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CBS hot take for each team at SEC media days....
Posted on 7/19/24 at 3:29 am
Posted on 7/19/24 at 3:29 am
The positive
Alabama: Positive early returns on DeBoer are not premature.
The first-year Alabama coach is cleaning up in recruiting, but most in Dallas this week kept pounding the question -- how will the Crimson Tide look on the field? As if DeBoer's career track record isn't enough to warrant an automatic successful translation to big-boy football in the SEC with better talent, he gets an opportunity early to make believers out of everyone. Alabama will beat Wisconsin by a couple touchdowns in Madison.
Arkansas: Landon Jackson develops into Razorbacks' first Day 1 pick since 2008.
You have to go back more than a decade to find the last Arkansas defender to be selected in the opening round (Jamaal Anderson). Jackson has steadily improved as his career has matured, establishing a personal-best last fall with 13.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks last fall. He's this team's headliner.
Georgia: Georgia doesn't miss Brock Bowers too much.
Remember the names Oscar Delp and Ben Yurosek. Quarterback Carson Beck raved about both players this week and revealed the Georgia passing game has a number of targets at the position the Bulldogs are anxious to reveal this fall. Delp is a former elite-level recruit while Yurosek is a West Coast transfer who was productive at Stanford. Coveted Class of 2023 signee Luckie Lawson will get some burn, too.
Ole Miss: Jaxson Dart leads conference in passing.
It's debatable, sure, but no player in Dallas this week exuded more confidence behind the microphone than the Ole Miss veteran quarterback, who is coming off an 11-win season as Lane Kiffin's chief facilitator offensively. Given the new weapons around him, including the arrival of former South Carolina star Juice Wells and talented Miami tailback Henry Parrish Jr., and what's coming back for the Rebels, Dart should flourish.
S. Carolina: 5-star Dyland Stewart will be their best pass-rusher by midseason.
At times, coaches scale back the expectations a bit when a five-star arrives on campus. Shane Beamer has not taken this approach. After saying publicly in April he was pleased with Stewart's progress throughout spring practice, the Gamecocks' fourth-year coach reiterated those points this week and then some. Beamer said Stewart was "freakishly talented" and has looked "as advertised" since arriving on campus ready to work.
Tennessee- Vols are SEC's most underrated team
Tennessee's player reps all said versions of the same thing this week: they're using the lack of summer love in various polls and power rankings as serious motivation. Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Ole Miss, LSU and Missouri have all been slotted ahead of Tennessee in most preseason projections across the conference, but only three of those schools have consecutive top-20 finishes like Josh Heupel's program. Tennessee is used to getting love in the offseason, so this is a strange change of pace.
Texas: Horns have nation's best WR room
Considering talented slot threat Silas Bolden from Oregon State may not start at Texas this season, that should tell you the amount of riches Steve Sarkisian has at the wideout spot. This is the best group he's had since 2020 at Alabama when he helped DeVonta Smith win the Heisman as his offensive coordinator under Nick Saban. Former five-star signee Johntay Cook II is battling Bolden for one of those three starting spots, while Alabama transfer Isaiah Bond and former Houston star Matthew Golden are expected to be first on the field elsewhere. And you figure five-star freshman Ryan Wingo factors in somewhere.
A&M: September to remember is on tap.
Few are taking Texas A&M as a playoff team this fall, and neither are we, but this program will be one of the opening month's top stories when they start 4-0 with wins over Notre Dame and Florida entering the neutral site battle against Arkansas at AT&T Stadium on Sept. 28.
Vandy: CJ Taylor earns first team All-SEC honors
Few are taking Texas A&M as a playoff team this fall, and neither are we, but this program will be one of the opening month's top stories when they start 4-0 with wins over Notre Dame and Florida entering the neutral site battle against Arkansas at AT&T Stadium on Sept. 28.
This...is CBS.
Alabama: Positive early returns on DeBoer are not premature.
The first-year Alabama coach is cleaning up in recruiting, but most in Dallas this week kept pounding the question -- how will the Crimson Tide look on the field? As if DeBoer's career track record isn't enough to warrant an automatic successful translation to big-boy football in the SEC with better talent, he gets an opportunity early to make believers out of everyone. Alabama will beat Wisconsin by a couple touchdowns in Madison.
