SEC Football: 3 teams that might underachieve in 2019

SEC football is the highest level of college sports in the country. However, some teams will fail to live up to expectations. Who will underachieve?

College football is all about perception. When SEC football teams play against each other, everyone has a take on which team is better. They will bring up proven players, statistics, recruiting rankings and just about anything they can to prove their point.

However, the game decides it all. With 12 games in a regular season, so much falls upon each team’s 720 minutes on the clock each season. Potential washes away. People forget about how many stars you earned as a recruit. You either win or lose 12 games, and that determines your fate.

With so much of the season relying on 12 wins or losses, margin of error is incredibly small. Things like strength of schedule, minor injury, and timing can determine whether or not coaches keep their jobs, teams make bowl games, and so much more.

As the season plays out, some expectations become too daunting for teams. We all can remember a case where a conference frontrunner turned out to have a bad season. If it is not the story of the frontrunner, it is the story of the team in the middle of the pack who falls behind the others because of a few losses they hoped would be wins.

As the expectations begin to be set for the 2019 SEC football season, here are some teams I could see failing to meet them. Some are because of scheduling, some are because the expectations are too high to begin with, and some are simply because I’m not sure if the team is as good as perceived.