The titles are getting worse the deeper into this I get. Last official post of my school semester but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. I intend to keep up with this thing, especially the closer we get to college football season. I missed a whole season with y'all, I feel like it's important to keep doing this stuff. Besides it's fun.
So for my last post I've decided to do my take on satellite camps.
It was Jim Harbaugh who really got the interest in these things. I think it was also Jim Harbaugh that made people question if satellite camps needed to be regulated since they seem to teeter on the verge of being out of control. Honestly it's really the SEC that complains about them. And it's because the SEC wants all the players to come to them and if Jim Harbaugh holds these fancy, schmancy camps and no one from the SEC schools show up, then what do they really have? I know that's not all there is to it, but I think that's mostly it. This article from CBS.com talks about an insider visiting the satellite camp held by Harbaugh and talking to him about exactly what it is. When Harbaugh was asked by the interviewer why he thought the SEC was upset about the camps he gave a pretty vague answer, "I've got an idea what it is. I'm confirming it. I want to confirm it first."
Mostly the people who were at said satellite camp said that the SEC won all the championships so why should they complain so much. Just let them have this. But I mean I guess I can kind of see where people like Nick Saban and Jeremy Foley, former Florida AD, can be upset. The camps have turned into more of recruiting stuff that goes unregulated by the NCAA. Instead since the NCAA doesn't really have rules on it they just make up rules as they go along and expect them to be followed. I don't really think that's fair, but at the same time if other coaches have recruiting rules that they have to follow, and they don't have these unregulated satellite camps, then I can see where the frustration is. But Harbaugh doesn't really seem to agree that the camps are for recruiting purposes as much as it is, in his words, "for the love of the game".
I'm sorry, but that's total and complete BS. Harbaugh may have a love and a passion for the game of football and for the kids that come to these camps. All of that may be entirely true, but if anyone, for one second, thinks that Harbaugh isn't also interested in how much this could help him and his team well that's crazy. It is basically all about being able to recruit in a roundabout way, and honestly the people who come to these things don't see it as an issue. If you read the comments from the families and the players who come to the camps, they all see this as a positive thing that comes to their communities and provides opportunities for kids to be seen when they otherwise might not have.
And who knows, these things may be awesome. And that's great, but does that mean that it's entirely fair to have them? Probably not. The coaches from the ACC and SEC can rejoice because the NCAA has new legislation on the table that deals with recruiting and the satellite camps in general. It would limit them to just a 10-day period in June which would suck for Harbaugh and most likely upset him, but it would make SEC and ACC coaches very, very happy. I don't see that as a fair compromise, to be honest. But the NCAA is not exactly known for their fairness and understanding, so we'll see what happens with it. You can read the full legislation stuff here.
Well, for the semester it's been fun college football fans, and my loyal dad who has read all of my blog posts every single time I've posted one. Thanks a lot dad! You're the reason I love football.
Keep returning fans, I'll be back.
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Girl Power
Good morning college football fans, and dad. With just two blog posts left to fulfill my obligations for my class this semester I'm running out of ideas. The off-season is in full swing, and it's boring. I watched a baseball game yesterday. A whole baseball game. The worst part is that I enjoyed it. I'm having a rough time. Today though I'm going to talk about an interesting story that surfaced. You can read the whole thing here.
Basically it's about a girl named Becca Longo who became part of history the other day when she became the first girl to sign a letter of intent to play college football at a Division I or II school. She will play at Division II Adams State. She's also the first girl from Arizona to do so. Becca is a kicker and won the starting job at her high school, Chandler Basha, after her coach saw her boot a 42-yard field goal through the uprights. He says that he doesn't see it as her being a girl or coaching a girl, she competed and she won the job herself.
I've read about this girl before, and I love it. I know people have weird things about girls playing in "men's sports" but come on, get over it. If she wants to play and she can compete and she can be good, and she doesn't mind it, what does it matter to anyone else that she's a girl? I would be willing to bet that most of her teammates don't even notice that, they just see her as part of the team. Her coach asked his brother about how to coach a girl, his brother was an assistant coach at New Mexico when Katie Hnida was there. Katie was the first girl to score a point in a NCAA Division I college football game. She walked on at Colorado and transferred to New Mexico. Anyway his brother told him that "you don't coach a girl you coach a player".
Honestly I love that mindset. She isn't just a girl. Her biological sex doesn't define her. She can be a girl and also be a great football player. People don't look at dudes and go hey that guy is good for a boy. She should just be good because she's good. That's it. So you go Becca!
Basically it's about a girl named Becca Longo who became part of history the other day when she became the first girl to sign a letter of intent to play college football at a Division I or II school. She will play at Division II Adams State. She's also the first girl from Arizona to do so. Becca is a kicker and won the starting job at her high school, Chandler Basha, after her coach saw her boot a 42-yard field goal through the uprights. He says that he doesn't see it as her being a girl or coaching a girl, she competed and she won the job herself.
I've read about this girl before, and I love it. I know people have weird things about girls playing in "men's sports" but come on, get over it. If she wants to play and she can compete and she can be good, and she doesn't mind it, what does it matter to anyone else that she's a girl? I would be willing to bet that most of her teammates don't even notice that, they just see her as part of the team. Her coach asked his brother about how to coach a girl, his brother was an assistant coach at New Mexico when Katie Hnida was there. Katie was the first girl to score a point in a NCAA Division I college football game. She walked on at Colorado and transferred to New Mexico. Anyway his brother told him that "you don't coach a girl you coach a player".
Honestly I love that mindset. She isn't just a girl. Her biological sex doesn't define her. She can be a girl and also be a great football player. People don't look at dudes and go hey that guy is good for a boy. She should just be good because she's good. That's it. So you go Becca!
Monday, April 10, 2017
Arrested Development
Oh the glorious off-season. How I despise it and yet it does bring the stories that people enjoy. By that I mean all the college football players who simply cannot stay out of trouble long enough to make it to the next season. Frankly if I can make it the eight-plus months in between seasons without getting arrested on drug charges and or assault or otherwise, then so can they. So I'm going to recount a few of the most recent off-season woes for a few players as well as an honorable mention.
Lord have mercy. The game was called after this because it is an illegal hit that is blatantly against targeting rules, and normally there's no reason to hit this hard because you're playing against your OWN TEAM!! I mean I'm not sure if Jonathan Abram just forgot where he was or didn't care where he was or really hated the guy he smacked, but either way how stupid. He hasn't released a statement on it, but I'm pretty sure he'd say he wasn't guilty either. Yeah okay Jonathan, keep telling yourself that.
So that's it for today college football fans. I'm going to wrap up this semester soon, but hopefully I'll keep up with this thing. I have missed it. Until next time, probably tomorrow, bye!
Baker's Dozen
Okay so he didn't actually have a dozen charges against him, I just like clever titles. Baker Mayfield, the rising Oklahoma quarterback who made quite a name for himself last season, was arrested in Arkansas back in February. He was arrested on charges of public intoxication, disorderly conduct, and fleeing and resisting arrest. So yeah not a dozen charges but still a little more than he should be getting. He entered his plea bargain in recently of not guilty. Yeah okay sure Baker keep telling yourself that. Whatever the case this is one of my favorite stories so far because Baker Mayfield has so much going for him, and yet he does something so stupid. I mean watch the video below of the amazing tackle that the police officer laid on him, even if Baker Mayfield wasn't doing any of the things he was arrested for, fat chance, that video will still live on.
