Texas is about the only one I would hesitate to bet on us taking at least 2 out of 3 on. Every other weekend we should win/sweep barring some major major setbacks.
That does sound eerily familiar to Shapen. If we had a middle of the SEC o-line this past year we'd have chalked up at least 3-4 more wins.
If the OP is asking if we had the contentious relationship with Fant like we do with Shapen, I'd say no.
I'm not giving UM any credit as they're still on my shitlist for being UM and that weird group-snapping thing their baseball team was doing several years ago.