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Capital One Bowl Preview
(#16, #17)Georgia (9-3) vs (#19,#19)Michigan State (9-3)Capital One BowlOrlando, FLJanuary 1, 11:00 AMAll Time Series: Georgia 1-0All Time Bowl Records: Georgia 24-16-3, Michigan State 7-11 Tueusday’s Line: Georgia -7.5 Total Offense, Scoring Offen...
The Sporting News Rates the Bowls
The Sporting News has ranked the Bowl Games 1-34 and it’s a little different from Rivals' picks. Here’s how TSN sees the SEC games.1. BCS Title GameThere’s major pressure on Florida’s young defense and Oklahoma’s banged-up group to make a h...
Thursday Afternoon Linkage
* It’s meaningless and inherently flawed, but quick… name the SEC school ranked highest in the New America Foundation’s 2nd Annual BCS Academic Standings. For the 99% of you that said Vanderbilt, you’re wrong. It’s Ole Miss. The NFA’s for...
A Closer Look at the AP All-American Teams
With all the talk of the SEC being down a bit this year, only the Big 12 landed more players (18) on the 2008 AP All-American teams than the SEC’s 14. Not surprisingly, the Big 12 is heavy on the offensive side of the ball, landing 14 offensive pla...
SEC Power Poll All-SEC Team: Running Backs
As mentioned earlier, the SEC Power Poll voters have compiled an All-SEC team of our own. We voted on each position and are now revealing our results. The offense is being revealed today with the defense following later this week.You can see the QB a...
Rivals ranks the SEC Bowl Games
Rivals has ranked the bowl games from 1-34 in terms of intrigue and interest. With 68 teams making the postseason these days, there are quite a few games that even alumni probably can’t get up for. Of the 8 SEC games, 5 rank pretty high (top 13). T...
Week 13 SEC Bowl Projections
Here's a look at this week's SEC Bowl projections from a panel of "experts". * Apparently NBC's Cary Estes was projecting Auburn to knock off Georgia as the Tigers have disappeared off this list completely.* Tennessee and Mississippi State are alread...
Week 12 SEC Bowl Projections
My Thoughts:* With Penn State's loss to Iowa, both Alabama and Florida control their own destiny to play in the BCS Title game. As long as neither slips up against their final 2 regular season opponents, the loser of the clash in Atlanta will receive...
Rivals Top 100 NFL Draft Prospects
Yesterday, Rivals put up their early look at the NFL Draft Top 100 prospects. Needless to say, the SEC was well represented, landing 26 players on the list, including the top 3 spots. The wealth is spread out amongst the league as 10 teams land at le...
2008 SEC East Predictions
I wanted to pick UGA to win it, I really did, but I just couldn't. With injuries, an apparent lack of focus, and that schedule, I think they're fighting an uphill battle this season. Here's how I see it shaking out:1. FloridaComing off something a di...
Scary Thought
So I'm flipping through Phil Steele's college preview guide today, looking at bowl projections and schedules et al, and a terrifying thought occurred to me... What if the BCS Championship Game was Ohio State vs Clemson? Before you laugh, consider the...
Not too much going on these days...
Other than what seems to be a twice-weekly occurrence of players being booted off teams, all's quiet for now. Well, except for Urban Meyer. Most of you have probably heard about this...Simply calling Tim Tebow the best quarterback in college football...
Top SEC Newcomers
Chris Low ranks the SEC's Top 10 Newcomers1. Jevan Snead, QB, Ole Miss2. Chris Rainey, RB, Florida3. Demetrice Morley, S, Tennessee4. Chris Todd, QB, Auburn5. Raven Gray, DE, Auburn6. Will Hill, S, Florida7. Jerrell Harris, LB, Alabama8. Enrique Davi...
Athens has been rockin' lately
What in the world is going on in Athens lately? For all the athletic success UGA has already experienced this year - in baseball, tennis, a remarkable SEC Tourney in men's basketball - it seems they're in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Here...
