SEC Week 3 Rankings

Once again I have to go with LSU as #1 this week. Things can change this weekend. We could have either Alabama or Arkansas taking the top spot away from LSU.

1. LSU: Shutting down Miss St in an easy win keeps them at the top this week. Even with a win, a poor showing at W Va will give the winner of the Arkansas at Alabama game a shot at #1.

2. Alabama: Winning an intramural game against North Texas gave them a chance to play more defensive backs. That can only help them with Arkansas.

3. Arkansas: Visiting Alabama this week Arkansas will test Alabama’s defense for the first time this year.

4. Florida: Still undefeated after having little problem with Tennessee. They should have even less of a problem with a Kentucky team that drives down the field like a Yugo.

5. Mississippi State: LSU had no problem and with a WAC team that took Houston to the wire up this week, they better not look past Louisiana Tech to Georgia.

6. South Carolina: Holding on to beat Navy keeps them in the middle of the pack. Vandy comes to town this weekend in what could be an interesting game.

7. Georgia: Once again they get a win this week to keep them from following the yellow brick road to a losing season.

8. Auburn: Over rated or under rated. It depends on if you are talking about Auburn or Clemson. Auburn finally did what I’ve expected, they lost.

9. Tennessee: No running game, losing a good receiver and a mediocre defense puts them here

10. Vanderbilt: 3-0 this can’t be the Vandy we have all come to know and love. A visit to SC will let us know if they are for real.

11. Kentucky: Ugly is as ugly does and the Cats played the ugliest game I’ve ever seen them play. With a beatable Florida visiting the Cats have a chance to right the ship with a perfect game. Don’t expect perfection though, and pray not to see ugly.

12. Ole Miss: In a game of 1-2 teams Georgia visits Ole Miss in a critical game for both teams. My guess is that Ole Miss gets spanked even at home.

SEC Week Two Rankings

Week two is gone. I spent a little more time than usual thinking about this weeks rankings. I have to go with LSU as #1 this week.

1. LSU: The defense moved LSU to the top, at least for this week. The game at Miss St. could move them down or make Miss St 0-2 in the SEC.

2. Alabama: Allowing what I consider a mid-level Big 10 offensive team to score as many points as they did doesn’t qualify Bama for the top spot this week.

3. Arkansas: Looking forward to seeing the Hogs play Bama in two weeks. For now though Troy will pose no problem in keeping #3 locked down.

4. Florida: A make or break game against a better than expected Tennessee.

5. Mississippi State: Up this week a WAC team they better not look past to Georgia.

6. South Carolina: Ugly but winning. They have to start passing better.

7. Tennessee: Looks like the Vols might have the best QB in the SEC.

8. Georgia: Started just the way I expected. They get a win this week before its back to following the yellow brick road to a losing season.

9. Auburn: Looked much better this week but still beatable by a good defense.

10. Vanderbilt: 2-0 baby. Playing a hungry Ole Miss team will show just how improved they really are.

11. Kentucky: Another slow start. I’m going to start calling it a Kentucky Tradition. There were some bright spots and the Cat’s have a chance to polish those dull spots against Louisville in a intense rivalry game.

12. Ole Miss: With injuries and more questions at almost every position expect even less from them at Vandy.

SEC Week One Rankings

The first week of SEC football is out of the way and I don’t think anyone was really surprised with the results.

1. Alabama: The Tide did nothing to show they belong at the top of the SEC. The defense could lead them to a NC. They are that good.

2. LSU: LSU had one question for Oregon. Wheres the beef?

3. Arkansas: Anything less than a blow out this week over New Mexico would be a shocker.

4. Mississippi State: Up this week is a Auburn team that dropped out of the top 25 with a win.

5. Florida: Still my pic to win the east

6. South Carolina: Garcia won the game but Spurrier refused to give him the game ball. The odd couple at their finest.

7. Tennessee: The Vols should worry this week. The Bearcats put up 72 points and Tenn can’t run the ball.

8. Georgia: Still expecting them to start 0-2 and struggle all year.

9. Auburn: When is the last time a NC team started off at 0-2? SEC football you got to love it.

10. Vanderbilt: Off to a better start than Kentucky and Ole Miss moves Vandy to 10th.

11. Ole Miss: With injuries and more questions at almost every position expect even less from them.

12. Kentucky: The defense will continue to improve and with a win over C Mich a number 10 ranking might be in line next week. That’s a big if though. A bright spot is that the offense has no where to go but up.

Pre Season SEC Rankings

Here is our first SEC Rankings. Most writers I’ve read so far rank us 11th ahead of only Vandy but not us here at BigBlueRules.

1. Alabama: The Tide are hard to pick against. As I said in our top 25 picks they are as complete a team as there is in the country and should be able to plug and play any skill positions they lost.

2. LSU: I have the feeling that there is more trouble around the corner for them. The game is played on the field not in writers minds so its still worth ranking them #2.

3. Arkansas: Losing Knile Davis for the season will hurt but the Hogs are the best offensive team in the SEC. Tyler Wilson has the receivers he needs and the Hog’s have the best defense they have had under Petrino.

4. Mississippi State: A good offense and a good defense will get you ranked higher than a bad one will.

5. Georgia: This team could go either way in a ranking. Expect them to start 0-2 and struggle all year.

6. Florida: My pic to win the east

7. South Carolina: Garcia. Nothing more to say.

8. Tennessee: Young but athletic. The Vols finished the season strong ans should surprise someone in the east this year.

9. Kentucky: Right where they should be from a Kentucky fans view. There is enough speed on this team that if Newton plays good they will be playing in a better bowl this year.

