HOOVER, Ala. — Florida will beat Auburn in the SEC championship game – if the voters got it right at SEC Football Media Days.
Media members projected Florida to win the league title with 36 of 70 first-place votes as Media Days concluded Friday.
Georgia was second with 18 votes, followed by Auburn with 13. LSU, Tennessee and Ole Miss each got one vote.
Tennessee was picked to finish third in the East behind the Gators and Georgia.
Auburn was a solid choice over LSU in the West with Alabama third.
Four Vols were named to the media’s All-SEC First Team: guard Anthony Parker, running back Arian Foster, linebacker Rico McCoy and safety Eric Berry.
No UT players were picked on the All-SEC Second Team.
Media Preseason All-SEC team
OFFENSE
FIRST-TEAM
TE Cornelius Ingram Florida
OL Andre Smith Alabama
OL Michael Oher Ole Miss
OL Anthony Parker Tennessee
OL Herman Johnson LSU
C Jonathan Luigs Arkansas
WR Percy Harvin Florida
WR Kenny McKinley So. Carolina
QB Tim Tebow Florida
RB Knowshon Moreno Georgia
RB Arian Foster Tennessee
SECOND TEAM
TE Richard Dickson LSU
OL Ciron Black LSU
OL Tyronne Green Auburn
OL Lee Ziemba Auburn
OL Garry Williams Kentucky
C Antoine Caldwell Alabama
WR Mohamed Massaquoi Georgia
WR Demetrius Byrd LSU
QB Matthew Stafford Georgia
RB Anthony Dixon Mississippi State
RB Ben Tate Auburn
DEFENSE
FIRST TEAM
DL Greg Hardy Ole Miss
DL Tyson Jackson LSU
DL Sen ‘Derrick Marks Auburn
LB Brandon Spikes Florida
LB Rico McCoy Tennesseee
LB Jasper Brinkley South Carolina
LB Darry Beckwith LSU
LB Dannell Ellerbe Georgia
DB Derek Pegues Mississippi State
DB Eric Berry Tennessee
DB D.J. Moore Vanderbilt
DB Rashad Johnson Alabama
SECOND TEAM
DL Ricky Jean-Francois LSU
DL Antonio Coleman Aubunr
DL Jeremy Jarmon Kentucky
LB Tray Blackmon Auburn
LB Rolando McClain Alabama
LB Eric Norwood South Carolina
LB Jamar Chaney Mississippi State
DB Captain Munnerlyn South Carolina
DB Trevard Lindley Kentucky
DB Asher Allen Georgia
DB Jerraud Powers Auburn
SPECIAL TEAMS
FIRST TEAM
PK Colt David LSU
P Ryan Shoemaker Auburn
RS Brandon James Florida
SECOND TEAM
PK Wes Byrum Auburn
P Ryan Succop South Carolina
RS Javier Arenas Alabama
SEC PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
SEC Champion — Florida (36), Georgia (18), Auburn (13), LSU (1), Tennessee (1), Ole Miss (1).
EASTERN DIVISION
1. Florida (45) 98
2. Georgia (23) 121
3. Tennessee (2) 222
4. South Carolina 266
5. Kentucky 356
6. Vanderbilt 407
WESTERN DIVISION
1. Auburn (48) 99
2. LSU (21) 120
3. Alabama 228
4. Mississippi State 299
5. Ole Miss (1) 338
6. Arkansas 386
More details as they develop online and in Saturday’s News Sentinel.
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Comments » 136
WVVOLFAN writes:
what about VOLS, who gives a rats rear end, other the DC, MCB, and gator99, about tebow, and percy?
TommyJack writes:
None of this matters. Tee it up.
MrBamSeydu writes:
Pre-season awards and such are only good for giving fans something to waste their time on until the first ball is kicked off.
I'd rather see our players on things like this after it's all said and done.
ctownvol writes:
Lying rat coach? Let me remind you, fool, that you came on a UT site. Obviously, you are a UT fan since you care enough to log on here and read about UT sports. I know I wouldn't be caught dead going to a Gator site. I guess I am just smarter than you, but that's pretty obvious.
WVVOLFAN writes:
what you said ctown, H! the other gator fans on this site have a lot more class than you. take it somewhere else.
cjraney writes:
H1-
That's King Rat to you...and the King doesn't lie, he mentors.
But speaking of lying, does Coach Urbie limit his lies to HS recruits or is everyone fair game?
WorkinLikeHeck writes:
3rd in the East...give Foolmore a contract extension.
cjraney writes:
I was hoping the media types would pick us 4th behind USCe. 3rd will have to do. Really get the guys fired up. Is anybody else ready to get this season started?
