among the noteworthy stuff:
He has Florida winning the SEC East, followed by Georgia and Tennessee. In the SEC West, he picks LSU, with Auburn second and Alabama in third.

McClellan's five impact players to watch:
1. Mohamed Massaquoi, So., WR, Georgia
2. Jarvis Moss, Jr., DE, Florida
3. Robert Ayers, So., DE, Tennessee
4. Jeff Owens, So., DT, Georgia
5. Robert Lane, Sr., TE, Ole Miss

His top five incoming freshmen and transfers:
1. Matthew Stafford, Fr., QB, Georgia
2. Brent Schaeffer, Jr., QB, Ole Miss
3. Andre Smith, Fr., OL, Alabama
4. Percy Harvin, Fr., WR, Florida
5. Greg Smith, So., DT, Auburn

Best of the SEC by position:
QB: Chris Leak, Florida
RB: Kenny Irons, Auburn
WR: Sidney Rice, South Carolina
OL: Arron Sears, Tennessee
TE: Martrez Milner, Georgia
DL: Quentin Moses, Georgia
LB: Patrick Willis, Ole Miss
DB: LaRon Landry, LSU
K: Brandon Coutu, Georgia
P: Kody Bliss, Auburn

I know that's a lot of info to digest all at once, but what do you guys think of the way the author has broken down the SEC? What's he gotten right, and what's he gotten wrong?

[wvuauthor]

I like pretty much everything that he touched on as far as the top players are concerned, but I do not agree with his team predictions.

I dont think Florida is going to win the East. I am not sure who I would pick, but I think Florida will get knocked off a couple of times.

I like the way he has the West shaping up though.

[cjg11582]

I think Auburn will end up winning the west, but that will be a classic between them and LSU. Florida... yeah, why not? One would assume Georgia and Tennessee will both endure rebuilding years. South Carolina could come out of nowhere and pull a Northwestern circa 1995. In fact, the stars are aligning for everyone to overreact and start labeling Spurrier as the "greatest coach of all time" or something else completely unquantifiable. Vanderbilt and Kentucky i do not foresee making the leap.

[DrCool]

Being all the way in the other corner of the country I guess I can give a good uneducated outsiders perspective.

I think Florida will take the East. Urban Meyer will have a year under his belt at Florida and will be starting to get some of his recruits on the field. Georgia and Tennessee will be in the mix as well and it might come down to some sort of crazy tiebreaker scenario but I think Meyer will lead Florida to the top.

In the West I have no arguments with Auburn, LSU, and Alabama. Bama lost too many horses from last years team to threaten for the top spot and Auburn and LSU are both pretty stacked.

[wvuauthor]

I still don't believe that Florida has what it takes this season. I think they will get beat in a game that they should win, and that will hurt their chances...

[cjg11582]

I am not high on Florida either. But if not them, who? If they lose to someone they should beat, it won't be Georgia, that elimiates 1/3 of the teams in their own division that could beat them. Tennessee is just so dire right now I can't pick them to beat Florida, not if they couldn't beat them last year at home. And I am giving South Carolina like a 15% chance of beating The Gators if not in Gainesville. If you recall Urban Meyer's second year at BG and Utah he has lost a total of one game. Really I do not see why that pattern would change with the loaded talent he has.

[wvuauthor]

If you put it that way, I sort of agree. It just seems to me that this Florida team will stumble against a team like SC...I guess we will have to wait and see...

[Lefty Noob]

You hit the nail on the head, cjg11582. Florida wins the East not because they're good, but because Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina are so darn mediocre right now (and that might be putting it nicely). But man will they ever get killed in the SEC title game by whichever team wins the West...

[wvuauthor]

This is gonna be a great year in the SEC; it should be very interesting to say the least...

[cjg11582]

Well I still think Florida is a top ten team, but never the less I am giving them their typically competitive division by default. It is amazing how high the standards are in The SEC. And you are right, Lefty, that title game will probably go the way of the west.

[matthth]

I tell ya.......no matter what happens this year its gonna be another great year of SEC football. Now if I predict with my heart, the dawgs are gonna pound there way to the top, and I hope my heart is right. BUT, if I predict with my brains, its probably gonna end up the year of the gator this year. And as bad as I HATE to say this, Leake will come out of his shell this year and take more chances and actually become the QB he was sopposed to be. Top four- UF-UGA-LSU-AUB. Top two - FL - AUB. SEC champ FLA

[Lefty Noob]

Hey, welcome to GoTeamsGo, matthth! Georgia fan, I assume? How do they look coming into the 2006 season? Can you give us a short scouting report? Anyway, thanks for joining us, and I hope you stick around and check out some of the other team and sport forums on our network!

[Tennessee2IDie2210]

I guess im just byist but please do not think tennessee is just gonna lay down and take the fact hey are gonna finish third in the conference Georgia is not and i repeat not gonna finsh in front of Tennessee i just dont think that Fullmer will alow that to happen.

[epic37311]

Originally Posted by cjg11582

. And you are right, Lefty, .

That made me choke on my Pepsi from laughing. I really don't know why.

Too early for me to make any predictions. Never know what will happen in the south.

[epic37311]

In the East I am going with
1= UT
2= USC
3=FLA
4=UGA