Five credentialed media members think Vanderbilt will win the SEC Championship. Now that's a hot take. 

We can't match that boldness – or, is lunacy a better word? – but we do have a few against-the-grain SEC football predictions. Call them lukewarm preseason takes.

On today's episode, hosts Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams offer their predictions that swim upstream against the votes cast at last week's SEC Media Days.

From the last-place debate in the SEC West to the SEC East's sleeper team to a quarterback being overlooked, we've got thoughts that don't subscribe to group-think.

Later in the episode, an unpacking of Nick Saban's unusual philosophy on expectations creating disappointment, and Lane Kiffin swaps Portal King for Irony King.

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