Jock Itch?
So this one was just hilarious to me. I mean at first reading the charges against Texas A&M sophomore wide receiver Kirk Merritt you just kinda shake your head. Two charges of indecent exposure. According to the report, basically he exposed himself to two female tutors a day or so apart. They both reported him and charges were filed. He entered a not guilty plea, that seems to be a recurring theme here, but his lawyer gave an interesting response when asked why his client exposed himself to these two women.
"Kirk Merrit has been charged with Indecent Exposure under Section 21.08 of the Texas Penal Code because of two incidents during tutoring sessions that happened on two consecutive days... While Kirk is very embarrassed about the situation, and has apologized to the two tutors that he offended, he did not intend to gratify anyone by exposing himself. The fact is that Kirk had a bad case of jock itch."
Okay first of all, it is embarrassing that he exposed his nether regions out in front of strange women, and it is embarrassing that he now is going to have indecent exposure on his record, but it's even more embarrassing that his lawyer admitted in open court on record the reasoning for this is because he had jock itch.
Second of all, even if he did have jock itch why on earth did he not go to a bathroom and take care of it there?? Why did he feel the need to do that in front of people, and fully exposed? Stick a hand down there or something don't full on flash people. Good Lord. He didn't deny the charges, he's just not guilty. Yeah okay Kirk, keep telling yourself that.
Honorable Mention
The honorable mention for this goes to Mississippi State's Jonathan Abram, who didn't get arrested or anything like that, instead he shut down his team's spring game because he knocked the lights out of his OWN TEAMMATE ILLEGALLY. No, yeah, he targeted his own player and knocked his block off, injuring him, and making Dan Mullen seriously peeved off. You can see the hit from this tweet below.
This brutal hit by Jonathan Abram on Bennie Braswell ended Mississippi State's spring game early. pic.twitter.com/Yvlq3sJPIu— William McFadden (@willmcfadden) April 8, 2017
Lord have mercy. The game was called after this because it is an illegal hit that is blatantly against targeting rules, and normally there's no reason to hit this hard because you're playing against your OWN TEAM!! I mean I'm not sure if Jonathan Abram just forgot where he was or didn't care where he was or really hated the guy he smacked, but either way how stupid. He hasn't released a statement on it, but I'm pretty sure he'd say he wasn't guilty either. Yeah okay Jonathan, keep telling yourself that.
So that's it for today college football fans. I'm going to wrap up this semester soon, but hopefully I'll keep up with this thing. I have missed it. Until next time, probably tomorrow, bye!
Borrowed Content
It's finals week college football fans. That means I've got a little bit of time to fit an awful lot of content into. So I decided to borrow some content from a few people for today. Just until I can craft a better blog post. Here's some college football videos from last season to hold you over for a little while.
College Football Clutch//Game Winning Plays 2016/2017
College Football Pump Up 2017/2018
College Football Hard Hits 2016/2017
And of course:
College Football Fails 2016/2017
Hope this will hold you over for a little while until I can take some time to write a few new things. Enjoy college football fans! See you soon!
Monday, April 3, 2017
Baylor... Again.
Baylor. The most obnoxious program in college football. The one that the NCAA still isn't talking about. When the fact is that it's important that people keep talking about it because as long as people are still talking and still upset there's a chance that something might get done about it. So people need to keep writing articles and need to keep writing blogs because it might persuade people to look at this like it needs to be looked at.
Having said all that the reason that we're back discussing Baylor is because of this article. It's basically an article about how Baylor is moving to dismiss the lawsuit against them that alleges the 52 acts of sexual violence committed by over 30 Baylor football players and the culture of "selling sex" to recruits in order to get them to come to the university to play football. The dismissal is on the grounds of, according to the article, "as a general rule universities do not have a legal duty to protect their students from harm caused by other students."
Okay can we just talk about that for a second? First of all that's a pretty weak reason to dismiss a case with the allegations being what they are. The school doesn't have a legal duty to protect their students? Well the same argument could be made for literally anything else and people would be upset about it. If a school didn't have a severe weather plan people would be mad, especially if something happened and the school wasn't prepared and their students were harmed. See how stupid it sounds in this case. "Well the school doesn't really have a legal duty to protect students from harm of severe weather." That's how stupid this sounds. Schools do have a duty to protect students that pay money to attend their universities. And saying that they don't just seems like a cop-out.
Second of all, this seems like a poor attempt to get out of a lawsuit. It's not that like they're dismissing this case on the grounds of they found evidence to the contrary, they want to dismiss because they don't want to take responsibility for the safety of their students. That's basically what they're saying. And that seems to me like an admittance of guilt. This is an easy way to get out of the lawsuit, or so they think, and so, to me, it seems like they're saying, "Yeah we did this. Yeah we're guilty. But we don't really have to take care of the students who go here, so there's no reason we should be sued for this." That's sick.
Why would anyone want to go to a school that so flippantly says that they don't have to protect their students? Why on earth would someone say, "I trust my kid to go to that school." They openly said that they don't feel like they have to protect their students, which we all know translates to, "We will protect the important ones." Like the athletes who are responsible for all this. It makes me so angry.
The lawsuit was also filed on the basis of statute of limitations which had expired because in Texas statute of limitations for sexual assault is five years and Title IX is two years. Not that it would have mattered because Baylor mishandled the Title IX investigation anyway, even though there was no actual Title IX office at Baylor at the time, the school claims that there were plenty of avenues that could have been used to report it. You can go here to view a timeline of events at Baylor that show that the first sexual assault was reported in 2013 and that the Title IX office (or VP of Human Resources as it was known at the time) didn't know about it until 2015, conveniently two years later.
And all of this is a just a build-up to saying this: Why on earth isn't the NCAA or someone getting more involved in this? We punish schools and players for payments and for signing autographs and selling things with their name on it. We punish schools and players for a plethora of things, but we can't punish the school for doing something like this? Baylor needs to be punished. And the people involved in this need to be punished more. Because regardless of whether all of this is true or only some of it is true, Baylor is in the wrong. And if we just stand by and let all of this happen what does this say about us? It doesn't matter if there actually were 52 cases of rape and sexual violence, if there was only one case that is enough. Students shouldn't be afraid to go to school, they shouldn't have to worry that if something happens to them at the hand of other students that the school is going to cover it up and hide it so that the other "more important" students aren't harmed by the allegation. What about the victim? What about their life? What about them? And by Baylor saying that they don't have a legal obligation to protect their students it's like they're throwing the victim away. They don't matter. What matters to Baylor is protecting Baylor. And that's gross. If they had done what they were supposed to do they wouldn't be in this predicament in the first place.
Baylor needs to take responsibility for what happened, and they need to be punished accordingly. Someone needs to do something. This is isn't over, and as long as there are still things happening with it people need to keep talking about it. Because as long as people are still talking there's still a chance that something might be done to prevent it from happening again.
Having said all that the reason that we're back discussing Baylor is because of this article. It's basically an article about how Baylor is moving to dismiss the lawsuit against them that alleges the 52 acts of sexual violence committed by over 30 Baylor football players and the culture of "selling sex" to recruits in order to get them to come to the university to play football. The dismissal is on the grounds of, according to the article, "as a general rule universities do not have a legal duty to protect their students from harm caused by other students."