Arkansas: Landon Jackson develops into Razorbacks' first Day 1 pick since 2008.
You have to go back more than a decade to find the last Arkansas defender to be selected in the opening round (Jamaal Anderson). Jackson has steadily improved as his career has matured, establishing a personal-best last fall with 13.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks last fall. He's this team's headliner.
Georgia: Georgia doesn't miss Brock Bowers too much.
Remember the names Oscar Delp and Ben Yurosek. Quarterback Carson Beck raved about both players this week and revealed the Georgia passing game has a number of targets at the position the Bulldogs are anxious to reveal this fall. Delp is a former elite-level recruit while Yurosek is a West Coast transfer who was productive at Stanford. Coveted Class of 2023 signee Luckie Lawson will get some burn, too.
Ole Miss: Jaxson Dart leads conference in passing.
It's debatable, sure, but no player in Dallas this week exuded more confidence behind the microphone than the Ole Miss veteran quarterback, who is coming off an 11-win season as Lane Kiffin's chief facilitator offensively. Given the new weapons around him, including the arrival of former South Carolina star Juice Wells and talented Miami tailback Henry Parrish Jr., and what's coming back for the Rebels, Dart should flourish.
S. Carolina: 5-star Dyland Stewart will be their best pass-rusher by midseason.
At times, coaches scale back the expectations a bit when a five-star arrives on campus. Shane Beamer has not taken this approach. After saying publicly in April he was pleased with Stewart's progress throughout spring practice, the Gamecocks' fourth-year coach reiterated those points this week and then some. Beamer said Stewart was "freakishly talented" and has looked "as advertised" since arriving on campus ready to work.
Tennessee- Vols are SEC's most underrated team
Tennessee's player reps all said versions of the same thing this week: they're using the lack of summer love in various polls and power rankings as serious motivation. Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Ole Miss, LSU and Missouri have all been slotted ahead of Tennessee in most preseason projections across the conference, but only three of those schools have consecutive top-20 finishes like Josh Heupel's program. Tennessee is used to getting love in the offseason, so this is a strange change of pace.
Texas: Horns have nation's best WR room
Considering talented slot threat Silas Bolden from Oregon State may not start at Texas this season, that should tell you the amount of riches Steve Sarkisian has at the wideout spot. This is the best group he's had since 2020 at Alabama when he helped DeVonta Smith win the Heisman as his offensive coordinator under Nick Saban. Former five-star signee Johntay Cook II is battling Bolden for one of those three starting spots, while Alabama transfer Isaiah Bond and former Houston star Matthew Golden are expected to be first on the field elsewhere. And you figure five-star freshman Ryan Wingo factors in somewhere.
A&M: September to remember is on tap.
Few are taking Texas A&M as a playoff team this fall, and neither are we, but this program will be one of the opening month's top stories when they start 4-0 with wins over Notre Dame and Florida entering the neutral site battle against Arkansas at AT&T Stadium on Sept. 28.
Vandy: CJ Taylor earns first team All-SEC honors
Few are taking Texas A&M as a playoff team this fall, and neither are we, but this program will be one of the opening month's top stories when they start 4-0 with wins over Notre Dame and Florida entering the neutral site battle against Arkansas at AT&T Stadium on Sept. 28.
This...is CBS.
This post was edited on 7/19/24 at 3:31 am
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Posted on 7/19/24 at 3:29 am to koreandawg
This...is CBS.
The negative
Florida- Billy Napier keeps his job. (This sounds positive until you read the reason why)
Say what you want about the Gators' all-time tough slate this season, but Napier will be the leader of the program in 2025. Florida's coach has the second-highest hot seat ranking possible per CBS Sports, but that does not mean he will lose his job this fall. Napier enters his third season with the Gators and would be owed 85% of the salary for each season left on his contract ($25.5 million after the upcoming campaign). He just signed a top 10 recruiting class that included five-star quarterback DJ Lagway and has outward support from Scott Stricklin, his athletic director.
LSU- Again tops SEC in explosive plays allowed.
