10 Things I Think, Week 4

Even busier week ...

1.    LSU is now the team to beat in the SEC West (as long as Fournette stays healthy

2.    Tennessee’s division hopes are on the line at Florida. If the Vols can’t beat the Gators now…

3.    Arkansas’ season is on the line against Texas A&M

4.    Auburn will bounce back, but probably not enough this week

5.    Ole Miss will be sluggish against Vanderbilt

6.    Having the bye week Nov. 14 will eventually backfire on the Rebels

7.    Already people are making the mistake of overlooking Missouri, which is quietly 3-0

8.    Texas A&M is the wild-card of the SEC West and will mess up a lot of teams

9.    Alabama will lose another game along the way.

10. … despite that the Crimson Tide can still win the SEC West.

10 Things I Think, Week 3

Busy week, so I'm getting right to it ...

1. This week’s upset alert? Florida.

2. This week is the real season opener for Ole Miss.

3. Saturday isn’t a must win for Auburn, but it’s pretty close.

4. It is a must win for South Carolina

5. I’ll be ready to believe LSU is a contender with another W this week.

6. I’m looking for Arkansas to bounce back big-time against Texas Tech.

7. My brain says Derrick Henry could have a big game. My heart says Kenyan Drake

8. Anyone who doesn’t believe Alabama is thinking revenge is fooling themselves.

9. One good thing about ESPNization of the SEC is the big games are spread out more.   

10. Biggest blowout in the SEC this week? Tennessee.

10 Things I think, Week 2

Week 1 in the college football season went about as well as possible for the SEC, with only Vanderbilt failing to win and the league subsequently having a record 10 teams ranked in the Associated Press poll including the entire SEC West. 

Well, everything went well except for No. 14 LSU, which had its bizarre couple of months continue with the cancellation of its first game due to lousy weather and no one is still sure what to make of the Tigers. It now essentially has a huge showdown at No. 25 Mississippi State as season opener. 

Welcome to Survivor: SEC West-syle.

We do our own Top 25 for Bleacher Report and I won't post my entire ballot, but my top 5 kicks off this week's 10 Things:

1. For now my top 5 are very tentatively Ohio State, Alabama, Baylor, Michigan State and TCU. 

2. LSU's game being called won't help the Tigers, but also did Mississippi State no favors. No tape to study.

 3. The right side of Wisconsin's offensive line wasn't very good, but Alabama's domination was still impressive.

4. Even after scoring 70 points Ole Miss is still way underrated. 

5. I knew Myles Garrett was good, but he's taken his game to a whole new, scary-good level. 

6. Biggest surprise of Week 1: Arkansas leads the SEC in passing efficiency.

7. Alabama is last in the league in penalties. That won't last. 

8. Player who had a great game that few people noticed, Alabama center Ryan Kelly

9. Texas A&M adding John Chavis as defensive coordinator is already the coaching move of the year.

10. If Tennessee beats Oklahoma I'm with Les Miles, that there should be "25 SEC teams in the Top 25."

10 Things I Think, Week 1

Welcome to football season!

I'm trying something new on Twitter, 10 Things I Think in the SEC, which I plan to try and do every week.

Here's the first 10 for those interested:

1) Anyone who believes Alabama is in decline hasn't looked at its roster.

2) Ole Miss is way underrated.

3) If Texas A&M beats Arizona State the bandwagon will overflow.

4) Tennessee looks good on paper, but is still probably a year away from being a serious contender.

5) Kentucky will be better and pull of a pretty big upset.

6) If the media was asked again to predict the West, Arkansas would be last again after the injury to RB Jonathan Williams.

7) I have no doubts that Auburn's D will be better. I just doubt that it'll be enough to win the West.

8) LSU may be the team that can least afford an injury at quarterback.

9) Two-time reigning division champion Missouri is still the most overlooked team in the East.

10) I still believe the Crimson Tide will have the nation's best defense:  http://ow.ly/RLGbF