Why the preseason SEC media predictions officially became a joke this week
It might be time to do away with the annual preseason SEC media predictions after this week. The predictions mean absolutely nothing. They have no bearing on the outcome of any games and no one really pays attention to them unless a team underperforms or overperforms based on what was predicted. But for some reason, […]
It might be time to do away with the annual preseason SEC media predictions after this week.
The predictions mean absolutely nothing. They have no bearing on the outcome of any games and no one really pays attention to them unless a team underperforms or overperforms based on what was predicted.
But for some reason, they still get a significant amount of attention for one day each July.
This year's prediction for the order of finish in the SEC West and SEC East were actually quite reasonable. The SEC media has Georgia winning the SEC East with Tennessee finishing second. And they have Alabama winning the SEC West with LSU finishing second. I think most folks would agree with those predictions.
The problem with this year's prediction is the "first place vote" part of the ballot.
Vanderbilt is picked to finish last in the SEC East, yet they received eight first place votes.
Nothing against Vanderbilt, but this is absolutely absurd.
I think Clark Lea is a great coach. And I think he'll having Vandy playing hard every Saturday this fall. But the talent just isn't there for the Commodores to win the SEC East. And that's not an insult against Vanderbilt — very few teams have the talent to take down a mammoth program like Georgia.
If the SEC media (well, a portion of the SEC media) isn't going to take these predictions seriously, then why even do them?
The SEC media predictions, at this point, are essentially one of those parody Twitter accounts that tweets out ridiculous lists and rankings just to stir up controversy.
Mission accomplished I suppose because the SEC media sure stirred up some controversy this week with their predictions.
Josh Heupel just made Lane Kiffin look foolish and recruits are going to notice
Tennessee Vols head coach Josh Heupel just made Ole Miss Rebels Lane Kiffin look foolish and recruits are going to notice
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