SEC Football: Previewing the New Year’s Day SEC bowl games
The SEC has a total of nine teams playing in bowl games this season. Four teams from the conference will play in December, but for the first time in over six decades, five SEC teams will play in a New Year’s Day bowl.
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Every team wants to be bowl eligible, but with so many bowl games played each postseason, simply playing in any bowl game is not as significant as it used to be. However, it is still a pretty big deal to get to play on Jan. 1.
Out of all the Power Five conferences, the SEC is not sending the most teams to a bowl game. However, the ACC, the Big 12 and the Big Ten each have no more than one team playing on New Year’s Day. The Pac-12 has
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South Carolina quarterback Jake Bentley has 16 touchdowns and over 2,500 yards, but he also has 11 interceptions this season. Michigan’s defense is good enough at stopping their opponents from scoring. The Gamecocks cannot get away with too many turnovers if they want to win this game.
Peach Bowl
The No. 7 Auburn Tigers (10-3, 7-2 SEC) will face the No. 12 UCF Knights (12-0, 9-0 AAC) in the Peach Bowl in front of a sold out crowd in Atlanta, Ga.
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UCF running back Adrian Killens has already provided the Tigers with enough bulletin board material.
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Killens will likely end up regretting this comment. The SEC has more than enough speed, and Auburn’s Kerryon Johnson is one of the best in the conference.
Johnson has 17 touchdowns and over 1,000 yards this season. He suffered a shoulder injury in the final game of the regular season against Alabama and was limited in the SEC Championship game. But he is expected to be available for the Peach Bowl.
Auburn’ defense will also give them an advantage. The Tigers allow an average of 17.3 points per game. They are No. 10 in the FBS for opponent points per game.
However, the undefeated Knights will have something to prove in this game. Many analysts and reporters argued that UCF deserved a better ranking in the final College Football Playoff
My side is Auburn, your side may be ‘Bama, but let me ask you this, what’s more important, statistics and championships, or close friendships and having the most fun possible while getting great grades? To me statics are important but friends and family are more important. That’s why I’m Auburn.
The turmoil at Florida after Urban Myer left, the chaos that has been Tennessee, which has only recently been calmed by the inception of Butch Jones or the consistent underperformance of Mark Richt coached Georgia teams. However, although coaching is a factor, perhaps the true reason lies with recruiting. It stands to reason that the better players on the field will win. Yes, we all know of the team that overperforms. They play above their ability. In most cases though, when lined up across from each other on the line of scrimmage, the best player will win. This year, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida are all boasting top 10 recruiting classes, although Tennessee might be just outside. However, they have had two top 10 classes in recent years. Better players, an upgrade in coaches and a desire to regain dominance or at least relevance in their own conference is why this might be the SEC east’s
Senior defensive back Duke Dawson made a case for himself last year as one of the best nickel players in all of college football, helping him earn Second Team ALL-SEC honors.
The Bowl Championship Series has worked for years. The overall effectiveness of the Bowl Championship Series shows when you look at its track record. The Bowl Championship Series consistently puts the top two college football teams from the regular season against each other. With a playoffs, it is a shot in the dark. A playoff rewards teams that do well in the post season rather than the regular season. So in essence, it is taking away from the importance of the regular season. The excitement of the college football regular season is unparalleled. Because every professional sport and every other collegiate sport uses a playoff system to determine it’s champion, the
College Football is one of the most popular sports in America. Every week and weekend during the fall millions of people, from all different parts of the country take time out of their days to catch a game. Whether it be the hundreds of thousands that flock to a stadium to see their favorite team play, or the large amount that watch on television from their home.While there are a ton of different schools across multiple divisions, there’s no team that compares to The Ohio State University’s football team. Ohio State has arguably one of the best football programs of all time.
This early in the football season, it's still difficult to get a clear idea about the strength of any given team. Most of major conference teams have been playing against lesser competition, making it precarious to pinpoint exactly where the team sits as far as talent is concerned. It's kind of like doing a 5 Dimes review without ever visiting the website.
"I tell you, looking at it from last year, it’s arguably the best d-line, defensive front. It’s arguably one of the best defenses that I’ve ever seen," head coach Dana Holgorsen said. "One of the linebackers, NFL guy. Another one of the linebackers has a ton of starts but where the real, real good dudes are, the d-line. Not only were they, just like with the one guy the Harris kid obviously, he’s top-10 pick, but they have some young d-tackles who are going to be big time guys. They’re depth was really good.
Despite the defense being one of the best in the country, the Owls' offense wasn't too shabby either, thanks to the backfield combination of quarterback P.J. Walker and running back Jahad Thomas. Walker had a solid season, improving from his sophomore year, passing for 2,972 yards, 19 touchdowns,
Everyone has a favorite sports team, right? The Alabama Crimson Tide is the best football team in college football. Under the leadership of Head Coach Nick Saban, Alabama has won 7 of the last 10 Championships. Alabama is in Southeastern Conference (SEC). The SEC is arguably the best Division I Conference in all of college football. They are consistently ranked as one of the top five teams and has one of the toughest schedules in football. Under the pressure of a number one ranking, Alabama defeated five top twenty-five teams including number seven University of Southern California (USC), number twenty-five Texas A&M, number four Washington, number twelve Florida, and number seventeen Louisiana State University (LSU). Alabama finished the
The Spartan defense has struck fear in teams across the country for the past five years now, ranking statistically in the top 5 in rush
The Hilltoppers will host Kings Mountain (6-2, 3-2), which they have beaten two straight years. Kings Mountain is much better than a year ago. The biggest reason is that Jair McCluney has been tough to stop at running back. Jake Merchant and Kavin Mosely lead the wide receiver corps for Kings Mountain.
nThe Lions have turned the ball over just two times this season, which ranks ninth in NCAA Division II. Both turnovers have been on fumbles.
It was very interesting to see which less decorated players would emerge from the group and stand out . Backup running back Darius Graves, a redshirt sophomore from Dudley looked very good. He has a shiftiness to his game, his quickness, and ability to catch the ball out of the backfield will making him a Darren Sproles -like weapon. Put Graves speed in the backfield with Marquell “Baby Ricky Williams Cartwright’s downhill running style, the Aggies’ backfield will be a weapon of mass
The Buckeyes struggled early last season, including a shocking loss to Virginia Tech before Urban Meyer’s assemblage of talent made its magical run that ended with a championship in the inaugural College Football Playoff. After a solid outing against Virginia Tech in their season opener this season, the Buckeyes have looked out of whack against two non-Power 5 conference foes (Hawaii and Northern Illinois). Despite playing outside the big boy conferences, both Hawaii and Northern Illinois are capable opponents. But, Ohio State is supposed to dominate the competition on its alleged inferior schedule — a forecast that hasn’t come to fruition. Three weeks into the season, Meyer still doesn’t know who his starting quarterback is and his loaded offense has looked less than impressive. The Buckeyes will attempt to get their offense on track against Western Michigan on
A lot of people state that since there are so many teams, there is no way to play each team. This is wrong for the following reason. Every team doesn’t have to make the playoffs. Only one of every conference (and one from the FBS Independents with six teams in them). Every team has a conference (besides the FBS Independents) which means every team has a chance to compete in their conference championship game. This would mean that every team in each conference (including an FBS Independents championship) would have an equal opportunity to make the playoffs (NCAA