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Week 13 SEC Power Poll Ballot: Giving the 'Dawgs Their Due
On a delightful Thanksgiving weekend hallmarked by shows of dominance by top teams and careless errors made by me in bunches, the Southeastern Conference concluded its regular season schedule, bringing us nearer to closing out the data set from which the final SEC Power Poll will be derived....
Week Seven SEC Power Poll Ballot: The Middle is Clear, at Any Rate
I’m really going to be glad when November 5 gets here, so we can quit guessing which team is the best in the SEC country. Until then, this is how the conference appears to have sorted itself out to me: 1. Alabama Crimson Tide (7-0 overall, 4-0 SEC): Choosing between Alabama and Louisiana State is...
Week Three SEC Power Poll Ballot: The East States Its Case for Renewed Relevance
Another weekend of Southeastern Conference football is behind us, which means the time has come for me to cast my weekly SEC Power Poll ballot. The divisional races have started to shake themselves out slightly, and, while the West owns the top two spots in the rankings, the East occupies three of...
Don't Bet On It!: Labor Day Weekend College Football Predictions Around the SEC
September is almost upon us, and with its arrival comes the start of college football season, which means the time has come for me to begin offering you my prognostications concerning the outcomes of actual games. I do this each week of the season in three increments, beginning with every game...
Random Thoughts on SEC Expansion from a Tired Georgia Bulldogs Fan Sitting in an Airport Far From Home
This weekend, the fine folks at the largest and fastest-growing network of fan-centered on-line sports communities hosted the first (hopefully, the first annual) SB Nation blogger convention in Las Vegas. My wife and I, who celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary last week, went out to Sin City for...
Slow News Day Tuesday: The Movie Edition
I may be tempting fate here, but, as I mentioned last week, I have elected to introduce a new feature for the final weeks of the offseason called "Slow News Day Tuesday," which is a counterpart to Free Form Friday and a subset of Completely Unrelated. Here is how it works: To kill time, I’m going...
Georgia Bulldogs 2011 Season Preview: The Mississippi State Game
We are at the point of counting down the days until college football season, and the anticipation is driving some folks to drink as the Georgia Bulldogs prepare to surrender the Fulmer Cup and, with any luck, earn their way back into a postseason top 25. We are in the process of previewing the...
Georgia Bulldogs 2011 Season Preview: The Ole Miss Game
The Georgia Bulldogs are roughly 40 days away from kicking off their 2011 campaign, so we are in the process of working our way through the schedule, one game at a time. We are up to the Red and Black’s road trip to Oxford on September 24, when the Classic City Canines will cross a state line for...
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