3 SEC EAST QUESTIONS THAT NAG MORE THAN YOUR EX
(i) Who is the most overrated/underrated team in the SEC East?
Russ Mitchell:
Overrated
Can this be a tie? Georgia hasn’t had a signature SEC win since Bush Jr. was President; 2007 to be exact. That includes losing all four game against the better teams they played in 2011, and yet they still somehow backed their way into Atlanta and sported a 10 win season. But as many questions as there are swirling around the Dawgs, there are even more over the 2012 Gamecocks of South Carolina. We wrote about it earlier this month, but outside of defensive line, every unit on this SC team has question marks to it - some bigger than others. There is no bigger question mark than with this Gamecock secondary, for which there might be no answer. To make matters worse, starting cornerback Akeem Auguste went down “indefinitely” with a leg injury this week. SC has a five game stretch where they play UGA (a passing offense), at LSU (a battle royale), at Florida (more pounding, with 10 returning starters on defense), Tennessee (a passing offense – even without Da’Rick Rogers) and Arkansas, who certainly know how to throw the ball and beat Carolina. There’s likely three loses in that stretch alone – four if Marcus Lattimore isn’t 100 percent. And we note Lattimore has now missed all or parts of ten games in two seasons (Kentucky, Vandy, Arkansas and Florida State in 2010). (more)
(i) Who is the most overrated/underrated team in the SEC East?
Russ Mitchell:
Overrated
Can this be a tie? Georgia hasn’t had a signature SEC win since Bush Jr. was President; 2007 to be exact. That includes losing all four game against the better teams they played in 2011, and yet they still somehow backed their way into Atlanta and sported a 10 win season. But as many questions as there are swirling around the Dawgs, there are even more over the 2012 Gamecocks of South Carolina. We wrote about it earlier this month, but outside of defensive line, every unit on this SC team has question marks to it - some bigger than others. There is no bigger question mark than with this Gamecock secondary, for which there might be no answer. To make matters worse, starting cornerback Akeem Auguste went down “indefinitely” with a leg injury this week. SC has a five game stretch where they play UGA (a passing offense), at LSU (a battle royale), at Florida (more pounding, with 10 returning starters on defense), Tennessee (a passing offense – even without Da’Rick Rogers) and Arkansas, who certainly know how to throw the ball and beat Carolina. There’s likely three loses in that stretch alone – four if Marcus Lattimore isn’t 100 percent. And we note Lattimore has now missed all or parts of ten games in two seasons (Kentucky, Vandy, Arkansas and Florida State in 2010). (more)
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