LibertyVolance
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Both divisions will both be particularly fun to watch this year and no definite champion can be determined yet.
The West is most definitely the strongest of the two with TAMU, Aub, Ala, LSU, and OM looking very good and Ark and MSU not looking too bad themselves. Ark has the only loss in the West and that was in their opener with Auburn, also in the West. From what I have seen, I would be hard pressed to pick an eventual West champ at this date. Much more will be known later when the conference matchups really begin.
As a Vol, it has to be encouraging that the East is noticeably weaker with Kentucky demonstrating that Fla has still not reclaimed their former SOS/Urban form, but also demonstrating Kentucky is much improved. Our next opponent, Georgia, proved to be no world beater yesterday with USC taking them down. Don't forget, too, that TAMU destroyed USC 2 weeks ago which may say something about the strength of the West over the
East again this year.
Plus, I think possibly Mizzou is being undervalued because Maty Mauk is proving to be an excellent and able QB on a still solid team of over-achievers. Only Vandy is a certainty to be a real doormat this year. So I think the East, though weaker than the West, still offers a competitive playground this fall with no absolute leader determined yet. I think it's going to be a very interesting and fun year for SEC football.
And finally, I will get to my main point. Observing some weak defense among East teams so far, and observing some real possibility this Vol Defense could play some ball this fall, the Vols just could compete with all these East teams this year with one caveat. There must be considerable improvement to the O-Line. I'm not sure that our OL may be the weakest in both divisions right now.:compute: And I could go on for hours, but I need a pause for a nap. Suddenly, I made myself quite sleepy.
The West is most definitely the strongest of the two with TAMU, Aub, Ala, LSU, and OM looking very good and Ark and MSU not looking too bad themselves. Ark has the only loss in the West and that was in their opener with Auburn, also in the West. From what I have seen, I would be hard pressed to pick an eventual West champ at this date. Much more will be known later when the conference matchups really begin.
As a Vol, it has to be encouraging that the East is noticeably weaker with Kentucky demonstrating that Fla has still not reclaimed their former SOS/Urban form, but also demonstrating Kentucky is much improved. Our next opponent, Georgia, proved to be no world beater yesterday with USC taking them down. Don't forget, too, that TAMU destroyed USC 2 weeks ago which may say something about the strength of the West over the
East again this year.
Plus, I think possibly Mizzou is being undervalued because Maty Mauk is proving to be an excellent and able QB on a still solid team of over-achievers. Only Vandy is a certainty to be a real doormat this year. So I think the East, though weaker than the West, still offers a competitive playground this fall with no absolute leader determined yet. I think it's going to be a very interesting and fun year for SEC football.
And finally, I will get to my main point. Observing some weak defense among East teams so far, and observing some real possibility this Vol Defense could play some ball this fall, the Vols just could compete with all these East teams this year with one caveat. There must be considerable improvement to the O-Line. I'm not sure that our OL may be the weakest in both divisions right now.:compute: And I could go on for hours, but I need a pause for a nap. Suddenly, I made myself quite sleepy.
