Click here for linkWe’re down to single digits. Fourteen SEC teams and fourteen burning questions.
#9 – Can Kevin Sumlin win in the SEC?
I hate to be blunt, that that’s the deal.
Sumlin acquitted himself well as head man of the Houston Cougars where he amassed a 35-17 record in four years. Sumlin also had use of Case Keenum for three of those four years. Keenum only played in three games of the 2010 season before being lost for the remainder of the season with a knee injury, but in his three full years, the Cougs won 8, 10 and 13 games. In his injury marred season, they stumbled backward to a 5-7 mark.
It’s also worth noting that Keenum threw for over 19,000 yards (no, that’s not a typo) and 155 touchdowns.
How did the NFL reward this stat king? By not drafting him. That’s right. The pros essentially hung a gimmick label on the offense of Keenum and Sumlin.
Texas A&M, however, liked what they saw in Sumlin and hired themselves a football coach.
A&M is coming off of a 9-4 season in which they beat Northwestern in some sort of no-name bowl.
Things could have been much better, though. The Aggies lost leads against two top five teams (Arkansas and Oklahoma State) and lost two overtimes games (Missouri and Kansas State). That all spells a heartbreaking season for A&M fans....