re: 2015 Quarterbacks

He didn't look good to me against Auburn

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3.Patrick Towles- Under-appreciated because of where he plays, and some might expect a decline due to the departure of his OC, but dude can make any throw. can move well in the pocket and extend plays, will have Kentucky in thick of east race (not a joke).

4.Josh Dobbs- Will finally be the man, taking all of the first team snaps spring/summer/fall, extra reps as starter may finally give the Vols a chance to get back to Atlanta.

5. Kyle Allen- Needs to get bigger, but has chance to thrive with the mass of talent at the skill positions Aggie has put together. Very impressive what he did this year after being thrust into action as a true freshman.

Thoughts?

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Yeah. These three made a helluva breakfast, lunch and dinner for Missouri's front four.

JJ won't put up huge numbers because AU runs the ball a ton.

Towles has NFL prototype height & arm. He had a first year season learning the playbook and the SEC defenses. I hate to say sophomore jinx, but why is it so many fall flat the second year after so much promise? We travel to Lexvegas and I think it will be tooth and nail fight with our defense pulling it out hopefully.

Dobbs will hopefully have better OL play and they did improve somewhat over first half or so of season masking what the other qb was capable of. If defense can shore up and give the offense more snaps...then UT will improve, but OL has to to provide run blocking or another 6-6 or 7-5 season is ahead for the Vols.

UGA is a question mark and they lose too much talent overall to make predictions. RB is loaded but everything else is average.

Mizzou has Maty but they win with 3 star talent coached up and developed by staff...great job they have done. Defense is thgeir cqalling card and I am not about to predict their season or OL or anything...cause they will find a walk on TE and make him the best SEC pass rusher or OL blocker, they don't get enough credit. They take chicken shite and make chicken salad out of it.

UF will have 3 qb race if Driskel decides to play football...with 5'10" Treon Harris and 6'1 Wil Grier who is the high school wizard that Driskel was. Watching video clips of Grier...the main difference is that Grier is a pure passer first and foremost and has trigger quick release and that can mean that it can get picked off faster the jury is out but we have staff in place to teach and develop qbs.

USC is a real question mark and Im afraid their defense isn't improving to a levl it should be at by next year. No matter how good the qb'ing is...you cant outscore folks in the SEC...Sumlin should know this by now.

In the west its a question mark about Bama, Ole Miss, LSU, MSU. My money is on Dak to return, he isn't quite ready for NFL....but has the size/arm to get itch. Arkie is in good hands and I expect them to improve next year, A&M has more issues than qbs...it has talent but unless a power run game and a defense is found...its another listless year. Bama will Bama with their talent recruiting and their defense will win games, AU has offensive talent but must slow the clock some and let Booms defense keep their opponents offense off the field. LSUs run game and defense is just about all they need..add qb who will not turn the ball over and they could be tops in the west in 2015. Ole Miss will have to scratch and claw their way through the year.

It will be another exciting year and I am predicting a tough battle between LSU-Bama to win west.

SEC QBs for 2015 are all mediocre. There is a slight chance that Jeff Driskel might be the best and that is crazy.

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will have Kentucky in thick of east race

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1. Jeremy Johnson (Auburn) Dude should be unstoppable in Gus Malzahn system.

2. Josh Dobbs (Tenn) If they fix the O-Line, he should be really good next year.

3. Dak Prescott (Miss State) He caught alot of teams by surprise this year. Next year defenses should be ready for him. We'll see how he handles it.

4. Kyle Allen (Texas A&M) In Kevin Sumlin's system, surrounded by elite recievers, yeah he'll be okay. He'll struggle if A&M has no run game again next year though.

5. Brandon Allen (Arkansas) Probably a little biased on my part, but Arkansas offense doesn't ask him to do much. And next year with a pretty good running game, Solid O-Line, Hunter Henry and other great TEs coming in. Not to mention, much better WRs coming in. Brandon should have another solid season.

Bama QB race will be between Coker and Cornwell. Morris and Bateman will battle for the coveted XP holder job.

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Well, Blake was supposed to be a complete dumpster fire after taking over for AJ. But he ended up having a better season than AJ ever had. I would say that makes for plenty of optimism for whoever Kiffin has to work with in 2015.

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Cooper

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The rant will always have an answer. Just admit Kiffin is a great OC. There are plenty of pieces coming back to build around.

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He was certainly good but great? 1 year is not enough to tell. And take off your shades and you can admit that.

Great is over multiple seasons. Saban is great. It would be like calling Sumlin great after his 1st season. Look at him now....

Cooper was a weapon most ANY OC would use. Kiffin did a good job with Sims and Cooper.

I personally think Cooper could have stretched the field more, but he was also able to make plays in space. The plays in space is what really set the Bama O up for success this year.