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Week 1 of the 2024 season is in the books, for the SEC at least, and it was an overall shaky debut for one of the nation’s premiere conferences. Though plenty of the 16 schools beat up on lesser opponents, the SEC had a more difficult time leaving an impression against more equally matched Power Four foes.
In fact, SEC teams went 1-3 against ranked opponents in Week 1. Now, to be fair, a couple of those losses were expected: unranked Florida lost at home to No. 19 Miami, and No. 20 Texas A&M had No. 7 Notre Dame locked in a defensive battle until the Irish pulled away at the end. But No. 13 LSU lost in Las Vegas to No. 23 USC as a neutral-site favorite, dropping to 0-5 in its last five season openers. And it is important to mention that Texas A&M was favored over the Irish.
Otherwise, the SEC was spotless. A majority of those wins came against either FCS or Group of Five opponents, but No. 1 Georgia handled business against No. 14 Clemson and Vanderbilt started its year off with a bang by beating Virginia Tech, earning its first win against a power conference opponent since Nov. 19, 2022.
With all 16 SEC teams kicking off their respective seasons in Week 1, there’s plenty to take away — even from the non-competitive tune-up games. Here’s the good, the bad and the ugly from each SEC program in the first week of the 2024 season.
The good: Physicality wasn’t an issue for Kalen DeBoer’s debut. Some were worried that Alabama would lose its edge when it hired DeBoer from Washington. Though Western Kentucky was…
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Author : Will Backus
Publish date : 2024-09-02 14:55:37
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