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SEC asked and answered
After our week one overreactions, let’s get back to questions and answers for the SEC teams based on our power poll. Deal? Deal.
Alabama Crimson Tide logo1) Alabama (2-0; vs. Southern Miss): Do the Tide need to name a full-time starting quarterback? Certainly not before this week’s massacre with Southern Miss, who had fallen faster than any program anywhere until Vandy took a step off the Empire State Building with lead boots and steel pants. That said, there shouldn’t even be a controversy at this point considering Blake Sims is ranked No. 6 in the country in pass efficiency.
2) Auburn (2-0; off Saturday): Are the Tigers ready to face the toughest schedule in the country? We think so. After two warm-up blowouts against SEC-foe Arkansas and San Jose State – less-talented foes, but hardly FCS schools – the Tigers take Saturday off before facing No. 19 Kansas State on the road Sept. 18. It’s the first of seven dates for Auburn against teams ranked in the top 25. And the offense – ranked No. 13 nationally in yards after two weeks and seventh in the country in rushing (330 yards per game) – looks every bit ready for the challenge.
3) Georgia (1-0; at South Carolina): How will the Bulldogs handle being told how they great they are for two weeks after smashing Clemson in the opener? That will be the biggest challenge heading into the SEC East-shaping match-up in Columbia, especially considering how the Gamecocks got thrashed by Texas A&M and had to hold on against East Carolina.