(Yearly) Way Too Early 2016 SEC Prediction Thread

[Deltamud77]

SECe:
(1) UTenn (10-2) - They are the most talented team in the East and one of the most talented in the conference;
(2) UF (8-4)- If they can get decent QB play, they limp into 2nd;
(3) UGA (8-4) - Based on talent alone;
(4) USCe (7-5)
(5) Mizzou (6-6)
(6) UK (6-6)
(7) Vandy (4-8)

SECw:
(1) Ole Miss (11-1) They beat Bama again and win the tie-break and finally go to Atlanta - Saban turns them in to NCAA
(2) Bama (11-1)
(3) LSU (9-3) Miles does enough to keep his job again, loses to Bama, Ole Miss and Wisconsin
(4) Arkansas - 8-4
(5) Texas A&M - 7-5 Swagcopter is shown the door - Chip Kelly hired as his replacement
(6) Auburn - 7-5 Malzahn is shown the door, Ed Herman hired as his replacement
(7) MSU - 6-6 QB struggles doom the season.

UTenn v OM in Atlanta...OM wins.

Playoff:
Ole Miss, Clemson, Michigan and Stanford

Ole Miss loses to Michigan in the title game.

[Deltamud77]

http://www.ducksouth.com/phpbb/viewtopi ... 3&t=118481

Here is the prediction for the West from last year...

[hillhunter]

I agree w the east predictions.

The west, not so much.

Alabama... They lose a lot but are always ready to reload. Should be no different this time around. Don't think they go undefeated because OM can still beat them I think, but something tells me Saban figured this one out eventually... How many times has he lost to a team three times in a row? Ever?

Ole Miss... They lose a lot too, but will not play in playoff due to losing to Alabama and FSU... They start 1-2 but win out.

LSU.... Fournette is good enough to carry them through most of the schedule, just not Bama and OM.

Auburn... Not great but talent wise, better than the rest of the bottom.

Arkansas, Texas AM, and MSU tie for fighting it out at the bottom. They all have their own problems, with Arkh probably better than the other two. AMs trouble at QB haunts them and Sumlin probably walks after next year. MSU is going to be OK at QB..... But they will suck at every other facet of the game, no line, no running game. Only bright spots are LB and WR and they aren't great.

As a State fan I am less excited about the next five years than ever. We are about to start sucking again unless Dano figures out how to recruit.

[mshunter77]

Going through be another interesting year in the west. Bama and Ole Miss have to be the favorites and I would have to lean towards Bama coming out on top. Still more overall talent even though the draft is going to take a lot. WR corp should be loaded, Bo Scarbrough will be the next stud RB, OL only has to replace two starters. Plug in Barnet or Cornwell and offense keeps chugging along. Defense will have some early growing pains trying to rebuild the depth on the DL and the secondary may actually be even better.

Ole miss has to replace some big time players. They may have some talent but they do not have another Treadwell or Tunsil. Can somebody step up and fill those rolls? Will Conner be back?

Arkie has to replace Allen who is a very underrated QB, but I think they come in third followed closely by LSU who is still looking for solid QB play. A&M, Auburn, and State battle it out for the final 3 spots.

[camlock]

Ole miss has to replace some big time players. They may have some talent but they do not have another Treadwell or Tunsil. Can somebody step up and fill those rolls? Will Conner be back?

Bama and Ole Miss 1 & 2

Bama is Bama...reload/repeat...unless some major coaching change after tonight (which I don't think happens)

Conner will be back...only player not yet declared is Kelly and I don't think there is any real concern he is gonna declare...as for the replacements, nobody can replace Treadwell but Ole Miss is absolutely loaded at WR and will be fine, I think Stringfellow will be way more like Treadwell than anyone realizes. Tunsil is more of an issue, and it highlights the only big question mark for Ole Miss in 2016 the O-Line. They got talent but not experienced talent and not a ton of depth...if their O-Line plays well they are just as good in 2016 as 2015
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Arkansas and LSU 3 & 4

LSU should be competing and Les Miles is why they aren't and he won't survive another season of losing 3-4 games with all the talent on that roster. Why a recruit would sign with that lame duck is beyond me, why Dave Aranda took the job is also beyond me.

I think Arkansas is #3 and it's almost by default b/c I think SEC West will be down next year overall
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I think TAMU, MSU, and Auburn are 5, 6 & 7

TAMU, this is Sumlin's last year in College Station one way or another

MSU, just can't replace Prescott and you only got to the Belk Bowl with him this year, and when your coach is trying to leave you know something is amiss, hard times. Somebody should hunt down Manny Diaz and whip his ass, by the way...

Auburn, it was fun Malzahn

[deltadukman]

Ole Miss's recruting class is so good, there isn't a number to be put on it. It's better than #1. They win the East, West, SEC Championshi, ACC, Big 10, and Mountain West in the same day. Nick Saban resigns and turns into an alcoholic and starts coaching pee wee league in Pelham. Hugh Freeze is appointed as the Pope, The President, NFL Commissoner, Heir to Warren Buffett's estate, and Dan Bilizaren's personal woman prequalification specialist(don't act like yall dont know what I'm talking about), Moves into the Playboy mansion, owns the rights to the Blind Side, and his bust will be carved into Mt. Rushmore. But he turns it all down because he loves Taylor Grocery'ville "that much" and he would rather open a drug rehab and violence prevention program with the Nkemdiche brothers because of his influence "that one time" and helping get them back on their feet.