Okay can we just talk about that for a second? First of all that's a pretty weak reason to dismiss a case with the allegations being what they are. The school doesn't have a legal duty to protect their students? Well the same argument could be made for literally anything else and people would be upset about it. If a school didn't have a severe weather plan people would be mad, especially if something happened and the school wasn't prepared and their students were harmed. See how stupid it sounds in this case. "Well the school doesn't really have a legal duty to protect students from harm of severe weather." That's how stupid this sounds. Schools do have a duty to protect students that pay money to attend their universities. And saying that they don't just seems like a cop-out.
Second of all, this seems like a poor attempt to get out of a lawsuit. It's not that like they're dismissing this case on the grounds of they found evidence to the contrary, they want to dismiss because they don't want to take responsibility for the safety of their students. That's basically what they're saying. And that seems to me like an admittance of guilt. This is an easy way to get out of the lawsuit, or so they think, and so, to me, it seems like they're saying, "Yeah we did this. Yeah we're guilty. But we don't really have to take care of the students who go here, so there's no reason we should be sued for this." That's sick.
Why would anyone want to go to a school that so flippantly says that they don't have to protect their students? Why on earth would someone say, "I trust my kid to go to that school." They openly said that they don't feel like they have to protect their students, which we all know translates to, "We will protect the important ones." Like the athletes who are responsible for all this. It makes me so angry.
The lawsuit was also filed on the basis of statute of limitations which had expired because in Texas statute of limitations for sexual assault is five years and Title IX is two years. Not that it would have mattered because Baylor mishandled the Title IX investigation anyway, even though there was no actual Title IX office at Baylor at the time, the school claims that there were plenty of avenues that could have been used to report it. You can go here to view a timeline of events at Baylor that show that the first sexual assault was reported in 2013 and that the Title IX office (or VP of Human Resources as it was known at the time) didn't know about it until 2015, conveniently two years later.
And all of this is a just a build-up to saying this: Why on earth isn't the NCAA or someone getting more involved in this? We punish schools and players for payments and for signing autographs and selling things with their name on it. We punish schools and players for a plethora of things, but we can't punish the school for doing something like this? Baylor needs to be punished. And the people involved in this need to be punished more. Because regardless of whether all of this is true or only some of it is true, Baylor is in the wrong. And if we just stand by and let all of this happen what does this say about us? It doesn't matter if there actually were 52 cases of rape and sexual violence, if there was only one case that is enough. Students shouldn't be afraid to go to school, they shouldn't have to worry that if something happens to them at the hand of other students that the school is going to cover it up and hide it so that the other "more important" students aren't harmed by the allegation. What about the victim? What about their life? What about them? And by Baylor saying that they don't have a legal obligation to protect their students it's like they're throwing the victim away. They don't matter. What matters to Baylor is protecting Baylor. And that's gross. If they had done what they were supposed to do they wouldn't be in this predicament in the first place.
Baylor needs to take responsibility for what happened, and they need to be punished accordingly. Someone needs to do something. This is isn't over, and as long as there are still things happening with it people need to keep talking about it. Because as long as people are still talking there's still a chance that something might be done to prevent it from happening again.
Monday, March 27, 2017
Hot Seat
Well it's another day college football fans. Not too much to talk about, off-season and all that, but I decided I would analyze an article about coaches on the hot seat this season that I read about this morning on CBS. You can read the whole thing here.
There are five coaches that this article lists and for the most part I completely agree with the people he listed. I think there are others, but let's discuss this first.
5. Kevin Sumlin/ Texas A&M
Oh yes. I mean let's be real here Kevin Sumlin has been on the hot seat for a while and that seat is only getting hotter with the passing seasons. He was hired prior to the 2012 season with Kliff Kingsbury as his offensive coordinator. The Aggies were 11-2 that year and it was probably the most excited that A&M fans have been in a while. It was the introduction of Johnny Manziel at quarterback, a Heisman trophy, a win over Alabama, and in the Cotton Bowl. It was a promising year. 2013 was 9-4, not as good, but still not shabby plus they won over Duke in the Chick-Fil-A bowl so people were still looking up. 2014, 2015, and 2016 have been 8-5 seasons. Conference play has been 3-5, 4-4, and 4-4. It's not getting any better for the Aggies, it's staying the same. They had quarterback trouble after Manziel got gone, and it just seems like Sumlin's time is running up. I imagine that A&M fans are tired of the same record year after year, I can think of another SEC team where that is also ringing true not to mention any names outright (Auburn), and they want something to change. Their schedule isn't exactly the most favorable. Four away games at Florida, at Ole Miss, and at LSU and UCLA plus a neutral site game against Arkansas. It is not going to be easy to turn it around unless they have some miraculous season. If I were Sumlin I would be keeping packed bags in the closet just in case.
4. Rich Rodriguez/ Arizona
Oh Rich Rod. Poor guy. All he wanted was a chance to coach Michigan. And that did not work at all. AT ALL. So he went to Arizona instead. Expectations aren't as high. 8-5, 8-5 and then his third season. Oh yes that third season. 10-4, winner of the Pac-12 South for the first time in school history, second 10-win season ever.They did lose both their bowl and the conference game against Oregon, but it's still an accomplishment. But 2015 was a disappointment at 7-6 overall and 3-6 in conference play. Not the follow-up season that Wildcat fans hoped for. Then it fell completely flat in 2016 with a 3-9 season and only one win in conference play against rival Arizona State. Rich Rod needs to get it together this year. Although the Pac-12 is doing much better overall than in previous years. Washington made it to the College Football Playoff, although they lost to Alabama 24-7, and they along with Stanford, Colorado, USC, and Utah were all ranked in the final Top 25 as opposed to only having three ranked the previous year. Arizona needs a decent turnaround, at least eight games, for Rich Rod to keep his job. I think they'd give him one more if he could pull an eight-win season.
3. Kliff Kingsbury/ Texas Tech
I honestly have no idea how Kliff Kingsbury has a job still, to be honest. He's 24-26 at Texas Tech and his best year was his first in 2013 with an 8-5 record a win in the Holiday Bowl against Arizona State. He garnered attention because he was the offensive coordinator at A&M when Sumlin's Aggies went 11-2 and the quarterback that Kingsbury coached, one Johnny Manziel, became the first freshman to win the Heisman. Plus he had played QB at Texas Tech back in the day. And he was going to be one of the youngest head coaches ever, he's only 37 now. But 4-8, 7-6, and 5-7 are not good follow-ups. It's like he keeps getting worse at doing what he's doing. He'll be lucky to keep his job another year, although in all honesty I don't know who they'll pick up if they don't want to keep Kingsbury. But hey, if he does lose his job he can always get a job as a model. I mean look at this guy:
This is a fan photo. Not like a headshot or anything. "Oh yes I just woke up with hair this perfect and smoldering eyes in black and white." Football coach, sure.
