Browsing through some threads since it seems to be a bit quiet before the bowl game. Found this thread to be real interesting.
Think that RxCowboy is probably dead on target when he says, SEC does not necessarily know what it has bargained for. Tend to agree fully RxCowboy.
One of the posts on this thread mentions finally playing a team with a good defense. Southern Mississippi has a pretty good defense. They won the game between the two teams, Houston and Southern Miss.
Trying my best to figure out what that has to do with Houston's head coach Sumlin. He guided his team through every game with a win. Not the strongest schedule in the country, but what the heck, don't think that UGA had the toughest schedule in the country either. Made all of us feel good about going 10-3 versus 6-7 the prior season. I can certainly understand the folks in Houston and elsewhere being excited about their football team. For sure they did not want to lose their head coach to Texas A&M. Understandable.
So we move forward another step. Texas A&M comes into the SEC and Sumlin is the head coach. Guess he is noted for putting points on the board. His team in a loss to Southern Mississippi did put 28 points on their defense. If we read everything that happened in that game, we understand that there were turnovers and other plays in the game that make most football folks not blame the coach for all of the mishaps. You folks know what I am talking about right, kind of like UGA and South Carolina in our second game of the year, or the previous year in Columbia, fumbles and such. Guess there are some things that a head coach cannot control.
Sumlin will be exposed to a lot more talent now that he is in the SEC. Pulling players from Texas to the East Coast. I think that he should not be under rated. He is a football coach and he understands that the SEC plays real good defense. It is not on Sumlin, he plays the schools that have been in line for more than one year. I would be cautious about this head coach, supposedly a terrific recruiter. All football teams play 11 men on both sides of the ball. Will be fun to watch and report back on . . . . know what I mean . . . .