SEC Media Days 2015: Highlights, Comments and Twitter Reaction from Thursday

The 2015 SEC media days wrapped up Thursday with representatives from Georgia, Ole Miss and LSU. All three programs are going to enter the season with high expectations, which led to more of an on-field focus than the previous three days in Hoover, Alabama.  

One of the biggest questions in the conference is who will start at quarterback for Georgia. The Bulldogs worked through spring ball with the hope of finding the replacement for Hutson Mason, but a clear leader never emerged from the pack.

They are still contenders due to a strong rushing attack and a defense with high-end potential. One of Brice Ramsey, Faton Bauta or Greyson Lambert will need to stabilize the key position for them to move into the national title conversation, though.

Unsurprisingly, Georgia coach Mark Richt immediately got asked about the quarterback battle. He didn't have much of an update to provide, as Brett McMurphy of ESPN.com noted:

On the defensive side, Richt praised safety Dominick Sanders for putting in the type of effort it's going to take to make some serious noise this season, per Seth Emerson of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

As a whole, Patrick Brown of the Times Free Press pointed out the head coach sounded confident his team is trending in the right direction:

That said, the highest compliment during Georgia's session came from wideout Malcolm Mitchell directed toward one of his teammates, per Mark Schlabach of ESPN.com:

Georgia is far from the only team in the SEC with lofty goals, of course. Ben Garrett of Scout.com noted Ole Miss tight end Evan Engram is setting the bar high for the Rebels:

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At the end of the day, that's what we expect of ourselves. We work every day as if we're trying to go win a national championship. That's the goal. You ask anybody here on any other team, they're going to want to go in an SEC championship and a national championship. That's how we work. That's been our expectation since day one. We're definitely looking forward to week one and getting into camp and making plays and bettering ourselves to be able to make that run.

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One of the uncertain factors surrounding Mississippi's outlook is the status of Laremy Tunsil. The talented offensive lineman remains an active member of the team but is currently facing allegations related to possible NCAA violations and domestic violence.

Joe Schad of ESPN.com provided coach Hugh Freeze's response to questions about the ongoing situation:

Another issue that's taken center stage this week is the state of recruiting. On Wednesday, Arkansas coach Bret Bielema said he didn't pursue some prospects due to social media. Freeze spoke about another angle of the same issue, per Saturday Down South:

Turning back to the on-field discussions, the Rebels coach passed along his take on the team's outlook, as highlighted by Lyons Yellin of WWL-TV:

LSU is another team with a question mark at quarterback. Neither Anthony Jennings nor Brandon Harris played particularly well last season, and Jennings' status still must be determined after getting arrested last month with two other players for unauthorized entry of a dwelling and simple burglary.

Jim Kleinpeter of the Times-Picayune explained that head coach Les Miles expects Jennings will return to the team and battle Harris for the starting job. Regardless of who's taking the snaps under center, the head coach is expecting more production, per the Death Valley Voice:

With that unknown factor in play, Tigers running back Leonard Fournette, who rushed for over 1,000 yards and scored 10 touchdowns last season, is a vital piece to the team's success. He gave a simple scouting report for opponents to utilize, as noted by Chase Goodbread of NFL.com:

He also joined the chorus of people giving preseason kudos to Georgia running back Nick Chubb, which Brad Crawford of Saturday Down South spotlighted:

Finally, the SEC Network provided Miles' season overview for LSU:

The SEC also announced the results from media voting Thursday. The projections feature Auburn holding a slight edge over Alabama to win the conference title, but the duo switched places in Western Division voting. Georgia is predicted to win the Eastern Division.

Now that the media days are complete, the focus shifts toward the regular season. Although there were the usual noteworthy anecdotes and verbal jabs during the press conferences, there wasn't much in terms of ground-breaking information over the past handful of days.

Thankfully, the opening week of play is just seven weeks away.