1999 SALLAS SEC REVIEW
SEC East
1. Florida: 9-2,
7-1
(Sallas April 99 prediction... 11-0 and East champ)
2. Tennessee: 9-2, 6-2
(Sallas April 99 prediction... 9-2 and East 2nd)
3. Georgia: 7-4,
5-3
(Sallas April 99 prediction... 8-3 and East 3rd)
4. Kentucky: 6-5, 4-4
(Sallas April 99 prediction... 4-7 and East 5th)
5. Vandy: 5-6, 2-6
(Sallas April 99 prediction... 2-9 and East last)
6. South
Carolina: 0-11, 0-8
(Sallas April 99 prediction... 5-6 and East 4th, I blew that one!)
SEC West
1. Bama: 9-2, 7-1
(Sallas April 99 prediction... 9-2 and West champ)
2. Miss St: 9-2, 6-2
(Sallas April 99 prediction... 6-5 and West 4th)
3. Ole Miss: 7-4, 4-4
(Sallas April 99 prediction... 7-4 and West 3rd)
4. Arkansas: 7-4, 4-4
(Sallas April 99 prediction... 8-3 and West 2nd)
5. Auburn: 5-6, 2-6
(Sallas April 99 prediction... 4-7 and West last)
6. LSU: 3-8, 1-7
(Sallas April 99 prediction... 4-7 and West 5th)
Individual awards in my opinion...
East MVP: Dusty
Bonner, Kentucky. Florida has good subs
at every position. Tee Martin is very
valuable but UT would still win without him I think. Georgia has just been a disappointment. I don't think Kentucky would be bowl eligible without this
guy. This makes a UK QB the East MVP
for the second year I think.
West MVPs: Shawn
Alexander/Bama OL. No contest
here. These guys were definitely the
most valuable players in the West I think.
Best defense: Miss
St. UT was close but their meltdown at
Arkansas put them second. Miss St was
in every game this year due to a great defense.
Best QB: Tough
choice. Dusty Bonner, Tee Martin, and
Clint Stoerner stand above the rest to me.
Quincy Carter, Romaro Miller, and Doug Johnson are maybe more talented
but underachieved this season I think.
I think you have to go with Dusty Bonner again. The guy is #1 in the SEC in passing average
per game, pass efficiency, AND total offense.
I know
about Mumme's system but that still ain't easy...
Best RB: Again
Alexander. Very interesting fact. Alexander is the ONLY back in the SEC with
1000 yards this year. Best of the
rest: Joe Gunn, Jamal Lewis, Jasper
Sanks, Deuce McCallister, and Travis Henry.
That is in order of who had the most rushing yards.
Best WR: Tough tough
choice here. The only guys to go over
1000 yards receiving were Florida's Darrel Jackson, Ronney Daniels of Auburn,
and James Whalen at UK. But then you
have to consider the top playmakers at WR in Freddie Millons, Anthony Lucas,
Kelvin Love, and Cedrick Wilson. I
think most of these guys are outstanding but the 2 youngest stick out to me in
Daniels (freshman) and Millons (sophomore).
Daniels is a big strong guy while Millons is a faster quicker guy. Millons became the big play WR Bama has been
looking for for so long. However,
Alexander was still the focus. Ronney
Daniels went over 1000 yards when he had maybe the worst QB in the SEC
quarterbacking Auburn for 5 games.
Daniels absolutely took over several games. I have to go with him as the best WR in the SEC right
now.
Best OL: Again,
Bama. There were some outstanding lines
this year. Florida and UT obviously
both have pretty good lines. But Bama's
OL stands out as the most dominating unit in the league this year.
SEC Coach of the year:
This is funny. The first name
that pops up is Mike Dubose. Yes, most
people even Bama fans give most of the credit to his staff but hey the top man
gets the blame when his staff sucks so he should get the credit when things go
right. However it is funny
because... well a friend of mine said
it best: "this guy sleeps around,
lies to his wife, family, employer, players, media, fans, etc, and he gets beat
by la tech, and he is going to be the conference coach of the year. This is surely a sign of the
apocalypse." I can't say it much
better than that. Who else deserves it? Well you always have to bring up Spurrier
and Fulmer but they fall into the trap all great coaches do. They don't win coach of the year awards
because they have so much talent so that when they lose, it always seems like
it is the coaches fault. I still gave
it to Fulmer last year. I think Fulmer
did a decent job this year but not great.
Spurrier just seemed to have problems this year, though once again it
sure is nice to have these 9-2 "down years". Florida, while awesomely talented, just
never look sharp or polished to me. I
guess the 2 guys that stand out to me with Dubose are Jackie Sherill and Hal
Mumme. However, Sherill was cemented
from last year and Mumme was OK also.
After La Tech it was a foregone conclusion that Dubose was gone. However, his team rallied and one 7 out of
their last 8 games and won the SEC West.
I
can't believe I am doing this but I gotta say Mike Dubose is
my SEC Coach of the year...
I finished the year picking all SEC games at 63-21 (75%) for the year.