Ben Weinrib: I’m in the more optimistic camp on Mason. He’s shown he can be a very good playcaller at Stanford, and in the two games he’s called defensive plays at Vanderbilt (Tennessee last year and Western Kentucky this season), the defense has looked great. They held a team that averaged 44.4 points and 535 yards of offense per game last season to 14 points and 247 yards last week. He also has had to work with mostly freshmen and sophomores the past two seasons, which isn’t a recipe for success in the SEC.
TD: We're not sleeping on Johnny McCrary here in Athens.