Alabama:
Best Case Scenario: After surviving against Virginia Tech, the No. 4 Tide face No. 5 Ole Miss in Oxford. After showing the Rebels are not ready for primetime, Alabama takes the No. 1 spot when Florida loses to LSU. Unlike in 2008, Bama defeats the Gators in the SEC Championship Game, and the Tide win their 8th or 37th National Championship, depending on who you ask.
Worst Case Scenario: Despite a fine performance against Va Tech, Bama QB Greg McElroy struggles during the season. He will not finish his junior year healthy after a violent hit during a loss to LSU. Replays show McElroy's bama bangs had blocked his vision, and he never saw Tiger DE Rahim Alem coming around the end untouched. Bama ends the season with a loss at Auburn.
Arkansas:
Best Case Scenario: Treading water at .500 during the first eight games, Arky enters the LSU game with a four game winning streak. The Razorbacks again stun LSU, this time after the LSU team suffers food poisoning from a bad batch of Sam's Choice deli meats. A NCAA investigation fails to prove that Wal-Mart executives purposely sold millions in spoiled food in the Baton Rouge area in order to win a football game.
Worst Case Scenario: Following a close win against Missouri State in the opener, the Razorbacks win one more game, against Eastern Michigan. Bobby Petrino is seen updating his resume on the sideline during the season ending LSU game.
Auburn:
Best Case Scenario: The Gene Chizik Era starts 4-0, including a win against West F'ing Virginia. After a dip midseason and a loss to Georgia, the Tigers snap the losing streak against Alabama.
Worst Case Scenario: Already with seven losses, and Bama about to deliver the eighth, Auburn fans begin chanting, "Tur-ner-Gill! Tur-ner-Gill!" Auburn officials give Chizik a vote of confidence and insist that Gill being black or married to a white woman had nothing to do with his rejection. Nope, not at all.
LSU:
Best Case Scenario: While LSU has to settle with QB Jordan Jefferson, their defense carries them. In a battle of undefeateds, LSU defeats Florida 24-20, after DB Patrick Peterson returns a pick for a touchdown. LSU loses to Ole Miss, but reaches the SEC Championship Game against Georgia when the Rebels crap the bed against Mississippi State. The Tigers finish 13-1.
Worst Case Scenario: Instead of a quarterback rotation, it becomes Russian roulette. Combined with an unstable defensive backfield, the Tigers lose to Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Ole Miss. However, the real tragedy is when an enraged Auburn fan kills Mike The Tiger. Justice is swift as the murderer becomes sausage in Popeye's gumbo.
Mississippi:
Best Case Scenario: Jevon Snead outperforms Tebow, McCoy and Bradford, as the Rebels throw every down. The Rebs stumble at home against Alabama, but reach the SEC Championship Game, where they defeat No. 1 Florida. Ole Miss plays in their first Sugar Bowl since 1970. Snead is the top pick in the NFL Draft.
Worst Case Scenario: The Rebels are as unstable as their coach, looking like conference champions in one game and junior varsity in another. Ole Miss drops terrible losses to Arkansas and at Auburn. The season ends with a loss to Mississippi State. Most Ole Miss fans are too busy in The Grove to notice any of this.
Mississippi State:
Best Case Scenario: With a bowl spot on the line, Dan Mullen leads the Bulldogs over the Rebels in the Egg Bowl. The dramatic victory and Mullen's success causes a riot. But when they realize there is nothing to destroy in Starkville, they all get in their F-150s and Silverados and drive home.
Worst Case Scenario: Not applicable. It can't get much worse than living in Starkville, Mississippi.
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You really don't think Ole Miss has a chance to go undefeated...
under the best case scenario.
As of right now, Ole Miss should be favored in every games they play. (obviously barring injuries)
Under best case scenario we play Florida in the SEC Championship with the winner going to the National Championship game. Who was the last team to beat Florida?
Chew - August 13, 2009
You really think the Gators would overlook Ole Miss twice?
Especially with a chance to avenge last year’s loss and with a championship on the line?
