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The expectations are high in
Alabama for coach Mike Shula and his Crimson
Tide as the pollsters have put them in the top
10. There is no doubt about their talent and
team speed, but the big question surrounds quarterback
John Parker Wilson. He took most of the snaps
last spring and summer when Brodie Croyle was
recovering from knee surgery. This time he’s
taking them knowing that he’ll be the
man under center. If he plays well the Tide
could be rolling into a BCS bowl.
Arkansas finished just 2-6 in conference play
a season ago, but the Razorbacks are hoping
that they can turn things around quickly with
a new play caller. 1st year assistant coach
Gus Malzahn will be calling the offensive plays
instead of head coach Houston Nutt who made
plenty of suspect calls a season ago. Malzahn
will also coach the receivers and you will see
an extra effort by him to get the ball in the
air so that his receivers can make some big
plays. Expect big things from Marcus Monk who
caught 7 touchdown passes last season. Although
things appear to be headed in the right direction
as Arkansas’ coaching staff appears to
be focusing their talents better, things won’t
come out smelling like roses in Malzahn’s
opening act. Expect just a 1 or 2 game improvement
in conference play.
Things are looking good for Auburn who finished
7-1 in the difficult SEC last year as they get
their big time passer, Brandon Cox, back to
run the show. In his first season as at the
helm, Cox passed for more than 2300 yards and
threw 15 touchdowns. He’ll be even better
with another year of experience under his belt
this season which leads me to believe that Auburn
will take the SEC.
LSU has the most depth at quarterback in the
conference, but it will be JaMarcus Russell
under center this fall. Russell won 10 games
for the Tigers last season before suffering
an injury in the SEC title game but will be
on a short leash with Flynn and Perrilloux showing
that they can get the job done as well. LSU
will have their work cut out for them to make
it back to the SEC title game.
Ole Miss has a hard time stacking up against
the elite team in the SEC and it’s even
harder to compete without a Manning on their
team as we saw last couple seasons. It has set
them back even further that they didn’t
get to have this season’s QB, Brent Shaeffer,
taking snaps until this summer as he had to
finish junior college. Former Miami assistants
Werner and Kehoe will try to jumpstart the Rebels
offense this season and prove that they aren‘t
washed up, but the harsh reality may be that
Ole Miss just doesn’t have the talent
that the conference giants have.
Ole Miss’ neighbor was also it’s
twin sister last season as they both finished
1-7 in the SEC and 3-8 overall. But Miss State
got the better of Ole Miss by beating up on
them 35-14 in the season finale. This season
Mississippi State is set up to take down the
Rebels once again as the freshman that coach
Croom brought in are now juniors and he’s
confident in their abilities and can see experience
paying off.
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