On tap this weekend in the SEC - My Predictions

Saturday, February 27th

Kentucky at Tennessee (I'm taking Kentucky)
Vanderbilt at Arkansas (I'm taking Vandy)
Ole Miss at Alabama (I'm taking Alabama)
Florida at Georgia (I'm taking Georgia)
Miss State at South Carolina (I'm taking Miss State)
LSU at Auburn (I'm taking Auburn)
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Ole Miss 'Rebels' - Are you kidding me?

So today the Ole Miss student body will vote on whether 'they' should be apart of the process to replace the Ole Miss mascot. My understanding is that they are only considering the replacement of the over-stuff "Colonel Reb" character that was dropped 7 years ago after increased complaints from alumni and athletic department leaders. They are not voting to replace the association with the 'rebel' concept! That, my friend, is my 'are you kidding me?' statement!

In my opinion, and this may make Ole Miss fans hate me, the entire Rebel association and concept should me revamped. Not only does this concept hurt recruiting in athletics, it hurts recruiting of new students period. While many of the kids that are of college age don't care what the rebel term and flag stands for, their parents do.

The state of Mississippi as a whole still has a HUGE image problem throughout this country. Don't believe me, just walk-up to any one of your friends and family, and tell them you are thinking about moving to Mississippi and see what they say. This association with Rebels only fosters this image issue. I'm not blaming Ole Miss for the states image issue, I'm simply saying this backwards thinking only contributes to it. Embracing a new concept at the University of Mississippi would go along way in telling the country that we have moved on. Bottom line, the Rebel and its animated mascot should go!
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On Tap this week in the SEC - My Predictions

What a terrible weekend of predictions 3 - 3, worst week yet. Need a good week to turn it around.
Lock in, Let's Go!!!

Tuesday, February 23rd
Tennessee at Florida (I'm taking Florida)

Wedneday, February 24th
Arkansas at LSU (I'm taking Arkansas)
Auburn at Ole Miss (I'm taking Ole Miss)
Alabama at Mississippi State (I'm taking Miss State)

Thursday, February 25th
Georgia at Vanderbilt (I'm taking Vandy)
South Carolina at Kentucky (I'm taking Kentucky)

On tap this weekend in the SEC - My Predictions

The game many of us have been waiting for will take place Saturday at 5:00pm Central, Kentucky at Vanderbilt. I'm picking Vanderbilt to win this game even though they are coming off of a "so so" performance at Ole Miss. Kentucky has not been playing it's best ball either, so who really knows how this will end up. I think Kentucky's lack of a half-court offense and Vanderbilt's size in the paint will give the edge to Vandy. (not to mention that super strange bench set up that seems to give all coaches fits).

Other games of interest that will be tight to the end: Tennessee at South Carolina and Arkansas at Auburn

Saturday, February 20th
Florida at Ole Miss (I'm taking Ole Miss) WRONG
Tennessee at South Carolina (I'm taking Tennessee) CORRECT
Alabama at Georgia (I'm taking Georgia) CORRECT
Mississippi State at LSU (I'm taking Miss State) CORRECT
Kentucky at Vanderbilt (I'm taking Vanderbilt) WRONG
Arkansas at Auburn (I'm taking Arkansas) WRONG