I think Ole Miss has a zero chance to go undefeated. If they meet UF in the championship game, I’ll take the Gators and you can add 5 more points to the biggest Vegas line you can dig up.
skigator93 - August 13, 2009
I hope we meet up in Atlanta
I don’t think it’s outside the realm of possibility that an unbeaten Ole Miss meets Florida in Atlanta. Both Alabama and LSU have weaknesses and play in Oxford. I would agree Ole Miss’ chances of beating Florida are very low. Florida should be heavily favored in every game they play, including the title game. Of course, nobody thought USC would inexplicably lose to Stanford either.
That’s one of the great things about college football! Truth be told, nobody really knows what the hell’s going to happen. Not even a little.
OxfordAndrew - August 13, 2009
Starkville
Are you coming up for the game? I don’t know when the last time you were up in Starkville, but it has changed a lot. The University has put a lot of time and money in upgrading facilities and landscaping, and the bar scene is much better than what it was when I was in school (in the late 80’s-early 90’s). Also, State has the nicest tailgating setup in the SEC, w/ the Junction, a tailgating park at the foot of the south entrance to the stadium.
You should really think about coming up for the game. I’m sure you’ll find State fans to be some of the nicest in the SEC.
hailstate - August 13, 2009
huh?
You don’t even have the nicest tailgating setup in the state.
skigator93 - August 13, 2009
Can you even see Vaught-Hemmingway from the Grove?
The Junction is at the foot of the south endzone, meaning it’s not surrounded by concrete parking lots or road, as most stadiums are.
The Grove is great, but detached from the stadium.
hailstate - August 13, 2009
Also, MSU's stadium is the middle of campus...
while OM’s is on the edge.
hailstate - August 13, 2009
I can't remember if you can see the stadium or not from the Grove
I was way too busy checking out the most beautiful coeds in the country and thinking that if I ever had a son, he just might be a Reb.
I’m not so sure a central campus stadium means anything. South Carolina’s is at the fairgrounds and the tailgating there is exceptional. All it means is that everyone is tailgating in one place instead of disbursed throughout a campus. It’s a lot easier to bounce around from tailgate to tailgate that way instead of having to trek clear across campus.
skigator93 - August 13, 2009
...and that's the way it is at State.
The vast majority of tailgating is now directly in front of the stadium. Granted, it’s not quite as stately as the Grove, but I think it’s top-notch.
Also, I married one of those OM coeds.
hailstate - August 13, 2009
For that I applaud you sir – nice work!
I married a UGA coed. She’s a keeper, even though she’s a Dawg.
skigator93 - August 13, 2009
Of course State fans are nice...
They freaking suck right now. Weren’t too nice in 1998, though. And the campus still looks like two junior colleges glued together. Sorry.
So under Ole Miss’ best case scenario, they can’t beat Bama at home with a sophomore quarterback and two All Americans gone from their O line, going against the best D line in the conference? I’d expect the best case scenario to involve a win against Bama, a weird loss somewhere else, and a trip to Atlanta. Beating Florida again, I can’t even pretend that’s possible right now, though I guess we’re the most qualified in the SEC to do so.
And there’s no. way. we lose. to State. No way.
Whiskey Wednesday - August 13, 2009
Wow.
For a fanbase that is one season removed from 0-8 in the SEC, you guys sure are full of yourselves.
hailstate - August 13, 2009
Best D line in the conference?
So you lose your top DL from last season (Jerry – 1st round pick for the Falcons, so he’d better be good), yet still tout the best DL in the conference?!?! You probably won’t even have the best DL on the field in your game against Alabama, let alone the conference.
skigator93 - August 13, 2009
I guess we'll see...
Hardy should be full speed by then and we’ve got depth that would be starting for most other teams. Jerry was a loss, sure, but he was just one part of a dominant line last year which returns with great chemistry and esprit de corp.
OxfordAndrew - August 13, 2009
You guys know this is all tounge in cheek? Right?
mlmintampa - August 13, 2009
It's appearing not.
bdalebs - August 14, 2009
Really?
I think Starkville is a great little town. It’s not Austin or Athens, but is there really that much difference between Starkville and Tuscaloosa or Auburn? There are a lot worse places to live in the South, that’s for sure.
hailstate - August 13, 2009
LMAO
Patssuck456 - August 17, 2009
LOLOLOL
TheTealDeal - August 19, 2009
starkville, ms
Damn! You’re right. The only thing worse than living in Starkville, MS is not being able to win there. Hope you’re still enjoying 1956.
fortune 100 - September 6, 2009
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