re: Losing Black, LaFell, Dickson, Scott, Williams......

Shepherd will be well rested

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7-5

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I'd say that's the good side of the range of likely outcomes. 2-2 outside of SEC play is a strong possibility, and there are really only two SEC games in which we will be clearly favored. So, the potential is there to go as badly as 4-8, although that's if every game that is in doubt goes against us. Likelihood is that about half of them will go our way, so we probably win two and lose two and finish 6-6. This will be the first time in about 10 years that we've started a season with this many (4) games that are pretty much already in the books as losses. Florida, Alabama, Ole Miss and Arkansas are games we very likely will lose. Auburn, Tennessee, West Virginia and North Carolina are games that are very much in doubt, while MSU, Vandy and the two OOC nobodies are very likely wins.

4-8 is worst case, 8-4 is best case, 6-6 splits the difference, and 7-5 is on the high side.