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Dawgs vs Sparty in the Citrus Bowl

2008-12-07T20:56:00.001-05:00

Well...it will always be the Citrus Bowl to me anyhow.

The BCS Results Are In:

2008-12-07T20:10:00.003-05:00

It is Oklahoma vs Florida in the BCS Championship game. Here are the final standings:

Texas gets edged by .0181 by the gators.

BCS Average
1 Oklahoma 0.9757
2 turds 0.9479
3 Texas 0.9298
4 Alabama 0.8443
5 USC 0.8208
6 Utah 0.7846
7 Texas Tech 0.7840
8 Penn State 0.7387
9 Boise State 0.6980
10 Ohio State 0.6354
11 TCU 0.5848
12 Cincinnati 0.5384
13 Okla St 0.4866
14 nerds 0.4516
15 Georgia 0.3775

Here are some self serving votes by a few coaches.

Mike Leach says Texas is #5

Urban Meyer says Texas is #4.....and Georgia is #21...the worst ranking by any coach of the Dawgs (tied with Pat Hill).

See how the coaches voted here:

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Good read: The Wall Street Journal discusses the socio-economic history of SEC football

2008-12-06T10:15:00.009-05:00

Interesting article yesterday in the Journal. I am a sucker for historical perspective articles. Maybe you will enjoy it as well.......

What the Rise of Southern Football Says About America

PHOTO: Sanford Stadium under construction in the 1920's. The stadium was dedicated on October 12th, 1929, two weeks before the stock market crash of 1929...and subsequent Great Depression.

PHOTO: A suit and tie crowd at Sanford Stadium in the 1960's.

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BCS Standings: Gators Get Left Out of Championship Scenerio

2008-12-01T09:16:00.022-05:00

The official BCS standing for November 30th look like this

Rank	Team	Rk	Coach	%	Rk	Harris	%	AH	CM	JS	KM	PW	RB	Cp Avg	BCS
1	Alabama	1	1521	0.9974	1	2815	0.9965	25	23	22	21	22	25	0.920	0.9713
2	Oklahoma	2	1397	0.9161	4	2569	0.9094	22	24	25	25	25	24	0.980	0.9351
3	Texas	3	1396	0.9154	3	2575	0.9115	23	25	24	23	24	22	0.940	0.9223
4	Florida	4	1385	0.9082	2	2619	0.9271	20	22	20	20	19	23	0.820	0.8851
5	USC	5	1298	0.8511	5	2378	0.8418	17	19	18	19	17	21	0.730	0.8076
6	Utah	7	1153	0.7561	7	2111	0.7473	24	21	21	22	21	19	0.850	0.7844
7	Texas Tech	8	1116	0.7318	8	2090	0.7398	21	20	23	24	23	20	0.870	0.7805

As we projected in the Big 10 Rankings last week, Oklahoma gets into the Big 12 Championship game based on the BCS poll....despite having the same record as Texas and after losing to Texas head to head.

IF Florida HAS to win the SEC...here is the scenario that has little chance of happening that we would all like to see:

The Gators Get Left Out of BCS Championship / Miracle BCS Scenario

1. Oklahoma will beat Missouri and will take the #1 spot in the BCS, giving them the invite to the National Championship Game.

2. Florida beats Bama in a close one on a controversial Penn Wagers special.

3. The coaches poll moves everyone up after the Bama loss. Oklahoma to 1, Texas to 2, Florida to 3 because they feel bad for Texas and due to the aforementioned Penn Wagers special perpetrated on Bama.

4. Florida, who is currently 6th in the computer polls, jumps only Utah, Bama and Texas Tech because of the strength of schedule hit due to LSU, Georgia and South Carolina all losing.

5. Harris Poll can stay the same.... Oklahoma 1, Florida 2, and Texas 3 with the Bama loss.

6. Florida is left out and we have a rematch of Texas vs Oklahoma in the National Championship Game.

The BCS is once again shown to be terrible, and Florida gets left out, partially because we took one for the team and lost to the nerds. This is all I want for Christmas.

Yahoo! Sports agrees that this could happen here:

"There is at least three positions difference between the Horns and Gators in every computer poll except Richard Billingsley's. So how much is beating Alabama -- which, again, comes into the game ranked behind Texas and Oklahoma in the computer average -- worth? ... But will it be worth enough in the computer polls (I'm thinking at least two positions per computer) to close that very wide gap with Texas? That's a shaky guess."

