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I think the early loss is more likely at Auburn than Florida. Florida having a great D this year is a longer shot than Auburn having a great D. Auburn ALWAYS has a great D. Their O's should produce similar results also IMO.

I disagree, respectfully. AU has a new def coord and they might be weaker in the secondary than people think. They have their playmakers, but I just don't see them pulling an '04 like season. They, too, are breaking in a new qb. While Tate is a stud TB, he's noting we're not used to seeing. UF, meanwhile, is just so deep. They lost Ingram and two of their db's, but The Swamp, Tebow, Harvin, an improved running game (Rainey is a stud, plus Moore), etc....I just giove them the edge.

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Margin is way too wide on MS St. win.

History can often tell a a lot. 15 of the last 16 have been won by us and we've scored 40 in several of them. State will have a decent team and I've got them winning 6, maybe 7 games. They and Croom are just snakebit by us, though. '05 was the only time he'd ever even been ahead of us and it was for a quarter. I just see us beating them like a drum, as usual.

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You're also underselling Ole Miss

Snead...we'll have to see. They do return a lot of starters on O and McCluster and Eason are gamers, no doubt. They also have Wallace, who has been there for 9 years it seems. Honestly, I think my pick here is a longshot...maybe it's the fact that I cannot stand Houston Nutt and believe that we repay him much like we did in '03. New team, but same Nutt.

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So I guess you're also picking Florida to win it all?

I think they lose at TN, but that's it and they play USC in the NC. I don't know if they win or not, but they have one of the more favorabole schedules. Aside from Knoxville, Tallahassee is their only other tough road game, unless you think Fayettenam gets nasty for them.