Mike's 2024 SEC Media Days Ballot

[@damah12]

"either oklahoma fans aint ready or SEC fans aint ready" I think that perfectly sums it up

[@Hillcountryoperations]

Same thing for Texas

[@RickAg29]

For Kirby, this season isn't revenge. It's a reckoning.

[@toddcagle4245]

He better put on his big boy pants with that new non division schedule. No more cake walks now

[@colesatterfield166]

Hey SEC Mike, you want to know why OU got a harder schedule then Texas, because of their winning percentage was way better then Texas over the last 10 years. No one said at OU they wanted an easy schedule stop. SEC has to adjust to OU as well. OU would also have almost as much nattys as Bama if they "claimed" their natty titles.

[@Terrance3500]

Cousin Shane was elite on this show

[@greenwave819]

How did SC not capitalize off beating UT and Clemson??? they stopped wearing those magic wristbands for some inexplicable reason.

[@Drollpanther]

MIZ! Lets get this season started already

[@brendank66]

Z O U

[@nazcamain]

As an Okie, I think your ranking for both OU and Texas is the most accurate I've seen.

[@Pat_Mecrotch]

I think you both smoke crack with hunter

[@Vayne207]

In my opinion, this is the SEC power rankings based on Roster Talent, Roster Depth and Coaching Staff: 1. Georgia 2. Alabama 3. Texas 4. Oklahoma 5. Missouri 6. Tennessee 7. Ole Miss 8. Texas A&M 9. Auburn 10. LSU 11. Kentucky 12. Florida 13. South Carolina 14. Arkansas 15. Mississippi State 16. Vanderbilt In my opinion. Nothing else matters other than how good the team is. In my experience, the better teams should beat the lesser teams. Although upsets do happen.

[@danielsolorzano2919]

Texas fan here no problem being 7 Every ranking before the season starts is just opinions . Texas needs to stfu and play football

[@greenwave819]

If Auburn starts 5-0 including a win over OU then why would we assume they finish 3--4. OU is better than Mizz, UK, and TAMU. if they start 5-0 they could easily end up 10-2 or maybe 9-3

[@williamdearfield5396]

“That’s an LSU fly” 😂 Cousin Shane is hilarious! Lol

[@jessesewell7922]

Carolina will be crushing a lot of hopes and dreams this year. Most underrated SEC team by miles. Defense will be nasty and deep at every level. Running back room is loaded. O-line will be vastly improved (how could it not?). Sellers gets to lean on that Defense and a stable of running backs.

[@JWCFB]

Oklahoma’s schedule is just as tough as Florida’s

[@chadstearman]

Not if you consider the non-con slate. UF’s lineup of Miami, FSU, and UCF better than anyone on OU’s non-con schedule. I would, however, listen to any argument for OU’s SEC slate being more difficult than UF’s.

[@RightSaidFredo]

It’s not but it’s pretty damn close. OU could be just as good as texas but they got screwed

[@Tijuanabill]

Our schedule is only tough if we lose those games. If we win those games, they won't say we are good; they will say they were wrong about those tough games.

[@ssippilandelta4365]

Gator fan here, absolutely i actually have Oklahoma at #1 conference schedule and Florida is #1 overall

[@chadstearman]

@@Tijuanabill if OU wins 10+ games with that conference schedule, they’ll deserve all the kuddos that come their way. Despite my dislike for OU, the reports of their imminent failure in the SEC are greatly exaggerated.

[@Swerve-Online]

Shane bringing the brain to the conversation

[@jamesstone6593]

Another great show as usual. 🤘😎👍

[@VolTgr]

Love the pre recorded show in East Tennessee. GO Vols MIZ!!

[@clinn76]

We all know Cousin Shane is the driver of this channel; Mike is the Terrance Cutler of SEC football talk...

[@robertbutler3053]

A&M is always just A&M. Alabama will probably see a drop off.😮😮😮😮

[@toddcagle4245]

During UGA 29-0 run, they were 25-0 before they played a ranked team on the road.

