College Football Rankings: Where Do The Georgia Bulldogs Really Belong?

Published on: 12th August, 2010

So far, ranking the Georgia Bulldogs for this upcoming football season has been about as consistent as a political campaign platform.Few preview experts can find common ground on just where the Bulldogs will fall when college football kicks off in just under a month.At one extreme, you have Orlando Sentinel ...

College Football Preseason Rankings: Which Conference is King?

Published on: 28th June, 2010

If ever there was an off-season where the measure of conference supremacy became a hot issue in college football, this was it. With the growing threat of conference expansion, nearly every major conference—and even some of the smaller ones—began to position itself as the dominant organization in college athletics. But that was ...

College Football Preseason Rankings: Five Contenders Outside the Top 10

Published on: 28th June, 2010

Preseason football rankings are about as useful at predicting future success as I am predicting the weather. While there are always those obvious top-tier teams that no one in their right mind would exclude from the rankings, each new year also features a number of unheralded teams that finish the season ...

Conference Expansion: Searching For Facts Among The Fiction

Published on: 4th June, 2010

So much to process, so little time. With conference expansion coming to a head after a recent report by Orangebloods.com indicated the possibility of the Pac-10 conference inviting six teams from the Big 12, an endless stream of discussion has erupted from conference officials, donors and analysts alike. With more theories than ...

Saturday in Athens: Georgia Bulldogs Talent Doesn’t Always Equal Success

Published on: 23rd May, 2010

[Note: "Saturday In Athens" will be a weekly column running each Saturday afternoon assessing the state of Georgia Bulldogs football. It will contain thoughts and opinions on the preceding week's news and will occasionally contain items from other Georgia sports as well. Responses in the comment section are encouraged.] The University of ...

Five Contenders for the 2010 SEC Championship (Excluding Alabama)

Published on: 13th April, 2010

Rarely is there a season in the SEC where a clear favorite can be picked out ahead of the other teams in the conference. Most often there are two or three who will vie for that coveted crown. But with the Florida Gators in transition from arguably one of the greatest ...

Donovan McNabb: The Least Respected Quarterback in Football

Published on: 5th April, 2010

He should be Dan Marino. To the Philadelphia Eagles, at least, he should be. He should be Jim Kelly, Fran Tarkenton, Warren Moon or Dan Fouts. As the greatest statistical quarterback in Eagles history, Donovan McNabb should stack up with any of these Lombardi-less football legends. Instead, he's Rodney Dangerfield—a resumé full ...