Michael Bratton/SEC Mike and Cody McClure share their thoughts on the opening weekend of the season and guess the opening lines for Week 2 games in the SEC.

Michael Bratton/SEC Mike and Cody McClure make their against the spread picks for Week 1 in the SEC.

Arkansas hosts Florida A&M game (1:10), Missouri hosts Missouri State (3:00), Mississippi State hosts Charleston Southern (4:10), Kentucky at Southern Miss (6:30), South Carolina vs NC State (9:20), Auburn hosts Georgia Southern (13:30), LSU vs BYU (15:50), Ole Miss hosts South Alabama (17:40), Vanderbilt at MTSU (20:00), Georgia hosts Appalachian State (20:55), Florida vs Michigan (23:00), Alabama vs Florida State (26:00), Texas A&M at UCLA (27:25), Tennessee vs Georgia Tech (29:15)

SEC Mike is joined by special guest Dave Bartoo of CFB Matrix (@CFBMatrix on Twitter). Bartoo joins the show to talk to talk a new stat he developed in his college football numbers lab called the schematic advantage.

Dave breaks down who he is and what he does (3:10), breaking down new schematic advantage stat (6:30), Tennessee’s major advantage in schematic advantage; ranked #8 in nation (8:20), LSU’s schematic advantage with two excellent coordinators (10:20), Auburn’s schematic advantage (14:00), Arkansas schematic advantage, why Dan Enos is SEC’s best OC (16:00), Texas A&M schematic advantage (18:50), Florida schematic advantage (20:30), talking Dabo Swinney coaching effect (23:00), Georgia’s terrible schematic advantage (23:50), what would happen if Georgia had the coordinators at Arkansas? (28:00)

Michael Bratton/SEC Mike and Cody McClure talk legitimate SEC contenders that could lose Week 1 (1:20), logic behind coaches refusing to name starting QBs (9:30), SEC games we are most looking forward to Week 1 (12:00), SEC team with the most to lose Week 1 (23:50), SEC team with the most to gain Week 1 (28:15)

Why Alabama could lose Week 1 (2:40), why LSU could lose Week 1 (3:45), why Tennessee could lose Week 1 (6:00), why Florida could lose Week 1 (7:30), why Tennessee should be well prepared for the national spotlight that the Monday night game will bring (21:25),

In Episode 3 of That SEC Podcast, Cody McClure and Michael Bratton/SEC Mike discuss the Coaches All-SEC teams (00:35) before getting into some gambling. We talk SEC Heisman odds (8:45), SEC title odds (13:50), SEC over/under odds (17:45), before ending on Week 1 SEC lines (25:00)

Highlights include:

My dog Neyland makes an appearance (3:45), will Nick Chubb ever return to his elite form prior to his injury? (4:55), why Ralph Webb is always disrespected (6:00), why the Jarrett Stidham Heisman hype is way off base heading into the season (9:00), why Nick Fitzgerald is the best value bet to win the Heisman from the SEC (11:50), why Kentucky could be the best Hail Mary value pick on the board (16:00), why Florida is the best value bet in the over under (19:40), why it’s always a good idea to take massive points when available (25:40)

The debut edition of That SEC Podcast hosted by Michael Bratton, aka SEC Mike, and Cody McClure.

Talking SEC football heading into the 2017 season. In this episode, we shed a little background on ourselves and what this podcast will be heading into the best time of the year, college football season!

In this episode of That SEC Podcast, we discuss four of our articles recently published at Saturday Down South: the Top 10 SEC games of the year (1:00), the thought process behind predicting the full SEC on CBS TV schedule (9:00), the Top 10 potential upsets in the SEC (20:15), and the most enjoyable road trips for SEC fans this season (26:10)

In Episode 4 of That SEC Podcast, Cody McClure and Michael Bratton, aka SEC Mike, discuss Week 0 college football (1:00), Tennessee LB Darrin Kirkland Jr’s injury; how that impacts Georgia Tech game (5:15), SEC narratives: continued or disproven? (10:30)

BYU’s struggles vs Portland State, play LSU Week 1 (1:00), Colorado State coach Mike Bobo and his future job opportunities/connection to the SEC (3:00), the point spread has shifted in the BYU-LSU game following Week 0 (4:30), timeline for Kirkland’s return to the field (8:35), will Alabama continue to dominate the league? (11:00), does the SEC have enough QBs to challenge the Tide? (15:00), South Carolina program truly turned the corner under Muschamp? (20:30), How quickly will pressure change for several SEC coaches in 2017? (24:00), looking back, would Gus Malzahn have been fired had he lost to LSU last year? (28:30), how much longer will Dan Mullen stay at Mississippi State? (30:00)