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Alabama - Duh.  They have four games basically, at Florida, at Auburn, LSU, and at A&M.  And yes,they could lose one somewhere, but I doubt it, 8-0.

A&M - Favorable slate, Bama and Auburn at home, at LSU.  My notion is 6-2.

LSU - At Bama, but the other tougher teams at home, so 7-1.

Auburn - I see four losses for them, first year coach and all, 4-4.

UGA - Two games, at Auburn and Florida, I predict 7-1, probably a close loss to Clemson to boot.

Florida - Bama at home, At LSU and UGA, Two losses.

I didn't call it a cake walk.  They could lose a game obviously, I don't think they will.

Alabama imo has a fairly difficult schedule. To start with the games with Florida, A&M, and Auburn are on the road. It is not easy going into Gainesville and College Station and winning. It will be 150 degrees and 100,000 fans screaming like banshees. Also weird things happen in Auburn. Unlike you, I think Miami and Ole Miss are challenges and I saw some publication thinks Mississippi State is a top 10 team. Alabama's schedule is far more than a cake walk.

Miami and Ole Miss and Miss State might be challenges for, say, Arkansas.  They're not challenges to Alabama.

If Auburn isn't about 100x better than last year, they're no challenge either.

Alabama slaughtered A&M's  best team since 2012 last year and the ags are going to take a pretty big step back this year with losses of their veteran QB and almost their entire o-line which was the strength of the team last year.  

I don't know what Florida lost or kept from last year but they're usually pretty good.  So it looks to be a one-game regular season for the Tide.  I'm not really knocking the schedule, it's just a testament to the strength of your team, that the schedule is weak by comparison.

LSU was atrocious last year.  How am I disrespecting them by discounting them?

Lots of people think the ags will take a step back this year.  CincyDawg already stated as such on this thread and others.  I'm hardly the only one.  I'm not "disrespecting" their last year's team, which was actually quite good.  Much better than the ag fans I know actually expected, because they despised Mond, and didn't ever give him any credit.  Once he finally had a good oline and wasn't running for his life on every play, he played well.  But he, and almost that entire oline, are gone now.  I think it's silly NOT to expect them to take a step back.  I expect Texas' offense to take a step back as well, for similar reasons.

And yeah, I expect some of the younger Longhorn fans will chant SECSECSEC this year.  But I suspect we'll hear it a lot more from fans of OPPOSING teams, mocking us if/when they beat us.

Those will only be competitive games if Alabama allows them to be.  That's where your team is right now.  I'm sure you enjoy it, I know I would.

I keep waiting for bamajoe to say "Rat Poison!" 

Depends on how you're discounting them.  If you're expecting them to be anything like as bad as last year, you're almost certainly wrong.  If your point is they're not as good as Alabama, you're almost certainly right. 

I don't expect LSU to challenge Alabama or anyone else for the SEC title this year.