Who will be the best team in the SEC? I BET it isn’t Alabama
Mississippi head coach Hugh Freeze is hoisted by his players Jason Jones (38) and Uriah Grant (93) at the end of the BBVA Compass Bowl NCAA college football game against Pittsburgh at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala., Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. Mississippi won 38-17. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
I have read dozens of post-spring rankings about teams, position groups, coaches, mascots and cheerleaders (think Ole Miss). But Saturday Edge readers are usually only interested in one ranking; how well a team ranks against the spread. So who will be the best team in the SEC against the spread this year?
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I think your selling Mississippi State short. They return one of the best RBs in the SEC.
It seems like you’re arguing for who will be the best ATS team in the SEC, which is different than who will actually be the best team. Unless I’m misreading (which is certainly possible, it’s late after all).
No you’re not misreading, Max was trying to make a very, very early prediction at how each team will do ATS. Miss State struggled SU & ATS last year when the schedule ramped up (1-5 SU & ATS last 6 games) and they really weren’t that competitive.
This year they trade one of their 4 cream puff OOC games for Oklahoma State. They also trade Tennessee at home for South Carolina on the road in a divisional crossover game. That’s likely two additional losses this season.
A bowl game would be an achievement with the more difficult schedule.
Wasn’t saying State would have a winning season the writer said State did not have an explosive RB when in fact they do. State returns over looked L. Perkins A 1000yds plus rusher.
Definitely not saying that Perkins isn’t good, because he is very solid, but he is not explosive. He had 4 games over 100 yards last year, against Troy, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Middle Tenn St. Here are those 4 teams rushing defense respectively: 82, 62, 85 and 84. Against remotely good teams, he didn’t really “scare” anyone. Most telling of his explosiveness is he only had 24 rushes all last season that were over 10 yards.
He is very steady, very durable, and a solid back to have in your backfield. What I meant was that although he’s good, he does not force safeties to step up to stop the run, he doesn’t cause linebackers to cheat. I was alluding to the fact that although Russell is good, he won’t have much help in the passing game (especially with his top 4 targets leaving) from the running game and play action because Perkins doesn’t instill the fear that he will break one at any given moment.