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Week Eleven SEC Power Poll Ballot: Home is Where the W Is
I hear there were college football games played outside of Sanford Stadium this weekend. I’m not sure I buy that, but I’ll play along, anyway. Here, based on Saturday’s results, is this week’s SEC Power Poll: 1. LSU Tigers (10-0 overall, 6-0 SEC): No. 1 in the country, No. 1 in the SEC;...
Don't Bet On It!: College Football Predictions Around the SEC
Although I went 5-0 in last week’s SEC predictions to improve to 40-10 for the season, it’s pretty clear that last Saturday’s Southeastern Conference slate was fairly weak, so you should resist the temptation to place any faith whatsoever in my skills as a prognosticator. Let me spell it out for...
Week Two SEC Power Poll Ballot: 0-2 with a Bullet, Baby!
It’s a new week, which means it’s time for a new SEC Power Poll ballot. If you spot any inconsistencies between this and my BlogPoll ballot, well, in the words of Walt Whitman: "Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes." That, and I haven’t...
Don't Bet On It!: Week Two College Football Predictions Around the SEC
On a weekend otherwise lacking in successes upon which to hang my hat, I managed to go 10-1 in my first set of SEC picks, which sounds impressive, until you pause to consider that, really, only one of those outcomes ought to have been in doubt, so, yeah, it was really more like 0-1, which is why I...
Georgia Bulldogs 2011 Season Preview: The Auburn Game
On November 12, the Georgia Bulldogs will host the 2011 edition of the Auburn Tigers, who are apt to be the college football equivalent of the dismantled defending world champion 1998 Florida Marlins. One year after completing an undefeated national title run, the Plainsmen bring back only seven...
SEC Football Coaches Reveal Their Superstitions
Since I recently said something nice about Jason Kirk, it will not surprise you to learn that, when Jason told me that this article was a "must-read," I read it. Hey, I was told I must. Of particular interest was the part about SEC coaches’ superstitions. As you know, I am pretty danged...
Mid-Morning Dawg Bites: Of New Conferences We'd Rather Not Join and Rival Fan Bases We Love to Hate
The blogosphere has been a busy place of late, and it has been tough to keep up, so I am left to share a pair of links that warranted mention but, frankly, didn’t seem to fit anywhere else. These are they: Simultaneously with SB Nation’s Conference Re-Draft Project, Cowboy Altitude has been...
2011 SEC Media Days: Mark Richt Brings Message of Hope to the Georgia Bulldogs Faithful
Despite being asked a question by center Ben Jones, Mark Richt didn’t say much that mattered at SEC Media Days today, but how he said it mattered a great deal. In less tumultuous times, Coach Richt’s even-keeled demeanor was seen as a strength; his preternatural calm, on display at critical moments...
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