Exploring SEC Title Odds: The Impact of New Teams & Coaches

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00:00You guys seen the meme of Seinfeld when George Costanza said it's soup season.

00:18I gotta get ready or whatever the line is.

00:21That's Mark Zinno right now as we get ready for college football.

00:25It's mouth in the south season.

00:27Zinno, let's start with the SEC title odds.

00:31A realigned conference with the additions of Oklahoma and Texas, and the Longhorns have

00:36the second best price at plus 370 to win a conference crown.

00:41Georgia, the preseason favorite at plus 180.

00:44A new era in Tuscaloosa at Alabama under Kalen DeBoer, no longer Nick Saban, but a 5-1 price

00:50on the Crimson Tide.

00:52You are optimistic about LSU.

00:55Where else would you look in the conference for a bet?

00:59I mean, again, it's hard to turn away from Texas at this point in time, but their schedule

01:05does give you a little bit of pause for concern just from the standpoint of, you know, facing

01:11Georgia and having to go to A&M, you know, but I think other than that, they have a very

01:18favorable schedule from the standpoint of Michigan.

01:21I don't think it'll be as tough as many people give credit for.

01:23It's going to be a great matchup to watch in week two, but clearly they're taking a

01:27little bit of a step back.

01:28So Texas would be where I would look first when it comes to the odds.

01:33And again, what have I said for the last couple of years, even when Nick Saban was there,

01:37like Alabama at that price almost feels like an auto bet just because you never see Alabama

01:43at this price.

01:45They still have what I think at this point in time might be the most complete, you know,

01:51team overall in the SEC.

01:53And Jalen Milrow is another guy, he might be better than Carson Beck, at least for my

01:58money.

01:59We'll see.

02:00I think if he takes another step forward, that could be something that we're talking

02:02about come the middle of the season.

02:04But those are the teams that I'm looking at, Alabama and Texas, LSU, Georgia.

02:10I just have a hard time believing they're going to escape the schedule without at least

02:14two losses.

02:15I really genuinely do.

02:17It's just they haven't had to play this level of the schedule in a long time.

02:22And I don't know if they have the horses in the barn, given what they lost last year to

02:26do it.