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Stingray SteveStingray Steve

The loss to Kansas is the definitive end for Charlie Strong at Texas

I want to do basically what I think is the dagger in Charlie Strong's contract and job there in Texas... Kansas, the dagger in Charlie Strong's heart. Can you believe it? A new coach is now going to be at Texas and at LSU.

Charlie Strong was fired on November 26, 2016, just a few days after this game and episode.
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Stingray SteveStingray Steve

Mississippi State doesn't need to fire Dan Mullen, but the assistant coaches must be evaluated

If we do make a change, I don't think it needs to be Coach Mullen... I don't think we need to go to the extreme of getting rid of him but I think the assistant coaches need to look... he needs to take a hard look in the mirror.

Dan Mullen stayed through the 2017 season before leaving for Florida, so Steve was correct that he shouldn't/wouldn't be the one to go yet.
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Stingray SteveStingray Steve

Joe Paterno is 'looking up' proud of the Penn State Nittany Lions

Somewhere, somewhere, Joe Paterno is looking up so proud of his former team, the Penn State Nittany Lions.

A theological/humorous claim that cannot be verified.
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Stingray SteveStingray Steve

Mississippi State will beat Kentucky 31-28

Mississippi State 31, Kentucky 28.

Kentucky defeated Mississippi State 40-38 on a last-second field goal.
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Mississippi State must beat Auburn to have a chance at a bowl game

Mississippi State football because they're at home in Starkville and they have to beat Auburn to go to a bowl game I think... at 11 a.m. I'll be sitting in the stadium ringing the cowbell and hopefully helping Mississippi State beat Auburn.

Mississippi State lost to Auburn 38-14. They finished 5-7 but still went to the St. Petersburg Bowl.
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Stingray SteveStingray Steve

LSU will look like a completely different team under Coach O

I think you're actually going to see a lot of stuff, a lot of different stuff from LSU when they take the field Saturday night against Missouri.

LSU beat Missouri 42-7 in Orgeron's first game and looked revitalized, eventually winning a title under him in 2019.
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Stingray SteveStingray Steve

Mississippi State will beat UMass 35-14

I still think Mississippi State gets the W, but I think it'll be closer than the experts think. I'm going 35-14.

Mississippi State beat UMass 47-35 on September 24, 2016. He got the winner right but the score spread was closer than 35-14.
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Stingray SteveStingray Steve

Do not schedule North Dakota State because they will stomp you

Do not schedule the [Bison] because they will stomp you if you do. Add Iowa to the list of teams that have gone down to the Bison. Now Minnesota, Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, Iowa... have all been beaten and stomped on by the Bison.

NDSU has a storied history of FBS upsets, though they became less frequent as fewer top-tier teams were willing to schedule them.
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Stingray SteveStingray Steve

Alabama will beat Ole Miss because their defense isn't good

I'm going Alabama. I think they get it done. Yeah. I'm not sold on the Ole Miss defense at all.

Alabama defeated Ole Miss 48-43 on September 17, 2016.
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Stingray SteveStingray Steve

Virginia Tech will upset Tennessee at Bristol Motor Speedway

I got Virginia Tech because Appalachian State pushed Tennessee to the brink... Appalachian State should not even be on the same playing level as Tennessee. I got Virginia Tech in the upset.

Tennessee won the Battle at Bristol 45-24.
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Stingray SteveStingray Steve

The SEC is dead in 2016 except for Alabama

Do you think the stories about the SEC being dead are correct? I do, except for Alabama. because Alabama looked good last weekend against USC.

Subjective, but Alabama was the only SEC team to make the Playoff that year.
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Stingray SteveStingray Steve

Texas is back after upsetting Notre Dame

Swoops for the win. Texas is back, folks. They upset Number 10 Notre Dame. And what an amazing win for the Texas Longhorns.

Texas finished the 2016 season 5-7. They were, in fact, not back.
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Stingray SteveStingray Steve

My top five teams for 2016 are Alabama, Texas A&M, Notre Dame, Michigan, and the winner of Arkansas vs. Ole Miss

The top five in the countdown was Alabama, Texas A&M, Notre Dame, and Michigan... And then I had Arkansas Ole Miss.

Notre Dame finished 4-8, Texas A&M 8-5, and Ole Miss 5-7. Only Alabama and Michigan were truly top-tier teams.
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Stingray SteveStingray Steve

Mississippi State is going to struggle this year because Dak Prescott is gone

I'm going to say Mississippi State is going to struggle a little bit this year just simply because we don't have Dak Prescott on the field anymore for us.

Mississippi State finished the 2016 season 6-7, a step back from their 9-4 season in 2015 with Dak Prescott, though they did win the St. Petersburg Bowl.
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Stingray SteveStingray Steve

Tennessee will win the SEC East because they have the fewest question marks

Like in the SEC East, you've got to go with Tennessee just simply because they've got a lot of talent coming back and they don't have as many question marks as, say, like Georgia or Florida or anybody else.

Florida won the SEC East in 2016 with a 6-2 conference record; Tennessee finished second at 4-4 in conference play.
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Texas A&M is the sleeper team to contend in the SEC West

But I'm really intrigued, and this is possibly my sleeper team in the SEC West, Texas A&M. Nobody's talking about them. John Chavis is in his second year. I'm going sleeper team to possibly contend Texas A&M.

Texas A&M finished 8-5 (4-4 in SEC) in 2016, ending up 4th in the SEC West, well behind Alabama.
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Stingray SteveStingray Steve

Dan Mullen won't leave Mississippi State until he has another 10-win season

I think his window of opportunity for leaving went out the window the year that Mississippi State went to number one in 2014, and I think he's going to have to do something or have another 10-win season before he can leave Starkville.

Dan Mullen stayed at Mississippi State through the 2017 season (where he won 9 games) before leaving for Florida. He did not achieve another 10-win season before leaving.
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Stingray SteveStingray Steve

Ole Miss and Alabama have the meanest fan bases in the SEC

Probably Ole Miss and then secondly, Alabama. [They are the meanest in terms of feedback].

This is subjective fan experience.
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Stingray SteveStingray Steve

Everyone in the SEC cheats, but only the dumb ones get caught

And you know what everybody in the SEC says? Everybody cheats. It's just the dumb ones that get caught.

This is a subjective claim about systemic behavior that cannot be definitively proven true or false.
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Stingray SteveStingray Steve

Dak Prescott will be the Cowboys starting quarterback in about a year

I'm going to say about a year. Now, of course, if Romo gets hurt this year, then, of course, I think he may be done. But if he's not, then about a year or two.

Romo was injured in the 2016 preseason, and Dak Prescott started Week 1 of his rookie year, never giving the job back.

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