10. Auburn: Cam carried this team last year. They lost a lot and should have a hard time on the road this year.

11. Ole Miss: With questions at almost every position don’t expect a lot from them.

12. Vanderbilt: They are returning a lot of starters so its not out of the realm of possibility for them to win 5 games this year.

Expansion A Done Deal

BigBlueRules has learned from sources that Texas A&M is already in the SEC. According to an unnamed janitor from RFS.

Fearing the university would never receive enough votes to secure an invitation to join the conference, Texas A&M allegedly sent a team of covert operatives under the cover of night to break into the SEC’s Birmingham offices and take the necessary steps to ensure the school became the league’s 13th member.

When contacted by BigBlueRules unnamed sources at the SEC had only this to say.

Not much we can do now, but prevent this type of thing from occurring in the future. You’d think we’d have learned our lesson when Vanderbilt joined under similar circumstances in 1932 when they snuck into the first ever SEC meeting and become one of the conference’s charter members.

You can find the story as first reported here at RFS

I couldn’t pass on posting this just because of the Vandy line.

Crow Pie A&M Style

Both my fingers are flying trying to typing this out to beat everyone to the story. Don’t laugh it actually happened once last year. Now on with the story. The SEC voted to not extend an invitation to Texas A&M, for the time being anyway. Hardly a surprise to anyone since there would be an imbalance between the east and west.

Texas A&M painted their self into a corner with this one. Or did they? This could have simply been Texas politics at its dirtiest. Put some pressure on Texas, grab a few dollars from wealthy supporters, give yourself time to shift a few votes in the legislature and bolt when the time is right. Bolt they will since they have left themselves with nothing to do but bolt or eat crow pie.

Got to give the SEC credit for voting against this. After all they need us way more than we need them.

A&M to the SEC

Is it starting to heat up again in Texas. Some like Mr SEC are saying that A&M is getting serious about coming to the SEC. Read link here.

So do we want A&M and say Oklahoma in the SEC?

From a conference view I think yes but from a Kentucky view I say no. No reason to fear them in basketball but do we really need two more teams to kick us around in football?

One positive I can think of is that it will open Texas up for more recruiting and we might get some players from Texas. Some from our normal recruiting areas that the big SEC guys decide to pass on for a Texas player.

Another positive is more money from a new TV contract.

One negative is the fact that then there will be 14 teams scrambling for bowls and frankly is the 12th or 13th ranked SEC team going to make a bowl.

A Serving OF Hypocrisy Anyone

I’m sure everyone knows by now that the SEC named someone besides Cam Newton the male player of the year. Here’s someone who thinks the vote was nothing but hypocrisy.

Sure I know the young man was a Tennis player but being a 4 time all-American in singles and doubles = 8 if I’m adding right. He was a Tennessee player but that’s a hell of an achievement no matter how you look at it. Cam Newton on the other hand was a tremendous athlete but do you think he would have been such a force if he had come back till he graduated?

Smells like Bama fish er cover up

Wheres the NY Times when you need them. This story reeks of tutors writing papers, drugs, dog stealing ex-girlfriends, Auburn loggers, drugs, agents passing money under the table at BBQ shacks, drugs, fishing trips with boosters, coach Calipari because everyone knows he is dirty, drugs, Jerry Tipton pulitzer prize story’s, cheating girlfriends, Jerry Tipton doing drugs while tailing Patrick Patterson or even a cover up.

Here is the story as its now updated. http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/06/tide_rb_trent_richardson_a_vic.html

The interesting part is that the Tuscaloosa Police Department said the case was closed and no further details would be released. Its summertime and sports news is rare so there is no way this story is going to stay covered up even if your stolen dog buried it.

Stay tuned for a hard hitting fast breaking story by Pat Forde about the ties between Bama and the Tuscaloosa PD. Followed by a fluffy piece by Pete Thamel and a cut and paste by the LHL’s private eye sports writer Jerry Tipton.

In all seriousness though if it smells like cover up and tastes like cover up it sure ain’t fish.

Week 2 SEC Rankings

South Carolina didn’t have much of a problem with Georgia. A J Green had some action on twitter where he seems to think if he was in the game SC would have gone down but we will never know will we A J.

1. Alabama: The tide rolled over Penn St with ease. So far they look unbeatable but this is the SEC. It will be interesting to see how easily they handle Duke who put up a lot of points.

2. South Carolina: SC did as I predicted and moved up to #2. This week they get Furman who had 377 yds rushing in their win over Colgate. Now if I had only listened to myself and picked SC.

3. Arkansas: Arkansas had a miss in a couple of cylinders but still managed a easy win. Visiting Georgia who is going to be desperate will show if they deserve to be ranked this high.

4. Florida: I think the offense woke up didn’t it? Tennessee will give them all they can handle. Upset Special.

5. Georgia: Aaron Murray looked good in the second half but Georgia’s defense didn’t. Expect Arkansas to put up some serious points.

6. Auburn: Auburn got a chance with Miss St. to show if they are mid SEC or not and they are. Since they are playing a ACC team they are off this week.

7. LSU: Beat Vandy 27-3. Miss St comes calling this week so expect a close game.

8. Kentucky: The offense rolled over W Ky. This week the Cats get Akron in what I think will be a scary game for Cat fans.

9. Mississippi State: Made Auburns high powered offense come down to earth in their 17-14 loss. We get a chance to see if they can do the same at LSU.

10. Tennessee: Hung with Oregon for a while but did what SEC fans expected them to do. Florida is visiting this week so we will get a chance to see how much pride the Tennessee players have.

11. Ole Miss: Vandy visits. Could this be the week Vandy returns to the winning fold.

12. Vanderbilt: They are ranked over 100 in points for and passing yards but this is Miss vs Vandy. Call it heads or tails.

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