And even the BCSGuru says it is possible....

Best of FARKS: Georgia tech week

2008-11-24T11:33:00.021-05:00

NERDS!

Motivational:

Truth is funnier than fiction:

College Football Rankings: The way it should be after 13 weeks

2008-11-24T11:16:00.005-05:00

Controversy is brewing in the Big12. If Oklahoma wins this weekend vs Oklahoma State, they could jump Texas in the BCS. That would send Oklahoma, who lost to Texas, onto the Big12 Championship and National Championship.

If the regular season is really a playoff...as some ESPN analysts like to say, then the Texas head to head win over Oklahoma should put Texas in the Big 12 and National Championship, correct?

1. Alabama
(last poll: 1)

Bama is in the SEC Championship game. A shot at the National Championship is in reach.

2. Texas
(last poll: 3 )

Texas is the highest ranked 1 loss team. They will beat Texas A&M this weekend. They will drop behind Oklahoma in the BCS, who they beat...and get shut out of everything. Just watch.

3. Oklahoma
(last poll: 4 )

Will Oklahoma still get to go to the Big 12 Championship despite having the same record as Texas...and losing to Texas? If they have a three way tie...the highest BCS ranked team goes. So much for the head to head loss vs Texas.

4. Florida
(last poll: 5 )

With a win over FSU and Bama, Florida moves into the drivers seat for a second BCS national championship in 3 years. Whoops...sorry, I just barfed on my keyboard.

5. Utah
(last poll: 6 )

The rival game against BYU in will determine if Utah gets a BCS bowl bid.

6. Texas Tech
(last poll: 2 )

FAIL.

7. Southern California
(last poll: 7 )

4 one loss teams ahead of USC at this point. The loss to Oregon State is the worse of any BCS conference school one-loss team...and SoCal does not play a conference championship game to help make up for it. Yet, Pete Carroll is still confused. Note to SoCal. Add two teams to the Pac-10 and play a conference championship game instead of taking 3 bye weeks while the big boys like Bama and Florida put it all on the line one more time.

8. Boise State
(last poll: 8 )

Undefeated and with the only challenge left being Fresno State at home. Boise has proven themselves as a team that can compete in the BCS with a win over Oklahoma a few years back, yet, a two loss Ohio State team will get the BCS bowl invite over them.

I would be pretty upset if I was a Boise Bronco.

9. Penn State
(last poll: 9 )

Hint to big 10...play a championship game and Penn State may have been able to get back into the race after one loss.

10. Georgia
(last poll: 10)

Can the Dawgs make it 8 in a row over the nerds?

11. Ohio State
(last poll: 11)

Jesse "short tie" Palmer and ESPN are pimping Ohio State for an at large BCS spot vs the SEC #2. Personally, I hope the Dawgs get them in the Citrus...which will happen if the Oregon State Beavers can beat the Oregon Ducks.

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New to the poll this week: n/a

Out: n/a

Against the Spread: College Football Picks for week 13 ATS

2008-11-20T10:50:00.004-05:00

4-2 the last two weeks ATS. Looking good.

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Ole Miss + 4 @ LSU

Nutt beat LSU late in the season last year and LSU ended up being national champs. This LSU team is no where close to that level. Ole Miss wins straight up. 4 free points.

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Utah -6 vs BYU

Comparing the game Utah has vs TCU and the game BYU had against TCU is an indication that Utah should win this by 9 +. We will see.

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FSU +1 @ Maryland

If FSU can stay away from the turnovers, the should win this straight up.

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BCS Bowl Projections

2008-11-19T20:29:00.004-05:00

Our pal Phil Steele gives his bowl projections here:

Here is how we see it:

Rose: Penn State (Big 10) vs SoCal (Pac-10)

Orange: Miami (ACC) vs Ohio St (or Boise) (at-large)

Sugar: Bama (at-large) vs Cincinnati(Big-east)

Fiesta: Oklahoma (at-large) vs Utah (non-bcs-at-large)

BCSCG: Florida (SEC) vs Texas (Big 12)

This is contingent on Oklahoma beating TT Saturday. If Oregon State wins out, they go to the Rose, Southern Cal goes elsewhere and Ohio State (Boise) gets dropped.

So what about the Dawgs?
-They are a near lock for the Capital One Bowl.

-If Penn State beats Michigan State this weekend, Michigan State would be the likely opponent.

