Mark My Word 2022

[Auctoritas 2,826]

As a rule, I never do MMW for us, on account of how big a jinx I believe I am. Instead, I will do MMWs for our competition - the SEC by division and in alphabetical order

MMW - Steve Sarkesian makes it two in a row for Saban assistants beating their former boss, UTx edges Bama in 2OT in week 2.

MMW - Arkansas remains in the hunt for winning the West the entire season, only to lose at Mizzou at the end of the year, which drops them to 3rd.

MMW - By week 5, LSU is in a bind a QB as both Daniels and Nussmeier are injured. Nussmeier plays through but not well and Brian Kelly's first season is a 6-6 slog but with a win over a top 10 team.

MMW - Mike Leach continues his wizardry and MSU hosts gameday in week 6 vs Arkansas

MMW - Ole Miss breezes through the first part of their schedule, gets overranked, and then drops 4 of their last 5.

MMW - aTm loses in week 4 (vs Arky), 5 (letdown vs MSST), and 6 (Bama).

MMW - Florida does not beat UGA, but wins the East.

MMW - Stetson Bennett gets hurt early in the season and can't return in time for the USCe game, and UGA drops the game to the Crackalackys

MMW - Remember UF winning the East? Its because UGA drops a game to UK too.

MMW - Mizzou pulls off an upset vs a top 25 team to be bowl eligible at 6-6

MMW - USCe's Spencer Rattler gets a signature win before fading down the stretch, and doesn't finish the season due to injury.

MMW - Tennessee is knocked out of the East title race after giving Bama a scare, beating UK, and then losing to UGA.

MMW - Vanderbilt gives the SEC its first win of the year beating Hawai'i in Week 0.

 

Edited August 18, 2022 by Auctoritas

[Hamma 62]

Mark my word, CBH is named SEC Coach of the Year.

[aubiefifty 16,699]

On 8/17/2022 at 1:11 PM, bigbird said:

MMW:

Top 3 SEC defense 

Zero 1000 yard receiver, but instead have three 750 yard receivers.

Hall and Leota have double digit sacks.

Schmed wins the Broyals award 

The youth on the OL begin to take over by the end of the year.

We avg 1 Int/gm 

We have 2 shutouts 

We beat LSU in back to back years 

We embarrass Miss ST

Arkansas finishes 2nd in the west 

Tennessee wins the East 

Along with CBH, we create vertical alignment with the new the president and new AD 

We finish top 15 in recruiting, flipping 3 players in doing so 

Jimbo loses 4 and TAMU's $ begins grumbling loudly 

thats bold talk for a one eyed fat man..........grins

[im4aual 486]

Mark My Word: At some point this season, Bo Nix will be mentioned as a Heisman contender.

Mark My Word: Georgia will have three losses, bama two, A & M four

Mark My Word: Anders Carlson wins the Groza Award and kicks us to a win in Athens.

[Auctoritas 2,826]

24 minutes ago, im4aual said:

Mark My Word: At some point this season, Bo Nix will be mentioned as a Heisman contender.

But is he loose? Having fun?

[bigbird 60,368]

53 minutes ago, aubiefifty said:

thats bold talk for a one eyed fat man..........grins

That's not a one-eyed fat man your staring into...

[bigbird 60,368]

10 minutes ago, Auctoritas said:

But is he loose? Having fun?

Did you know he attended the championship game?

[aubiefifty 16,699]

2 minutes ago, bigbird said:

That's not a one-eyed fat man your staring into...

well that shut me up.....lol

[autigeremt 6,569]

MMW

 

1. Auburn wins 10 games

2. Alabama loses 2

3. Tank has 1,250 yards rushing

4. All four QB's play, but only two start. 

[Eagle-1 3,821]

9 hours ago, Mikey said:

That would likely be true. If talent turned out to be the reason AU wins 8-9 games we all know said talent didn't come from Harsin's recruiting.

I think it's high time you realize that Harsin has upgraded the talent in almost every position room since he's been here. 

Do I have to actually lay it out for you, or can you research it yourself?

I'll help you a little.

DL- upgrade 

WR- major upgrade 

Edge- upgrade 

Secondary- upgrade 

QB- though we lost Nix it's overall still an upgrade 

RB- upgrade 

 

 

 

 

 

[PoetTiger 1,896]

MMW -

Tank is a Heisman finalist. 

A receiver has a Ronney Daniel’s explosion and Auburn upsets UGA in Athens. 
 

