Oh, the pain!
My retinas are bleeding.
Seriously.
I am spending hour after hour studying everything I can on SEC football. And there is a lot out there.
A lot.
I made a trip to our local bookstore to pick up a magazine or two. There were about 25 there just focusing on the SEC. Now, since I can’t afford to buy that many sports mags (I’m a blogger, not a miracle worker), I sat there and read…
And read…
And read some more.
I picked two out to take on my vacation next week, but felt the need to digest the others, since I’ve decided to do my own little pre-season SEC ranking here in a couple of weeks. Man, there’s a lot to learn!
I’ve been an SEC fan my whole life. I can appreciate other conferences, even enjoy watching their games…. as long as the Southeastern Conference isn’t on. But there are so many unknowns coming into this season that I feel like I’m starting from scratch.
So I’m studying. In fact, if they gave an SAT on the SEC, I’m pretty sure I’d score through the roof. But there is still a lot more to read.
It used to be easier. In the SEC East, you read up on Florida, Georgia and Tennessee. Maybe you read a bit on South Carolina. You skimmed Vandy and Kentucky and were done. Now? Florida may still rule the roost, but Vandy and UK have upped the ante, so you can’t just slide past them.
In the West, not much work needed to be done on Mississippi State. Now that Dan Mullen is running the show, who knows what is going to come out of Stark-Vegas this season? And Houston Nutt is getting it done at Ole Miss. Yeah, Bama is gonna be the lead dog in that division, but nothing is a given.
So it’s time to study up and get ready. Football previews start in a couple of weeks!
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:18 pm
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