-If Michigan State beats Penn State...the Dawgs could play Penn State or Ohio State depending on what Oregon State does (unless a BCS bowl would dare take a 2 loss Penn State team over a 2 loss Michigan State team that just beat Penn State).....got that?

What would a playoff look like under these bowl projections? It could look like this....

1st round

1 Texas vs 8 Cincy
2 Florida vs 7 Miami
3 Oklahoma vs 6 Utah
4 SoCal vs 5 Bama

2nd round

1 Texas vs 4 SoCal
2 Florida vs 3 Oklahoma

Championship:
4 SoCal vs 2 Florida

The Big 10 Rankings: College Football Rankings After 12 Weeks

2008-11-18T09:33:00.004-05:00

Well, it looks like it will come down to the SEC Champion and Big 12 Champion for the BCS National Championship. Two big time conferences with championship games sending a team to play for it all.

1. Alabama
(last poll: 1)

Bama is in the SEC Championship game. A shot at the National Championship is in reach.

2. Texas Tech
(last poll: 2 )

TT will play the biggest game in school history at Oklahoma. The nation will be watching.

3. Texas
(last poll: 3 )

Texas is the highest ranked 1 loss team.

4. Oklahoma
(last poll: 4 )

Will Oklahoma go 11-1 and get shut out of playing in the Big 12 Championship?

5. Florida
(last poll: 5 )

With a win over FSU and Bama, Florida moves into the drivers seat for a second BCS national championship in 3 years. Whoops...sorry, I just barfed on my keyboard.

6. Utah
(last poll: 6 )

The rival game against BYU in will determine if Utah gets a BCS bowl bid.

7. Southern California
(last poll: 7 )

3 one loss teams ahead of USC at this point. The loss to Oregon State is by far the worse of any BCS conference school one-loss team...and SoCal does not play a conference championship game to help make up for it. Yet, Pete Carroll is still confused. Note to SoCal. Add two teams to the Pac-10 and play a conference championship game instead of taking 3 bye weeks while the big boys like Bama and Florida put it all on the line one more time.

8. Boise State
(last poll: 8 )

Undefeated and with the only challenge left being Fresno State at home. Another BCS game for Boise looms if Utah falters.

9. Penn State
(last poll: 9 )

Hint to big 10...play a championship game and Penn State may have been able to get back into the race after one loss.

10. Georgia
(last poll: 10)

Another road SEC win for the Dawgs. Can the Dawgs make it 8 in a row over the nerds in two weeks?

11. Ohio State
(last poll: 11)

Only Michigan is left for tsou. Jesse "short tie" Palmer and ESPN are pimping Ohio State for an at large Sugar Bowl spot vs the SEC #2. Personally, I hope the Dawgs get them in the Citrus.

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New to the poll this week: n/a

Out: n/a

Georgia 17 / Auburn 13

2008-11-16T13:41:00.015-05:00

Click on pics to enlarge....

Stafford to Green on a game winning catch in the 4th quarter for a second week in a row. If anything, the '08 Dawgs keep things interesting / exciting. These 3 wins in a row over Auburn equal the longest win streak we have had over the Tigers since 80-82 (the Walker years).

DawgChat Poster, BoDontKnowHerschel added this statistical insight:

Green has 51 catches for 887 yards to this point...needs 118 vs GT to break the all-time UGA single season record for yardage. Game winning TD's in last two games vs UK and AU and a long TD that was a back breaker vs LSU...should be first team all-SEC for sure.

Green's total yards already rank him 4th all-time behind Hines Ward(900 yards in 1996), Brice Hunter(970 yards in 1993) and Terrence Edwards(1004 yards in 2002). Green passed Andre Hastings(860 yards in 1992) and Reggie Brown(860 yards in 2004) during the AU game.

Stafford has 2802 passing yards so he needs 198 vs GT for 3000. His current passing yardage ranks #5 all time for a season behind only Eric Zeier in 1993(3525 yards), Zeier in 1994(3396 yards), David Greene in 2003 (3307 yards) and Greene in 2002 (2924 yards).. During the AU game, Stafford surpassed Quincy Carter(2713 in 1999), Mike Bobo(2751 in 1997) and David Greene's 2001 season(2789 yards).

Moreno currently has 1244 rushing and 255 yards receiving so one yard from 1500 in total offense. His rushing total is 90 yards less than his total last year of 1334 and currently ranks 8th for a single season in UGA history. Knowshon passed Tim Worley(1216 yards in 1988) during the AU game.