[@JWCFB]

Oklahoma schedule is 7.5 wins and I got them going 7-5, possibly 8-4. Tough schedule first year for our new buddy. Mean that sincerely I like the Sooners and I like Texas too. Those 2 great programs mean more great games I welcome them. Don’t believe the negativity you guys can compete real good. I know I’ve been a SEC fanatic 64 years. Y’all will win a lot especially Texas

[@Tijuanabill]

You made some sense until the end. The recentcy bias that ignores 50 years of Texas football, is fascinating. Do you guys not have like schedule results or something? Do you not have a method of looking at more than last year? Here is how it goes, with Texas. They have a good year, then they puff their chests out, quit lifting weights, quit going to class, and quit watching film. Then they slowly decline for about 5 years before their fans even notice. Then the boosters start intervening, and trying to run the locker room, creating a bunch of disarray. They fire a coach, maybe two. Then at the first sign of promise, they declare "they are back", and the cycle repeats, but more quickly, as they churn through coaches.

[@JWCFB]

@@Tijuanabill All that don't mean squat once they tee it up this year.

[@daveydaggerjones]

I think OU will go 9-3

[@VolTgr]

Florida is going to be way better than people expect. Way better. I think they get 8 wins at least.

[@VolTgr]

Texas same boat. Earn it Texas. Y’all are good but pay your damn dues!!

[@Tijuanabill]

What does that even mean? Every team has to earn it, every year. Why would Texas be any different? What that statement really means, is you are unwilling to accept that any team that plays outside the SEC, could possibly be good.

[@VolTgr]

Bought a new truck and chose the NC tag from Tennessee choices. National Championship even if it’s been a minute.

[@Tijuanabill]

Geez, how long as that even been? Like a 100 years?

[@followword6452]

Great show!

[@tremoore61]

It's OK, I don't need everybody to believe in LSU. Shane, I feel you!

[@geraldos9094]

The thing about Tennessee, I think they need to scrap the hurry up offense, it doesn’t work against top tier teams and it doesn’t help your defense. Use the continuously running clock to your advantage and slow the game down, turn it into a battle of possessions and I think Tennessee will have a shot against the UGA and Bama’s.

[@donaldbritt2210]

SEC seems to have some scheduling issues. Georgia at Texas oops it is on Formula 1 weekend, no hotels available. SEC media days oops the same week as the Republican National Convention. After the assassination attempt, there will be little media coverage outside ESPN. SEC needs to work on that.

[@BallisticBevo]

No hotels in Austin. 😂😂😂

[@JWCFB]

Michael is makin more friends 🤣

[@JWCFB]

Florida is going 4-8 or 5-7

[@123axton]

also vandy is the only school, that the money goes to the President not the athletic director...

[@adamherndon168]

You ask what happened to SC.. well when you have a season like they did beating Tennessee and Clemson you get your best players poached by bigger teams. Lost our best RB, TE, DE, and LB to the portal and to teams competing for playoff spots. That’s the problem with a school like SC. We develop players only to lose them to better teams offering more money. Unless they get a handle on the portal and NIL it will be hard for us to compete year in and year out. We’ll just have to hope for that dream season once every five or so years. I’ll just be happy to get back to a bowl this year. People forget that we shouldn’t have lost to Florida. Threw that game away in the final 2 minutes up by 2 scores. Should have been 6-6 and bowling. But that’s neither here nor there now

[@FredPitre-o4b]

LSU has faced that exact situation before. In fact it was the 1st time EVER in college football history that a team lost 1st round QB and 2 1st round WRs in same draft. They very NEXT season. YES the VERY NEXT season Tigers won the whole kit and caboodle. Powered by an offense that increased in PPG avg. No other program in the HISTORY can make that claim.

[@cscottfischer]

for Accountant, you want Ole Miss, not Vandy

[@Tijuanabill]

I applaud their recycling efforts.

