But first up was Mizzou coach Gary Pinkel. To say Mizzou exceeded expectations last year is a massive understatement. No one outside of the Show Me state picked this team to go to the SEC Championship game after a lack-luster inaugural season in the SEC. They fell short against Auburn in the SEC Championship game, but a 12-2 season certainly ain't bad.
"In the last 7 years, we're the 8th winningest BCS program in the country," Pinkel boasted. I don't know if that's true, but if it is, it's damn impressive. The SEC East looks to be a 4 horse race between South Carolina, Georgia, Mizzou, and Florida. Maty Mauk has some big shoes to fill at QB, and Mizzou has lost a lot of talent, but I wouldn't bet against Mizzou making some noise again.
LSU Coach Les Miles took the podium and he did not disappoint. He started off his rant talking about the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and it's hard to do his rant justice by trying to analyze it, so please take a few minutes go to Saturday Down South at the length below and watch the video.
http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/lsu-football/les-miles-soccer/
Miles also stated that LSU enjoys the style of people that come in there and are ultimately involved with his team. I'll just say this, LSU fans are never boring.
When Miles was asked about his family vacation to Austin, TX, he responded by saying, "It was miserable. I hated it. But it was great fun." Rust Cohle was not happy with those comments.
LSU is going to win a minimum of 9 games, so they're going to have another successful season. Les Miles somehow wins football games. No one knows how he does it, but all that matters is that he does. Trick plays and wacky endings are just part of the Les Miles era, and fortunately for LSU fans, luck has been on their side.
Last up was Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema. The Hogs season last year was a disaster, going 3-9 overall and 0-8 in the SEC. Bret wants to build a big, physical, downhill running team, just like he did at Wisconsin. Everyone knows though that is going to take time, but the question remains whether Arkansas is going to give him 6 full years, his contract length, to get this program back to respectability.
Bielema along with Saban were both advocates for slowing up the game...based on player safety. No one believed that, but nice try guys. Bielema indicated he and Malzahn buried the hatchet after their frosty exchange last year, but they likely won't be sharing Sunday supper anytime soon.
Better than Bret though was that all of his players there today to show team unity wore bow ties. Offensive Lineman Brey Cook though took it up notch by wearing....Superman cuff links. He was asked about why he wore them and said because his grandmother picked them out for him. True story.
Arkansas is going to have another uphill battle, but hopefully for Razorback fans they'll improve on their 3-8 season, because if they don't Bret might not even get to a 3rd season.
Tomorrow is the final day of SEC Media Days with UGA, Ole Miss, Bama, and Kentucky rounding out the week. You can bet most of fans there will be rushing Richt and Freeze to hurry up and get off the stage so Saban can bestow his wisdom upon the great state of Alabama.
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