2. Brian Kelly/ Notre Dame
Ugh. Notre Dame. I really don't like Notre Dame. I think the only people that do are Notre Dame fans and Lou Holtz. That's really it. Every single year people are like yeah this is Notre Dame's year, they're gonna pull a Rudy and be miraculous and show everyone that they are it. They are THE team in college football. And then every year it's a lot of the same thing. Nothing. Plus Notre Dame is one of four teams that is Independent, which means they have no conference affiliation. They play teams from the ACC every year but otherwise no conference. Honestly Brian Kelly hasn't done all that bad as a coach. I mean it hasn't been the glorious recognition that Notre Dame fans would want, and there was that whole 12-0 regular season and BCS National Championship game that they proceeded to lose with a 42-14 stomping by Alabama. But Kelly really hasn't been awful until this past season. He's managed at least eight wins in each of the last seasons he's been part of. But 2016 was not good for the Irish. They were ranked in the first three weeks, but after two losses to both Texas and Michigan State they fell out of that around week four. They were 4-8 and to be fair they did beat both Miami who was 9-4 last year, shockingly, and Army who was 8-5. But the rest were losses that were just not good. I'm not sure I entirely agree that Kelly is on the hot seat. I mean yeah he hasn't had great years but they haven't been bad. He needs to turn it around next year. I mean like more than eight wins which I don't see happening. If that doesn't happen he probably won't be around for a ninth season.
1. Butch Jones/ Tennessee
Oh yes Butch. This one I completely agree with. Tennessee is expectation after expectation but nothing to show for it. People want Tennessee to do so well, and I really feel a little bad for them because they were trying so hard last year, but it just didn't happen. And for Butch Jones that has to be frustrating year after year having people be so hyped and so ready, and let's give credit to Tennessee fans they believe in Rocky Top, and then him not be able to do anything. They've had some bad luck with coaches since getting rid of Philip Fulmer, who I don't think should have ever been fired, what with Lane Kiffin running out on them and Derek Dooley just not panning out, I just don't think Butch Jones is the answer. He's been there since 2013 and is 30-21 overall and 14-18 in conference play. That's not good. They were 5-7 the first year and then 7-6 the next. There was a bowl win and Tennessee fans started to hope that maybe... just maybe. 2015 was 9-4. They were ranked in the final AP poll and second in the SEC East. They one the Outback Bowl against Northwestern. It was looking up. 2016 was the year. It was going to be the year. But it ended much the same. Second in the East with a 4-4 conference record, a win in the Music City Bowl against Nebraska, and a 9-4 record. Tennessee fans are holding onto hope that 2017 will be the year that they win the East and make a run for a championship. And maybe they will. But if Butch Jones can't pull the season together it will probably be his last.
Now let's talk my hot seat. Who do I think is the number one coach on the hot seat?
Rebekah's Hot Seat Pick:
Gus Malzahn/ Auburn
I mean is this really a shock? I'm so tired of 8-5 seasons. So, so tired of them. I mean let's be real. Gus' first season after a 3-9 horrible, miserable season that I never want to relive, was a beaut. It was 12-2, we beat Alabama, we beat Georgia, oh the joy of beating our rivals. I miss that so much. We went to the National Championship game and couldn't quite hold off Jameis Winston, but I mean it was still something. We were riding high. And then 2014 happened. 8-5, 4-4 in the conference. Lost to Georgia, lost to Alabama. We stomped on LSU, so that was something but it didn't matter to me because we didn't win the ones that mattered. Plus we lost our bowl in OT to Wisconsin. Ugh. Better luck next year right? Nope. 2015. 7-6, bottom of the West 2-6 in conference play. Almost became another Ole Miss and let FCS Jacksonville State beat us the second game of the season! Quarterback trouble, messy playing, Only conference wins were Kentucky and Texas A&M. Sad losses to Georgia and Alabama because we can't do anything except kick field goals. So I looked to the 2016 season with high hopes. We had to be turning a corner sometime. Please, football gods let us turn a corner. 2016. 8-5. 5-3 in conference play. I mean to be fair we were second in the West behind 14-1 Alabama, who we lost to AGAIN, but it was only because the West was struggling last season. I was confident. I was. We lost two of our first three then won 6 in a row. Wow. What happened. Defense, decent playing. I was shocked. Then we lost to Georgia, Alabama, and Oklahoma in a Sugar Bowl we didn't deserve to go to. Our rival games, nothing. Our bowl game, nothing. I'm disappointed. I don't have much hope for Gus and I don't think that fans do either. We want him to do well, but it's not happening. One more 8-5 season and that will be it for Gus.
Well so that's my analysis of the CBS article, plus my own personal critique. I'm looking forward to next season, mostly so I'll have things to write about. Until next time college football fans, and dad!
There are five coaches that this article lists and for the most part I completely agree with the people he listed. I think there are others, but let's discuss this first.
5. Kevin Sumlin/ Texas A&M
Oh yes. I mean let's be real here Kevin Sumlin has been on the hot seat for a while and that seat is only getting hotter with the passing seasons. He was hired prior to the 2012 season with Kliff Kingsbury as his offensive coordinator. The Aggies were 11-2 that year and it was probably the most excited that A&M fans have been in a while. It was the introduction of Johnny Manziel at quarterback, a Heisman trophy, a win over Alabama, and in the Cotton Bowl. It was a promising year. 2013 was 9-4, not as good, but still not shabby plus they won over Duke in the Chick-Fil-A bowl so people were still looking up. 2014, 2015, and 2016 have been 8-5 seasons. Conference play has been 3-5, 4-4, and 4-4. It's not getting any better for the Aggies, it's staying the same. They had quarterback trouble after Manziel got gone, and it just seems like Sumlin's time is running up. I imagine that A&M fans are tired of the same record year after year, I can think of another SEC team where that is also ringing true not to mention any names outright (Auburn), and they want something to change. Their schedule isn't exactly the most favorable. Four away games at Florida, at Ole Miss, and at LSU and UCLA plus a neutral site game against Arkansas. It is not going to be easy to turn it around unless they have some miraculous season. If I were Sumlin I would be keeping packed bags in the closet just in case.
4. Rich Rodriguez/ Arizona
Oh Rich Rod. Poor guy. All he wanted was a chance to coach Michigan. And that did not work at all. AT ALL. So he went to Arizona instead. Expectations aren't as high. 8-5, 8-5 and then his third season. Oh yes that third season. 10-4, winner of the Pac-12 South for the first time in school history, second 10-win season ever.They did lose both their bowl and the conference game against Oregon, but it's still an accomplishment. But 2015 was a disappointment at 7-6 overall and 3-6 in conference play. Not the follow-up season that Wildcat fans hoped for. Then it fell completely flat in 2016 with a 3-9 season and only one win in conference play against rival Arizona State. Rich Rod needs to get it together this year. Although the Pac-12 is doing much better overall than in previous years. Washington made it to the College Football Playoff, although they lost to Alabama 24-7, and they along with Stanford, Colorado, USC, and Utah were all ranked in the final Top 25 as opposed to only having three ranked the previous year. Arizona needs a decent turnaround, at least eight games, for Rich Rod to keep his job. I think they'd give him one more if he could pull an eight-win season.