[@graceypatrick]

And nyck harbor is gonna break all the records and be the best college wide receiver of all time

[@TylerEubank]

😮

[@JackD_Vol]

We still got the 4 star freshman qb who could potentially come alive if Nico goes down and nobody knows this offense as well as Moore. I’m definitely not happy with the idea of Nico going down though

[@Chris-u8v3o]

Mike literally said a week ago that LSU will go 10-2, and now he ranks them 10th and behind Florida. This is gas lighting and everyone knows it.

[@Wetrockstah2116]

Mike has had some horrible takes, but to say Mark stoops is on the hot seat is wild. The man may not have been able to beat Georgia or Alabama, but who has?? Not many. He has had Kentucky a game away from Atlanta twice, and he doesn't have 5-7, 4-8 years, he almost always has them 7 wins or better every year. Other programs like South Carolina and Florida and Vanderbilt, Auburn, Mississippi State, all would kill for that over the last 6-7 years. And acting like They cant beat ole miss is crazy too, the last two times they played Kentucky bullied them, they just couldn't make a FG to save their lives and lost both games by missing an extra point. So Kentucky is literally two extra points from beating ole miss twice recently. I will say this though, he cant lose to south Carolina, and should be atleast 7-5 again this year. I think they go 8-4, but to say he is on the hot seat is nuts. The way they are recruiting and developing players right now, there is no way mitch will fire stoops.

[@Tijuanabill]

You don't need to add the banjos. We hear them any time SEC fans are talking anyways, in our heads.

[@suric4828]

As long as Pete Goldin is the DC at Ole Miss the rest of the SEC can rest easy. Pete is horrible.

[@JWCFB]

Mike you learn the hard way that Other conferences play good football too. For example, the ACC that you guys laugh at went 7-5 against the SEC last year and the Big Ten won the National Championship And Texas went into Tuscaloosa and kicked the hell out of Nick Saban and Alabama so bad Saban quit! Sooner or later you’re going to have to wake up, especially after you see how good Will Howard is and watch Ohio State win The National Championship this year.

[@Chicken-1515]

How the hell is Billy Bob gonna make Vandy Relevant?

[@jamesh.harris4991]

So what you're saying Mike about Auburn any freezes the fact that he or they will not recruit off of the portal but you need to think think that over because now you're saying that Kirby Smart and Saban that's the way they have recruited.

[@graceypatrick]

I think auburn is a major sleeper and dark horse

[@JWHorn]

Shane is the only sane one on this show! Mike has had over a decade to worship& blow the milkmen from collie ville

[@RightSaidFredo]

And for that decade they’ve been better than texas. Not buying the texas hype off of one good season in a decade is pretty sane

[@JackD_Vol]

Thanks for LSU ranking lol I don’t get the hype either

[@jamesferris4573]

I don't believe that Oklahoma will dominate the SEC, but I do believe that Oklahoma is much better than #8. I would be shocked to see Oklahoma lose to Tennessee, Auburn, Missouri, and Texas. The only team that I wouldn't be surprised to see Oklahoma lose to is Alabama. The rest of the schedule is very possible for Oklahoma to beat, and I believe that they will. Oklahoma will prove all of the SEC people are wrong, and next year, they will be underrated again, and Texas will be hyped up again even if they don't win a game.

[@Bogeymania]

OU is going to be a tough game for everyone if they are any better on offense this year

[@Tijuanabill]

@@Bogeymania You spelled defense wrong. It starts with a D.

[@ssippilandelta4365]

I got Oklahoma losing to Auburn Ole Miss and LSU especially if it’s a night game. Tennessee Texas Missouri Bama I got as toss ups

[@Tijuanabill]

@@ssippilandelta4365 If New Mexico State can win in that gym, then so can OU. We don't fear lil Auburn.

[@ssippilandelta4365]

@@Tijuanabill I get why you say that but block it out and check this out UMass beat NM State right and Auburn beat UMass 59-14 so what is that really saying.

[@SmokeyDaBear98]

The Mizzu hype is going to bite a lot of people in the ass when they go 8-4 / 9-3. Which is still a good season but everyone is picking them to go 10-2, 11-1 and play for the SEC championship. Just don't see it happening.

