SEC Open Thread

[IrishinSyria]

The fact that even SEC skools are taking disciplinary action against their players just goes to show how out of control FSU is. Though, TBF, it's not like UT has anything to play for this year anyway.

 

[IrishLax]

So Mississippi State just yanked a scholarship from a QB they've had committed since spring... wow...

 

[zbikowski88]

So Mississippi State just yanked a scholarship from a QB they've had committed since spring... wow...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MissState?src=hash">#MissState</a> offered grayshirt to QB Chason Virgil, who denied it and reopens the recruiting process: <a href="http://t.co/nlJE3T3LyI">http://t.co/nlJE3T3LyI</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HailState?src=hash">#HailState</a></p>— Steve Wiltfong (@SWiltfong247) <a href="https://twitter.com/SWiltfong247/status/535631804376821760">November 21, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>"<a href="https://twitter.com/neill_jeff">@neill_jeff</a>: Miss St. pulls scholarship from our QB Chason Virgil w/16 days til graduation. Classless move by "coach" Dan Mullen" /// Wow.</p>— Tom Loy (@TomLoy247) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomLoy247/status/535632914592321536">November 21, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[gkIrish]

They have like 30 committed players this cycle...

 

[NDohio]

He was planning on being an EE? Wow that is really classless.

 

[Bishop2b5]

I'm not taking this kid's side, nor Mullen's. Just wondering if all the facts are out. If Mullen got a commitment from a better player and decided he didn't need this kid, then pulling the scholly was not a good idea. OTOH, if Virgil was taking other visits and not 100% committed to MSU, or had some issues with attitude or behavior, Mullen may have had a legit reason. Who knows? Mullen and MSU can't comment on the situation, but we may discover there was a lot more to it than just getting dumped at the last minute, or we may find Mullen really did screw Virgil over.

 

[T Town Tommy]

Rumors picking up down here that Florida is working an offer for Freeze. We shall see.

 

[T Town Tommy]

The Scoop - FootballScoop

For any Kelly rumors to Fla as well:

Florida: Pat Dooley, long-time Gainesville reporter who has the best feel for what is happening at Florida, writes this morning that none of Brian Kelly, Bob Stoops or Mike Gundy will be the next head coach at Florida. If you saw our mailbag from Friday you heard the same from Scott.

 

[MNIrishman]

Missouri has won as many SEC East division titles in 3 seasons as they won Big 12 North titles in 15 seasons : CFB

Discuss

 

[Bishop2b5]

Missouri has won as many SEC East division titles in 3 seasons as they won Big 12 North titles in 15 seasons : CFB

Discuss

They came into the SEC at a great time. The traditional SEC-E powers, UF, UT, and USC have all been down to varying degrees of late. Missouri was pretty bad near the end of their Big 12 time and their first year in the SEC. They've stepped it up a couple of notches over the last two years.

 

[IrishinSyria]

They came into the SEC at a great time. The traditional SEC-E powers, UF, UT, and USC have all been down to varying degrees of late. Missouri was pretty bad near the end of their Big 12 time and their first year in the SEC. They've stepped it up a couple of notches over the last two years.

Yea, but Big 12 North may have been the worst division in college football

 

[dang227]

Yea, but Big 12 North may have been the worst division in college football

Saw a stat the Missouri has only beaten 1 SEC team with a winning record in the last two years while winning the division twice.


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[Redbar]

Missouri has won as many SEC East division titles in 3 seasons as they won Big 12 North titles in 15 seasons : CFB

Discuss

Saw a stat the Missouri has only beaten 1 SEC team with a winning record in the last two years while winning the division twice.


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You can bend stats anyway you want to tell whatever story you want. The above is obviously because the SEC is so good...somehow??? APac could probably explain it to us.

 

[T Town Tommy]

You can bend stats anyway you want to tell whatever story you want. The above is obviously because the SEC is so good...somehow??? APac could probably explain it to us.

I believe Mizzou has two or three wins the last two years against SEC teams with winning records. As Bishop stated, they have done a good job winning their division at a time when a lot of the divisional teams in the East have been down. Kudos to them for taking advantage of it. And their win yesterday was impressive as were their front seven on defense.

As far as how good or bad the SEC is in football.... well, isn't much of an argument there. And anyone who tries to make the argument that the SEC isn't the best conference either doesn't know football very well or lets their hatred overtake their ability to analyze teams, divisions, conferences.