3. Kliff Kingsbury/ Texas Tech
I honestly have no idea how Kliff Kingsbury has a job still, to be honest. He's 24-26 at Texas Tech and his best year was his first in 2013 with an 8-5 record a win in the Holiday Bowl against Arizona State. He garnered attention because he was the offensive coordinator at A&M when Sumlin's Aggies went 11-2 and the quarterback that Kingsbury coached, one Johnny Manziel, became the first freshman to win the Heisman. Plus he had played QB at Texas Tech back in the day. And he was going to be one of the youngest head coaches ever, he's only 37 now. But 4-8, 7-6, and 5-7 are not good follow-ups. It's like he keeps getting worse at doing what he's doing. He'll be lucky to keep his job another year, although in all honesty I don't know who they'll pick up if they don't want to keep Kingsbury. But hey, if he does lose his job he can always get a job as a model. I mean look at this guy:
2. Brian Kelly/ Notre Dame
Ugh. Notre Dame. I really don't like Notre Dame. I think the only people that do are Notre Dame fans and Lou Holtz. That's really it. Every single year people are like yeah this is Notre Dame's year, they're gonna pull a Rudy and be miraculous and show everyone that they are it. They are THE team in college football. And then every year it's a lot of the same thing. Nothing. Plus Notre Dame is one of four teams that is Independent, which means they have no conference affiliation. They play teams from the ACC every year but otherwise no conference. Honestly Brian Kelly hasn't done all that bad as a coach. I mean it hasn't been the glorious recognition that Notre Dame fans would want, and there was that whole 12-0 regular season and BCS National Championship game that they proceeded to lose with a 42-14 stomping by Alabama. But Kelly really hasn't been awful until this past season. He's managed at least eight wins in each of the last seasons he's been part of. But 2016 was not good for the Irish. They were ranked in the first three weeks, but after two losses to both Texas and Michigan State they fell out of that around week four. They were 4-8 and to be fair they did beat both Miami who was 9-4 last year, shockingly, and Army who was 8-5. But the rest were losses that were just not good. I'm not sure I entirely agree that Kelly is on the hot seat. I mean yeah he hasn't had great years but they haven't been bad. He needs to turn it around next year. I mean like more than eight wins which I don't see happening. If that doesn't happen he probably won't be around for a ninth season.
1. Butch Jones/ Tennessee
Oh yes Butch. This one I completely agree with. Tennessee is expectation after expectation but nothing to show for it. People want Tennessee to do so well, and I really feel a little bad for them because they were trying so hard last year, but it just didn't happen. And for Butch Jones that has to be frustrating year after year having people be so hyped and so ready, and let's give credit to Tennessee fans they believe in Rocky Top, and then him not be able to do anything. They've had some bad luck with coaches since getting rid of Philip Fulmer, who I don't think should have ever been fired, what with Lane Kiffin running out on them and Derek Dooley just not panning out, I just don't think Butch Jones is the answer. He's been there since 2013 and is 30-21 overall and 14-18 in conference play. That's not good. They were 5-7 the first year and then 7-6 the next. There was a bowl win and Tennessee fans started to hope that maybe... just maybe. 2015 was 9-4. They were ranked in the final AP poll and second in the SEC East. They one the Outback Bowl against Northwestern. It was looking up. 2016 was the year. It was going to be the year. But it ended much the same. Second in the East with a 4-4 conference record, a win in the Music City Bowl against Nebraska, and a 9-4 record. Tennessee fans are holding onto hope that 2017 will be the year that they win the East and make a run for a championship. And maybe they will. But if Butch Jones can't pull the season together it will probably be his last.
Now let's talk my hot seat. Who do I think is the number one coach on the hot seat?
Rebekah's Hot Seat Pick:
Gus Malzahn/ Auburn
I mean is this really a shock? I'm so tired of 8-5 seasons. So, so tired of them. I mean let's be real. Gus' first season after a 3-9 horrible, miserable season that I never want to relive, was a beaut. It was 12-2, we beat Alabama, we beat Georgia, oh the joy of beating our rivals. I miss that so much. We went to the National Championship game and couldn't quite hold off Jameis Winston, but I mean it was still something. We were riding high. And then 2014 happened. 8-5, 4-4 in the conference. Lost to Georgia, lost to Alabama. We stomped on LSU, so that was something but it didn't matter to me because we didn't win the ones that mattered. Plus we lost our bowl in OT to Wisconsin. Ugh. Better luck next year right? Nope. 2015. 7-6, bottom of the West 2-6 in conference play. Almost became another Ole Miss and let FCS Jacksonville State beat us the second game of the season! Quarterback trouble, messy playing, Only conference wins were Kentucky and Texas A&M. Sad losses to Georgia and Alabama because we can't do anything except kick field goals. So I looked to the 2016 season with high hopes. We had to be turning a corner sometime. Please, football gods let us turn a corner. 2016. 8-5. 5-3 in conference play. I mean to be fair we were second in the West behind 14-1 Alabama, who we lost to AGAIN, but it was only because the West was struggling last season. I was confident. I was. We lost two of our first three then won 6 in a row. Wow. What happened. Defense, decent playing. I was shocked. Then we lost to Georgia, Alabama, and Oklahoma in a Sugar Bowl we didn't deserve to go to. Our rival games, nothing. Our bowl game, nothing. I'm disappointed. I don't have much hope for Gus and I don't think that fans do either. We want him to do well, but it's not happening. One more 8-5 season and that will be it for Gus.
Well so that's my analysis of the CBS article, plus my own personal critique. I'm looking forward to next season, mostly so I'll have things to write about. Until next time college football fans, and dad!
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Long Week, Short Post
Good Tuesday college football fans. In light of the fact that it is a busy, busy week for me and I really need to squeeze a blog post in here somewhere, I have decided to use this blog day to put up the football schedules for the SEC. I know you can get this information anywhere else, literally anywhere else on the internet, but why do that when you can come here to my little ol' blog and get it here. Besides if you go anywhere else you'll miss out on my colorful and sometimes obnoxious commentary that you can't get at those other places. I know it's such a treat. So anyway let's get started shall we. We'll begin in the East. Here we go!
SEC EAST SCHEDULES
FLORIDA GATORS
Michigan Wolverines: 9/2/17 @ AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX
Northern Colorado Bears: 9/9/17
Tennessee Volunteers: 9/16/17
@ Kentucky Wildcats: 9/23/17
Vanderbilt Commodores: 9/30/17
LSU Tigers: 10/7/17
Texas A&M Aggies: 10/14/17
OFF: 10/21/17
Georgia Bulldogs: 10/28/17 @ Everbank Field in Jacksonville, FL
@ Missouri Tigers: 11/4/17
@ South Carolina Gamecocks: 11/11/17
UAB Blazers: 11/18/17
Florida State Seminoles: 11/25/17
Wow. Florida has three away games. Three. Incidentally at least two of them will probably be their weakest games of the season. Kentucky may surprise everyone, but I wouldn't look for it. Florida plays two tough West opponents in LSU and A&M provided that they can both get their acts together. Florida has a pretty simple schedule, Northern Colorado and UAB please, and can probably run the tables in the East again if Georgia or Tennessee don't miraculously have their "year".
