SEC 2010 // Why Are the Dawgs Second in the SEC East?

Are we talking about the same degree of “possible” that the loss to South Carolina is? If so, “possible” seems to cover a vast swath of potential outcomes, including a pre-Halloween meteor strike in Gainesville. In seriousness, I’d love to hear the rationale.

Personally, as a Dawg fan, I’m a lot less scared of Stephen Garcia going against a 3-4 (even a pretty green one) of which he’s seen no film than I am of Urban Meyer with an off week to consume 8 games’ worth of film on a team he’s throttled the past two seasons. Understand, that’s not a slight at Garcia. I’m just speaking in relative terms.

If you’re arguing that Georgia may start slow and gather steam by late October, fair enough. That’s been the pattern from 2006 on, and the 2007 season featured a loss to South Carolina and a win against a Florida that was in transition. So, yeah, “possible.”

My guess:

Win
Likely Win
Probable Win
Possible Win
Push
Possible Loss
Probable Loss
Likely Loss
Loss

The only two I’m confused on and could have backwards is likely and probable. Also, I don’t recall ever seeing you use a push, but if you did, there is at least one place, and as many as 4 or 5 that would be appropriate as a push on UGA’s schedule this year. I know, I know, that would be a cop out. But seriously, South Carolina, Arkansas, Auburn, and Tech could all easily be called pushes. But I appreciate that you actually made a real prediction on each, and every one of those predictions are not ones I can argue against. I can argue for a push, or for a possible win if you said loss, or possible loss if you said win. But your predictions are just as solid. So I suppose it’s better you use the push sparingly (assuming you use it at all).

it’s possible but unlikely

Minus the fact that Brantley has played mop-up duty in a few games (notably the Kentucky game sans Tebow). For all the people who are picking Florida to go #1 in the East, burning the Murray bridge precludes anyone making it safely over the Brantley bridge, either.

Here’s what I think will be interesting: Georgia’s front seven vs. USC’s O line. Both are very large question marks headed into the season. The Gamecocks were a bit susceptible to sacks last year, and Georgia’s defense will be geared more toward sacks this year. But early in the season, Georgia’s defense will still be figuring things out in the new scheme and may, I’m afraid, subject us to the short pass horrors we saw so much of last year. As is always the case, things will be different as the season progresses, but especially with these particular units. I can very easily see wear and tear making USC’s O line worse and experience making UGA’s 3-4 better (hey, I’m a Georgia guy). But how they’ll match up on 11 September is a complete mystery. I am deeply concerned about the combination of inexperience and midday Columbia heat.

Let’s face it; at times last year, Georgia just didn’t look like a very good football team. They obviously were a good team overall; you don’t go 8-5 overall in the SEC without being one.

Yeah man. Good teams get blasted by a mediocre Tennessee team and lose at home to Kentucky. I know this is an SEC site and you’re supposed to talk about how tough you are, but 4-4 in the SEC doesn’t make you a good team. Arkansas was their best conference win, and for all that love that Arky gets, they still went 3-5.

there were only 3 teams last year with winning conference records, it’s hard to say that anyone other than Bama and UF had any impressive conference wins.