My crazy predictions...
New coach Ed Orgeron. Great recruiter and good motivator. I am not sure he is up to SEC level in terms of actually getting a team ready to play on any given Saturday. His last foray into the SEC West was years ago at Ole Miss. Ended up with recruiting violations and a less than stellar record.
LSU's QB is a transfer from Purdue. That by itself would make me nervous.
Orgeron's bio pic looks like a mug shot. He's from Louisiana, though, and will recruit SEC territory very well.
I agree that he will recruit well. But I will be interested in how he does in wins and losses by the end of the season. In the SEC West, recruiting alone is not going to do it. He has to recruit and put together winning game plans against extreme competition.
That goes for every coach in the SEC, except possibly Mason at Vandy. Expectations are unreal. This isn't Lake Wobegon, where everyone is above average. In the SEC West, there's Alabama and then there's everyone else, though they all think they can be like Alabama. Sumlin will be out at A&M if he has another 4-4 conference record. The job security is rough, but at least they make good money.
Probably, but what does that matter? Players and recruits tweet pictures of fancy cars and stacks of cash, with no consequences. UNC created fake classes for players and received no punishment. Hugh Freeze is still at Ole Miss even after all the violations that program has confessed to. When was the last time the NCAA came down hard on a program for recruiting violations?
Orgeron also requires a translator to recruit outside of bayou country. His accent is so thick I can barely understand him.
I personally will be surprised if they don't. He has too long of a track record and other SEC schools boosters hire private detectives to try and torpedo their opposition.
Too true. Slimy conference, delusional fans, priorities WAAAY out of whack . . . you can have it.