GEORGIA BULLDOGS
Appalachian State Mountaineers: 9/2/17
@ Notre Dame Fighting Irish: 9/9/17
Samford Bulldogs: 9/16/17
Mississippi State Bulldogs: 9/23/17
@ Tennessee Volunteers: 9/30/17
@ Vanderbilt Commodores: 10/7/17
Missouri Tigers: 10/14/17
OFF: 10/21/17
Florida Gators: 10/28/17 @ EverBank Field in Jacksonville, FL
South Carolina Gamecocks: 11/4/17
@ Auburn Tigers: 11/11/17
Kentucky Wildcats: 11/18/17
@ Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Georgia has five away games this season, and they might have reason to be concerned about all but one of them. If you think I'm talking about Vandy think again. I'm talking about Notre Dame. The Irish went 4-8 last season, to be fair a lot of those were close losses, but I'm not looking for them to bounce back this season. Georgia is off the week before the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party and I expect that to be a deciding moment in the East Championship decision this season.
KENTUCKY WILDCATS
@ Southern Miss Golden Eagles: 9/2/17
Eastern Kentucky Colonels: 9/9/17
@ South Carolina Gamecocks: 9/16/17
Florida Gators: 9/23/17
Eastern Michigan Eagles: 9/30/17
Missouri Tigers: 10/7/17
OFF: 10/14/17
@ Mississippi State Bulldogs: 10/21/17
Tennessee Volunteers: 10/28/17
Ole Miss Rebels: 11/4/17
@ Vanderbilt Commodores: 11/11/17
@ Georgia Bulldogs: 11/18/17
Louisville Cardinals: 11/25/17
Kentucky I often feel badly for. I mean sure they have a few pansy match-ups but look at that second half of the season schedule. I'd take that off week too. Six difficult match-ups including both of the Mississippi teams in the West. Kentucky could surprise us all and make a run for it, after all they were in talk for the East last season and they also upset No. 11 Louisville at their home stadium and shocked everyone. Kentucky's time is coming.
MISSOURI TIGERS
Missouri State Bears: 9/2/17
South Carolina Gamecocks: 9/9/17
Purdue Boilermakers: 9/16/17
Auburn Tigers: 9/23/17
OFF: 9/30/17
@ Kentucky Wildcats: 10/7/17
@ Georgia Bulldogs: 10/14/17
Idaho Vandals: 10/21/17
@ UConn Huskies: 10/28/17
Florida Gators: 11/4/17
Tennessee Volunteers: 11/11/17
@ Vanderbilt Commodores: 11/18/17
@ Arkansas Razorbacks: 11/25/17
Mizzou has pretty much made a name for themselves at the bottom of the East. I mean since their pretty good first few years and even an East Championship game, they haven't really done much else. They went 4-8 last season and 2-6 in conference play beating only Vandy and Arkansas from the West. Their schedule is much the same and with five away games and tough home games, I see Mizzou at the bottom again.
SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS
NC State Wolfpack: 9/2/17
@ Missouri Tigers: 9/9/17
Kentucky Wildcats: 9/16/17
LA Tech Bulldogs: 9/23/17
@ Texas A&M Aggies: 9/30/17
Arkansas Razorbacks: 10/7/17
@ Tennessee Volunteers: 10/14/17
OFF: 10/21/17
Vanderbilt Commodores: 10/28/17
@ Georgia Bulldogs: 11/4/17
Florida Gators: 11/11/17
Wofford Terriers: 11/18/17
Clemson Tigers: 11/25/17
Oof. South Carolina. Their schedule is definitely doable if they can turn things around. A&M and Arkansas are up in the air every year whether or not they're going to be good or not, so the Gamecocks could very well beat both of them. Of course they, as well as Auburn, must contend with the reigning National Champs Clemson. I forsee Clemson beating them both, but we'll see.
TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets: 9/4/17
Indiana State Sycamores: 9/9/17
@ Florida Gators: 9/16/17
UMass Minutemen: 9/23/17
Georgia Bulldogs: 9/30/17
OFF: 10/7/17
South Carolina Gamecocks: 10/14/17
@ Alabama Crimson Tide: 10/21/17
@ Kentucky Wildcats: 10/18/17
Southern Miss Golden Eagles: 11/4/17
@ Missouri Tigers: 11/11/17
LSU Tigers: 11/18/17
Vanderbilt Commodores: 11/25/17
Tennessee really has a pretty favorable schedule if you don't include Alabama and LSU. Most of their tough East match-ups are at home, the only exception is Florida, so realistically they could make a run for it. And when I say run for it, I mean run for the East. That's all. Kentucky did give them a hard time last year and Vandy beat them, Tennessee does have a tendency to fall apart when the chips are down. So we'll see what happens.
VANDERBILT COMMODORES
@ Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders: 9/2/17
Alabama A&M Bulldogs: 9/9/17
Kansas State Wildcats: 9/16/17
Alabama Crimson Tide: 9/23/17
@ Florida Gators: 9/30/17
Georgia Bulldogs: 10/7/17
@ Ole Miss Rebels: 10/14/17
OFF: 10/21/17
@ South Carolina Gamecocks: 10/28/17
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers: 11/4/17
Kentucky Wildcats: 11/11/17
Missouri Tigers: 11/18/17
@ Tennessee Volunteers: 11/25/17
Vandy used to be perpetually at the bottom of the SEC East before Missouri came along. Now Vandy sometimes looks like they might be on their way to a good season. They have it rough with Alabama and Kansas State coming to town, although it's good that they're getting both of those at home. I'm sure Vandy would much rather play them home than at Bryant-Denny or Snyder Family Stadium. They upset Georgia, Ole Miss and Tennessee last season all of which they play again this season. We'll see what Vandy can do.
Alright! Let's go West young man!
ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE
Florida State Seminoles: 9/2/17 @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA
Fresno State Bulldogs: 9/9/17
Colorado State Rams: 9/16/17
@ Vanderbilt Commodores: 9/23/17
Ole Miss Rebels: 9/30/17
@ Texas A&M Aggies: 10/7/17
Arkansas Razorbacks: 10/14/17
Tennessee Volunteers: 10/21/17
OFF: 10/28/17
LSU Tigers: 11/4/17
@ Mississippi State Bulldogs: 11/11/17
Mercer Bears: 11/18/17
@ Auburn Tigers: 11/25/17
Ah Alabama. For the more than likely most powerful team in the country starting out, they sure do have a favorable schedule. Now with all of these things it's important to note that we'll have to see how all the teams do before we make judgments, but based on this they're pressed to go to the playoff again. Three easy home games against pansies, Away games are also pretty easy, except the Iron Bowl you just never know with that one, but for the most part Alabama has it made. The only place that might give them trouble is the little stretch with Ole Miss, Arkansas, and Tennessee back to back. I don't see it being an issue, but again we'll just have to see.
ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS
Florida A&M Rattlers: 8/31/17
TCU Horned Frogs: 9/9/17
OFF: 9/16/17
Texas A&M Aggies: 9/23/17
New Mexico State Aggies: 9/30/17
@ South Carolina Gamecocks
@ Alabama Crimson Tide
Auburn Tigers: 10/21/17
@ Ole Miss Rebels: 10/28/17
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers: 11/4/17
@ LSU Tigers: 11/11/17
Mississippi State Bulldogs: 11/18/17
Missouri Tigers: 11/25/17
I'm going to be honest Arkansas has a tough schedule. And if they don't do any better than they did last year they're going to have a big problem. Look at it. Really. TCU before an off date, okay. Good. Then they have a brutal SEC schedule, one right after another. Away games at Bryant-Denny, Tiger Stadium, and Vaught-Hemingway? That's awful. Lucky for them they get Auburn, A&M, and TCU at home. The others they can probably win. If they're good this year.
