I know USC reloads and does not rebuild. I know Ohio State has almost the entire team back and will probably make a third straight trip to the BCS Title Game. But, and a big BUT, with the SEC being the best conference in college football, there is no way you can start off the season and NOT give the top spot to the best team in the best conference. The SEC has won three of the past five National Championship (this does not include Auburn being shafted when 13-0 in 2004). If the BCS is the best of the best, than the SEC winning 7 of their past 9 appearances (outscoring other conferences the past four years in the BCS 161-62) is just the cherry on top of the Southern Sundae. So if anyone is make college football picks this season, it is nearly impossible to not give the SEC their proper respect and make the Georgia Bulldogs the #1 ranked team to start the season.Georgia finished their season with a 41-10 massacre of Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl and go into this year returning the following:Starting quarterback Matt Stafford (who only lost one receiver from last season)Starting runningback Knowshon MorenoOh yeah, and nine starters on defenseThe only thing that could stand in the way of Georgia going to the BCS Title to play either USC or Ohio State will be their schedule. Toss out the SEC portion, which includes road games to South Carolina, LSU and Auburn, but they also play Arizona State (should finish 2nd to USC in the PAC 10) on the road and finish the season at home against Georgia Tech before heading to the SEC Championship.It is hard to find a flaw in Georgia this season. They have depth across the board on a team that closed 2007-08 putting up close to 40 points in four of their last six games. Honestly, I think even the waterboy crew is all seasoned veterans! The Bulldogs are Johnny Detroit's #1 team in college football this year until the scoreboard says otherwise.
Where is Chuck?
JD,
Nice Read. I agree Georgia is LOADED. But IMO the FLORIDA GATORS are #1...With Everyone's All-American QB TIM TEBOW & 16 Starters Back. Bulldogs vs Gators at the game previously called "The World's Largest Cocktail Party" will likely decide the SEC East Winner....& Front Runner to DESTROY Big Ten Champ Ohio St!
The only bad thing about the Dawgs is their schedule. They play road tilts at South Carolina, Arizona State, LSU and Auburn, home games with Alabama and Tennessee, not too mention that little tussle in Jacksonville with Florida. If UGA wins it all, they'll have definitely have earned it.
Agreed - Georgia will get a chance to prove itself as the #1 team in the country by going unbeaten. If the Dawgs do that, there's no doubt they will deserve to get a title shot.
LET's GET IT ON JD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Easiest Path to National Title: Ohio State
Toughest Path to National Title: Georgia
What does that mean? It means if these two teams meet for all the marbles, the Buckeyes are likely to get smoked again. But a couple of Big 12 teams will have something to say about that as well.
like carson palmer said yesterday, i hope the buckeyes get crushed by USC. i hate how ohio state always plays a weak schedule when USC always goes out there looking for the best competition. USC, Georgia for the national title game. should be a great one. wish i cuold have seen that in the rose bowl last year but the committee wanted to keep with tradition of a pac-10, big-10 match up. can't wait!
The Rose Bowl is a joke. They are the only ones that have yet to realize that no one gives a shit about their stupid tradition. They cost all CFB fans the chance to see USC/Georgia so they could put an undeserving Illinois team in there and lose by 40. They should be shot for what they did. I can't believe there wasn't a bigger public outcry over that. Plus, UGA got to play an undermanned Hawaii team so we saw two terrible bowl games because of one bullshit decision. Embarrassing.
When the FLORIDA GATORS GO Undefeated & WIN The National Championship......
JD will have the SATISFACTION of knowing that Michigan was the Last Team to beat them!
I definitely think USC has to be mentioned here as well. If they beat Ohio State at home on September 13th, I believe they will have the inside track to one of the BCS title spots against the SEC champ. Missouri or Oklahoma will also have a say.
Chuck, there are alot of SEC teams that are not MI fans.
Same reason a lot of Ohio State fans are not SEC fans.
The USC and Ohio State game will decide one of the spots in the BCS. Even if the winner of that game loses afterwards BUT the loser of the game wins out, how do you not put them in the main game?
If Georgia only loses one game, they get in for sure. That's not really my opinion, I believe it's probably a fact. With that schedule, it will be almost impossible for a one-loss Georgia team to not be ranked high in the polls. If they lose twice, then that's a different story but 12-1 or 13-0 and the Dawgs will be guaranteed a spot in the National Title Game based on how strongly the computers rank strength of schedule and the fact that they will likely never drop lower than seven all season, even with a loss.
TR,
100% agree, especially if they smoke Arizona State and than they end up finishing second in the Pac 10.
The Florida game will be the deciding factor.
Thing I do not get is this equation if someone can explain it:
Past 10 years Michigan has been Ohio States bitch but the SEC has been Michigan's bitch but Ohio State is the SEC's bitch.
By the way, what happens if OU goes undefeated and then loses to a one-loss Missouri team in the Big 12 Title Game? Then both of those teams would only have one loss. Say Georgia and Florida each have one loss, USC beats Ohio State and then gets upset along the way. Now we have UGA, Florida. OU, Missouri, USC and Ohio State all with one loss? Who goes and who stays? Let the madness begin. lol
I think any one loss SEC team gets in automatically.