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re: If it's not Georgia or Texas as SEC champs, who do you think has the best shot?

Posted on 8/13/26 at 10:10 am to
Posted by ColoradoAg
Colorado
Member since Sep 2011
29325 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 10:10 am to
Should be a week off after OU. They are my pick to win the SEC
This post was edited on 8/13/26 at 10:11 am
Posted by Zgeo
Baja Oklahoma
Member since Jul 2021
4309 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 10:31 am to
The 2 teams on the upswing are OU and Aggie…….

Ga and Tx would need a QB injury to not be in or very close to being in the CCG.
Posted by ColoradoAg
Colorado
Member since Sep 2011
29325 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 10:36 am to
Texas would be better off with a QB injury. Their backup has played better than the starter in his limited snaps
Posted by Naked Bootleg
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Member since Jul 2021
4020 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 11:05 am to
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OU- Does Mateer become a Heisman candidate, lock first round NFL draft pick and make the offense the equal to the Venables defense?


With the returning starters on offense and a healed throwing hand, Mateer just needs to be a game manager. OU's OL was a problem the last 3 years. Finally we have experienced talent + depth there, along with actual TE's and an actual TE coach (also been missing for 3+ years)
Posted by Lizardman2
Member since Jan 2024
3042 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 11:06 am to
OU
This post was edited on 8/13/26 at 11:08 am
Posted by 1801
Charleston
Member since Aug 2012
9174 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 11:12 am to
probably a team with QB experience -

career starts for SEC QBs -

32 - Brown (32 USF) Auburn
24 - Mateer (12 WSU) 12 OU
24 - Sellers - Carolina
21 - Reed - A&M
20 - Leavitt- (20 ASU) LSU
15 - Stockton - UGA
15 - Manning - Texas
13 - Chambliss - Ole Miss
2 - Taylor - MSU
2 - Simmons - (2 OM) Missouri
1 - Philo - (1 GT) Florida
0 - everyone else

This post was edited on 8/13/26 at 11:14 am
Posted by BuckI
Grove City, Ohio
Member since Oct 2020
7803 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 12:02 pm to
Georgia and Texas are the only 2 teams capable of winning the SEC because it is a top-heavy league with only 2 good teams.
Posted by SECCaptain
Member since Jun 2025
3140 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 12:37 pm to
It’s easily Ole Miss, the schedule isn’t as bad as it looks

If they can split @Texas and Georgia in Oxford, they’ll be in Atlanta
Posted by Rodo
Houston
Member since Aug 2011
2305 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 12:50 pm to
horns will win it all easily. All the pieces are in place.

Rodo
Posted by The_Giving_Tree
Member since Apr 2024
485 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 10:52 pm to
You don’t even know what “all the pieces” looks like and no A&M does not have it.

You have JAGs spread throughout your two deep… but within the self enclosed vacuum that A&M fans live in, average players have been elevated to hero status.

A&M has SOME talent at spots. They most certainly do not have all the pieces. To even suggest it is ludicrous but also typical… “I wish it was true” started to become the “the Truth” before summer workouts even began.

Rinse, repeat…

Posted by ColoradoAg
Colorado
Member since Sep 2011
29325 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 11:41 pm to
You are a moron. Congrats
Posted by HorniestHorn
Member since Dec 2023
177 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 12:27 am to
A&M couldn’t even get a touch down in playoffs and with losing their best receiver and a new OL, they are taking a step back. They’ll be in the talk for most of the year with their easy schedule but we all know the November crash is inevitable.
Posted by Houag80
Member since Jul 2019
20318 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 7:40 am to
And like clockwork, two of the most ignorant figs from Austin enter the thread.... shite on Aggie and themselves.
Posted by GrizzlyWintergreen
Member since Jun 2025
3235 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 7:43 am to
quote:

We retained 1/3 of our offensive staff.


This is a legitimate discussion.

If you want a safe space where you can pretend losing Lane and Weiss means nothing, this ain't it.

There WILL be a major drop-off in production for OM.
This post was edited on 8/14/26 at 7:44 am
Posted by Hussss
Helena, AL
Member since Oct 2016
7946 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 8:06 am to
Okla

Aub
Posted by wdhalgren
Member since May 2013
5934 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 8:10 am to
quote:

However, our last five games are quite frankly brutal. Whatever a-hole put us at OU the week before we play Texas and gave them a patsy ...


If the SEC was a well-run conference they'd use an algorithm to generate the schedules. Give teams one matchup they could plan a date, like the Iron Bowl in late November. Enter the other constraints for 3 permanent, 12 rotating every other year, home vs away, etc, and let the computer make the schedule. Once the SEC schedule for a season is set, then let teams fill in the blanks with OOC opponents. That would end the questions about how schedules are decided.
This post was edited on 8/14/26 at 8:13 am
Posted by CIGAR_cigarillo
Miami
Member since Oct 2024
1151 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 8:14 am to
It's definitely not Tennessee.

Definitely not the team with the number 4 preseason ranked offense and one of the top offensive lines in the country and two 5* QBs to choose from and a much improved defense.

It's definitely not the team that even with that crappy defense last year had you on the ropes until they inexplicably missed a gimme field goal.

Definitely not Tennessee.

Don't worry about Tennessee.
This post was edited on 8/14/26 at 8:15 am
Posted by byrt bulimia
Member since Oct 2015
83 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 8:17 am to
Oklahoma. I think they beat Texas.
Posted by OMapologist
Member since Oct 2015
712 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 8:55 am to
quote:

This is a legitimate discussion.

quote:

There WILL be a major drop-off in production for OM.


Then act like it. We're returning arguably the top QB/RB combo in the nation and our new OC JDB was Co-OC at Ole Miss with Charlie Weis Jr for 2 seasons before taking over the reigns at ECU for 2 seasons and now he is back. This is as ideal of a transition offensively as Ole Miss could hope for. Your assertion of a major drop off is off base, but we'll find out soon enough.

quote:

If it's not Georgia or Texas as SEC champs, who do you think has the best shot?


Oklahoma and Ole Miss. Both are strong at QB. Both schools play UGA & Texas and face off with each other. Head to head tie breakers could make the difference for who gets to play in Atlanta.


Posted by ShrimperDan
Fernandina
Member since Jul 2026
295 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 9:08 am to
Ole Miss could have the best QB and RB in the country, a good group of WRs, and a defense that is somewhere between scrappy and outright good depending on the week. I would put them up there with Georgia and Texas.
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