[@michaelspecks7053]

Hugh should have stayed at Liberty.

[@sambostic8715]

As a Kentucky fan, I want to see Kentucky be Elite on the Football Field, but 11th is under rating. 9-3 possible, 8-4 likely, 7-5 not good, 6-6 bad season, 5-7 or worse coach is gone. So at worst, 9th, best 5th. The top 4 are Georgia, Texas, Alabama, and Ole Miss. Florida 11th, Oklahoma 10th.

[@Ktw2121]

God I love Mike, GO GATORS

[@samuelburson7640]

Mike your to high on Florida. They should be behind LSU, and Kentucky. They are a 5-7 team.

[@jessesewell7922]

With that schedule if Ole Miss loses 2 SEC games they are out of the playoffs

[@andrewlyon3597]

I'm sorry, but you lost me when you said you were a little concerned about South Carolina's RB unit. I guess it's fair to question Rocket's current health status, but that unit is night and day different from last season.

[@Tijuanabill]

3 win season prolly, RB or not.

[@jessesewell7922]

@@Tijuanabillyou day drinking? Carolina goes 8-4

[@Tijuanabill]

@@jessesewell7922 It will take you three years to get 8 wins.

[@VolTgr]

And I don’t like them but it is what it is.

[@CarlJudkins]

Watching late and already laughing

[@Vayne207]

I think people are way too high on Ole Miss. In my opinion they will lose to OU, Georgia and then one of the following: Kentucky, LSU, South Carolina or Florida. I think they're ranked way too high. At least if this was a power ranking. I know it's not. It's a wins-loss ranking. And in that case I get it. They have the easiest schedule in the SEC. But still, there's not a lot to really be impressed with when it comes to the Ole miss team this year. They'll have like the 7th or 8th best talent roster and the 5th or 6th best coaching staff.

[@graceypatrick]

Auburn is way too low imo

[@stonefavrot8819]

Mike is a admitted hater of Auburn. He dislikes Hugh personally and chooses to trash his plan at all turns. He says we disregard the portal but we've had two strong portal classes under Hugh. He says highschool recruiting is near pointless, but all the top programs recruit at an extremely high level. I disagree with Mike on his opinions on Auburn, but the only thing we can do is go out and prove him wrong. War Eagle!

[@robertcotton9044]

I love you cousins from loving my Tigers. Drink may be a little dorky dude knows player and coaching talent

[@Tijuanabill]

.500 coach all but one year. You got lucky last year, and your fans think you have arrived. You aren't a top 10 program, with like 6 four stars on the squad. Expect massive disappointment, if you think your program has elevated above OSU, by beating them in one game.

[@cscottfischer]

Ole Miss loses to GA in the season then beat them in the playoff

[@noahlejeune3154]

said the Rebel fan

[@cscottfischer]

@@noahlejeune3154 Granted, and not trying to hide it, but I still could be right.

[@svenkreuzberg2274]

may i remember you how the last meeting went ? Dart coudnt complete a pass went way under 60% completion and shit the bed. Defense was non existent. Tell me why Ole Miss is 5 TD´s better now as last season without Judkins.

[@cscottfischer]

@@svenkreuzberg2274 Nice to see you again Sven and a HARDY Hotty Toddy to you! To answer your question - go back and look at how beat up Ole Miss was for that game - especially in the trenches - I think we had 4 starting linemen out and a lot of people playing injured. I figure that was 3 TD's at least. Then you add in the upgrades from the portal - another 10 pts, then being at Oxford is another 6 to 7 pt swing from last year. Just made up more than 5 TD's

[@svenkreuzberg2274]

@@cscottfischer just for you i looked it up. UGA has 5 5 star DB and 5 5 star LB. There is a reason nobody can score on these dudes. They rotate them all 3-4 snaps in and out. UGA reload and Ole Miss, Miss. State, Auburn, Mizzou try to build something. Dont be delusional.

[@ryanh4416]

Pls pls pls stop hyping up Mizzou. We don't want this bad juju. A lot to overcome on d and the o struggled scoring TDS in the red zone.

