Dodd's national and SEC predictions

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SEC: Florida's world, we're just living in it - NCAA Football - CBSSports.com

1. Florida: How's the view from the top? It is Florida's division, conference and national championship to lose. Every starter is back on defense. Every backup is back. A guy named Tebow seems to have locked down the quarterback job. Now the question is, who replaces Percy Harvin? Meyer says he won't do it by committee. Watch for Jeff Demps, Chris Rainey and incoming recruit Andre Debose to take their shots. After two titles in three years, the further motivation is Florida's first undefeated season. Must-see game: Oct. 10 at LSU. Since '06 the winner of this game has gone on to win the national championship.
2. Georgia: Strange, but the Bulldogs seem like they're going to be OK. Joe Cox doesn't have to light it up in replacing Matt Stafford, just manage the game. Receiver A.J. Green is a year older and bigger. There are two stars on defense -- defensive tackle Geno Atkins and linebacker Rennie Curran. The last time the expectations were this low, 2005, Georgia won the SEC East. It's going to take a win over Florida to do it, so a division title isn't likely. But 10 wins out of this group isn't out of the question. Must-see game: Sept. 5 at Oklahoma State. We'll know about the Dawgs in a hurry. Two years ago Georgia won this game in Athens 35-14.
3. South Carolina: Steve Spurrier's greatest trait is his honesty. When asked at the SEC spring meetings if quarterback Stephen Garcia was ready to take over, he didn't hesitate. Still needs some work, Spur Dog said. If Spurrier can't get the quarterback thing right, what hope is there for the rest of the Gamecocks? They have faded late in each of the past two seasons. Spurrier has averaged seven wins in his four seasons and has produced just one bowl win. At 64, Spurrier is committed. Is his quarterback, who has had legal problems? Must-see game: Nov. 14 vs. Florida. Might this be Spurrier's last SEC game? Last year, Florida won 56-6. There is little to suggest the 'Cocks will be able to get any closer this year.
4. Kentucky: UK's run of three consecutive bowl wins might be in danger. Mike Hartline must show he can become a solid SEC quarterback. He will be throwing to a bunch of young receivers. Randall Cobb remains a wild card, in a good way, as a Wildcat (quarterback), punt returner and receiver. Rich Brooks has his best defensive line since coming to Kentucky. He wants to get the 'Cats into the Top 25 on a regular basis before turning things over to coach-in-waiting Joker Phillips. Must-see game: Nov. 28 vs. Tennessee. The Vols have beaten the 'Cats 24 consecutive times, second-longest streak between two teams.

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5. Tennessee: Behind the bluster is this: Tennessee isn't particularly good. The offense is going to be painful to watch -- again. Lane Kiffin has yet to sign the quarterback who will define his success in Knoxville. His best hope at the position might be Eric Berry, who should get some snaps behind center. If the offensive line holds up and if the NCAA doesn't interfere, maybe super freshman Bryce Brown can keep the Vols in the hunt. Guru Monte Kiffin gets a head start with athletes on his side of the ball. Defense wasn't the problem last season. Must-see game: Sept. 19 at Florida. Oh, the humanity!

6. Vanderbilt: After going 26 years between bowls, Vandy just might be getting started. Coach Bobby Johnson gets all five starters back on the offensive line. The defense that allowed less than 20 points per game is stout as well. It will be typical Commodores in that they will struggle to score but hang in with defense. Must-see game: Nov. 21 at Tennessee. If this is for bowl eligibility either team would be ecstatic over going to Shreveport, La. for the Independence Bowl.
 
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Is it me or does it seem trendy to put Tennessee at the bottom of not only the east but the SEC as well?
 
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unless this is his bball predictions we should never be below UK
 
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The Vols have beaten the 'Cats 24 consecutive times, second-longest streak between two teams.
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I thought it became the longest streak once the Domers lost to Navy a couple of years ago. No?

I've got no problems with him ranking us that low. If you don't want to be ranked below Kentucky, don't have two losing seasons in four years. Seems pretty simple to me.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
I thought it became the longest streak once the Domers lost to Navy a couple of years ago. No?