Credit Brian Kelly for landing Missouri's Blake Baker to overhaul his defense this season. It was a necessary move after last year's embarrassing effort on that side of the football and especially at the back end. However, the personnel is not at a championship-level yet on defense and a reliance on transfer portal acquisitions in the secondary is worrisome.
Mizzou: Missouri takes big step back defensively
After losing Blake Baker, the commander of the defense, to LSU this offseason, the Tigers will slide on that side of the football. Changes in personnel at the back end is another factor. The mission doesn't change, according to Eli Drinkwitz and Tigers defensive lineman Kristian Williams, but it's difficult to project Missouri to finish in the top 4 of the conference in total defense for the third consecutive season given the changes.
Oklahoma: Oklahoma finishes season unranked
Florida's all-time tough schedule has garnered much of the noise, but the SEC did Oklahoma no favors in 2024, either. By season's end, we're expecting seven opponents to be ranked inside the top 25 and all but one of those -- Tulane -- will likely be ranked when the Sooners play them this fall. By comparison, Oklahoma has played seven ranked teams combined during the regular season since 2021. Bummer, Sooners.
Neutral
Auburn- Thorne is not Auburn's starter by year's end. (Not sure if good or bad. Would seem if really good news to have new QB, they'd just say he doesn't start at all.)
Hugh Freeze was quick to compliment each of his four scholarship quarterbacks coming out of spring, including his incumbent, but the belief around Auburn is 2024 signee Walker White is the future of the program under center. Could he be the guy for Auburn later this year if Payton Thorne has another up-and-down campaign?
Kentucky: Losses all come vs. top 15 teams (Not really sure if this is good or bad. Seems to say just more of the same with no real breakthrough.)
This is life in the SEC for Mark Stoops. And he'll have this job in Lexington as long as he wants it or until super agent Jimmy Sexton floats his name to enough elite programs that one finally bites. The Wildcats face a grueling league slate this season, which includes showdowns with with Georgia, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Texas, among others.
MSU- State's defense will be team's calling (Head coach is an offensive coach, so is this great news?)
That's right. Jeff Lebby was hired as coach for the work he can do with his veer-and-shoot offensive playbook, but I think it's the defense that gets the acclaim in 2024. Bulldogs linebacker John Lewis said this season's unit is "different" and there's no worry about being on the field too long if there's any first-year hiccups offensively with Lebby's pass-heavy scheme. Lewis pointed to several transfers as immediate impact players and said defensive coordinator Coleman Hutzler has an attacking mindset that's welcomed by players.
The negative
Florida- Billy Napier keeps his job. (This sounds positive until you read the reason why)
Say what you want about the Gators' all-time tough slate this season, but Napier will be the leader of the program in 2025. Florida's coach has the second-highest hot seat ranking possible per CBS Sports, but that does not mean he will lose his job this fall. Napier enters his third season with the Gators and would be owed 85% of the salary for each season left on his contract ($25.5 million after the upcoming campaign). He just signed a top 10 recruiting class that included five-star quarterback DJ Lagway and has outward support from Scott Stricklin, his athletic director.
LSU- Again tops SEC in explosive plays allowed.
Credit Brian Kelly for landing Missouri's Blake Baker to overhaul his defense this season. It was a necessary move after last year's embarrassing effort on that side of the football and especially at the back end. However, the personnel is not at a championship-level yet on defense and a reliance on transfer portal acquisitions in the secondary is worrisome.
Mizzou: Missouri takes big step back defensively
After losing Blake Baker, the commander of the defense, to LSU this offseason, the Tigers will slide on that side of the football. Changes in personnel at the back end is another factor. The mission doesn't change, according to Eli Drinkwitz and Tigers defensive lineman Kristian Williams, but it's difficult to project Missouri to finish in the top 4 of the conference in total defense for the third consecutive season given the changes.
Oklahoma: Oklahoma finishes season unranked
Florida's all-time tough schedule has garnered much of the noise, but the SEC did Oklahoma no favors in 2024, either. By season's end, we're expecting seven opponents to be ranked inside the top 25 and all but one of those -- Tulane -- will likely be ranked when the Sooners play them this fall. By comparison, Oklahoma has played seven ranked teams combined during the regular season since 2021. Bummer, Sooners.