[@Tijuanabill]

MID had one good year, and everyone is acting like you don't have a 3 star roster, and a .500 coach. It's sort of amazing.

[@ryanh4416]

@@Tijuanabill I think that is a bit excessive. Dunno who you root for but there has been steady progress out of the team every year out of Drink. COVID year was all sec teams/NA, 2nd year they were getting blown out, 3rd year losing close, 4th year winning close. The roster has the most talent it has ever had and he is one of the tops at getting transfer portal talent. They are a long term player for the future. The problem is only a few teams can lose what Mizzou lost talent wise and resume their play so I have my reservations. That being said, this team is still good enough that 9-3 on this schedule is the base line.

[@Tijuanabill]

@@ryanh4416 It's fascinating how you guys don't think you WILDLY over achieved last year. Leading up to the season, the recruiting angle being used against you, was that Drink was about to get fired after the season. Now it's just "steady progress". You did more with less last year, than anyone has done in the SEC in quite a while, but losing those players means nothing to the media. Meanwhile, OU has had a better roster than MU, for all of the past 100 years, but people say MU is playoff bound, and OU won't make a bowl game. The logic fail is hilarious to watch play out.

[@ryanh4416]

@@Tijuanabill ahh I see. A hurt OU fan. I think everyone sees you appropriately. Your HC isn't the answer. There is a reason your starting QB high tailed it to Oregon. We took your up and coming Guard. I think the offense continues to struggle until you replace Venables. You have a tough schedule as well. 8 wins. Enjoy your season.

[@Tijuanabill]

@@ryanh4416 It's sort of amusing just how uninformed you are. The whole reason you have Caden Green, is because he didn't want to play guard. He wanted to SIT, and wait for a tackle spot to come up, rather than get in the game as a true freshman, and play guard. You can have him. He doesn't have OU DNA. We are looking for winners and team players. Our QB high tailed it to Oregon, because we pulled his NIL package. Obviously. Like....how do you NOT know that? There isn't enough money in the world, to get a 15th year senior to ride the bench, and DG knew what was coming, so we parted ways amicably. You think our offense has struggled under Venables? Like...pick up the occasional newspaper, magazine, or maybe just use the internet, guy. What are you even talking about??? OU was ranked THIRD nationally in yards per game. MU was 27th. Little brother, you don't have a clue. We are going to whip your asses, and you will be a two digit underdog, by kickoff. I'll be there to watch the look on your faces; I bought my tickets Friday.

[@BallisticBevo]

All SEC Mike is doing. Is letting his hate vacate his largest potential market. Once you've lost credibility. There is no reason to watch you or subscribe to you.

[@AnthonyGraham-hn4on]

Man take the microphone from these dudes. Neither one of these guys know what they’re talking about.

[@Duzypriicee]

This list is disgusting. 🤣 I can’t wait for Texas to run through this league 🤘🏾🐂

[@ssippilandelta4365]

As good as Texas is it’s 5 conference games they can lose if they go into those games overconfident. And Vandy is a trap game, yes VANDY

[@Duzypriicee]

@@ssippilandelta4365 LMAO. Vandy is once of the worst teams in the county in any conference, not just the SEC. I get that ppl want to hype the SEC up and they hate Texas, but let’s not be silly. Every team should go into their game confident, they shouldn’t go into a game thinking they’ll lose. That doesn’t even make sense

[@ssippilandelta4365]

@@Duzypriicee but people be speaking facts though lol

[@ssippilandelta4365]

@@Duzypriicee check this out man Vandy is a sneaky team you never know with them. You remember that 13-1 Notre Dame team Vandy almost beat them, that #4 A&M that went 8-1 Vandy went to Kyle field and the final was 17-12, Vandy scored 38 pts on that LSU natty team, the same Kentucky team that held that 2022 Georgia team to 16pts Vandy beat them and the same Florida team that beat Utah, Vandy beat them so you see what I’m saying

[@ssippilandelta4365]

@@Duzypriicee true but that’s why I said overconfident