PART III of an early look at the SEC and some College Basketball

This week we are going to take a look at Tennessee’s 2012 schedule
Vs NC State                September 1st in Atlanta, GA at the Georgia Dome
Vs Georgia State         September 8th
Vs Florida                   September 15th
Vs Akron                    September 22nd
At Georgia                  September 29th
At Mississippi State    October 13th
Vs Alabama                October 20th
At South Carolina       October 27th
Vs Troy                       November 3rd
Vs Missouri                 November 10th
At Vanderbilt              November 17th
Vs Kentucky               November 24th

Almost a slam-dunk: Georgia State, Akron

Very winnable: Troy, Kentucky

Tossups: NC State in Atlanta, at Mississippi State, Missouri, at Vanderbilt

Not looking good: Florida, at Georgia, Alabama, at South Carolina

Best case: 8-4 to about 9-3                 Worst case: 5-7 or 6-6

Season summary: I think the key to the Tennessee 2012 season will be from September 15th versus Florida to October 27th at South Carolina. If they can pull off a split during those games and with a schedule that is weaker in November I can really see a nine-win season flirting with 10 victories? It is still the SEC but I think that the Vols are closer this season (with health) in contending in the East. Last year the Vols suffered a lot of lopsided defeats but with better offense they should be more potent in 2012.

Some things about Tennessee:
-Georgia State Head Coach Bill Curry was a SEC Head Coach from 1987-1996 with Alabama and Kentucky.
-Tennessee has dropped seven straight against Florida with the last five all decided by ten points or more.
-Derek Dooley was a graduate assistant at Georgia in 1996.
-2010 and 2011 marked the first time in back-to-back years that Tennessee had non-winning seasons since 1976 and 1977.
-The Volunteers have lost eleven straight against ranked opponents with the average loss by 22 points per game.
-Tennessee is 22-6-1 all-time against South Carolina but is on a series high two-game losing streak.
-Missouri and Tennessee will play for the first time ever in 2012.
-Tennessee has won 14 straight trips to Nashville, their last loss in 1982.
-The Kentucky loss last season not only snapped the nation’s longest winning streak at 26 but also eliminated the Volunteers from bowl eligibility.

This week we are going to take a look at Georgia’s 2012 schedule
Vs Buffalo                  September 1st
At Missouri                 September 8th
Vs Florida Atlantic     September 15th
Vs Vanderbilt             September 22nd
Vs Tennessee              September 29th
At South Carolina       October 6th
At Kentucky               October 20th
Vs Florida                   October 27th in Jacksonville, FL at EverBank Field
Vs Mississippi             November 3rd
At Auburn                   November 10th
Vs Georgia Southern  November 17th
Vs Georgia Tech         November 24th

Almost a slam-dunk: Buffalo, Florida Atlantic, Georgia Southern

Very winnable: Vanderbilt, at Kentucky, Mississippi, Georgia Tech

Tossups: at Missouri, Tennessee, at South Carolina,

Not looking good: Florida, at Auburn

Best case: 12-0 to about 9-3               Worst case: 6-6 or 7-5

Season summary: Should be another ten-win season for Head Coach Mark Richt. No reason, with better health at the running position and a stud QB like Murray, the Bulldogs should not be 5-0 when traveling to South Carolina. The amazing thing about the schedule is you see no Alabama, LSU or Arkansas from the SEC West. If they can beat Florida and Auburn I really see a 12-0 season. That October 27th date just might be the SEC East Championship but do not sleep on South Carolina with Lattimore back from the leg injury. The unique part about the Bulldogs schedule is they end the season with non-conference games and their last two SEC contests are against the West. They could know as early as late October if they are playing in the SEC Championship.   

Some things about Georgia:
-The Bulldogs are 14-1 since 1997 in home openers with their only loss in that span against #12 South Carolina in 2011.
-Georgia and Missouri played just once, the 1959 Orange Bowl.
-The last time that Georgia started a season 3-0 was in 2008 were they came into the year the preseason #1.
-Georgia is 16-1 against Vanderbilt since 1995.
-Georgia is 8-4 the last twelve seasons against Tennessee.
-The Bulldogs will face South Carolina for the 65th time; six times Georgia has had a two-game series-losing streak but never has dropped three in a row.
-Georgia has gone 0-4 the last four times they beat rival Florida the prior season, in fact they have scored no more than ten points in any one game with the average loss 35-9.
-Georgia has won nine in a row against Mississippi.
-Last time Georgia visited Auburn they trailed 35-31 after the third quarter, In the fourth quarter Georgia ran just 11 plays (2.2 yards per play) to Auburn’s 20 (5.3 yards per play with 14 points).
-Georgia is 10-1 the last eleven seasons against instate rival Georgia Tech.

Next week going to have some College Basketball Numbers that if you are going to fill out a bracket this year you will need!

Joey Lucci   2/17/2012
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