BADGES0413 writes:
sjt18,
Massaquoi has also dropped 100 passes in his carrer, I remember we were recriting him and Joe Cox and GA signed them both. They were going to be the QB/WR combo of the future in the SEC. Is Cox still on UGA's depth chart?
Sheepscape writes:
This is all worth so much fart gas. I haven't paid attention to preseason phooey since the 05 debacle, whether it was favorable to the Vols or not. Hard not to see Florida ahead of us given Fulmer's record vs Meyer and our recent troubles against the Gators regardless of who is coaching.
The Georgia lovefest is hilarious. Their schedule it brutal, and we've taken 3 of 4 from them.
99gator writes:
a few things......
1. i hate georgia with a passion....but they consistently win around 10 games a year now. it's understandable for there to be a georgia lovefest coming off a 12-2 season with a bcs bowl win and a final ranking of #2 in the polls with most of the team returning. that said, i think their schedule will kill them.
2. you have to pick someone to win the league. all this basically means is that the media expects florida and georgia to beat tennessee. no one would claim that tennessee is incapable of beating florida or georgia. it's not like people would drop dead of shock if tennessee won the division. now, if south carolina, kentucky or vandy do it.....
3. if there is someone not getting any respect by the media or the coaches in these preseason polls, it's the florida offensive line. all those skill people are nice, but, they can only put up the numbers they do because the o-line is doing its job. they led the conference in almost every offensive statistical category, but none of the o-lineman are all-sec caliber. hmmmm.
pammyvol1000 writes:
I keep hearing about the brutal Ga. schedule this year. Who are they playing that makes it any more brutal than the Vols? I think our schedule looks pretty darn tough.
99gator writes:
pammyvol1000
at lsu
at auburn
at south carolina
at arizona state
florida (jax)
all of these games are away from athens.
then throw in
tennessee and alabama at home.
ssukonic#254241 writes:
99gator;
Thanks for coming on here and not being a jerk like some of your brethren. Time to tee it up and really see what happens.
99gator writes:
pammyvol1000
also, of that group, they play the following in a four consecutive week stretch....
at lsu
florida (jax)
at kentucky
at auburn
WorkinLikeHeck writes:
UGA:
@Arizona State - I guess better than UCLA
@Auburn - we play them as well
Florida-neutral (get them at home)
@LSU - brutal
@South Carolina (we play them there as well
UT:
@ UCLA
@ Auburn
@ South Carolina
@ Vandy
@ UGA
I don't think UGA wins the SEC this year with those road games.
Sheepscape writes:
99,
There are always teams like Georgia that get rolling late in the year and the media adores them(while omitting they didn't even get to the conference title game) The Vols have been that team before and usually the next year is a letdown. For example the Vols finished hot in 01, but bricked into a wretched 8-5 in 02. If Georgia can pull it off, I will eat my words but like you they play tough games away from home.
WorkinLikeHeck writes:
Arizona State is UGA's first game outside of the South in a long, long time....isn't it like 30 years?
chrisw2967 writes:
99gator: the reason behind the fact your off. line isnt getting any hype is because Tebow has consumed it all , if a man didnt know any better you would think Tebow was the only player on your team. he doesnt need any linemen , hes superTimmy
99gator writes:
workin
don't know.
arizona state is supposed to be a ranked football team. ucla isn't.
don't put up at vandy. you have enough respect for fulmer that you don't expect that to be a problem.
99gator writes:
now, i will show you why florida is probably the pick to win the east.
@ tennessee
@ vandy
@ florida state
@ arkansas
georgia (jax)
diggerland17#448133 writes:
Im going 2 absolutley love it when the Vols hand Florida there 1st loss of the year in a frenzied Neyland Stadium. Georgia reminds me of the Vols a few years ago when we came n as the media darlings with all the hype only 2 suffer some injuries and a tough schedule and fall flat on our faces. The Vols r underrated this year but im sure thats ok with them. GO VOLS!!
WorkinLikeHeck writes:
UGA hasn't played a road game outside of the South since the 1960s. The ASU game is in between UGA's game @ USC and then their home game vs. Bama. The ASU game will be tougher than most expect.
99gator writes:
also, florida does not have a brutal back to back stretch.....
ex. tennessee plays florida and auburn (the two teams picked to win the division) back to back.
pammyvol1000 writes:
99G:
I can certainly see THE BIG VOLS & LSU and Auburn but-
Georgia Southern
Central Michigan
Georgia Tech
???
VolGraduate writes:
There should be a conference vs. conference tournament. The SEC would blast the other conferences. Could you imagine having McCoy, Brinkley and Spikes at linebacker...that would get nasty.
