Dawg83 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Well, we’ve very nearly made it, friends. With a decent looking Week Zero and a somewhat underwhelming Week 1, I figured let’s go ahead and combine the first couple of weeks to get the discussion going. Week 0 games of note: TCU vs North Carolina in Ireland, NC State vs Virginia, Memphis vs UNLV, plus Southern Cal and Florida State both in action…. I’m not a huge Week 0 guy but there’s enough meat on the bone this weekend where I’ll definitely be tuning in for some of those games. Now, onto the games with more of a rooting interest here… Skipping ahead to next Sunday night, let’s talk Ole Miss vs Louisville in Nashville. Rebels are a 7 point favorite as I type this 13 days out. I am fascinated by this matchup. Both fanbases will likely travel very well for this one. It’s not really Game 1 for Golding but it kinda is, and it’s against a really savvy veteran coach in Jeff Brohm who has a good team of his own. We’ve had 9 months of nothing but Ole Miss-LSU talk, and so the natural question has to be can OM avoid the lookahead trap? Do we know what we have yet in Golding as a head coach and program builder? I think the answer to that question is no….But you know what you have at QB, and that’s worth a whole lot. I think it will be close, because Ole Miss played a ton of close games last year and I don’t that changes with a coaching change, but I’m taking the Rebels to outlast Louisville for the W. I will give UL the cover though. Ole Miss 34, Louisville 30. State vs ULM - Dogs currently a 28.5 point favorite. ULM really struggled last year and for Jeff Lebby’s sake this needs to be an improved State team, so I will be disappointed if it’s not a comfy State win. I kinda think State will be out to make a statement on both sides of the ball and play aggressive. The Kamario Taylor era gets one tune up and then it’s right into the fire. I’ll be on hand for this one so looking forward to being back at Davis Wade. I have State taking this one 51-14. LSU -9.5 vs Clemson - the Kiffin era begins with a big Saturday night home game. I think we are getting close to the end of the Dabo era and I’m pretty high on this LSU team so I will give the Purple and Gold Tigers a 14 point win here. Auburn vs Baylor - game being played in Atlanta because John Cohen is insistent on being like his idol Larry Templeton, I guess…. AU a touchdown favorite. A lot of USF flare on this Auburn team, but I’m a big fan of Alex Golesh and could see AU being one of the most improved teams in the SEC this year. I have Auburn taking this one by 17. USM opens against Alcorn…. I don’t know just a ton about USM but I watched Alcorn last year and they were probably the worst FCS team I’ve ever seen in person. ESPN is telling me USM is a 21 point favorite, I think they’ll cover easily. A bit of a dull Week 1 overall, but I’m sure we will have an upset or two somewhere. If you made me pick an upset special, a couple I’ve got my eyes on early on are Toledo over Michigan State and a real long shot pick is FAU over Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted Saturday at 07:48 PM Share Posted Saturday at 07:48 PM UNC with an impressive defensive performance against mistake prone TCU for an ugly 15-10 win in Dublin. What a cool trip for the players and fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted Sunday at 01:13 PM Share Posted Sunday at 01:13 PM UNLV lost to Memphis, more proof of why I don’t bet on games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted Sunday at 04:23 PM Share Posted Sunday at 04:23 PM Agreed, I have not bet on games in 30+ years. Too unpredictable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted Monday at 01:58 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 01:58 PM That UNC-TCU game was a horrible watch. I don’t think either of those teams are going to be very good. But man what happened to TCU? You’d never know that they played for a national title not even 4 years ago based on that performance. The most impressive team of the day was Virginia. Totally dogwalked NC State. USM’s ex beat State’s ex out in Vegas. Fell asleep at halftime and missed a lot of it. But potentially a significant result for Playoff purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted 20 hours ago Author Share Posted 20 hours ago (edited) It is two days until kickoff of the season and the whole country is talking about LSU and the SEC suing each other. And Kiffin too, because of course. Clemson winning in Tiger Stadium on Saturday would be the funniest outcome of the weekend, IMO. Edited 20 hours ago by Dawg83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago 16 minutes ago, Dawg83 said: It is two days until kickoff of the season and the whole country is talking about LSU and the SEC suing each other. And Kiffin too, because of course. Clemson winning in Tiger Stadium on Saturday would be the funniest outcome of the weekend, IMO. Clemson is gonna win. LSU entire season is about to implode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago Even most SEC fans are now Clemson fans even if it is for one Saturday night only. lsu loses both ways regardless of the outcome of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago 59 minutes ago, Vott said: Clemson is gonna win. LSU entire season is about to implode Had a UT orange guy tell me today that ole miss would lose 5 and the first one willl be sunday in nashville........