AUBURN TIGERS
Georgia Southern Eagles: 9/2/17
@ Clemson Tigers: 9/9/17
Mercer Bears: 9/16/17
@ Missouri Tigers: 9/23/17
Mississippi State Bulldogs: 9/30/17
Ole Miss Rebels: 10/7/17
@ LSU Tigers: 10/14/17
@ Arkansas Razorbacks: 10/21/17
OFF: 10/28/17
@ Texas A&M Aggies: 11/4/17
Georgia Bulldogs: 11/11/17
ULM Warhawks:11/18/17
Alabama Crimson Tide: 11/25/17
Ah yes. Here we are. The team that I love. Honestly the first half of the season is pretty doable, except for that away game against Clemson whose idea was that?? Mercer sure has it rough having to play both Alabama and Auburn in the same season, but whatever. Then we hit that LSU game in Tiger Stadium... then at Arkansas, then at Texas A&M. The only thing that makes this okay is that we get both Georgia and Alabama at home. That might make the bleeding go down a little.
LSU TIGERS
BYU Cougars: 9/2/17 @ NRG Stadium in Houston, TX
Chattanooga Mocs: 9/9/17
@ Mississippi State Bulldogs: 9/16/17
Syracuse Orange: 9/23/17
Troy Trojans: 9/30/17
@ Florida Gators: 10/7/17
Auburn Tigers: 10/14/17
@ Ole Miss Rebels: 10/21/17
OFF: 10/28/17
@ Alabama Crimson Tide: 11/4/17
Arkansas Razorbacks: 11/11/17
@ Tennessee Volunteers: 11/18/17
Texas A&M Aggies: 11/25/17
Well LSU scheduled all their pansies at the start of the season to give them a headstart going into the second half of which they probably won't come out alive. They legitimately scheduled all of their SEC opponents in the second half all at the same time. Why LSU? I mean there's no way they're losing to BYU or Chattanooga or Syracuse or Troy and probably not Florida, so they'll be walking tall going into that game against Auburn. It's gonna be rough for LSU. I mean they get Auburn, Bama, Ole Miss, and Tennessee at home so maybe that's good. But the rest, I dunno we'll see.
MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS
Charleston Southern Buccaneers: 9/2/17
@ LA Tech Bulldogs: 9/9/17
LSU Tigers: 9/16/17
@ Georgia Bulldogs: 9/23/17
@ Auburn Tigers: 9/30/17
OFF: 10/7/17
BYU Cougars: 10/14/17
Kentucky Wildcats: 10/21/17
@ Texas A&M Aggies: 10/28/17
UMass Minutemen: 11/4/17
Alabama Crimson Tide: 11/11/17
@ Arkansas Razorbacks: 11/18/17
Ole Miss Rebels: 11/23/17
Mississippi State is probably going to be just good enough to get into a bowl again this year, and a win against Ole Miss will keep Dan Mullen around another year. They love him there. They play away at Georgia and Auburn which is hard, but they get Ole Miss, Alabama, and LSU at home. The rest of their schedule is actually pretty favorable so we'll see what they do.
OLE MISS REBELS
South Alabama Jaguars: 9/2/17
UT Martin Skyhawks: 9/9/17
@ Cal Golden Bears: 9/16/17
OFF: 9/23/17
@ Alabama Crimson Tide: 9/30/17
@ Auburn Tigers: 10/7/17
Vanderbilt Commodores: 10/14/17
LSU Tigers: 10/21/17
Arkansas Razorbacks: 10/28/17
@ Kentucky Wildcats: 11/4/17
UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns: 11/11/17
Texas A&M Aggies: 11/18/17
@ Mississippi State Bulldogs: 11/23/17
Hahahahahaha. Ole Miss is gonna have a rough year. At Alabama and Auburn in back-to-back weeks?? Poor Ole Miss. They get LSU, Arkansas, and A&M at home but my confidence in Ole Miss' football program is pretty much shot. It's not like if they win it'll matter. I've said it before and I'll say it again: don't pay your players kids.
TEXAS A&M AGGIES
@ UCLA Bruins: 9/2/17 @ Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA
Nicholls State Colonels: 9/9/17
UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns: 9/16/17
@ Arkansas Razorbacks: 9/23/17
South Carolina Gamecocks: 9/30/17
Alabama Crimson Tide: 10/7/17
@ Florida Gators: 10/14/17
OFF: 10/21/17
Mississippi State Bulldogs: 10/28/17
Auburn Tigers: 11/4/17
New Mexico Lobos: 11/11/17
@ Ole Miss Rebels: 11/18/17
@ LSU Tigers: 11/25/17
A&M has a favorable enough schedule. They could lose to UCLA especially at basically a home game for them, but then again A&M might pull it out. Their home schedule is smooth sailing. All of their hard games except maybe LSU are at home. Alabama and Auburn, and South Carolina. Now Florida will hurt, Ole Miss won't, LSU probably will. If A&M doesn't improve this will be Kevin Sumlin's final year.
So there you have it, my take on all 14 SEC schedules for next season. Turned out to be way longer than I had hoped for, but whatever.
Until next time college football fans, and dad, see you!
TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets: 9/4/17
Indiana State Sycamores: 9/9/17
@ Florida Gators: 9/16/17
UMass Minutemen: 9/23/17
Georgia Bulldogs: 9/30/17
OFF: 10/7/17
South Carolina Gamecocks: 10/14/17
@ Alabama Crimson Tide: 10/21/17
@ Kentucky Wildcats: 10/18/17
Southern Miss Golden Eagles: 11/4/17
@ Missouri Tigers: 11/11/17
LSU Tigers: 11/18/17
Vanderbilt Commodores: 11/25/17
Tennessee really has a pretty favorable schedule if you don't include Alabama and LSU. Most of their tough East match-ups are at home, the only exception is Florida, so realistically they could make a run for it. And when I say run for it, I mean run for the East. That's all. Kentucky did give them a hard time last year and Vandy beat them, Tennessee does have a tendency to fall apart when the chips are down. So we'll see what happens.
VANDERBILT COMMODORES
@ Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders: 9/2/17
Alabama A&M Bulldogs: 9/9/17
Kansas State Wildcats: 9/16/17
Alabama Crimson Tide: 9/23/17
@ Florida Gators: 9/30/17
Georgia Bulldogs: 10/7/17
@ Ole Miss Rebels: 10/14/17
OFF: 10/21/17
@ South Carolina Gamecocks: 10/28/17
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers: 11/4/17
Kentucky Wildcats: 11/11/17
Missouri Tigers: 11/18/17
@ Tennessee Volunteers: 11/25/17
Vandy used to be perpetually at the bottom of the SEC East before Missouri came along. Now Vandy sometimes looks like they might be on their way to a good season. They have it rough with Alabama and Kansas State coming to town, although it's good that they're getting both of those at home. I'm sure Vandy would much rather play them home than at Bryant-Denny or Snyder Family Stadium. They upset Georgia, Ole Miss and Tennessee last season all of which they play again this season. We'll see what Vandy can do.