99gator writes:
pammyvol1000
everyone has a couple of cupcakes.
WorkinLikeHeck writes:
pammy, it's the road schedule where losses are probably likely to come from. Florida has the "easiest" road in conf being at Arky, at Vandy, and UGA in Jax and then at Tennessee.
Tennessee is at Auburn, at USC, at UGA, and at Vandy
UGA has at LSU, at USC, at Auburn, and Florida in Jax and then is at UK. That's pretty brutal.
99gator writes:
i'll put it this way.
i don't think there is a team in the country that would trade their schedule for georgia's.
99gator writes:
sjt18
auburn (who hates georgia something fierce) is looking for some revenge too.
brutal, absolutely brutal.
pammyvol1000 writes:
Gotcha Workin!
I live 40 minutes from Athens and I have to hear that Ruff Ruff phooey all the bleepin time. So when Tennessee rolls into town.. I will be flying my orange flags all the way down Hwy 78.
Go Vols!!
99gator writes:
sjt18
for once, we are in complete agreement.
WorkinLikeHeck writes:
CMU, QB Dan Lefevour-Tim Tebow Light
WorkinLikeHeck writes:
UGA will roll CMU....a few years ago people were calling for Boise State to give UGA a game and UGA waxed them 48-7. UGA will be ready and should win easy.
pammyvol1000 writes:
sjt
very slim possibility there.
Ga loses to
TN
LSU
FL
But as you know, anything's possible in football.
Look at Appalachian State.
ctownvol writes:
Pammy- What part of town are you in? I live in Covington.
pammyvol1000 writes:
I also wonder what kind of celebration will happen when FL scores against Ga.. fans rushing the field.. ha .. couldn't resist.
99gator writes:
sjt18
where your point is relevant is that its one more game georgia has to take seriously. they can't just start preparing for south carolina. they will actually have to prepare for central michigan (who i think they will beat handily as well)
georgia simply can't afford to lose any home games under any circumstances.
IBleedOrange444 writes:
Workin 11:42am-
It's a pre-season poll for Christ's sake! We FINISHED 1st in the East last year. If you're going to constantly bash Fulmer, and I know you are, at least try to bash him for stuff that is his fault. He can't control where the media places us in their COMPLETELY WORTHLESS pre-season poll. They didn't pick us to win the East last year either did they?
99gator 12:31pm -
Good post. Thanks for putting things in perspective.
pammyvol1000 writes:
I live in Lawrenceville off Hwy 20 close to Loganville Ct.
rootin4volz writes:
Gators suck.
pammyvol1000 writes:
sjt
I just have a good feeling that JC will come down here like Ainge and show Dawgs what The Orange is all about. It's his time to shine and all will be fine..
jmbigorange#280428 writes:
LAST NIGHT THE UGA VS USC GAME WAS ON ESPNU. THE USC D-LINE WAS DOMINATING THE UGA O-LINE. I THINK UGA LOSES 2 STARTERS OFF THAT LINE. U STOP MORENO U STOP UGA. STAFFORD DOESN'T HAVE THE RECIEVERS TO BEAT YOU PASSING IMO. THEIR D-FENSE SHOULD BE PRETTY GOOD THOUGH. IF OUR OFFENSE CAN CLICK WE SHOULD BE A PRETTY BALANCED TEAM.
Volchaz writes:
I don't think UGa can escape their brutal schedule either.
Waldorf writes:
Glad I'm not the onyl one falling for the Georia hype-fest this year.
It's not too, too far-fetched to say they coudl end September 2-3. I just don't see how they do any better than 9-3.
99gator writes:
sjt18
i am getting more worried about the georgia game for florida. can't be so focused on revenge that you forget the most important thing is to win the football game. meyer has a master's degree in psychology, so i assume the he will have their heads on straight.
but, you get revenge by winning the game. not coming up with your own unsportsmanlike celebratory move.
IBleedOrange444 writes:
I really don't want to see UGA lose any non-conference games, just hope they lose to us and enough SEC teams to put us back in the SECCG. If the Dawgs manage to lose to the Chippawas, I'll slap the sh_t out of every Georgia fan I know. On the other hand, I'd love to see UF fall flat on their face!
smokey90 writes:
Anyone know anything about Keenan Graham? Is he very interested in UT?
spvol writes:
I can only surmise that Tennessee's two first-place votes were from those "homers" Grif and Adams.
pammyvol1000 writes:
Please .. no 2 way or 3 way tie this year in the East. Tennesse beats FL and Ga..
After the last 2 years ( especially the heartbreaker in K-town), we got to smash those Gators.
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