BBRules Week 1 SEC Rankings

Their has been enough play for me to see all the teams a few times. Here is week ones SEC Rankings.

1. Kentucky. No way the Cats drop from this spot all year.

2. Florida. Good guards but could use some depth around the rim.

3. Alabama. A tough, tough team that will be hard to beat at home.

4. Vanderbilt. Same old Vanderbilt. Looks to be a tad overrated.

5. Mississippi State. Their wheels are sure to fall off but for now might switch positions with Vandy soon.

6. Tennessee. If Pearl could only have gotten his teams to play this hard. Still not enough talent on the floor but it looks like Tenn got a good coach.

7. Mississippi. Not sure if they are better or just luckier than Georgia. One of those teams that will go up and down the bottom of the SEC rankings.

8. Georgia. They lost to much talent from last year. With Mark Fox as a coach expect them to improve but not win to much.

9. Arkansas. Lot of talent there but still looks like a Arkansas team.

10. Auburn. Might surprise some people when conference play starts.

11. LSU. Their offense smells like a fish market. Enough said.

12. South Carolina. Even beating Clemson can’t get them out of the cellar, only LSU can.

Duke Finds Their ODU In Tennessee

Tennessee stayed right there with Puke till very near the end. Puke won by 10 I believe. The Blue Devils were susceptible to the dribble drive and Tennessee made it to the basket pretty much at will. Only thing is that Tennessee players, while very athletic, play like a bunch of street ballers. In other words, really sloppy stuff on their part. It was nip and tuck in the first half until two treys by Rivers and another by Curry put them up by 6 at the half. Tennessee came back a regained the lead briefly early in the second half and the score continued to flip flop by a point or two either direction till the last five minutes of the game or so. Duke went up by 8, then 10 pts. and it stayed that way the last couple of minutes as the game concluded.

No “real” Devils or Oranges were injured or put in any jeopardy during this contest.

In unrelated news, I fell asleep on the couch awaiting the next game from Maui and dreamed I came home and found a naked dwarf in my living room. I tried everything, including “caining” him with a pool cue to get him to leave but he wouldn’t go away. I finally had to call the police but woke up before they got there. It appears that watching two teams you hate play one another does strange thinks to the mind; especially having to root for Tennessee.

A better sports story than Tipton could write. The human interest factor was far more interesting too.

I’m sure if Freud were still alive he’d say, subconsciously, that naked dwarf was Coach K.

I borrowed and combined this from alpha and Boondog and jdog in the forums since I found it much more truthfull than what you could find on ESPN.

Missouri To The SEC

Its official now. The SEC released a statement saying the conference’s presidents and chancellors acted unanimously, and Missouri will join the league effective July 1, 2012.

After thinking about it I decided to issue a official BBR statement about it. Who gives a hoot, it’s basketball season!!!!!!!!!!!

Stay tuned for more come April.

Picture This If You Can

You think Mitch Barnhart has problems with Joker not having a good season. His problems pale in comparison to Miss AD Pete Boone.

http://www.mrsec.com/2011/10/forward-rebels-calls-for-immediate-termination-of-ums-boone/

Generally laughter is the best medicine but in this case it doesn’t make me feel better. Are we seeing the future of college football in this story. One of my favorite Frank Zappa lines started with, “Picture this if you can”. Try picturing one of our favorite sports when both the right and the left get into as another battleground to draw attention to their views.

Don’t think for a minute that this Lee Habeeb is into it for anything other than self promotion. Well OK if you want to you got my permission. Me I’m gonna listen to some Frank and picture my football being pure as the driven snow.

Now!!!!!!!!

Picture this if you can
[Howard:] Oh . . .
[Mark:] Bead jobs!
[Howard:] Oh!
[Mark:] Knotted nylons!
[Howard:] Oh!
[Mark:] Bamboo canes!
[Howard:] Oh!
[Mark:] Three unreleased recordings of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young fighting in the dressing-room of the Fillmore East!

The horror of even thinking about this happening is just unbearable. Does anyone know if college bowling is in their view yet.

