Antoine Caldwell, was such a leader, and Andre Smith was fantastic so with those guys gone, the big question in the minds of people is how will the line gel and work together? From what I’ve read, the line still remains in flux. Now, even if you took those very same guys but after they have been through spring and fall practices, they would be a completely different unit. Things are not going to go very well for you. I was an offensive lineman myself and I can tell you, when you take out a guy that close to game time and you shuffle things around… there is not going to be any chemistry. I think people are looking at the Utah game and how the line played and are thinking that’s how the line will play this year. What about Alabama? How much of our placement is due to what happened in January in the Sugar Bowl rather than what we are likely to put on the field next month? Ole Miss has one of the premier QB's in the conference. When it’s LSU and Alabama, people are a lot more used to hearing about them. It’s pretty unusual to have Ole Miss being seriously considered for a National Championship any year. Potentially they could be meeting Alabama on Oct. Ole Miss does have to go to South Carolina and to Vanderbilt early but that’s about as tough as it gets before they get into the real meat of it. They lost Peria Jerry and Michael Oher, and that’s a lot to lose, but they are still bringing a lot of talent back this year.Īnd their schedule is really favorable particularly when compared to the other SEC schools … other than Florida who got the best draw of any SEC school I’ve seen in a year they are supposed to be good. If you look at my first AP poll you’ll see those schools are actually a lot closer together. Actually if you are talking about the main rankings in the magazine, that’s a collective thing which is the result of a bunch of people on staff getting together to come up with the list. Why is there all this Ole Miss love this pre-season? Of course, from what she said, he wasn't in class very often. My mom actually took a "Folk and Square Dancing" class with Kenny Stabler. I would not be here if it were not for the University of Alabama. It was a math class and my mom had gotten an A on a test and my dad had gotten a D or an F and he looked over her shoulder and said "Can I study with you?" And that was how they met. What? I owe Alabama my life! My parents met in a class in Tuscaloosa. In addition, Andy took the time to throw his SI colleagues under the bus explain why Ole Miss is so popular in the polls, outline what he believes is the real balance of power in the SEC this season and detail how he thinks "The Process" is progressing in Tuscaloosa. So yesterday morning I gave Andy Staples a call and despite the fact he's on leave due to the recent birth of his son (and for that blessed occasion we extend our warmest congratulations to both he and his wife) he was more than willing to chat a bit and expand on the points he made about Alabama in the current issue of the magazine. What actually happened was their PR people sent us an e-mail out of the blue asking if we'd like to talk to the SI SEC writer to promote this issue of the magazine and we said, "sure." I picked up the phone and started screaming at every mid-level panjandrum in the American Management Association Building in New York I could reach until I found out who the bastard was responsible for this outrage! 5.Īs soon as I got wind of this I said there's somebody got some 'splainin to do. Not only is Alabama two slots behind the Rebels on the magazine's Top 20 list, but they pick Ole Miss to win the SEC West and face Florida in the SEC Championship on Dec. The Sports Illustrated College Football Preview issue hit the stands this week and that vaunted publication decided to put Ole Miss on the cover as the team to watch this season.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |