SEC Breakdowns

2009 SEC Standings
EAST CONF. W-L OVERALL W-L
Florida 7-1 13-1
Georgia 6-2 10-3
Vanderbilt 4-4 7-6
South Carolina 4-4 7-6
Tennessee 3-5 5-7
Kentucky 2-6 7-6

WEST CONF. W-L OVERALL W-L
Alabama 8-0 12-2
Mississippi 5-3 9-4
LSU 3-5 8-5
Auburn 2-6 5-7
Arkansas 2-6 5-7
Mississippi St. 2-6 4-8

Last year the SEC of course won the National Championship and I expect nothing less from them this year. So here is my top 5 SEC Teams.

1. Florida

I hate to admit it, but it would not surprise me in the least if they won the National Championship this year. I will be rooting against them all year, but they got Tebow, Spikes, Etc. all back and are in position to do it again.


2. Alabama

The Tide was a surprise team last year and really over achieved. Let's face it, this team is probably a better team without John Parker Wilson behind center. They have my boy Julio Jones who had some off season surgeries but will be fine and ready to dominate any cornerback put on him. They will have to replace Andre Smith, Antoine Caldwell, Marlon Davis, Nick Walker, and Travis McCall but when you have stars like Julio Jones, Mark Ingram, Mike McCoy, and Roy Upchurch, you should still be very competitive.

3. LSU

Not only did LSU have one of the best recruiting classes in 2009, they also found a reliable QB in Jordan Jefferson. Last year, the incompetiance at the quarterback position was as bad as Louisiana's politics (Zing), and ultimately doomed the Tigers to fight uphill all year. However, with LaFell coming back and stud freshman Rueben Randle joining the party, Jefferson will have plenty of Targets. Also, Charles Scott coming back is huge as well.

4. Mississippi

This team has potential to do pretty good in the upcoming season. Ole Miss is ranked No. 20 on the AP poll, and was the only team in the NCAA to defeat Florida last season. Ole Miss will be led by QB Jevan Snead and WR Dexter McCluster. I don't expect Ole Miss to come close to winning the SEC, but they will have a lot of competitive games.

5. Georgia

Georgia lost pretty much everyone, but they did have a good enough recruiting class this upcoming season. I'm not sure who is going to be taking over the helm at quarterback from Matthew Stafford, but they do have enough athletes on the offensive end to stay in some games. They also have a really good Defense to hold the fort down.




P.S. Florida is so gay

Big Twelve Breakdown

I am now going to break down the Big 12. I hate this conference as much as The Captain hates the Big 10. I hate Texas, I hate Oklahoma, and the rest of the teams. Although it is a tough conference, it could not compete with the SEC.

1. Oklahoma:
This is the obvious choice this year. Sam Bradford is a great quarterback and will continue to prosper for the Sooners. Even with the departures of Allen Patrick and Malcolm Kelly, I believe there is enough firepower in Bob Stoops systen to make up for it. Junior running back Chris Brown and sophomore DeMarco Murray are set to take the place of Patrick for this years 1,200 yard rusher. I believe Chris Brown will win the competition due to the fact every Chris Brown does well in college.

2. Missouri
I like Mizzou a lot and I like Quarterback Chase Daniels even more. Last year with mediocre wide receivers Daniels was able to put up 4,306 yards and 33 touchdowns through the air. I believe Chase will be able to put them in Big 12 championship contention.

3. Texas
Colt McCoy not only has a great name but has a great team around him. After a break out freshman year Colt plateaued last year. Even with the departure of Jamaal Charles, Texas will be a very dangerous team. Chris Ogbannaya is to take over Charles place and run hard.

4. Kansas State
I know people probably have them ranked much lower, but it is my break down and I put them here for a reason. Josh Freeman is the best quarterback in this conference and even though he lost his top target Jordy Nelson, he will be able to recover with up in comer Deon Murphy. I not only expect Josh to put up great numbers for K-State but be in contention for the Heisman.

5. Kansas
After a ridiculous year last year with getting to the number 1 spot in the BCS and finishing 7 at the end of the year, I expect somewhat of a drop off this year. Todd Reesing who is the sole reason that Kansas was a good offensive team last year and although he didn't put up numbers that will jump out at you he will not lose you a game.

6. Texas Tech
Graham Harrell is back and ready to air it out for his second consecutive season. Last season, Harrell set an NCAA record with 48 touchdown passes and became just the sixth major-college player to throw for 5,000 yards in a season. Texas Tech will win just because they put an absurd amount of points on the board.

7. Oklahoma State
Strong run game keeps them in mediocrity
8. Colorado
Ditto
9. Texas A & M
10. Nebraska
11. Baylor
12. Iowa State

ACC Breakdown

1. Virginia Tech:
I know a lot of people have Clemson being the top team in the ACC but I beg to differ. After an improbably year last year with an 11-3 overall record and a 7-1 conference record, I expect Virginia Tech to be even better this year. Sean Glennon and Tyrod Taylor were sharing time at Quarterback, but I like Taylor better. Taylor was 5-0 last year as a starter and believe he will be the next big V-Tech QB.