I've got no problems with him ranking us that low. If you don't want to be ranked below Kentucky, don't have two losing seasons in four years. Seems pretty simple to me.
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I believe it is the longest. Second longest is 23 years UF v. UK.
 
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5. Tennessee: Behind the bluster is this: Tennessee isn't particularly good. The offense is going to be painful to watch -- again. Lane Kiffin has yet to sign the quarterback who will define his success in Knoxville. His best hope at the position might be Eric Berry, who should get some snaps behind center. If the offensive line holds up and if the NCAA doesn't interfere, maybe super freshman Bryce Brown can keep the Vols in the hunt. Guru Monte Kiffin gets a head start with athletes on his side of the ball. Defense wasn't the problem last season. Must-see game: Sept. 19 at Florida. Oh, the humanity!

I am sure he See's this as realistic. The fact is CLK'S offense will be better this year. The author has neither the knowledge or the benefit of knowing anything about the vols per say other than being a superficial observer.
This is the toll we pay for reading these type of articles.
 
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lawgator1 said:
SEC: Florida's world, we're just living in it - NCAA Football - CBSSports.com

1. Florida: How's the view from the top? It is Florida's division, conference and national championship to lose. Every starter is back on defense. Every backup is back. A guy named Tebow seems to have locked down the quarterback job. Now the question is, who replaces Percy Harvin? Meyer says he won't do it by committee. Watch for Jeff Demps, Chris Rainey and incoming recruit Andre Debose to take their shots. After two titles in three years, the further motivation is Florida's first undefeated season. Must-see game: Oct. 10 at LSU. Since '06 the winner of this game has gone on to win the national championship.
2. Georgia: Strange, but the Bulldogs seem like they're going to be OK. Joe Cox doesn't have to light it up in replacing Matt Stafford, just manage the game. Receiver A.J. Green is a year older and bigger. There are two stars on defense -- defensive tackle Geno Atkins and linebacker Rennie Curran. The last time the expectations were this low, 2005, Georgia won the SEC East. It's going to take a win over Florida to do it, so a division title isn't likely. But 10 wins out of this group isn't out of the question. Must-see game: Sept. 5 at Oklahoma State. We'll know about the Dawgs in a hurry. Two years ago Georgia won this game in Athens 35-14.
3. South Carolina: Steve Spurrier's greatest trait is his honesty. When asked at the SEC spring meetings if quarterback Stephen Garcia was ready to take over, he didn't hesitate. Still needs some work, Spur Dog said. If Spurrier can't get the quarterback thing right, what hope is there for the rest of the Gamecocks? They have faded late in each of the past two seasons. Spurrier has averaged seven wins in his four seasons and has produced just one bowl win. At 64, Spurrier is committed. Is his quarterback, who has had legal problems? Must-see game: Nov. 14 vs. Florida. Might this be Spurrier's last SEC game? Last year, Florida won 56-6. There is little to suggest the 'Cocks will be able to get any closer this year.
4. Kentucky: UK's run of three consecutive bowl wins might be in danger. Mike Hartline must show he can become a solid SEC quarterback. He will be throwing to a bunch of young receivers. Randall Cobb remains a wild card, in a good way, as a Wildcat (quarterback), punt returner and receiver. Rich Brooks has his best defensive line since coming to Kentucky. He wants to get the 'Cats into the Top 25 on a regular basis before turning things over to coach-in-waiting Joker Phillips. Must-see game: Nov. 28 vs. Tennessee. The Vols have beaten the 'Cats 24 consecutive times, second-longest streak between two teams.

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5. Tennessee: Behind the bluster is this: Tennessee isn't particularly good. The offense is going to be painful to watch -- again. Lane Kiffin has yet to sign the quarterback who will define his success in Knoxville. His best hope at the position might be Eric Berry, who should get some snaps behind center. If the offensive line holds up and if the NCAA doesn't interfere, maybe super freshman Bryce Brown can keep the Vols in the hunt. Guru Monte Kiffin gets a head start with athletes on his side of the ball. Defense wasn't the problem last season. Must-see game: Sept. 19 at Florida. Oh, the humanity!