BigBlueRules Top 25 Week 7

1 Alabama
2 LSU
3 Oklahoma
4 Oklahoma St
5 Wisconsin
6 Clemson
7 Boise St
8 Stanford
9 Arkansas
10 Oregon
11 Kansas St
12 Va Tech
13 Nebraska
14 South Carolina
15 West Virginia
16 Michigan St
17 Michigan
18 Houston
19 Auburn
20 Texas A&M
21 Penn St
22 Georgia Tech
23 Ill
24 Washington
25 Texas

I still think things can change, but we all know the 2 best teams in the Nation are from the SEC West

Week 6 SEC Rankings

Once again LSU and Alabama showed they are not only the best teams in the SEC, they showed they are the best teams in the nation that aren’t from of Oklahoma.

1. Alabama: Alabama gets my nod again this week after bringing Vandy down to earth. This week Bama visits Ole Miss for a beat down of the bears.

2. LSU: LSU had no problem with Florida’s speed. This weekend they travel to Tennessee to cook old smokey like a Filipino has a tailgate party.

3. Arkansas: Auburn stays in the middle of the pack after getting beaten by the razorbacks. Arkansas has a week off before the visit Ole Miss for a little bear hunting.

4. Georgia: Tennessee was easy, how easy you ask. As easy as getting a date on the strip in Vegas. This week they travel back to Tennessee where Vandys defense will look better than Tennessee’s did.

5. Auburn: After playing good at SC the old eagle couldn’t get it up against LSU. A little gator bait will be just what the eagle orders.

6. Florida: Alabama made gator hash in the second half in the swamp two weeks and the Tiger ran down the gator last week. This week its the gators at home.

7. Mississippi State: UAB didn’t give them a game. Expect SC to take them this weekend.

8. South Carolina: Kentucky didn’t get anything done to improve their cellar. Visiting SC should be a little harder.

9. Tennessee: Georgia visited them Saturday and knocked Tennessee out of a chance to win the east. With LSU coming in this weekend all those freshmen are going to get their second taste of big time SEC football.

10. Vanderbilt: Bama showed Vandy that they need an offense to go with a never quit defense. A trip to Georgia will give their secondary a chance to shine.

11. Ole Miss: Bama bound this weekend will give the ole bears another loss.

12. Kentucky: The defense tried hard but ran out of gas chasing a gamecock the whole game. The worst offense in the nation, you betcha. Will a week off before a 4-1 Jacksonville St visits help? You betcha not.

Week 5 SEC Rankings

LSU and Alabama showed they are not only the best teams in the SEC, they showed they are the best teams in the nation

1. Alabama: Alabama gets my nod again this week after a dominating performance over Florida. This week Vandy who is beginning to show they are a low cal offensive team visits.

2. LSU: LSU is sitting at #2 because they beat Kentucky. As much as so many writers are ranking them #1 they look like #2. This week they get a low cal Brantley free Florida at home.

3. Arkansas: Their come back over future SEC team Texas A&M is good enough to keep them #3. Next weekend an Auburn team who seems to be getting it together. How together will be seen Saturday.

4. Georgia: Miss St was easy. This week they travel to Tennessee where the passing game could give them fits.

5. Auburn: Making SC look bad is the best they have played this year. Arkansas will be a challenge for a better looking Auburn defense.

6. Florida: Alabama made gator hash in the second half in the swamp. With LSU up this weekend I’m forced to change my tune about Florida winning the east.

7. Mississippi State: Georgia got them. Will UAB give them a game?

8. South Carolina: Auburn embarrassed them at home. This week they get to roast Kentucky marshmallows at home

9. Tennessee: Buffalo stunk which is just what Tennessee needed before Georgia visits them Saturday for a game that will be for the lead in the east.

10. Vanderbilt: They had a week off before visiting Alabama.

11. Ole Miss: My upset pick of the week didn’t pan out but neither did most of my picks. They have a week off to prepare for a trip to Alabama.

12. Kentucky: The defense played a good enough game but once again the offense failed to shine and you need a light if your going to spend the rest of the year in the cellar.

