re: SEC football teams that are bonafide contenders for that natty in 2016

Vol fans, don't bitch about how shitty this place is when you guys continuously start threads like this.

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Vol fans, don't bitch about how shitty this place is when you guys continuously start threads like this.

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tRant is slop and I'm a pig

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I used to think you were an OK poster, but now you're approaching Phat Phil levels.

No wonder UT fans get so much bullshite here with threads like this.

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Thing is, with the current state of the east, it's not outlandish. Win the East and then anything can happen

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you guys continuously start threads like this.

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OP, Phil and Serraneaux are the only 3 Vol posters that consistently start awful threads like this.

Your football team is terrible

This is the OP prior to, during and right after posting, eating, breathing and after copulating with his sister.

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Alabama

Ole Miss

Tennessee
La.State

Georgia
Florida

Arky
Auburn
A&M

MSU
Mizzou
USC

UK
Vandy

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Tweaked it a bit, but in general I don't think those buckets are far off from how I would dole out odds to SEC teams to be in contention.

--- Virtual lock to be in the discussion throughout the season ---

At this point, Bama's Bama until they prove they're not.

--- Contenders ---

Ole Miss - consecutive season wins over Bama, and took a complete collapse to UF on Grieroids and a 4th and 25 to kill their hopes of going to Atlanta last year. Returning Swag and still have a slew of talented WRs. LT will be interesting to see how they adapt without Tunsil *but* they were missing him for a good chunk last year as well.

Tenn - Schedule sets up the nicest for any east team probably. Likely Bama loss, but if they can break the UF curse and squeak out a win against UGA on the road (new coach, new QB), should be able to find their way to Atlanta. If they can't do it this year, they won't under Butch.

LSU - shite loads of returning talent. Amazing RB in LF7. Giant question at QB... can they get past being 1 dimensional to challenge the SECw on the offensive side of the ball.

--- Slim Chances ---

Georgia - Difficult to be unbiased here *but* even with turnover at the HC position and most of the staff and QB a bit unsettled currently, schedule is not terribly unfriendly. Ole Miss on the road probably looks to be the biggest challenge, followed by toss up between UT at home and UF at the WLOCP. Big upside if you make it out of those 3 games with 1 loss, and even with 2 could find your way to ATL depending on how the rest of the East shakes out. On the national scale, the UNC game starting the season may set the stage for what is/isn't possible.

UF - Reigning East champs but big question at QB and some key losses on the defensive side of the ball. Also, what's up with Antonio Callaway? Don't know what to expect from UF this year and as such couldn't decide where to put them... preseason slim chances, but with a hot start could find themselves in the discussion

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Auburn/Arky/A&M - All in the same bucket here to me (A&M maybe a little further behind the other 2)... sufficient talent on the rosters to absolutely come out and surprise, but residing in the west the "pre-season" hopes are a bit tempered. It would be very Auburn to follow up last year's hype campaign with a completely unhyped run at the title. Arkansas losing QB, key OL, and some real talent at RB (albeit likely reloading there) makes it difficult to move up, but if they can put the end of season magic together a bit earlier, Bert could do some damage in the west that might approximate the after effects of his visits to a buffet. A&M in "backs against the wall" mode. Can't count them out, but odds not in their favor.

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Not impossible, but highly unlikely

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Manzielathon

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I can't even remember who won the East last year.