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BTW, I am seriously considering Alabama a darkhorse national title contender. Not joking. Lots of talent at the speed positions and at QB. Defense will be good, and the OL should improve. Watch out.


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ROFL

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Arkansas

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BTW, I am seriously considering Alabama a darkhorse national title contender. Not joking. Lots of talent at the speed positions and at QB. Defense will be good, and the OL should improve. Watch out.


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1. USC - 10 defensive starters back, along with most of the offense. If Jarrett comes back (which I don't think will happen) their offense will be just as loaded.
2. LSU - assuming Russell returns for senior year. As much talent and speed as anyone in the country.
3. Nebraska - assuming Zach Bowman returns 100% healthy and they don't suffer any major injuries, particularly on the dline. QB Keller should be a big upgrade over Taylor
4. Louisville - assuming Brohm returns for senior year.
5. West Virginia - the Big East should be the easiest major conference to run the table. The winner of UL-WV should have a good shot at being undefeated.

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Texas has it so easy in the Big XII right now.

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No they don't.

First they have to come out of the South, which means they have to beat Oklahoma which will always be a chore...Stoops will always have a team ready. They will have to play a rivalry game against A&M, an Aggie team that beat them in Austin this year with an EXTREMELY young core that isn't getting any younger and only getting more experienced. A&M will be tough next year.

OSU is probably one of the most underrated teams in the South, they were just a tick from being a top tier team this year w/o anyone really knowing it. They lost to A&M, TT, OU and K State by 6 points or less. The only game in which they weren't in the ball game in the 4th was the UT game...their worst game of the year. They recruited well and in the past few years have given Texas a serious bump in the road. OSU was closer to being a 1-2 loss team than most people may realize.

Tech was very bad this year but this was also the first time in years that they didn't have a fifth year QB that had been groomed for 4 years to learn an intricate and if ran correct very effective offense to jump in and take the snaps. Instead they had a Sophmore-first year QB. You could also see the difference in this team from the beginning to the end. He is a very good QB and depending upon what Leech added to the program they could be scary next year, b/c if you remember correctly that extremely poor Tech team damn near beat UT this year, it took a magical escape to win that game.

The Big XII has been awful but it is getting a little better in the South.

As for the North, still poor but Nebraska just may be the best team in all of the Big XII next year. They have signed more top 100 High School Recruits last year and this year than any team in the Big 12 and with ASU transfer Sam Keller at QB you aren't losing anything at that position with Taylor gone, you just may be gaining. Keller was on pace to break records before his injury in 05'Keller Bio. He most likely won't put up astronomical numbers in Lincoln with their great running attack but it just adds to their balance. Taylor (QB for Nebraska) was the offensive player of the year and Keller is on another level when comparing talent. You really shouldn't think that Texas just has it easy. All this doesn't mean Texas is going to lose but what it does mean is that they are going to have to show up to play b/c it isn't their conference to run away with anymore.

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What he said /\ /\ /\.

This was the most down the Big 12 has been since the inception of the league in 1996. And Texas still couldn't win their own division!!!

Year in and year out over the last 10 years, the only conference as competitive and with as much talent as the Big 12 is the SEC. I don't see that changing anytime soon.

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As an Alabama fan...

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ROFLMAO

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FYP.

I think we'll be better, but we'll do well to win the SEC West, much less the SEC or compete for a national championship next year.

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1. SC
2. Texas
3. LSU (if russell comes back)
4. Michigan
5. Louisville (if Brohm comes back)

Depending on who decides to up and leave for the draft over the next few weeks, things will shake out a bit. But I think SC is a lock for #1, even with Jarrett leaving, with the way they finished by mopping up Michigan.

After that, I think there's probably about 5-6 teams that will randomly fill in the spots.

One conference nobody has mentioned so far in the Big Ten. Michigan SHOULD be pretty loaded, but what about OSU, Wisconsin, PSU, etc? I expect OSU to have a good, but not great season, just because they will have to bring in a lot of new players. Anyone know what's up with Wisco? I have no idea how many they have returning...PSU, as someone mentioned, could have a great season if a couple key things align. MSU hopefully will at least be bowl-eligable, but with a new coach and system in play, who knows...

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For those saying SC, are you projecting them to win the Championship or just to be a preseason #1 (which seems much more likely)?

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Anyone know what's up with Wisco?

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The Badgers are returning all but 6 starters next year. On offense they are going to improve at QB because Donovan is a much better QB than Stocco and should have been starting the past two years. They lose Joe Thomas, but if there's one thing the Badgers can easily replace, its offensive lineman. They've got a nice 6'8" 317 lb Sr LT ready to replace him, and also have 6'8" 312 lb Fr #1 T recruit in the country Josh Oglesby coming in. On defense they will be keeping most of the core of what was already a very solid defense this year.

Badgers win the Big Ten and are top 5 in the nation next year.