Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:53:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Charles Hayes <cbbf2002 AT yahoo DOT com>


Out On A Limb-- SEC 2006 Review
 
Rating the SEC
 
 1. Florida.  The SEC stats were not great. Given an
outstanding head coach and a month to prepare you have
a repeat of 1992 Alabama.
 
 2. LSU. The Tigers led the SEC only stats in both
offense and defense. Should have won the national
championship.

 3. Arkansas.  Had a very good streak, but lost the
last three games. The offensive average was 358
yds/game in SEC games for both 2005 and 2006. The
defense was third in SEC games for 2006. 
 
 4. Georgia.  The Georgia offense slipped a lot
 this year. The defense was great. Win over auburn
gets them 4th rank.

 5. Auburn. The offensive line had problems and the
receivers had a subpar year.  Auburn was 10th in SEC
offense. Two spectacular upsets over LSU and florida
saved the season. 
 
 6. Tennessee. Ninth in offense and ninth in defense,
but a tough SEC schedule
 
 7. South Carolina.  SEC stats looked mediocre, but
they had Spurrier.

 8. Alabama. Outgained 10 of 12 opponents in total
offense yards and still lost six games. No senior
starters on the offensive line made it difficult to
rush for touchdowns in the red zone. 

 9. Kentucky. Terrible defense for the second year in
a row, but the offense was second to LSU in SEC games.

 10. Vanderbilt. Fairly good offense, leaky
 defense. The Commodores continue to improve.

 11. Miss State. The defense was respectible,
 but but the offense faltered.
 
 12. Mississippi. Weakest offense in the SEC, but hope
for the future.
 
           Total Offense SEC games only. 
                Yds/game    
  1. LSU          391.7     
  2. Kentucky     364.1    
  3. Arkansas     358.1    
  4. Florida      349.2     
  5. Vanderbilt   347.1     
  6. Georgia      341.1     
  7. South Caro   340.4     
  8. Alabama      331.0     
  9. Tennessee    318.7    
 10. Auburn       284.0     
 11. Miss State   268.0     
 12. Mississippi  246.6     
 
            Total Defense SEC games only.
                 Yds/game  
  1. LSU          259.7     
  2. Georgia      284.6     
  3. Arkansas     290.0     
  4. Alabama      296.3     
  5. Florida      301.8     
  6. Auburn       317.6     
  7. Miss State   318.1     
  8. South Caro   332.9
  9. Tennessee    344.7
 10. Mississippi  356.6 
 11. Vanderbilt   367.4     
 12. Kentucky     442.8    
 
 (Total offense)/(Total Defense) ratio.
                   2005  2006  2007pre
  1. LSU           1.36  1.51  1.30
  2. Auburn        1.31  0.89  1.04 
  3. Alabama       1.26  1.12  1.17
  4. Georgia       1.16  1.20  1.21
  5. Arkansas      1.11  1.23  1.07
  6. Florida       1.10  1.16  1.15
  7. Tennessee     1.06  0.92  1.07
  8. Vanderbilt    0.91  0.94  0.76
  9. South Caro    0.84  1.02  0.90
 10. Miss State    0.77  0.84  0.85
 11. Mississippi   0.76  0.69  0.65
 12. Kentucky      0.66  0.82  0.90