re: Predict the East division.

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Much more serious than initially thought. Fromm not expected to be ready until mid season at the earliest.

Fields has maturity questions and struggling to grasp playbook.

QB situation not looking good.

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1. Georgia
2. Florida
3. Southrolina
4. Missouri
5. Tennessee
6. Kentucky
7. Vandy

A few thoughts:

Georgia max finish is one and the most likely. Minimum finish is second. See no way they can do worse than that. Two losses max for the regular season.

Florida max finish is second. Mullen can coach. He'll have a lot of guys returning that should've played last year. They have a lot of experience on the field. Problem with him is his recruiting is not improving what he's already got on the roster. Minimum finish fifth. If he gets crap play from the QB position it could be another long year.

South Carolina: Max finish first, minimum finish fourth. SC's schedule could allow them to beat out a two loss UGA team if they catch the breaks. I don't think they win the second week. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that there is a better chance they win the division than beating UGA the second week of the season. Minimum finish: Fourth. Carolina was one of the best turnover ratio teams in the conference last year. That usually doesn't happen two years in a row. They could improve over last year, not catch those same breaks and finish the same or worse.

Mizzou: max finish 2nd: If SC and UF both have 5-3, 4-4 type seasons or less, Mizzou could slide in here for a second place finish. Min: Fifth place. If the defense doesn't improve it really doesn't matter what Lock does.

Tennessee: Max finish 3rd: If Pruitt can get them to play at their peak potential and catch some breaks, I can see a possible 5-3 finish. For that to be 3rd place he'll need two of the three above him (not talking about UGA) to not be as good as predicted. I figure it would be virtually impossible for all three to be worse than UT. But two could possibly happen. Min finish 6th: I can't see them losing to Vandy again. It's been a long time, if ever, that JP has coached a team this bad. Will be interesting how he handles adversity. He did not handle it well in Georgia's 2015 season, and we were 10-3. They won't be 10-3.

Kentucky: Max finish 4th. If Stoops stops making dumb mistakes in games this is possible. But he probably won't. Min finish 7th. They could crap the bed in every game. But they'll likely handle Vandy, and get another one or tow victories somewhere along the way in conference.

Vandy: Max finish 5th: They could possibly beat Kentucky and find some other upset. Min: 7th: Most likely place with 0 conference wins.

If you are wondering why I picked UF over SC, it's just that these things rarely go the way everyone thinks. After looking at Phil Steele's write up on UF, starting to believe they could have a decent season. SC can beat everyone on their schedule but UGA, but so many of those games could go either way. And as I've said, the turnover ration helped them several times last year, including the bowl game and NC State, two of their more impressive wins.

1. UGA
2. SC
3. MIZZOU
4. UF
5. UT
6. UK
7. VANDY

1. Georgia
2. South Carolina (schedule sets up nicely)
3. Mizzou
4. Florida
5. Kentucky
6. Tennessee (brutal schedule)
7. Vanderbilt

If he is the same as last year, he wouldn't be any worse than fourth. That's if you think Tua, Stidham and Lock are better. I'm just saying if you are gonna attack Fromm, it shouldn't be his leadership, preparation, intangibles, etc. That's what was wrong with Garcia. If Garcia had those, he could've gone to the league.

I'd be a bigger believe in Mizzou if they had not gotten their arse kicked by a middle of the pack Big 12 school in the bowl game. That just made me think their last half uprising had more to do with UF and UTK mailing it in.

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Georgia is the most talented team in the east by a very wide margin and they proved that the staff is pretty damn good last year. If Kirby doesn't destroy the east then Georgia fans have reason to worry.

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I like to think UGA will have the target on their back and won't repeat but let's be honest. UGA has Bama talent and there is no emerging or dark horse team really that can dethrone them. South Carolina is the only one with a chance but they'll have to be one-loss or better, beat Georgia head-to-head and UGA will have to had lost 2 or more games. I don't see it happening. UGA goes back to Atlanta in 2018 to play either Auburn or Bama.

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I know you are hypothetical here but I am guessing that he is going to be at worst the third best quarterback in the conference.

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I hope you are right, but there are some mighty good ones out there.

Tua
Stidham
Lock
Ta'amu
Fromm
Bentley