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Wednesday Morning Dawg Bites: Rivalries, Realignment, Statistics, Shatner, and a Country Singer Caught Drinking in a Church Parking Lot on Sunday Night
Wednesday is upon us once more, and, this time, it’s an ordinary workday rather than a de facto college football holiday. Even though National Signing Day is in our rear view mirror, though, there’s still plenty to discuss and much to consider. After the jump, I’ll offer you a taste of the...
Why Retaining the Eight-Game SEC Schedule is in the Georgia Bulldogs' Interests
As hailtogeorgia noted in this morning’s Dawg Bites, Seth Emerson recently interviewed Greg McGarity, which produced the following exchange: QUESTION: Would going to nine conference games work back into it at some point? ANSWER: No. That has not even been discussed, and I don’t think it...
All-Wednesday Morning Dawg Bites of the Year Would Like to Thank Both the Academy and the East Wichita Chick-fil-A
Midweek is upon us, Bulldog Nation is climbing out from under the rubble of the second half of the SEC Championship Game, and, what do you know, the sun is still shining, and there is news---good news, even!---to report, so buckle up, dive in, and hang on, because these are your Wednesday morning...
SEC Expansion, Divisional Realignment, and Rivalries: Walking a Fine Line Between Growth and Tradition
As a fan of the lower-ranked of the two Southeastern Conference division champions, I read with interest C&F’s recent piece on the wisdom of the SEC’s divisional structure, in which he had this to say: As a South Carolina fan, I despise Georgia, a hatred that is only surpassed by my disdain for...
Wednesday Morning Dawg Bites: 76 Straight Wins Lead the Big Parade
In this, the season of mixing it up here at Dawg Sports, I am going to use this morning’s midweek edition of "Dawg Bites" to offer links of interest and personal observations I considered worthy of note. Think of them as truth bombs, and enjoy them with your morning cup of coffee as you get up to...
Week Ten SEC Power Poll Ballot: Top and Bottom Now Crystal-Clear; Middle Remains Muddled
When the two best teams in the conference and the two worst teams in the conference square off on the same Saturday, it makes it pretty easy to fill out an SEC Power Poll ballot . . . provided, of course, that the league has the same number of teams this Sunday that it had last Sunday. Wait, what?...
Wednesday Morning Dawg Bites: Yes, We Have No Tailbacks Edition
It’s Wednesday morning, and this is your wake-up call, Bulldog Nation! We live in a busy world, and, as Ferris Bueller warned us, you can miss a lot if you don’t slow down and pay attention, so this is your chance to grab a cup of coffee, take a deep breath, and get up to speed as we bring you...
Don't Bet On It!: College Football Predictions Around the SEC
My 6-0 record in the SEC portion of last week’s college football picks left me with a 28-6 mark in conference predictions for the season as a whole. This might lead you to believe that I have some idea what I am doing as a gridiron forecaster, but the wiser course would be for you to assume that I...
The Counterargument for Clemson: A Respectful Reply to The Feathered Warrior, from One SEC Stalwart to Another
Now that the Big 12 may have been saved, the conference expansion conversation may have been rendered moot, but, because The Feathered Warrior was kind enough to pen an excellent rebuttal to my case for Clemson’s addition to the SEC as the league’s 14th team, I feel moved to answer, with a warning:...
Don't Bet On It!: The Only College Football That Matters Is, or Soon Will Be, in the SEC
My 5-3 ledger in last week’s SEC forecasts dropped my record for the season in conference predictions to 22-6, while my 4-2 mark in last week’s national picks stranded me at 12-5 in such games for the autumn. This week’s prognostications will be a bit different. In the midst of all the conference...
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