Neutral
Auburn- Thorne is not Auburn's starter by year's end. (Not sure if good or bad. Would seem if really good news to have new QB, they'd just say he doesn't start at all.)
Hugh Freeze was quick to compliment each of his four scholarship quarterbacks coming out of spring, including his incumbent, but the belief around Auburn is 2024 signee Walker White is the future of the program under center. Could he be the guy for Auburn later this year if Payton Thorne has another up-and-down campaign?
Kentucky: Losses all come vs. top 15 teams (Not really sure if this is good or bad. Seems to say just more of the same with no real breakthrough.)
This is life in the SEC for Mark Stoops. And he'll have this job in Lexington as long as he wants it or until super agent Jimmy Sexton floats his name to enough elite programs that one finally bites. The Wildcats face a grueling league slate this season, which includes showdowns with with Georgia, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Texas, among others.
MSU- State's defense will be team's calling (Head coach is an offensive coach, so is this great news?)
That's right. Jeff Lebby was hired as coach for the work he can do with his veer-and-shoot offensive playbook, but I think it's the defense that gets the acclaim in 2024. Bulldogs linebacker John Lewis said this season's unit is "different" and there's no worry about being on the field too long if there's any first-year hiccups offensively with Lebby's pass-heavy scheme. Lewis pointed to several transfers as immediate impact players and said defensive coordinator Coleman Hutzler has an attacking mindset that's welcomed by players.
This post was edited on 7/19/24 at 4:03 am
Posted on 7/19/24 at 7:16 am to koreandawg
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LSU- Again tops SEC in explosive plays allowed.
Did they do anything to improve their defense?
Posted on 7/19/24 at 7:28 am to Ancient Astronaut
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Did they do anything to improve their defense?
You mean besides replacing every coach on that side of the ball?
Posted on 7/19/24 at 8:41 am to koreandawg
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LSU- Again tops SEC in explosive plays allowed
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Mizzou- After losing Blake Baker, the commander of the defense, to LSU this offseason, the Tigers will slide on that side of the football
Posted on 7/19/24 at 8:55 am to lsudave1
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the personnel is not at a championship-level yet on defense and a reliance on transfer portal acquisitions in the secondary is worrisome.
Posted on 7/19/24 at 8:57 am to koreandawg
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Auburn- Thorne is not Auburn's starter by year's end. (Not sure if good or bad. Would seem if really good news to have new QB, they'd just say he doesn't start at all.) Hugh Freeze was quick to compliment each of his four scholarship quarterbacks coming out of spring, including his incumbent, but the belief around Auburn is 2024 signee Walker White is the future of the program under center. Could he be the guy for Auburn later this year if Payton Thorne has another up-and-down campaign?
Eschew injury I am willing to put money against this.
Posted on 7/19/24 at 9:00 am to koreandawg
Who is the best quarterback in the league in 2024?
Carson Beck — 31 votes
JD Pickell, On3: “If I had one drive to save my life, I’d want (Beck) leading that drive. Accurate. Poised. Primed for a big Year 2 in that system.
Cole Cubelic, ESPN: “It’s Carson Beck. Not even a debate from me. That’s an easy one.”
Quinn Ewers — 8 votes
Matt Baker, Tampa Bay Times: “I don’t feel good about. I think it’s close with him and Beck. I think Sark’s track record with offensive mind will unlock more from him this year.”
Jaxson Dart — 5 votes
Jalen Milroe — 5 votes
Brady Cook — 1 vote
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During SEC Media Days in Dallas, 50 media members on this very question
Carson Beck — 31 votes
JD Pickell, On3: “If I had one drive to save my life, I’d want (Beck) leading that drive. Accurate. Poised. Primed for a big Year 2 in that system.
Cole Cubelic, ESPN: “It’s Carson Beck. Not even a debate from me. That’s an easy one.”
Quinn Ewers — 8 votes
Matt Baker, Tampa Bay Times: “I don’t feel good about. I think it’s close with him and Beck. I think Sark’s track record with offensive mind will unlock more from him this year.”