Alright! Let's go West young man!
SEC WEST SCHEDULES
Florida State Seminoles: 9/2/17 @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA
Fresno State Bulldogs: 9/9/17
Colorado State Rams: 9/16/17
@ Vanderbilt Commodores: 9/23/17
Ole Miss Rebels: 9/30/17
@ Texas A&M Aggies: 10/7/17
Arkansas Razorbacks: 10/14/17
Tennessee Volunteers: 10/21/17
OFF: 10/28/17
LSU Tigers: 11/4/17
@ Mississippi State Bulldogs: 11/11/17
Mercer Bears: 11/18/17
@ Auburn Tigers: 11/25/17
Ah Alabama. For the more than likely most powerful team in the country starting out, they sure do have a favorable schedule. Now with all of these things it's important to note that we'll have to see how all the teams do before we make judgments, but based on this they're pressed to go to the playoff again. Three easy home games against pansies, Away games are also pretty easy, except the Iron Bowl you just never know with that one, but for the most part Alabama has it made. The only place that might give them trouble is the little stretch with Ole Miss, Arkansas, and Tennessee back to back. I don't see it being an issue, but again we'll just have to see.
ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS
Florida A&M Rattlers: 8/31/17
TCU Horned Frogs: 9/9/17
OFF: 9/16/17
Texas A&M Aggies: 9/23/17
New Mexico State Aggies: 9/30/17
@ South Carolina Gamecocks
@ Alabama Crimson Tide
Auburn Tigers: 10/21/17
@ Ole Miss Rebels: 10/28/17
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers: 11/4/17
@ LSU Tigers: 11/11/17
Mississippi State Bulldogs: 11/18/17
Missouri Tigers: 11/25/17
I'm going to be honest Arkansas has a tough schedule. And if they don't do any better than they did last year they're going to have a big problem. Look at it. Really. TCU before an off date, okay. Good. Then they have a brutal SEC schedule, one right after another. Away games at Bryant-Denny, Tiger Stadium, and Vaught-Hemingway? That's awful. Lucky for them they get Auburn, A&M, and TCU at home. The others they can probably win. If they're good this year.
AUBURN TIGERS
Georgia Southern Eagles: 9/2/17
@ Clemson Tigers: 9/9/17
Mercer Bears: 9/16/17
@ Missouri Tigers: 9/23/17
Mississippi State Bulldogs: 9/30/17
Ole Miss Rebels: 10/7/17
@ LSU Tigers: 10/14/17
@ Arkansas Razorbacks: 10/21/17
OFF: 10/28/17
@ Texas A&M Aggies: 11/4/17
Georgia Bulldogs: 11/11/17
ULM Warhawks:11/18/17
Alabama Crimson Tide: 11/25/17
Ah yes. Here we are. The team that I love. Honestly the first half of the season is pretty doable, except for that away game against Clemson whose idea was that?? Mercer sure has it rough having to play both Alabama and Auburn in the same season, but whatever. Then we hit that LSU game in Tiger Stadium... then at Arkansas, then at Texas A&M. The only thing that makes this okay is that we get both Georgia and Alabama at home. That might make the bleeding go down a little.
LSU TIGERS
BYU Cougars: 9/2/17 @ NRG Stadium in Houston, TX
Chattanooga Mocs: 9/9/17
@ Mississippi State Bulldogs: 9/16/17
Syracuse Orange: 9/23/17
Troy Trojans: 9/30/17
@ Florida Gators: 10/7/17
Auburn Tigers: 10/14/17
@ Ole Miss Rebels: 10/21/17
OFF: 10/28/17
@ Alabama Crimson Tide: 11/4/17
Arkansas Razorbacks: 11/11/17
@ Tennessee Volunteers: 11/18/17
Texas A&M Aggies: 11/25/17
Well LSU scheduled all their pansies at the start of the season to give them a headstart going into the second half of which they probably won't come out alive. They legitimately scheduled all of their SEC opponents in the second half all at the same time. Why LSU? I mean there's no way they're losing to BYU or Chattanooga or Syracuse or Troy and probably not Florida, so they'll be walking tall going into that game against Auburn. It's gonna be rough for LSU. I mean they get Auburn, Bama, Ole Miss, and Tennessee at home so maybe that's good. But the rest, I dunno we'll see.
MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS
Charleston Southern Buccaneers: 9/2/17
@ LA Tech Bulldogs: 9/9/17
LSU Tigers: 9/16/17
@ Georgia Bulldogs: 9/23/17
@ Auburn Tigers: 9/30/17
OFF: 10/7/17
BYU Cougars: 10/14/17
Kentucky Wildcats: 10/21/17
@ Texas A&M Aggies: 10/28/17
UMass Minutemen: 11/4/17
Alabama Crimson Tide: 11/11/17
@ Arkansas Razorbacks: 11/18/17
Ole Miss Rebels: 11/23/17
Mississippi State is probably going to be just good enough to get into a bowl again this year, and a win against Ole Miss will keep Dan Mullen around another year. They love him there. They play away at Georgia and Auburn which is hard, but they get Ole Miss, Alabama, and LSU at home. The rest of their schedule is actually pretty favorable so we'll see what they do.
OLE MISS REBELS
South Alabama Jaguars: 9/2/17
UT Martin Skyhawks: 9/9/17
@ Cal Golden Bears: 9/16/17
OFF: 9/23/17
@ Alabama Crimson Tide: 9/30/17
@ Auburn Tigers: 10/7/17
Vanderbilt Commodores: 10/14/17
LSU Tigers: 10/21/17
Arkansas Razorbacks: 10/28/17
@ Kentucky Wildcats: 11/4/17
UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns: 11/11/17
Texas A&M Aggies: 11/18/17
@ Mississippi State Bulldogs: 11/23/17
Hahahahahaha. Ole Miss is gonna have a rough year. At Alabama and Auburn in back-to-back weeks?? Poor Ole Miss. They get LSU, Arkansas, and A&M at home but my confidence in Ole Miss' football program is pretty much shot. It's not like if they win it'll matter. I've said it before and I'll say it again: don't pay your players kids.
TEXAS A&M AGGIES
@ UCLA Bruins: 9/2/17 @ Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA
Nicholls State Colonels: 9/9/17
UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns: 9/16/17
@ Arkansas Razorbacks: 9/23/17
South Carolina Gamecocks: 9/30/17
Alabama Crimson Tide: 10/7/17
@ Florida Gators: 10/14/17
OFF: 10/21/17
Mississippi State Bulldogs: 10/28/17
Auburn Tigers: 11/4/17
New Mexico Lobos: 11/11/17
@ Ole Miss Rebels: 11/18/17
@ LSU Tigers: 11/25/17
A&M has a favorable enough schedule. They could lose to UCLA especially at basically a home game for them, but then again A&M might pull it out. Their home schedule is smooth sailing. All of their hard games except maybe LSU are at home. Alabama and Auburn, and South Carolina. Now Florida will hurt, Ole Miss won't, LSU probably will. If A&M doesn't improve this will be Kevin Sumlin's final year.
So there you have it, my take on all 14 SEC schedules for next season. Turned out to be way longer than I had hoped for, but whatever.
Until next time college football fans, and dad, see you!
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