6. Vanderbilt: After going 26 years between bowls, Vandy just might be getting started. Coach Bobby Johnson gets all five starters back on the offensive line. The defense that allowed less than 20 points per game is stout as well. It will be typical Commodores in that they will struggle to score but hang in with defense. Must-see game: Nov. 21 at Tennessee. If this is for bowl eligibility either team would be ecstatic over going to Shreveport, La. for the Independence Bowl.
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Hey is that your sister in the picture? Those arn't the only things that need to be deflated in Florida
 
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Sounds about right----for someone that ins't aware of the attitude changes and hard work that has transpired this off-season in Knoxvegas. EVERYONE IS PICKING FLA. TO WIN IT ALL, can't blame them, but we know how that pre-season #1 ranking usually turns out. Not to mention the SI-"kiss of death". :)
 
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All these injuries are sounding really bad. Really bad. I hate to bring this up, but Colin Cowherd always says "if everyone is saying the same thing about you, its probably true..."


Just a thought, are we in huge denial about what this season may be like??
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Vercingetorix said:
I thought it became the longest streak once the Domers lost to Navy a couple of years ago. No?

I've got no problems with him ranking us that low. If you don't want to be ranked below Kentucky, don't have two losing seasons in four years. Seems pretty simple to me.
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Yeah, he actually ranked UT with the same ranking as 2008. 5th in the SEC East. I think UT will be better this year but they have to prove it on the field.

NCAA Southeastern Conference Conference Standings - College Football - ESPN
 
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is it just me or is this the prefect recipe for disaster for Florida this year?? You know the players hear the hype as well as the fans and nothing less than a SEC and National Championship will be accepted in G'ville. If you ask me, 11 returning on defense or not those are pretty lofty goals. Then again, when you play division 2 teams as your out of conference games, I guess it could happen. I would love to see Florida man up one year and play USC in Atlanta or something crazy like that. GOOO VOLS!!
 
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PennVol said:
All these injuries are sounding really bad. Really bad. I hate to bring this up, but Colin Cowherd always says "if everyone is saying the same thing about you, its probably true..."


Just a thought, are we in huge denial about what this season may be like??
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Nah, most of them aren't giving the Vols enough credit.


I have seen a lot of 4, 5 and 6 win season predictions to fall in line with the 10th, 11th and 12th worst team in the SEC predictions from them.

I just don't see it happening with this new staff and new attitude on the hill.

I believe the ones that made those predictions will be seen for how little they actually know about what is going on up there. Of course, you will never hear them say how they were wrong.


...and I am not saying we will be world beaters by any means. I just don't see us as being as bad as last year as most of their predictions would indicate.

I am still sticking with my 7-9 win prediction. 8 wins with 7 and 9 possible.
 
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GERALD JONES 4 HEISMAN said:
is it just me or is this the prefect recipe for disaster for Florida this year?? You know the players hear the hype as well as the fans and nothing less than a SEC and National Championship will be accepted in G'ville. If you ask me, 11 returning on defense or not those are pretty lofty goals. Then again, when you play division 2 teams as your out of conference games, I guess it could happen. I would love to see Florida man up one year and play USC in Atlanta or something crazy like that. GOOO VOLS!!
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For the 80,000,000,000th time, Florida has had the same excellent out of conference opponenet with a home and home arrangement for decades and that's FSU. We will not agree to a home and home with anyone else because we need our 7 home games every year for purely financial reasons. Ergo we end up playing teams willing to travel to us and not demand a home game at their place the next year.

Tennessee also has 7 home games. You can go play a UCLA this year, or a Notre Dame or whoever, because you do not have a BCS conference rival outside of the SEC like we do in FSU and so have that extra game to play with every year in a home and home situation.

Look at it this way -- who is a tougher opponent, UCLA or FSU? And how about FSU every year for five decades or so, including their run in the 80's and 90's?

UT fans need to sit back and learn the cold hard facts about the OOC scheduling before criticizing Florida.
 
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you can tell how hooked in the guy is from the gibberish about Berry taking snaps at QB.
 
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