COUSINS TO

wear franchise tag yet again.

LAST SEASON 6-7, 3-5 (Tie 5th) in SEC East COACH Derek Mason (13-24 in three seasons at Vanderbilt) RETURNING STARTERS (18) Offense 9, Defense 7, Specialty 2 KEY RETURNING PLAYERS RB Ralph Webb, QB Kyle Shurmur, WR Trent Sherfield, WR C.J. Duncan, DT Nifae Lealao, LB Oren Burks, SS Ryan White, CB Tre Herndon

SEC TITLE SCENARIO The Commodores have an experienced team that tasted some success in the SEC last season. They figure to be in a lot of close games and to win those the Commodores need to limit mistakes. They don’t have much margin for error.