| What we know, and what we don’t about the SEC. Posted: 07 Sep 2009 01:17 PM PDT What we know, and what we don’t about the SEC.  What most of the teams could use. Week 1 had a little bit of everything for the SEC. A couple of big games. A couple of teams underperformed. And a couple of teams seemed to have set a new level of expectations. Let me be the guide as I go team by team and see if we can’t glean something off of every team with such a small sample size. Mississippi State: Nothing’s changed. They’re still expected to get two wins.
Vanderbilt: If Larry Smith was seriously hurt? This team would be in deep trouble. As it is? They played a cupcake and got a win. They have to deal with Georgia Tech later in the year.
Kentucky: The polar opposite of Vanderbilt. But so long as Randall Cobb stays healthy? This is a team with a shot at cementing the greatest run in Big Blue football.
Auburn: Redemption for them is only two games away. They were the chic’ team to get upset this week. But this could be a team that runs through September unbeaten.
South Carolina: Be afraid. Be very afraid. Tom O’Brien’s defense is good, but it isn’t that good. Ellis Johnson’s heroic, but they could get Cromptoned.
Arkansas: The London Crawford injury does not bode well. But if he’s back in a month? It’ll be okay.
Tennessee: I know 63-7 is a great number for a team whose fanbase finally understands the pleadings of Bonnie Tyler, but it’s a team who beat the 120th team in the former D-1A. Not for nothing? But I’d wait for a team that can push back against their offense before I get too excited.
Georgia: I’m a little worried. Just a little. Joe Cox had a defense that was downy soft last season, and he couldn’t move the ball. I’m not saying that they might not have lost to a National Championship game contender, but Georgia may be dropping down a tier because they actually play some people in the non-conference schedule.
Ole Miss: The defense looks spectacular. Snead was inconsistent. But they don’t have a real scary-looking match-up for a month. We don’t know what we’re getting.
Alabama: Virginia Tech was supposed to be a National Championship contender. Alabama tore them apart in an imperfect effort. They can probably sleepwalk their way into the big tilt versus Ole Miss in October 10th.
LSU: Okay, here’s why I’m not worried. Washington had their one good player coming back. They have a stadium that gets loud and energized. It’s game one in a new era and it’s a night game. Washington gave them their A+++++++ effort. LSU still won comfortably.
Florida: Yawn. They did what was expected. I could probably copy and paste this effort for next week. And I’m thrilled. I love being lazy! 
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