2009 season begins: Week 1 Game Week

It's finally here. It's time to strike up the band, wind up the cheerleaders, set the DVR's and put on the pads. 2009 is here.

It's all new and fresh. Everyone is #1 and undefeated. Everyone has a shot at their conference championship. Soon their will be grunts, screams and tears. Week by week teams will fall by the wayside. Some will get back up and make it a season to remember. Others might never fall and finish on top of the world.

It remains to be seen how the Rebels will fare this year. Soon we will find out.

Hotty Toddy: Are you ready?

Scratch off a few more teams

Here are teams that need to schedule one or two out of conference games for 2009.

Update- A source inside Kansas State Athletics says that KSU will not play Ole Miss.

SEC West, the Big XII of 2009?

I was looking through my new SI when I found SI's top 10 for 2009. I was excited that Ole Miss is #6 and ranked the highest in my lifetime. But then I realized that the SEC owns almost 50% of the SI's Top 10. There are four SEC teams in the top 10. (Florida, Alabama, Ole Miss, LSU) What's even more amazing is that the SEC West has three of the four SEC teams in the Top 10. Is there another division or even conference that can match up with the SEC West?

We all know the hype around the Big XII South this year. The hype stopped when the Big XII South went 1-3 in post season. Everyone assumed the Big XII South was the best division in college football. Of course they were wrong. Let's up this time the pundits have it right!

Early 2009 predictions

It's already started. Minutes after the National Championship game, pundits started the punditry. So now that the insanity has started where does Ole Miss land in all of the projections? Below are a couple. I'll post more when they become available.

Chicago Tribune:
1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma State
4. Alabama
5. Oklahoma
6. USC
7. Ole Miss
8. Iowa
9.Penn State
10. Utah

Orlando Sentinel:
1. Florida
2. Oklahoma
3. USC
4. Texas
5. Oklahoma State
6. Ole Miss
7. Virginia Tech
8. Alabama
9. Ohio State
10. LSU

SI:
(1) Florida
(2) Texas
(3) USC
(4) Oklahoma
(5) Alabama
(6) Ole Miss
(7) Oklahoma State
(8) Utah
(9) LSU
(10) Virginia Tech

Both Herbstreet and Cowherd have us in their preseason Top 10.

2009 Schedule ?

Who will the Rebels play in 2009. As of now we only have two of the four Out of Conference foes selected. (@ Memphis & UAB). The SEC schedule for 2009 is as follows:
Away games -Vandy, USC, Auburn and MSU
Home games- Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama and LSU

Here are some universities with open dates in 2009:

Akron
Arizona (BCS)
Ark. State
Ball St.
BC (BCS)
BYU
CAL (BCS)
Central Mich
Colorado St.
Duke (BCS)
Eastern Mich
Florida Atlantic
Florida St. (BCS)
Fresno St.
Houston
Idaho
Illinois (BCS)
Indiana (BCS)
Iowa (BCS)
Kansas (BCS)
Kansas St. (BCS)
Louisiana Lafayette
Louisiana Monroe
La Tech
Louisville (BCS)
Miami (BCS)
Michigan (BCS)
Minn (BCS)
New Mexico State
North Texas
Northern Illinois
Ohio
Oklahoma (BCS)
Oklahoma State (BCS)
Rutgers (BCS)
San Diego State
UCLA (BCS)
Utah
UTEP
UVA
Virginia Tech
Wash St.
Western KY
Western Mich

What's your two favorites?