Georgia gets run over by Cinderella
After a remarkable Cinderella run through the SEC men's basketball tournament, the University of Georgia had the tables turned against it in Omaha. After knocking out superior foes earlier in the tournament, it appeared - on paper - that UGA should h...
Could the SEC have 10 Bowl Teams in 2008-09?
ESPN's Mark Schlabach believes that 10 SEC teams will be bowling at the end of the 2008 season. He predicts: *Georgia vs Ohio State in the National Title Game (Oh goody, tOSU vs the SEC in a bowl game... How exciting!) *Auburn vs Texas Tech in the S...
Why you should love every college football team
The guys over at Cake Rocks the Party have put together a list of reasons to pull for every team in the country. Some are quite funny, some not so much. But in a college-football starved region of the country, it’s certainly worth a read.For those ...
College Baseball Brackets
The baseball regionals were announced yesterday and 9/12 (75%) of the league will be playing postseason baseball. While the conference was not as strong this year as it has been in the past, LSU (#7) and Georgia (#8) both managed to secure National S...
Memorial Day Linkage
* Fox Sports has a good read up about the rivalry between Stafford and Tebow – who not surprisingly are the only SEC QBs listed in Rivals top 25 QBs in the country. You can argue until you’re blue in the face about which one is better, but t...
Top 5 Players at each Position
While rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated, I have been absent for a while. And with a trip to Wrigley Field in the works for this weekend, I figured now was as good a time as any to get back into the Blogosphere.Anyway, I stumbled acros...
2009 NFL Mock Draft
To go along with the 2009 Bracketology that's been up for weeks, ESPN has now released their first edition of a 2009 mock draft. If it holds anywhere close to being true, it's going to be a great year of football in the SEC. Overall, 13 of the 32 fir...
David Pollack to retire from NFL
UGA great David Pollack has announced that he's retiring from the NFL. It's not exactly a surprising announcement - he hasn't played in a game since early 2006 - but it is a sad reminder that life isn't always fair. The guys at The Blue Workhorse hav...
A little bit of everything
Fox Sports has 20 burning questions about the 2008 college football season, including a few involving the SEC.#5- Which teams will be the most disappointing?Alabama- not quite there yet, but the fans are getting impatient. It takes time to build a gr...
The Original Gator Hator
div#main{overflow:visible;}I have reimvalutated the saturation and convoluted that that's funny. I don't care who you are. Gotta love the Squidbillies....
A look at the SEC's Pairings in the Big Dance
Been away from the interwebs for the past few days, but I'm back now. But what a weekend in Atlanta. And, after back to back one-and-done performances, it's safe to - at least for now - it's no longer Catlanta. My SEC Tourney bracket was way off as I...
SEC football teams: Middle Eastern versions
This has been circulating on the message boards today, but it's worth posting...ALABAMA:Saudi Arabia - Once a proud country but wrecked by infighting and surrounded by enemies on all sides...Syria and Iraq have dominated them for years...very superst...
5 Worst SEC Coaching hires since 1990
I may be missing someone here, but these are the 5 worst coaching hires I can think of since 1990. And, no, Florida fans, Ron Zook is not on this list. He had an average record in Gainesville and laid the foundation for your national championship wit...
2008 SEC Basketball Preview
While the conference is down this year as a whole, the SEC is the only conference with 2 undefeated teams – Ole Miss and Vanderbilt. The divisional battles should be highly entertaining as well. Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, and Arkansas appear ...
Is There any Doubt we Need a Playoff?
After attempting to watch and remain interested in 2 highly unentertaining BCS bowl games, the need for a playoff is more obvious than ever. I know BCS sunshine pumpers like this guy want to argue, but after yesterday's blowouts, it's hard to argue t...
A look at the New Year's Day Bowls
As usual, life got in the way of blogging last night, so no in-depth preview of the 4 SEC Bowl games today. Here's a brief look at each...Outback: Tennessee vs WisconsinEven without leading receiver Lucas Taylor, QB Erik Ainge should have enough weap...