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unionman76 Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago All the college players are professionals now, don’t know why anyone would argue that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSTSatchmo Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago 6 hours ago, Dawg83 said: It is two days until kickoff of the season and the whole country is talking about LSU and the SEC suing each other. And Kiffin too, because of course. Clemson winning in Tiger Stadium on Saturday would be the funniest outcome of the weekend, IMO. Where was this SEC intervention when Bama was actually playing a former pro player last basketball season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrownInEtown Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago If it’s someone like Trinidad, load your weapons SEC we’re going to war. But this is over a 2nd string TE and an undrafted DT. It’s not worth losing a conference membership over 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago 1 hour ago, MSTSatchmo said: Where was this SEC intervention when Bama was actually playing a former pro player last basketball season. Agreed. I guess because it’s basketball and not football? Either way, should have ended that back then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSTSatchmo Posted 11 hours ago Share Posted 11 hours ago Now I don’t care if they’ve played in the NFL, XFL, NBA or Banana Ball. “College” players aren’t amateurs anymore. They’re all paid professionals. However that’s not the rule. In my opinion it should be changed. Doesn’t matter as long as you have playing eligibility left. 5 years to play 5 or whatever it is now. To me it’s a matter of who is in charge and what are the actual rules. The NCAA says one thing. The SEC says one thing. Then a “favorable” court judge says another. That’s got to stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSTSatchmo Posted 11 hours ago Share Posted 11 hours ago 8 hours ago, Dawg83 said: It is two days until kickoff of the season and the whole country is talking about LSU and the SEC suing each other. And Kiffin too, because of course. Clemson winning in Tiger Stadium on Saturday would be the funniest outcome of the weekend, IMO. I’m definitely in the minority that wants to see LSU win big this year. I think a lot of the Kiffin hate is hypocritical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago Well it appears that college eligibility will be wide open. Play in the NFL for 5-6 years, get cut and then simply return to college and play football and take a few more classes. Honestly, I really don’t see how that can be stopped. And that applies for all sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastfootballfanman Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago Lebron James is going to retire and join Akron after this season. He will have full eligibility. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrownInEtown Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Ole Miss has a tough outing to open with. I’m a big Jeff Brohm guy and think Louisville will be in ACC contention as long as he is there. If there wasn’t such a talent disparity, I would take Louisville to win right here. But Pete somehow managed to bring back IMO the best QB and maybe the best RB in the nation. That alone gets him above .500 this year. I really like Joe Judge, Frank Wilson, and Baker. This will more than likely still be a top 20 offense. The big question is defense. Pete wasn’t exactly the cream of the crop from a coordinator standpoint, but they still had great defenses in his time because of the recruiting. Have to imagine that won’t sustain now that Kiffin is gone. Not that Pete isn’t a great recruiter, but I don’t think they’ll be able to replicate the last few years of Kiffin’s tenure. I’ll take Ole Miss 21-17 No idea what to think of Clemson and LSU. SMU (-3) v Florida St. Both of these teams have some dudes. Norvell could be gone by November this year. FSU pulled a tough ACC slate and then have Bama + Florida OOC. FSU will be the biggest job open this season unless Norvell lights off a powder keg this year. I’ll take SMU 32-20 Auburn (-7.5) v Baylor. Byrum Brown may be the freakiest athlete in the SEC this year. The most violent QB I’ve ever seen. Really looking forward to week 3 with Auburn vs Florida. Floridas probably in a better spot right now because of the roster they were able to bring back. I like both hires from each team, and the staff Sumrall brought in. Golesh is going to need a little more time to turn his program around than UF. UF has the ability to upset some folks this year. But back to this game, I’ll take Auburn in a close one vs DJ Lagway 17-14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former Coach Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 12 hours ago, MSTSatchmo said: Where was this SEC intervention when Bama was actually playing a former pro player last basketball season. They appealed the judges decision and actually won. I think the guy only played a couple games before the judge ruled him ineligible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David44 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 12 hours ago, DrownInEtown said: If it’s someone like Trinidad, load your weapons SEC we’re going to war. But this is over a 2nd string TE and an undrafted DT. It’s not worth losing a conference membership over That TE, DaeQuan Wright had 635 yards 5 TDs and was 2nd team All SEC last year. That's the one Kiffin wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted 53 minutes ago Share Posted 53 minutes ago Harris won't be ready for few weeks minimum but DaeQuan is ready asap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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