Thursday Night's Random Thoughts: SEC Football Talk, Teams, and Players

This will be my first-ever post on Virtual Sports Network. Most of my work is posted on Bleacher Report, another great site of devoted sport fans.

I would like to start by saying that I love college football more than I do anything else! I also have a wide range of knowledge about a ton of college football teams.

I currently play high school football and basketball; football is my true love though.

So now I just want to touch on a few thoughts that came to mind today when I was thinking about the highly anticipated arrival of college football.

Being an Alabama fan, I can't wait for Sept. 5, when the Tide play their first game against VT in the Georgia Dome.

So since we are talking about Alabama, that is where I will start.

Alabama: Fill the holes in the O—line please.

With the biggest loss in Antonie Caldwell, the Tide has a major gap to replace. Caldwell, who played center, guard and tackle in his three years as a starter, leaves a major hole in the Alabama O-line.

Mike Johnson pretty much has a position locked in somewhere on the O-line most likely at Left guard.

Senior Drew Davis is another; he will almost for sure be the starter at right tackle on Sept. 5 against Virginia Tech.

Last season, the O-line was a great focus point for the Tide, they would pound the rock right down the opponent's throat and almost always scored points their first possession.

In '09, the Tide will need to grow at this position and mature to be able to sustain long drives and run the ball successfully.

Ole Miss: Jevan Snead?

Ole Miss, I can't think of a team in the SEC besides Florida that has got more hype in the offseason. Don't get me wrong, I think they SHOULD be a good team.

Jevan Snead, without second-guessing, is a awesome quarterback. He proved to be a reliable and efficient QB for Ole Miss, just look at the Texas Tech game, he was awesome. He completed 18-of-29 attempts for 292 yards and three touchdowns...

But ask yourself one question: Does this guy have the raw athletic ability like Tim Tebow or the great precision that Bradford has to be a Heisman candidate next season?

I compare this guy to Graham Harrell and look what he did last season, but somehow he came up a little short of even being at the ceremony?

I think overall this team will settle with a 9-3 or a 9-2 record losing to these teams: LSU, Alabama and maybe even Tennessee.

So with all this hype, I look for Ole Miss to be a bust in '09. Jevan Snead needs to have a great great year to land a prestige Heisman trophy as well.

South Carolina: Play as a team!

Need I say more? No, I'm just kidding.

In '08, I think they had free admission for the fans just so they would come.

But on a more serious note, they did have a ton of trouble at the QB position before Spurrier found his man at the end of the season, Stephen Garcia.

Garcia, still not named the starting QB, showed some promising ability last season with limited play.

He also has not lived up to expectations once he arrived at SC. He has been in trouble a few times and was part of the leading team in interceptions last season (27).

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