SEC Power Poll Ballot: Week 1
by Year2 on Sep 7, 2009 12:00 PM EDT
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1. Florida
When the starting offense was on the field, it legitimately had the chance to score on any play. No other team I saw over the weekend felt like that. Not one.
2. Alabama
Statistically more impressive than the scoreboard let on.
3. Ole Miss
Since Memphis is a rival of sorts, I'll give the Rebs a pass on the slow start. A big win is what they needed.
4. LSU
I don't think LSU deserves this spot after being pushed by Washington, but who else to put here?
5. Georgia
I thought they'd lose to Oklahoma State, and they did. No need to drop them in the pecking order just yet.
6. South Carolina
Wins against the ACC are looking less impressive by the day, especially this one. Still, I had South Carolina here in the preseason and I'm not going to be philosophically inconsistent by dropping them and rewarding someone for playing a cupcake.
7. Tennessee
Impressive, but WKU was dreadful.
8. Arkansas
Good start. Now play somebody.
9. Auburn
Welcome back, Auburn offense. It's been a while, hasn't it?
10. Kentucky
I'll put 42-0 over an I-A team ahead of a 45-0 win over a I-AA team for now.
11. Vanderbilt
Turns out Larry Smith was just dehydrated and not injured. That's good news.
12. Mississippi State
Someone has to be last, but it's not because of their play. A nice start for the Dan Mullen era.
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“Wins against the ACC are looking less impressive by the day, especially this one. " – I infer that has something to do with Duke and UVa, but connecting the three results is a total non sequitur. NCSU didn’t get worse because Duke and UVa lost. They haven’t played either one of those teams, so those teams’ bad losses don’t undermine NCSU’s already-played schedule.
Now, if NCSU pulls out a one-point victory against either or both of those bad ACC teams, then you’ll have a stronger point.
And yes, I’m very relieved Larry Smith is OK. I don’t wan’t to see Mac Adams come in for his two series of success and then fall apart again.
No kidding. Didn’t it just fill your heart with joy to see L. Smith drop back and throw a perfect strike to Justin Green for the first touchdown of the game? Bobby Johnson is finally back to attacking defenses with the pass. I finally have a sense that Vandy could come back from a 10 pt+ deficit if they needed to, something I haven’t thought possible since Cutler left.
Virginia Tech might prove to be another Clemson
But the real enemy for my Tide in this years game was US
We kept them in that game. We set up their touchdowns and let them run back a kick off.
ACC might be down, but I like this win for Bama if nothing else showing we can win sloppy when we have to.
(Your Team Here) sucks
by Wallacewade04 on Sep 7, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
It has more to do with the fact that South Carolina looked bad while defeating NC State. A lot of other SEC teams looked good while beating their opponents.
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LSU.
I think people are being too harsh on the Tigers for their struggles in the opener. I was an extremely late game for them, all the way across country against a hyped up team/fanbase. Another couple of weeks will clear this up…
"A player who conjugates a verb in the first person singular cannot be part of the squad, he has to conjugate the verb in the first person plural. We. We want to conquer. We are going to conquer. Using the word 'I' when you're in a group makes things complicated." ~ Wanderley Luxemburgo, 1999
I agree that it's too early to definitively judge someone
But I have problems with LSU for the same reason that I understand why people have problems with South Carolina: Show me. LSU’s defense doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt this year any more than South Carolina’s offense does until either actually proves it’s better than last year.
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