Jaxson Dart — 5 votes
Jalen Milroe — 5 votes
Brady Cook — 1 vote
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Posted on 7/19/24 at 9:02 am to koreandawg
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Oklahoma: Oklahoma finishes season unranked
Florida's all-time tough schedule has garnered much of the noise, but the SEC did Oklahoma no favors in 2024, either. By season's end, we're expecting seven opponents to be ranked inside the top 25 and all but one of those -- Tulane -- will likely be ranked when the Sooners play them this fall. By comparison, Oklahoma has played seven ranked teams combined during the regular season since 2021. Bummer, Sooners.
Posted on 7/19/24 at 9:28 am to Wanruningchen
Jordan Rogers picked Beck as best QB, but picked Dart to win the Heisman due to counting stats and believing Ole Miss will make the playoff
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Who is the best quarterback in the league in 2024?
Posted on 7/19/24 at 9:55 am to koreandawg
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CBS hot take for each team at SEC media days.
Did CBS announce their tv schedule for SEC football game of the week?
Posted on 7/19/24 at 9:59 am to koreandawg
It also interesting what Nick Saban on CJ Baxter
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ago “I’m gonna alleviate some of your concerns because I know you’ve got seven wideouts that all can play,” Saban told Sarkisian. “I know you’ve got three quarterbacks that all can play. Baxter was the best running back I saw of any team, aight, so you’re gonna be able to run the ball.”
Posted on 7/19/24 at 10:01 am to koreandawg
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Texas: Horns have nation's best WR room
I'll put Squirrel White and Bru McCoy beside anyone they have.
Chris Brazzell has the potential to be a breakout player.
Posted on 7/19/24 at 10:24 am to WildVolMick
You clearly don't know anything about our WRs
Posted on 7/19/24 at 10:31 am to lsudave1
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LSU- Again tops SEC in explosive plays allowed.
Credit Brian Kelly for landing Missouri's Blake Baker to overhaul his defense this season. It was a necessary move after last year's embarrassing effort on that side of the football and especially at the back end. However, the personnel is not at a championship-level yet on defense and a reliance on transfer portal acquisitions in the secondary is worrisome.
I guess the take doesn't make sense if you completely disregard the main part of LSU's defense they are worried about.
Posted on 7/19/24 at 10:32 am to UTATX
Yea we do, one of them is a true freshman who hasn't played a game.
Not the best WR room in the SEC at all.
Bond is good but not all that with 668 yards at 4 tds
They are getting the nod because its Sarkisian and he has high focus on Offense
Not the best WR room in the SEC at all.
Bond is good but not all that with 668 yards at 4 tds
They are getting the nod because its Sarkisian and he has high focus on Offense
Posted on 7/19/24 at 10:59 am to Dawg4Life47
Yall are all fighting over second best WR room in the SEC.
Posted on 7/19/24 at 11:08 am to koreandawg
Tennessee- Vols are SEC's most underrated team
Tennessee's player reps all said versions of the same thing this week: they're using the lack of summer love in various polls and power rankings as serious motivation. Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Ole Miss, LSU and Missouri have all been slotted ahead of Tennessee in most preseason projections across the conference, but only three of those schools have consecutive top-20 finishes like Josh Heupel's program. Tennessee is used to getting love in the offseason, so this is a strange change of pace.
End of thread.
Tennessee's player reps all said versions of the same thing this week: they're using the lack of summer love in various polls and power rankings as serious motivation. Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Ole Miss, LSU and Missouri have all been slotted ahead of Tennessee in most preseason projections across the conference, but only three of those schools have consecutive top-20 finishes like Josh Heupel's program. Tennessee is used to getting love in the offseason, so this is a strange change of pace.
End of thread.
This post was edited on 7/19/24 at 11:09 am
Posted on 7/19/24 at 11:11 am to GiveHimSix
First they underestimate us, then they doubt us more as we win then they acted shock when we take Oklahoma 's and Bama's lunch money. This is how it will play out. UGA needs to watch their backs as well. We are underestimated and pissed off. We are going to disrupt this entire conference these next two years.
This post was edited on 7/19/24 at 11:12 am
Posted on 7/19/24 at 11:14 am to GiveHimSix
Maybe you should focus on trying to beat Florida first.
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