Team Expectations...

I think Alabama will meet expectations, and be in the nine win area.

I'm not sure about Ole Miss. Judging by Houston Nutt's past, they won't. However, he has better overall talent they he had at Arkansas.

Florida- stay same
Georgia- will slip some
AU- probably be about same
Ark- improve
Miss St- improve
Ole Miss- decline
LSU- improve
Bama- decline
Vandy- decline
UT- same
Kentucky- improve
South Carolina- improve

bama meets expectations based on how awesome the defense should be.

ole miss has some good wins (maybe over achieve)

LSU (better than last year, but still underachieve)

arkansas (get ready for more of the same as last year)

Auburn (potential to do both.. the term is too relative for this team for this upcoming year. auburn underachieves for what they've been used to for a long while, but improves from last year)

MSU (no damn clue)

..... about to go to eat.. can't finish the list.

Meet Expectations: LSU, Florida

Exceed: MS State

Underacheiver: Ole Miss

Why for is there OM love from a Bama fan (I'm well aware I'm being gramatically incorrect)?

Florida is gonna have a really odd loss this year. Meet

Georgia is gonna struggle with all the new skill positions to fill plus half of their D graduated didn't they? Meet or decline

USC-E is gonna be the surprise team of the East. Exceed

Tenn will be the whipping boy for the year and probably lose to Vandy. Low expectations to begin with. Meet

Vandy will be Vandy. Exceed

Kentucky will continue their bowl streak. Meet.

Bama will have a great but not Championship season. Meet.

LSU will depend on the growth of the QBs. SECCG Meet.

OM has HDN as a coach and high expectations... fail.

Arkansas won't be a great team until 2010-2011, but we will be a surprise. Exceed.

MSU may just win the Egg Bowl in dramatic fashion. Meet

Auburn is going to have a good offense provided the QB solidifies into something harder than stale water (not likely). Fail

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OM has HDN as a coach and high expectations... fail.

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I don't know if you're aware of this, but HDN can't recruit worth a damn, either.

I'm not baiting you. I'm merely pointing out that just because something happened before does not mean it is a given it will happen again.

Only 12-15 of Nutt's recruits aren't going to make it to campus.

Lighten up.

Arkansas much improved. Schedule may be the toughest in America so W-L may not show it.
LSU should be in the SECCG barring a rash of injuries. D is stout, QB will rise to the occasion.
Florida could be scary good. They have All-SEC players sittin' the bench.
Georgia will be better than most think.
Tennessee will be also. Kiffin may be a crazy, but his staff is great.
Auburn is a total unknown.
USCe should challenge, but Spurrier will beat down his QB again and they'll fold towards the end.
Ole Miss' fortunes ride on Nutt resisting the temptation to run the offense and let his coordinator do his job. Couldn't do it at Arkansas, remains to be seen if he can now.
MSU will not be very good, but will be better at the end.
Vandy & KY, who cares really.
Finally, Bama. Will fail to win their 123rd NC in the 122 years of college football and thus fail to meet expectations. Huge upset loss to Auburn begins the end of Saban at Bama.

Auburn will far exceed expectations.

Arkansas is expected to be the "most improved" of '09 so I would say they meet.

Georgia never lives up to the hype, but I like them.

LSU can win anywhere from 6 to 14 games. Who knows? Lots of "talent" but a coach that treats football like a roulette wheel.