It's funny how those pecker heads come around, isn't it? They act like they've been good since they started a program, and some of their dorks think that they'd be 9-3 in a full SEC schedule. Hilarious.
9-3 is a full slate.
Let's see, play 4 patsy home games like most SEC schools. That's 4-0.
So then, playing an SEC East slate:
Probable Wins: Vandy, Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina, Missouri, Arkansas, Ole Miss
Probable Loss: UGA, Alabama
Toss-Up: Florida, Auburn, Mississippi State, LSU, A&M
I think that's a pretty reasonable take on the state of the SEC right now. They've got a couple of spectacular teams, a few pretty good ones, and a bunch of mediocre to downright bad. We can probably quibble over a couple of my picks, and certainly there's a question of depth with injuries over the course of that season, but we wouldn't be playing that schedule in a vacuum without having the SEC tag for recruiting.
That's 4-2 to 5-1 in the division, so the rest depends on your cross-overs. If it's Arkansas, Ole Miss, and Mississippi State, we might be 3-0. If it's Alabama, LSU, and Auburn, we might be 1-2 or 0-3 even. There's some definite variation depending on who you get. (Obviously, this is resulting in a 13 game schedule since we don't know how the SEC would shuffle the conference schedule in this theoretical reality).
Anyway, that's pretty much at worst an 8-5 year assuming you draw the 3 toughest opponents from the West. It's more likely 9-4 to 10-3. Again, on a theoretical 13-game schedule. I suppose you could reduce the OOC by 1 to have a 12 game schedule.
Maybe you should Go F Yourself, and take your conversation back to your NAIA D3 program's board. Your would have a losing season EVERY SINGLE YEAR if you played a Power 5 schedule.
Nah, I mean we bent ACC runner-up Pitt over last year. I'll be utterly shocked if we don't do that again here in a few weeks. We would be favored against every ACC team not named Clemson.
In the Big Ten, I'd expect to be a dog to Ohio State, Wisconsin, and maybe Michigan and Penn State. Hard to say on those latter two. Iowa and Michigan St. probably toss-up type games. Favored to beat everyone else.
In the PAC, I'd expect to be dogs against Washington, Oregon, and maybe USC (seem to be improving with their new OC). Wazzu and Utah probably toss-ups based on their recent seasons and projections for this year. Certainly favored against everyone else.
And in the Big 12, I'd say we're dogs to Texas and OU. Toss-up with OSU and TCU, favored against everyone else.
Let me know where you think I'm wrong.