[camlock]

Ole Miss's recruting class is so good, there isn't a number to be put on it. It's better than #1. They win the East, West, SEC Championshi, ACC, Big 10, and Mountain West in the same day. Nick Saban resigns and turns into an alcoholic and starts coaching pee wee league in Pelham. Hugh Freeze is appointed as the Pope, The President, NFL Commissoner, Heir to Warren Buffett's estate, and Dan Bilizaren's personal woman prequalification specialist(don't act like yall dont know what I'm talking about), Moves into the Playboy mansion, owns the rights to the Blind Side, and his bust will be carved into Mt. Rushmore. But he turns it all down because he loves Taylor Grocery'ville "that much" and he would rather open a drug rehab and violence prevention program with the Nkemdiche brothers because of his influence "that one time" and helping get them back on their feet.

I'm not sure about other OM fans on the board...but I'm flattered

[Po Monkey Lounger]

I can live with Deltamud's prediction.

2012: 7 wins
2013: 8 wins
2014: 9 wins
2015: 10 wins
2016: ??

[Deltamud77]

I can live with Deltamud's prediction.

2012: 7 wins
2013: 8 wins
2014: 9 wins
2015: 10 wins
2016: ??

That is pretty much the unspoken basis of my prediction, Po Monk. The reality is that the key is the beat Bama. OM is the only SEC school that has proven to know how to do that in the last two years.

Freeze spoke about it last night on the pre-game ESPN broadcast. He said, first to beat Bama you have to win 1st down. Second, you have to spread them horizontally as well. OM has the scheme and athletes to do this...which puts them ahead of almost all of the SEC right out of the gate. (Look at LSU for a comparator - LSU ran straight into the heart of the Bama defense on first down over 90% of the time this year - took low percentage passes the other times. As a result, they were 2nd and 3rd and long the whole game). OM did some of what Clemson did...spread it out, even if only for 4 and 5 yard gains. Then the QB can pick up third downs with his feet when needed.

I think Freeze obviously knows how to beat Bama more so than any other coach. He also has the athletes to do it.

Since OM gets Bama at home, early, I think they win another close one and run the SEC table after that to win the west. I do think they may lose to FSU in Orlando. I could see them going undefeated though in the regular season.

As an aside, if and when OM beats Bama for the third straight year, I predict there to be some interesting story lines between the two schools when the loss actually knocks Bama out of playoff contention (as would have been the case this year but for the Arky miracle).

[webbmaster]

Would it be a little premature to label that game as the biggest in OM history?

[camlock]

Would it be a little premature to label that game as the biggest in OM history?

"Alabama fans are a group of people that legitimately think they are better than you because 85 kids they don't know are really good at football..."

One of the best quotes to describe the douchebaggery of Alabama football fanship.

[webbmaster]

Ewwww burnsauce...

[Po Monkey Lounger]

Would it be a little premature to label that game as the biggest in OM history?

Funny.

While there will no doubt be fans and sports analysts who will hype the 2016 Ole Miss v Bama game at least as the biggest game of the year for both teams, as of late it will simply be the biggest game of the season for both teams up to that point. For the winner, and perhaps even the loser (like Alabama this season), each successive game will grow bigger and bigger if/as that team continues to win.

I like the position of this game on the schedule for both teams. It's a good early measuring stick game that occurs early enough that a loss by either team does not ruin the season. Make it more difficult? Yes. But, as Alabama proved this season, a loss is certainly not fatal to SEC title or national title hopes.

It would not only be premature, but just a tad dramatic to proclaim the game the biggest in OM (or anyone's) history.

[Po Monkey Lounger]

With Chad Kelly returning, I like Ole Miss's chances next year of improving in the overall win column, whatever that might mean from an SEC West standing and title standpoint. Specifically, that would mean 11 total wins for the season.

My optimism is primarily based upon Kelly's return (huge IMO) and the addition of Shea Patterson, who will be able to go through spring practice with the team. Having Shea will enable the Ole Miss coaching staff to turn Kelly loose to run the ball from the get go, at least against the better teams on the schedule like FSU, Bama, etc. Our read option offense was much, much better in the last 5 games once Kelly started keeping the ball himself on occasion based upon his reads at the LOS, and running out of the pocket when there was open green ahead. Prior to that, the coaches had deliberately held him back in order to protect him. (Having Tunsil back, helped a lot as well).

[deltadukman]

Would it be a little premature to label that game as the biggest in OM history?

Funny.

While there will no doubt be fans and sports analysts who will hype the 2016 Ole Miss v Bama game at least as the biggest game of the year for both teams, as of late it will simply be the biggest game of the season for both teams up to that point. For the winner, and perhaps even the loser (like Alabama this season), each successive game will grow bigger and bigger if/as that team continues to win.

I like the position of this game on the schedule for both teams. It's a good early measuring stick game that occurs early enough that a loss by either team does not ruin the season. Make it more difficult? Yes. But, as Alabama proved this season, a loss is certainly not fatal to SEC title or national title hopes.

It would not only be premature, but just a tad dramatic to proclaim the game the biggest in OM (or anyone's) history.

What will be the bowl name given to this game and when should we expect to hear this matchup being referred to as something other that Ole Miss vs. Alabama?