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Rank the top five SEC defensive units for 2014
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:20 am
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:20 am
Leaders and loser are bolded.
Returning starters per team - 2013 PPG allowed - 2013 YPG allowed
Alabama - 4/11 - 13.9 - 286.5
Arkansas - 6/11 - 30.8 - 413.4
Auburn - 6/11 - 24.7 - 420.7
Florida - 7/11 - 21.1 - 314.3
Georgia - 10/11 - 29.0 - 375.5
Kentucky - 8/11 - 31.2 - 427.2
LSU - 8/11 - 22.0 - 340.7
Ole Miss - 10/11 - 23.7 - 370.5
Mississippi State - 8/11 - 23.0 - 349.3
Missouri - 6/11 - 23.1 - 417.9
South Carolina - 6/11 - 20.3 - 350.0
Tennessee - 5/11 - 29.0 - 418.4
Texas A&M - 10/11 - 32.2 - 475.8
Vanderbilt - 3/11 - 24.6 - 354.8
You can pretty much make a case for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, and South Carolina.
Florida, because of their returning talent and great defensive coaching, is probably the safest bet, IMO.
Returning starters per team - 2013 PPG allowed - 2013 YPG allowed
Alabama - 4/11 - 13.9 - 286.5
Arkansas - 6/11 - 30.8 - 413.4
Auburn - 6/11 - 24.7 - 420.7
Florida - 7/11 - 21.1 - 314.3
Georgia - 10/11 - 29.0 - 375.5
Kentucky - 8/11 - 31.2 - 427.2
LSU - 8/11 - 22.0 - 340.7
Ole Miss - 10/11 - 23.7 - 370.5
Mississippi State - 8/11 - 23.0 - 349.3
Missouri - 6/11 - 23.1 - 417.9
South Carolina - 6/11 - 20.3 - 350.0
Tennessee - 5/11 - 29.0 - 418.4
Texas A&M - 10/11 - 32.2 - 475.8
Vanderbilt - 3/11 - 24.6 - 354.8
You can pretty much make a case for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, and South Carolina.
Florida, because of their returning talent and great defensive coaching, is probably the safest bet, IMO.
This post was edited on 3/13/14 at 9:23 am
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Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:22 am to Tornado Alley
Bama
Florida
State
LSU
USCe
Florida
State
LSU
USCe
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:22 am to Tornado Alley
Florida
LSU
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
LSU
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:23 am to Tornado Alley
Where did you get the numbers?
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:23 am to Tornado Alley
Alabama
LSU
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
USCe
Miss St
The rest is just too much to think about..the top 6 are somewhat changeable
LSU
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
USCe
Miss St
The rest is just too much to think about..the top 6 are somewhat changeable
This post was edited on 3/13/14 at 9:24 am
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:23 am to Tornado Alley
quote:
LSU - 8/11 - 22.0 - 340.7
Ole Miss - 10/11 - 23.7 - 370.5
Mississippi State - 8/11 - 23.0 - 349.3
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:26 am to Tornado Alley
quote:
Alabama - 4/11
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Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:27 am to Tornado Alley
Bama
Florida
LSU
South Carolina
Ole Miss
Florida
LSU
South Carolina
Ole Miss
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:28 am to Tornado Alley
In no order
Bama
Florida
LSU
Miss. State
Ole Miss
Bama
Florida
LSU
Miss. State
Ole Miss
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:32 am to Tornado Alley
Auburn won't crack top five but it wouldn't surprise me if we cracked the top half of the conference
Lawson and our other rotating d-linemen are about to go beastmode and our linebackers will be greatly improved
Lawson and our other rotating d-linemen are about to go beastmode and our linebackers will be greatly improved
This post was edited on 3/13/14 at 9:33 am
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:33 am to Tornado Alley
quote:I think this should be 7/11.
Auburn - 6/11
Josh Holsey should be included as a starter from last years team. He had a season ending injury early on and Ryan Smith took over after that.
Also, the loss of Jake Holland should be a positive as well.
So, let's say 8/11.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:34 am to Tornado Alley
1. Texas A&M
2. Georgia
3. Florida
4. LSU
5. Alabama
2. Georgia
3. Florida
4. LSU
5. Alabama
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:34 am to Tornado Alley
LSU
Florida
Georgia
TAMU
Miss St(slightly over Ole Miss)
Not in order
Florida
Georgia
TAMU
Miss St(slightly over Ole Miss)
Not in order
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:43 am to Tornado Alley
In no order:
Alabama. Only return 4 but they have studs coming in and from past recruiting classes.
LSU. DBacks should be more solidified. Alexander better be starting day 1. Hopefully the coaches don't make adjustments before it's too late; See Robinson starting after Alabama last year.
Florida. Good scheme and solid players.
Georgia. Return a lot they will improve.
Ole Miss. Pretty good amount of talent on that defense. They play fast and fly to the ball. Just gotta stay healthy.
LSU, Florida, Georgia, and Alabama are teams you really never have to worry about when it comes to defense. In what fans of their teams consider a "down" year for those defenses, they still excel most other defenses in the country/SEC.
Alabama. Only return 4 but they have studs coming in and from past recruiting classes.
LSU. DBacks should be more solidified. Alexander better be starting day 1. Hopefully the coaches don't make adjustments before it's too late; See Robinson starting after Alabama last year.
Florida. Good scheme and solid players.
Georgia. Return a lot they will improve.
Ole Miss. Pretty good amount of talent on that defense. They play fast and fly to the ball. Just gotta stay healthy.
LSU, Florida, Georgia, and Alabama are teams you really never have to worry about when it comes to defense. In what fans of their teams consider a "down" year for those defenses, they still excel most other defenses in the country/SEC.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:48 am to Tornado Alley
Georgia had the 79th ranked scoring defense last season, 9th in the SEC. If we move up to the top 5 in the SEC, I would be surprised and elated. Pruitt did a hellava job at FSU but he had a lot more talent to work with in the FSU secondary than we have. The recruiting sites tend to tout our recruiting and the number of players we send to the NFL but the truth is we consistently miss on key recruits on the OL and in the Secondary. It will be interesting to see what Pruitt can do with what he has to work with.
This post was edited on 3/13/14 at 9:50 am
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:55 am to Tornado Alley
Alabama
OM
The Rest
OM
The Rest
Posted on 3/13/14 at 9:56 am to Tornado Alley
1. Florida
2. Bama
That's it
2. Bama
That's it
Posted on 3/13/14 at 10:09 am to Tornado Alley
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Arkansas - 6/11
Not that it matters because our defense is perpetually terrible but I would say that we actually return 8/11 starters.
DE - Trey Flowers
DT - Darius Philon - started the last 6 games due to injury.
OLB - Braylon Mitchell
MLB - Brooks Ellis
CB - Tevin Mitchel
CB - Will Hines
S - Alan Turner
S/NB - Rohan Gaines
I'm guessing they didn't count Philon since he was filling in all year for an injured starter and Gaines who was our starting NB in 5 games and first backup on the field at either S spot.
Like I said, it doesn't matter because our defense is never going to challenge for the top spot but I'm a stats guy so I like everything to be correct.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 12:12 pm to Tornado Alley
Florida
LSU
Bama
USC
Ole Miss
LSU
Bama
USC
Ole Miss
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