re SEC (Josh):

Good takes, this is definitely a down week for matchups in the SEC.

Saban facies his old OC Jimbo Fisher from LSU in the FSU game, while he'll go up against his old DC Will Muschamp in the Iron Bowl. Neither are said to have left on good terms with Nick, but I'm not holding my breath that any "revenge" will factor into the outcome of either games.

Tubs typically does well against Fla. but the Gators will be motivated to avenge their only loss last year in a field they've never lost in since Meyer became head coach. This one should be ugly, but this being the SEC, you can't say for sure.

And I, too, was thinking that MSU could be a trap game for Spurrier.

Geeves totally wins for creativity this week. But he should watch out... A similar article written by a writer in South Bend got a fairly nasty reception from Charlie Weis.

Guess this was just the week for poor coach-media relations.

HA! I fear not the stadium-cleaning wrath of JoePa.

I'm sorry, but it really was boneheaded coaching. That conservativeness is exactly why they're 0 for their last 9 against UM.

Yeah, Pico, I hear Saban didn't lobby too hard for Jimbo to rejoin him in Tuscaloosa. I know he got a raise from FSU but this will set his head coaching candidacy back at least a year because that offense is pretty horrible.

As for Muschamp, he's a smart enough guy but has just never gotten a defense to play at the level he did under Saban and I think Saban is the missing ingredient in that. Auburn's defenses were better under Gene Chizik. Tubs has gotten the best of Florida a few times but I think his former charges at Ole Miss did him a major disservice. Auburn upset UF last year -- that was Florida's one loss -- and Ole Miss made them look bad. I'm sure Meyer was on the warpath all week.

I'd love to see Croom get that upset, I have a lot of respect for him.

The word was that Fisher was expecting Saban to make him OC at Miami, and Saban wisely didn't offer that to him but a position coaching job, so he stayed at LSU until FSU took him off the Tigers' hands. Fisher is one helluva recruiter but his play calling can be rather bizarre at times.

Muschamp has done a reasonably good job at Auburn with arguably significantly less talent than he had at LSU. But their offense (especially Brandon Cox) is turning over the ball a lot and saddling their defense short fields to work with.

I'm kinda rooting for Croom, too. I don't know if it's going to be USC, but I feel he's got at least one more upset up his sleeve. Better watch out, it could be 'Bama ;&)

I know he hasn't had as much talent at Auburn as he did at LSU, but Chizik got more out of the defenses he coached at Auburn than Muschamp has. I don't know why it's not working. I thought it was a coup when Auburn hired him.

I think Arkansas and SCAR are more vulnerable to MSU than 'Bama, if only because they got us last year. I have a feeling we're going to be a little more prepared. Hell, Saban can't help but have this team better prepared than Shula did regardless of the opponent.

Fischer is a quintessential example of a coach who got famous on the backs of his players. He's not a brilliant tactician who got more out of his players than was there nor is he a guy who has developed a system of any note. He's got a standard offense that will succeed or fail based solely on the assembled talent. FSU doesn't have much of that on offense.

Well, I thought Muschamp did a pretty good job against that high powered Florida offense, didn't you?

Makes a big difference when the Aubie offense is not putting their defense in the hole so much.

SEC football just plain rules...

said it all already i bet you owe bookies big........