Tennessee Flys Albatross Airways

If at first you don’t succeed, try try again. That looks like its going to be Derick Dooleys slogan. A report at yahoo sports is saying that Tennessee is under investigation again for a assistant coach sending $1,500 to to a talent scout in July 2009, funding the airfare for an unofficial recruiting trip by then five-star prospect Lache Seastrunk and his mother.

When is the Albatross named Kiffen finally going to manage to get off the ground and out of Tennessee? Not very quickly apparently.

This one looks way worse for the Vols than the previous charges.

Its Offical A&M Is In The SEC

Well its official now. The SEC announced today that Texas A&M will join the conference effective July 1, 2012, and will begin competition in all sports for the 2012-13 academic year. How exciting can a Sunday get?

You don’t think its exciting? It is, it is, it is exciting. Sports writers all over the country are being forced to work today since the SEC, in their infinite wisdom decided that Sunday is the perfect day to tweak noses in the Big 12. Blog writers are feverishly looking for story’s to copy ideas from. Google is about to crash from SEC fans searching for Texas boards to talk smack. Coaches are looking for Texas HS players to visit now that there is a new SEC big bull in town. Texas legislators are thinking about how to impeach Gov Perry for allowing this to happen. Oklahoma fans are laughing behind their hands at the embarrassment Texas is suffering. Anyway you get the picture, Texas A&M is in the SEC next year.

I should have had something prepared to post since I knew this was going to happen. I didn’t though so I’m just going to wing it.

How is the SEC going to change. To begin with in men’s basketball there will finally a sheriff in the west. In men and women’s track A&M has won the last two national championships and will make the west stronger. Women’s soccer, volleyball and softball will be getting good upper level SEC teams. In football the SEC will be getting a mid level team who will benefit in recruiting by joining the SEC. The SEC will also be getting a school that produces the most military officers besides the academy’s.

Not bad.

SEC Week 4 Rankings

LSU and Alabama showed they are not only the best teams in the SEC, they showed they are the best teams in the nation

1. Alabama: Alabama gets my nod as #1 this week after a dominating performance over Arkansas. Next up they visit #12 Florida where they will attempt to slow down the fastest pair of backs I’ve ever seen.

2. LSU: LSU is sitting at #2 because they gave up 463 yds passing to W Va. and Alabama gave up only 209 yds to Arkansas. This week they get to practice against Kentucky.

3. Arkansas: I’m keeping Arkansas ranked #3 simply because Alabama will make them look better after beating Florida at Florida.

4. Florida: Still undefeated after having no problem with Kentucky. There is probably little chance of beating Alabama this weekend but upsets are known to happen.

5. Georgia: Beating Ole Miss doesn’t deserve to be moved up two spots but neither Miss St or S Carolina looked as good. Getting Miss St at home will help decide who is going to win the East.

6. Mississippi State: Told you they should be worried about Louisiana Tech. The WAC has come close to surprising a couple of SEC teams this year, but Georgia should be able to handle them.

7. Auburn: Beating FAU point wise is all it takes to win. Come on though they almost allowed FAU to out gain them yardage wise. Visiting S Carolina won’t help their fans feel good this week.

8. South Carolina: The defense had no problem with Vandy, but Vandys defense made Spurrier look like a QB guru. Rumor has it that the NCAA has granted another year of eligibility to Spurrier so expect SC to beat Auburn.

9. Tennessee: No game is a good way to keep the Tennessee fans happy. Up next is really low scoring Buffalo team.

10. Vanderbilt: If they had a fair offense their loss to SC wouldn’t have hurt as much. They have a week off before they visit Alabama.

11. Kentucky: Florida acted just like a stepsister who wouldn’t let Kentucky borrow the pumpkin. With a trip to LSU up next its going to be hard to get the shoe on. As I said last week, “Don’t expect to see perfection and pray not to see ugly.”

12. Ole Miss: A loss to Georgia probably didn’t do Nutts job security any good but a Loss at Fresno St might spell his end as a coach in the SEC. My upset pick of the week.

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