2. Clemson:
I think Clemson has all the opportunity in the world to compete and maybe win the ACC title. Last year Clemson finished with a 9-4 record, but unlike many teams, has all of their stars coming back. Cullen Harper is returning after a 27 touchdown campaign last year and stud running back James Davis who racked up 1,723 all-purpose yards last year. Those two coming back means a very competitive team.

3. Wake Forest:
I'm not completely sold on Wake Forest but people are so that is the only reason I have them this high. Quarterback Riley Skinner is decent, but plays not to lose games rather than to win them. Also their running back situation is completely up in the air but it looks like the job will go to sophomore Josh Adams, before getting injured he ran for 953 yards.

4. North Carolina:
T.J. Yates is returning after a decent season passing for a single-season school record 2,655 yards and 14 touchdowns and ran for a couple of more scores. After Yates their is no one that sticks out.

5. Florida State:
Bobby Bowden is entering a real make or break year at Florida State, despite his past success', it seems the school is getting tired of his legend. Although Bowden will go with senior Drew Weatherford he should give the nod to incoming freshman EJ Manuel. I have played NCAA 09 and based on that, I can tell EJ Manuel is the real deal.

6. Boston College:
Chris Crane is taking over for Matt Ryan. That is not going to be easy to do. However, Boston College always seems to rebound after losing key players (Hasselbecks, Willie Green, Derrick Knight, etc.) Josh Haden is supposed to take over for L.V. Whitworth and Andre Callender. Haden was ranked number 3 for all purpose backs in the country.

Best of the rest
7. Miami
8. Maryland
9. Virginia
10. Georgia Tech
11. NC State
12. Duke

Breaking Down The Big East

In the first major conference breakdown I am going to start with the Big East. I will start off with my opinion of who I believe will be the contenders then go on from there.

1. West Virginia
Seems like the obvious choice here. Even with the loss of Head Coach Rich Rodriguez and star running back Steve Slaton, I believe West Virginia has the best chance to run away with this conference. Coach Bill Stewart says that he is going to make quarterback Pat White more into a passer and not be so reliant on the option and running game.

QB
I don't need to say much here. Pat White is a hell of a college quarterback and will continue to dominate this year both in the air and on the ground. In every year playing Pat has increased his yardage, completion percentage, and TDs and last year decreased his interceptions from 7 to 4. Also, this quarterback is not a one trick pony and has also increased his rushing yards every year as well. Last year he rushed for 1335 yards and 14 tds. I expect both rushing and passing will increase this year.

RB
Noel Devine is going to be the successor to Steve Slaton. Not only does he have a great name he ran for 627 yards with an 8.1 yards per carry. And in his third game played he ran for 136 yards on only 5 carries. I believe he will be the next great West Virginia running back. They also have Zach Hulse (5-10, 200), FCS transfer Mark Rodgers (5-8, 180) and prep-schooler Terrence Kerns (6-1, 225), if academically eligible.

Anyways I don't feel like breaking down everything so I will just do an overall:
West Virginia should win this conference easily but does have tough games at Colorado, then home games against Rutgers and Auburn. If they stumble at all against those teams they will just be another underachieving West Virginia team.

2. Pitt:
I am in love with runningback LeSean McCoy and it is not just the fact he has 4 capitol letters in his name. I believe he will be the next great runningback and maybe will be better then Ray Rice and Steve Slaton. Look for around 1,800 yards on the ground and 600 yards in the air. With a bad Big East he will be enough to threaten some teams.

3. Rutgers:
After losing Ray Rice, all eyes will be on Mike Teel. Mike Teel will be the best passing quarterback in the Big East. Even with an injured thumb Teel was able to put up 3,147 and 20 Tds. With Tiquan Underwood (6-2, 180) and junior Kenny Britt (6-4, 205) both coming back after putting up 1,000 yards last year, I expect nothing less then 3,800 yards and 27 Tds.

4. South Florida:
South Florida was an anomaly last year and as much as like the heart of Matt Grothe, I don't believe he will be able to do it again. Grothe put up 2670 yards in the air and 872 yards on the ground. I think he will be about the same but he can't do it alone and doesn't have any prolific play makers to go to on his team.

5. UConn:
After a fluke shared Big East title, UConn lost their leading wide receiver Terrence Jeffers to Vanderbilt. But they do have Tyler Lorenzen, Jared Lorenzen's kid brother and he is also huge 6-5, 240.

And the rest:
6. Louisville:
No Brian Brohm, big problem. has 6 wins maybe.

7. Cincinnati:
NCAA screwed Ben Mauk out of a 6th season thus screwing Cincy out of any chance to win.

8. Syracuse:
Don't know, Don't want to know.