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By: JDREB22

JDREB22 — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:06:52 +0000

I commented on the rebel boards when it was posted. I think all of the articles on the SEC teams were well written and I look foward to reading more in the future. I do think that the pro-Hog bias and Anti-Nutt bias may have affected some of the predictions, but hey that is why college football is so great. I wish this site the best of luck and will be back again to either boast that you were wrong and Ole Miss did have a great team or eat crow because Arkansas finished ahead of my Rebs. Either way I look foward to an exciting SECW. Just for your information, my predictions for the Rebs are 4-0 with a weak nc schedule and 6-2 in the SEC. The two losses could come from any of the eight teams, although I dont think Vandy, MSU or Auburn will do it this year. All others I give an equal chance. I have the razorbacks at 4-0 in nc after they get a big win in Dallas. I then think that FL, GA, AL, OM and LSU are all better teams than Arkansas this year. I also think South Carolina, Auburn and MSU arent gimmes. Therefore I think the Hogs will upset one of those top 5 teams, but lose the one of the three other teams, going 3-5, but heading to a bowl game.

By: ColonelReb

ColonelReb — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:47:54 +0000

While HDN may not have acomplished everything yall expected at Arkansas, Ole Miss is a different school and he can have different results. As far as the “They are Ole Miss” argument Nutt did a lot to change that last year with the whole “One Heartbeat” motto and the team lived up to that. This year’s motto is “Unsatisfied” and that is exactly what this team is. Don’t overlook the Rebs, I’ve been let down before so I won’t predict a National Championship or even an SECW title, but we should be a pretty good team.

By: TGoJC

TGoJC — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:57:27 +0000

Just avoid the scout.com and rivals.com forums. They’re bush-leaguers.

By: Brett Kincaid

Brett Kincaid — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:22:32 +0000

Thanks for the kind words and for checking us out.

To your point, I do not agree that it is “lazy” as you call it. I think history is germaine to the argument. As a Red Sox fan, even *I* did not believe it would happen in 2004. Until the cycle is broken, it is a very tough psychological barrier.

That said, look what happened once Boston did win. If Ole Miss can win an SECCG, I think they could establish themselves as an annual contender.

By: TGoJC

TGoJC — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:15:32 +0000

Let me restate my initial point that the post WAS well written.

I also like this site. It’s well designed and seems to have fairly level-headed commentors–something which has become increasingly hard to find on SEC pages.

By: TGoJC

TGoJC — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:13:25 +0000

While well written, this post falls short in that it–like so many other prognostications by fans of SEC schools not named “Ole Miss”–lazily falls back onto Ole Miss’ trouble getting over the hump over the last several decades and invokes the idea that Houston Nutt can’t get it done when the pressure is on.

It’s basically what Yankees fans were saying before the 2004 playoffs: “Boston can’t win because they’re Boston.”

Does nobody else find that argument to be trite and lazy?