re: Predict your team's record for the 2016 season.

11-1 Sugar Bowl. Too many unknowns. I like having Ole Miss in October instead of after Arkansas.

8-4 if defense gets back to 2014 form

The homer picks (and shiny hooks) are strong with this one....

Sep 03 @Wisconsin W 33-7
Sep 10 Jacksonville St. W 56-9
Sep 17 Mississippi St. W 45-13
Sep 24 @Auburn W 42-13
Oct 01 Missouri W 45-0
Oct 08 @Florida W 27-10
Oct 15 Southern Miss W 63-7
Oct 22 Ole Miss W 35-24
Nov 05 Alabama W 20-17
Nov 12 @Arkansas W 27-24
Nov 19 South Alabama W 56-3
Nov 24 @Texas A&M W 42-13
SECCG Tennessee W 24-16
Semis Oklahoma W 35-23
Finals Alabama W 22-0

If Aranda is what we hope, and Harris kicks it up a notch who knows =)

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I'm done making fun of South Carolina until basketball season.

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That's because it's baseball season ... you know better.

South Carolina Gamecocks - W
Blue Raiders Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders - W
at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets - W
at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers - W
Gators Florida Gators - L
Wildcats at Kentucky Wildcats - W
Bulldogs at Georgia Bulldogs - L
Tennessee State Tigers - W
at Auburn Tigers - W
at Missouri Tigers - L
Rebels Ole Miss Rebels - L
Volunteers Tennessee Volunteers - L

7-5

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Only 3,498 more threads like this till kickoff

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only one that matters though ;)

We've done this thread a lot already, but maybe peoples opinions start to change come spring practice... for me not so much.

I still think we're 9-3 (+/- 1)...

Most probable (2-3) losses come from pool of:
UNC (in ATL... almost home game. they also lost QB and best WR. Defense is atrocious.)
Ole Miss (big road test. potent offense. going to have to bring A+ game to win here)
Tennessee (home this year. they look like the team to beat in the East... kind of like the tallest midget. still a winnable game but again will have to bring the A game)
UF (no clue what to expect here. who is their QB? does it even matter - ahem treon harris - ahem... I think Kirby understands the importance of this game and we come in more focused than we've looked at any time in the last decade. still don't know if that equates to a win or not)

Next batch of games where loss is possible but less likely (0-1):
Auburn (Jekyll/Hyde team... could easily see them pulling an "Auburn" and having an amazing season this year on the heels of a garbage one. if no dramatic improvement in QB play, not too worried here, but can never count them out.)
Ga. Tech (thin at D-line and replacing 2 big time OLBs... could cause problems against that abomination of an offense... still an unlikely loss IMO)

Wheels fell off and/or Richt makes a re-appearance as head coach and we fail to show up:
Mizzou (1st true road game of the season)
South Carolina (3rd roadie of the season... Columbia, SC is actually tough place to play)

The season will largely be shaped by line play (thin or inexperienced at a lot of positions) and who the starting QB is (and whether that's a true starter or a rotating basis early). If Eason is able to snatch the starting job and prove himself early (freshman... unlikely) I'd anticipate some early losses. More probable is Lambert starting the season with some limited packages for Eason and then by mid season Eason taking over. If we get Chubb back in full effect early, probably limits downside by 1.

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Many teams will. Very easily

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Kenny hill styled on you

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(this also is assuming we find a good QB in Del Rio or Franks)

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Yeah, I mean you have found a good QB every year since Meyer left, so thats a pretty safe assumption