SI has the Gators as one of 5 teams to be a surprise to make the playoff Woody (via iPhone)
> On Aug 7, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Shane Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Five that can surprise in college football > > > > Texas A&M head football coach Kevin Sumlin takes another question after > turning down and mocking a previous question about former player Johnny > Manziel during the 2014 SEC Media Days at the Hyatt Regency Wynfrey Hotel in > Hoover, Ala., in this July 15, 2014 file photo. > Doug Finger/The Gainesville Sun > By Pat Dooley > GAINESVILLE SUN Staff writer > Published: Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at 11:46 a.m. > > Last Modified: Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at 11:46 a.m. > > > > If anything, 2013 was the year of the sleeper in the SEC with Auburn and > Missouri playing for the conference title. > You know that this year will have its share of teams that surprise everybody. > Could there be another Auburn, a team that comes out of nowhere and has a > shot at the national title? > With this year’s College Football Playoff, the chances have been doubled > theoretically. > Here are five teams that could surprise you during the 2014 college football > season: > 1. Texas A&M. > Is it possible that the Aggies success the last two years wasn’t just about > Johnny Football? > Kevin Sumlin is a really good coach and he seemed very comfortable with his > team at SEC Media Days. > Sure, A&M lost some star players but Sumlin has recruited well, has an easy > non-conference schedule and closes the season at home against LSU. > If the Aggies can get past South Carolina in the opener, a team that was > picked sixth in the West could surprise a lot of people. > 2. Texas Christian > The easy thing to do would be to write of the Horned Frogs as not ready for > prime time after an 11-14 record since joining the Big 12. > But Gary Patterson has been playing a lot of young players and has 15 > starters back. He also has Oklahoma, Okie State and Kansas State at home. > If Devonte Fields, the Big 12 preseason defensive player of the year, is > allowed to return to the team, it could get interesting in Fort Worth. > 3. Oregon State. > Any team with a senior quarterback makes you think it is dangerous and the > Beavers have that in talented Sean Mannion. > Oregon State also returns seven starters on defense but has to establish a > running game if it’s going to do better than the predicted fourth in the > Pac-12 North. > The Beavers play five of their nine conference games at home and need to find > a way to win the fourth game of the year against USC to have a special season. > 4. Penn State. > This just in -- James Franklin knows what he’s doing. > The former Vanderbilt coach inherited quarterback Christian Hackenburg and > the depth is an issue because of sanctions. But the Nittany Lions get Ohio > State and Michigan State at home this year. > We’ll know a lot more about this team after its opener against UCF in Ireland. > 5. Missouri. > The media was so impressed with Missouri’s performance last year that the > Tigers were picked to finish fourth in the East behind a Florida team that > won four games last season. > Gary Pinkel’s team lost a lot, but this is a program that likes to redshirt > freshmen so there is plenty of talent in Columbia. Maty Mauk showed he can > play under the bright lights last year and Markus Golden will step right in > for Michael Sam. > The Tigers to have to go to South Carolina and Florida early in the > conference season, but drew Arkansas and Texas A&M from the West. > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