 

[IrishinSyria]

I believe Mizzou has two or three wins the last two years against SEC teams with winning records. As Bishop stated, they have done a good job winning their division at a time when a lot of the divisional teams in the East have been down. Kudos to them for taking advantage of it. And their win yesterday was impressive as were their front seven on defense.

As far as how good or bad the SEC is in football.... well, isn't much of an argument there. And anyone who tries to make the argument that the SEC isn't the best conference either doesn't know football very well or lets their hatred overtake their ability to analyze teams, divisions, conferences.

Beating Arkansas =/ a good win

The SEC is always in the conversation for best conference in CFB. But this is a down year for the conference. Alabama is the only team that's really elite.

 

[T Town Tommy]

Beating Arkansas =/ a good win

Arkansas is a pretty solid team. Finishing where they did in the SEC West is not indicative of how good they are. And they would be favored over a lot of teams in the running for their division titles. I even bet they would be favored over ND on a neutral field.

 

[T Town Tommy]

Beating Arkansas =/ a good win

The SEC is always in the conversation for best conference in CFB. But this is a down year for the conference. Alabama is the only team that's really elite.

I don't think Bama is elite this year. Maybe the best in the SEC but not like they have been in recent years.

 

[Bishop2b5]

Beating Arkansas =/ a good win

The SEC is always in the conversation for best conference in CFB. But this is a down year for the conference. Alabama is the only team that's really elite.

I don't think there's any argument that the SEC isn't down this year. Other than Bama and maybe Miss St. there aren't any teams in the league that are capable of beating anyone on a given day. I'm with Tommy about Bama - I don't think we're elite this year either. We may or may not be the best team in the country (and we'll find out soon enough), but we're not the team we were in 2012 or some of the other recent seasons. At most, I think we're the best of a handful of good but not great teams this year.

 

[Crazy Balki]

Since there's no UGA/GT thread, I'll leave this here.

Is anyone watching this game? That was one of the worst calls in officiating history. It honestly puts that offensive PI call in Tallahassee to shame. UGA is probably gonna steal this one, and I do mean literally.

 

[NDTH91]

Since there's no UGA/GT thread, I'll leave this here.

Is anyone watching this game? That was one of the worst calls in officiating history. It honestly puts that offensive PI call in Tallahassee to shame. UGA is probably gonna steal this one, and I do mean literally.

Are you referring to the "fumble" return?

 

[Crazy Balki]

Are you referring to the "fumble" return?

Yeah, that was horrendous.

 

[Cackalacky]

Pharaoh Cooper now playing QB for South Carolina. Wow. Kids amazing.

 

[ShawneeIrish]

A lot of close games today making it a boom or bust day for the SEC. Heres hoping Louisville beats UK and Ga Tech beats UGA. Clemson looks to have already handled S Carolina.

 

[MNIrishman]

We may not have had the season we wanted, but at least we can laugh at the SEC for acting like big shots and yet managing to go 0-4 against the ACC this weekend, including against defending national champion FSU.

 

[ShawneeIrish]

Yeah if not for the dumpster fire of the SC game I would be happy with todays games. SEC was 0-4 against ACC and Ole Miss beat Miss St. to eliminate the SEC hopes of getting two teams in the playoff.

 

[IrishLion]

Still don't think either of the Mississippi teams are any good.

 

[dang227]

I believe Mizzou has two or three wins the last two years against SEC teams with winning records. As Bishop stated, they have done a good job winning their division at a time when a lot of the divisional teams in the East have been down. Kudos to them for taking advantage of it. And their win yesterday was impressive as were their front seven on defense.



As far as how good or bad the SEC is in football.... well, isn't much of an argument there. And anyone who tries to make the argument that the SEC isn't the best conference either doesn't know football very well or lets their hatred overtake their ability to analyze teams, divisions, conferences.

I have no idea either way. Didn't look it up just read it after their win. Thought it was odd.

 

[koonja]

If Bama loses, does the SEC get a team in the playoff?

 

[IrishSteelhead]

If Bama loses, does the SEC get a team in the playoff?

I want to see them justify Bama making it over Mizzou if they somehow win the SEC CG.

 

[IrishLion]

If Bama loses, does the SEC get a team in the playoff?

Not if Mizzou beats the SEC West representative in the SEC 'chip.

If Bama loses today, I think it's gotta be Oregon, FSU, TCU and Baylor (would be OSU, but they're not beating any good teams without Barrett).

But I think it'll be moot, because I think Bama's gonna win.