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SEC Power Rankings: Football Season Is Nearly Upon Us
The season will be shortly upon us and so will the evaluations once the results are in and the favorites and underdogs have an opportunity to showcase their strengths.
The quarterback position is clearly a team’s strength or weakness and the 2016 Ole Miss Rebels will be a factor in every game this season simply because of Chad Kelly.
Here’s a look at the season openers with the marquee game in Orlando with our Ole Miss Rebels taking on Phil Steele’s number one team in America…Florida State.
Here is a schedule of SEC football games for September 1 to 5, 2016.
Thursday, September 1
South Carolina at Vanderbilt – 7:00 p.m. CT
Saturday, September 3
Missouri at West Virginia – 11:00 a.m. CT
Southern Alabama at Mississippi State – 11:00 a.m. CT
UCLA at Texas A&M – 2:30 p.m. CT
LSU vs. Wisconsin in Green Bay, Wisconsin – 2:30 p.m. CT
Lousiana Tech at Arkansas – 3:00 p.m. CT
Georgia vs. North Carolina in Atlanta, Georgia – 5:30 p.m. CT
Alabama vs. USC in Arlington, Texas – 7:00 p.m. CT
Appalachian State at Tennessee – 7:30 p.m. CT
Southern Mississippi at Kentucky – 7:30 p.m. CT
University of Massachusetts at Florida – 7:30 p.m. CT
Clemson at Auburn – 8:00 p.m. CT
Monday, September 5
Ole Miss at Florida State in Orlando, Florida – 7:00 p.m. CT
There are two games of special interest from our viewpoint on September 10. They are Arkansas at TCU and Tennessee vs. VA Tech in Bristol.
Next week we will analyze the Florida State opener. You may be quite surprised with our prediction!
Steve Vassallo is a HottyToddy.com contributor. Steve writes on Ole Miss athletics, Oxford business, politics and other subjects. He is an Ole Miss grad and former radio announcer for the basketball team. Currently, Steve is a highly successful leader in the real estate business who lives in Oxford with his wife Rosie. You can contact Steve at sovassallo@gmail.com or call him at 985-852-7745.
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| Mon, Nov 4 |  | vs Long Island University | W, 90-60 |
| Fri, Nov 8 |  | vs Grambling | W, 66-64 |
| Tue, Nov 12 |  | vs South Alabama | W, 64-54 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Colorado State | W, 84-69 |
| Thu, Nov 21 |  | vs Oral Roberts | L, 100-68 |
| Thu, Nov 28 |  | vs BYU | W, 96-85 OT |
| Fri, Nov 29 |  | vs 13 Purdue | L, 80-78 |
| Tue, Dec 3 |  | @ Louisville | W, 86-63 |
| Sat, Dec 7 |  | vs Lindenwood | W, 86-53 |
| Sat, Dec 14 |  | vs Southern Miss | W, 77-46 |
| Tue, Dec 17 |  | vs Southern | W, 74-61 |
| Sat, Dec 21 |  | vs Queens University | W, 80-62 |
| Sat, Dec 28 |  | @ Memphis | L, 87-70 |
| Sat, Jan 4 |  | vs Georgia | W, 63-51 |
| Wed, Jan 8 |  | @ 23 Arkansas | W, 73-66 |
| Sat, Jan 11 |  | vs LSU | W, 77-65 |
| Tue, Jan 14 |  | @ 5 Alabama | W, 74-64 |
| Sat, Jan 18 |  | @ 17 Mississippi State | L, 81-84 |
| Wed, Jan 22 |  | vs 13 Texas A&M | L, 62-63 |
| Sat, Jan 25 |  | @ Missouri | 5:00 PM SECN |
| Wed, Jan 29 |  | vs Texas | 8:00 PM ESPN2 |
| Sat, Feb 1 |  | vs 2 Auburn | 3:00 PM TBA |
| Tue, Feb 4 |  | vs 10 Kentucky | 6:00 PM ESPN |
| Sat, Feb 8 | | @ LSU | 7:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 12 |  | @ South Carolina | 6:00 PM SECN |
| Sat, Feb 15 | | vs 17 Mississippi State | 5:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Feb 22 |  | @ Vanderbilt | 2:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 26 | | @ 2 Auburn | 6:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 1 |  | vs 12 Oklahoma | 1:00 PM TBA |
| Wed, Mar 5 |  | vs 1 Tennessee | 8:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 8 |  | @ 6 Florida | 5:00 PM SECN |