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Petrinos recruits>than nutts

guys are all worked up on stars. The class that just graduated was mainly 2 and 3 stars. The had back to back 10 win seasons, and that was the class that signed after his whole Atlanta Fiasco. He's now pulling 3 and 4 stars (and if you go off of rivals most of the 3's are a tick away from being a 4). Petrino can find the underrated talent and coach them up on offense, there is no questioning that. He's done it on d, but not at this level, well have to see how it turns out.

Nutt did have some good years, like when he had McFadden, Jones, and Hillis all in the same backfield. Now explain to me how you can actually have that talent and not win the SEC. Nutt was horrible who lucked his way through a lot. And the sad part is that I actually liked the guy.

Bama is king of the mountain, no doubt Great recruiting, great tradition, great coach, and I'm assuming (haven't looked into this) great facillities. LSU could be, they have almost everything Bama has, but I can't put them up there until Miles is gone. I think the guy is a very over rated. Has enormous talent year in and year out, and under performs with it. Auburn has a coach that has a carrer win % of around 50%. Take Cam Newton out of the equation and it's even worse. They have had some big time recruits the last few years, I'm just not as high up on most of them as all the critics. Then again, I don't do that for a living.

I gave u a +2 for the use of the word dickbird. However, u get an automatic -1 for being a known homosexual, bringing ur post back to a +1. So all in all, a +1 isn't bad for a sodomite.

later shoe.

spcbuzzd-I dont believe adding Chizik record at Iowa st is fair to this discussion. But if you go there give him credit for getting Alabama to title game since thats his players the beat OK ST (lord knows I heard that about LSU for years) But here my rankings for what its worth and its over next 10 not 5 or 3 or 2 so I tried to explain:

1) Bama- I feel over next 5 years Saban is Coach and we all know what that means. Then depends on hire
2)Auburn-Heavy biased but we keep coaches on average of 10 years and that gives stability. Tubbs went undefeated in this conference so Cam wasnt only one...I mean Chizik!!! But we've had top recruiting classes under Chizik and should be ready to compete now with big boys. After this year we'll know where Auburn stands
3)LSU- Next 2-3 years talents there. Good recruits this year but not close to top 3 like past classes
4) Arkansas- They hold this spot pretty well. But I wouldnt be suprised to see them at top 1-2x over next decade
5)Floridia-Reason I went all west teams at top is I feel Nat'l Champioship Game is having team from West next 5 yr
6)Missouri
7)UGA- Once FL gets back going then East is all over
8)South Carolina-Spurrier gone in 2 years then USCe heads back to mediocrity.
9-14) Flip a Coin or dice, prolly more effective

Whats Crazy is these are all good/great teams. When you look at this conference from top to bottom its shocking!

I don't know why people feel that they should lump Mississippi St or Tennessee in either along with the also rans, like Ole Miss, Vandy, Kentucky.

The guy doesn't even list aTm and that is crazy to me. You can already see how well they have compared recruiting this past year and the start they are off to for next year. I think they are going to be able to surpass the level that Arkansas is at in the next 5 years or so IF Sumlin is the right guy.

Mississippi St to me is a tough place to win big at, but as long as they have Mullen, they are going to be a danderous team on everyone's schedule and they will have their chances at 9 and 10 win seasons (bowl included) from time to time, IMO. Mullen at least has them back to being a consistant bowl team every year.

With Tennessee, the potential is there. They need a new coach and a fresh start and they will be back to the top of the East, along with Florida before people even realize it. I think Tennessee will have an easier rise back to prominence that people think, because there is no dominant team in the East. USCe is in the best position if you look at combined talent and coaching and they are still someone fragile in terms of consistancy, IMO. UGA, much like Tennessee needs to scrap things and start over (entire athletic department, not just in football), but they are blinded by a decent record from last year against poor competition as far as the SEC goes and will probably have similiar results again this year. A 10 win season ending with a blow out in Atlanta by a team from the West. Murray is not the guy they thought when they cut ties with Mett and their WRs are not as talented as they want you to believe, although they do have one really good one, in #26.

I didn't say the didn't deserve to be #9 or 10, but to just say they are Ole Miss or Kentucky is a little much. I think that MSU can win 7 games consistantly, and ever 4 or 5 years could have a year that they pick another win or 2 and have a chance to get to 9, maybe 10 wins after a bowl. 10+ years ago, that is exactly where they were with Jackie Sherrill. Mullen has done a great job there and has improved facilities a great deal. I agree that Mullen will take the next 8 or 9 win season to another program, but he has left the job a lot better than he found it and they will have a chance to bring in someone comparable. It is no where near the level it was when he took the job, so you have to think future cadidates will see that.

And if Auburn would have had a QB that game wouldnt have been close. Or an experienced o-line (which we will this year). Thats not a valid argument in this case.

The AU game the last few years has really broken MSU's season. If they beat AU this year early on. I think it'll propel them to a nice season. & will put AU in deep early on! jmho

what was your excuse when you had scam newton? 17-14????

every team in the west was ranked in the top 15 in 2010 except ole piss. so i will take a 9-4 record with losses comin from top 10 teams. last year we were hurt on the oline and it didnt go our way but the only game we were just flat out whipped was arkansas. lsu didnt whip us bama didnt whip us. we are a tough team to beat and when we have a few breaks we will beat some teams other than ole piss

didn't mean it was an advantage... just annoying as hell. IIRC it wasn't just cowbells that game. Ya'll broke out the heavy artillery with metal wash tubs on broom sticks w/ steel balls clanging around in there.

The West is clearly better right now. & it's really not even close. There is no BCS Championship contender in the East imo. Some will say UGA. But they will only be in the talk early because of that joke of a schedule. I still see them losing 2-4 games this year. The SEC West is imho the toughest conference in all of college football hands down!!!!!