The SEC Media has spoken

[FeatheredCock]

The SEC Media has spoken

July 19, 2019

South Carolina’s football team will open 2019 with expectations for a middle-of-the-pack finish in its division. The Gamecocks were picked to finish fourth in the SEC East by the conference’s media. The preseason media poll came out Friday as a cap to SEC Media Days. USC received one vote to be SEC champion. Will Muschamp’s team was picked to finish behind Georgia, Florida and Missouri.

The Gamecocks are coming off a 7-6 season in 2018, one fraught with injuries and a schedule that proved harder than most predicted. USC had been picked to finish second in the East and even got eight first-place votes before finishing fourth.

The Gamecocks again face a difficult schedule, with Alabama as a crossover opponent and seven opponents that won nine or more games last season.

Georgia and Alabama were picked to repeat as division champions.

East
1 Georgia
2 Florida
3 Missouri
4 South Carolina
5 Tennessee
6 Kentucky
7 Vanderbilt

West
1 Alabama
2 LSU
3 Texas A&M
4 Auburn
5 Miss State
6 Ole Miss
7 Arkansas

SEC champ
Alabama

 

[FeatheredCock]

Poll here 50% said 4th or 5th. That's en-line with most

 

[AikenGameFan]

I wonder who that one vote was?

 

[ConwayGamecock]

Sounds about right - IMO, we're good enough for games with everyone in the East other than UGA to be toss-ups, or better for us. Huge question will be, can we play consistently enough on the field to make that happen....

 

[Cockyandproud]

I can’t figure out what in the world anyone sees in Missouri.  We beat them last year, and I think they will be worse this year.  They will definitely be worse at the QB position.  I think Kelly Bryant is going to be a huge flop now that he doesn’t have the talent to bail him out. 

 

[$Billz]

The thing on Mizzou can be very confusing. They have a new QB who skill set comes nowhere near matching the type offenses they have been running the last 6 to 8 years. Their defense took a hit loosing a couple of their main play makers but they always seem to have a solid defense. So I dont know how the feel about them on that side of the ball. I know there schedule is very favorable and I believe most of the big games are at home this year. Maybe that is what the so called experts are betting on. 

  Either way we are a better football team than they are by a long shot. The question is, as we all know, can we hold up and play well against the hardest schedule in the nation along with not having wholesale injuries. If I had to take a guess right now, Mizzou will not finish better than 5th.