Defense is top 3 in SEC.

[The lions roar 119]

MMW

While watching Auburn football on TV my wife will strongly infer that I have had at least 1 too many alcohol beverages to deal with the stress,

[tigerman1186 537]

MMW….

Bruce and the boys will win in Lexington this year…..

Gymnastics team will win the NCAA title….

Baseball and softball teams will get to Omaha and Oklahoma….….….…

Finally the Tigers will pull a 2013 and get to the title game and beat Bo and Oregon….

[meh130 1,043]

In 2013 my MMW was we would win the West.

Here is what I believe for 2022:

Our OL has its best season in years.

We do not have a "Georgia State" (or Jax State, or Utah State, pick you year) game where a patsy nearly beats us.

Our defense exceeds expectations at every position, keeping us in games and contributing to wins. This surprises the national press.

We win far more than expected, but we drop a stupid game (Mizzou or Miss State).

We scare the crap out of Bama in Tuscaloosa. Bama likely drops a game prior to their Iron Bowl scare. Bama still wins the West, but this leads to discussions about Bama's dynasty being over.

Georgia drops a stupide game, either Tennessee or Florida.

We end up 8-4 but it feels like 9-3.

We win our bowl game, for a change.

The SEC does not win the CFP national championship. Ohio State does.

Auburn is seen as rising, kind of like Arkansas right now. This provides a boost in recruiting.

[Mikey 16,550]

3 hours ago, Eagle-1 said:

I think it's high time you realize that Harsin has upgraded the talent in almost every position room since he's been here. 

Do I have to actually lay it out for you, or can you research it yourself?

I'll help you a little.

DL- upgrade 

WR- major upgrade 

Edge- upgrade 

Secondary- upgrade 

QB- though we lost Nix it's overall still an upgrade 

RB- upgrade 

 

 

 

 

 

Every one of those positions is anchored by players that were here when Harsin arrived.

[Hank2020 3,195]

9 hours ago, Mikey said:

Every one of those positions is anchored by players that were here when Harsin arrived.

If thats true just shows how much he has improved what he inherited. 

[bigbird 60,368]

10 hours ago, Mikey said:

Every one of those positions is anchored by players that were here when Harsin arrived.

Like Eku, Jayson, Marcus, Scott, Kaufman, bridges, Camden, Jarquez, Damari, etc... 

[Mikey 16,550]

1 minute ago, bigbird said:

Like Eku, Jayson, Marcus, Scott, Kaufman, bridges, etc...

No, like Hall, Wooden, Dawson, S. Jackson, Pappoe, Riley, Steiner, Pritchett, Simpson, Bigsby, the entire starting O-line,....need I go on?

[Mikey 16,550]

1 hour ago, Hank2020 said:

If thats true just shows how much he has improved what he inherited. 

Improved them into AU's first losing season in eight years. Yeppers, that's a big step up right there.

[bigbird 60,368]

2 hours ago, Mikey said:

No, like Hall, Wooden, Dawson, S. Jackson, Pappoe, Riley, Steiner, Pritchett, Simpson, Bigsby, the entire starting O-line,....need I go on?

Why would you?   You just proved that about half the starters were brought in by CBH. Therefore disproving your initial assessment. Thanks.

 

It's amazing that players with less than a 9-12 months on campus have supplanted all that quality depth.

[Barnacle 9,064]

23 hours ago, Auctoritas said:

MMW - Ole Miss breezes through the first part of their schedule, gets overranked, and then drops 4 of their last 5.

This would be a very, very Ole Miss thing to do. 

[Auctoritas 2,826]

20 minutes ago, Barnacle said:

This would be a very, very Ole Miss thing to do. 

It was honestly the easiest of the MMWs to come up with.  

[gr82b4au 5,568]

MMW

It takes 3-4 games before the QB quandary is settled.
Auburn beats LSU on a last second FG, sending them into a tailspin. 
The AU defense is top 10 nationally  

Every AU fan will need a sedative as most games will come down to the last drive. 

 

 

[AUAlumnTN 211]

27 minutes ago, gr82b4au said:

Every AU fan will need a sedative

Let's be honest, you can say this pretty much every year.

[Win4AU 4,052]

MMW Non Auburn related

FSU beats LSU in week 2 and it may not be close

Oregon either loses to UGA in a very close game  or beats UGA and runs the table in the PAC 12.  Bo will be a darkhorse

South Carolina comes out of nowhere to finish 2nd in the East