The top 7 single season rushing totals in UGA history:

Herschel(1981) - 1891 yards
Herschel(1982) - 1752 yards
Herschel(1980) - 1616 yards
Garrison Hearst(1992) - 1594 yards
Moreno(2007) - 1334 yards
Musa Smith(2002) - 1324 yards
Willie McClendon(1978) - 1312 yards

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KM 2008 -1244 and counting

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Against the Spread Week 12 College football picks ats

2008-11-11T08:50:00.003-05:00

2-1 last week. Just gotta keep that up.

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Texas -13 @ Kansas

Texas should destroy the JayHawks. This should be a 3 TD + difference.

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Auburn + 10 vs Georgia

IF the Dawgs can pull this one out...it will be by a TD or less.

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Miss St +22 @ Bama

I am looking for a 21-6 type win from Bama.

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Head Scratching SEC Stats: UGA has the leading passer, rusher, reciever x 2, tackler

2008-11-11T08:36:00.005-05:00

I would like to see if ANY SEC team has ever had the top passer, rusher, receiver x 2, and tackler at the end of the regular season without winning the SEC.

SEC Leader in:

Passing Yards:
1. Stafford (2587)
2. Dick (2389)
3. Snead (1813)

Rushing Yards:
1. Knowshon (1113)
2. Coffee (1020)
3. Smith (1012)

Top 2 in Receiving Yards:

1. Green (806)
2. MoMass (669)
3. LaFell (646)

Tackles:
1. Curran (89)
2. Benoist (78)
3. Wilson (75)

*Having the leading tackler can be interpreted that your D is depending on one guy to make a bulk of the plays...but having a guy as productive as Rennie should never be considered a problem imo.

Link to the Stats here and here.

BCS National Championship Tickets SEC Championship Tickets and more...

2008-11-10T15:32:00.008-05:00

BCS National Championship Tickets for sale here

Even if you don't have a Dawg in the fight, you might want to check out some championship football if you are in the area...and have lots of money.

SEC Championship Tickets for sale here

Big 12 Championship Tickets starting at $70 here

Georgia @ Auburn starting at $69 here

Georgia vs Georgia Tech Tickets for $99 here

College Football Rankings after 11 weeks: The Big 10 Rankings

2008-11-10T09:35:00.003-05:00

Well, it looks like it will come down to the SEC Champion and Big 12 Champion for the BCS National Championship. Two big time conferences with championship games sending a team to play for it all...you have to admit that this is much better than the old bowl days of something like 1 playing 7 and 2 playing 10.

1. Alabama
(last poll: 1)

Bama is in the SEC Championship game. A shot at the National Championship is in reach.

2. Texas Tech
(last poll: 3 )

In two weeks, TT will play the biggest game in school history at Oklahoma. The nation will be watching.

3. Texas
(last poll: 4 )

Texas is the highest ranked 1 loss team.

4. Oklahoma
(last poll: 5 )

Will Oklahoma go 11-1 and get shut out of playing in the Big 12 Championship? I guess that is what happens when you have 4, AP top 11 teams in the 6 team division of your conference.

5. Florida
(last poll: 6 )

With the Penn State loss, Florida moves into the drivers seat for a second BCS national championship in 3 years. Whoops...sorry, I just barfed on my keyboard.

6. Utah
(last poll: 7 )

The rival game against BYU in two will determine if Utah gets a BCS bowl bid.

7. Southern California
(last poll: 8 )

3 one loss teams ahead of USC at this point. The loss to Oregon State is by far the worse of any BCS conference school one-loss team...and SoCal does not play a conference championship game to help make up for it. Yet, Pete Carroll is still confused.

8. Boise State
(last poll: 9 )

Undefeated and with the only challenge left being Fresno State at home. Another BCS game for Boise looms if Utah falters.

9. Penn State
(last poll: 2 )

Hint to big 10...play a championship game and Penn State may have been able to get back into the race after one loss.

10. Georgia
(last poll: n/r)

Auburn and Tech left for the Dawgs.

11. Ohio State
(last poll: n/r)

Illinois and Michigan left for tsou. Jesse "short tie" Palmer and ESPN are pimping Ohio State for an at large Sugar Bowl spot vs the SEC #2.

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New to the poll this week: Georgia / Ohio State

Out: Texas Christian / Oklahoma State

Week 4 of BCS...UGA in exact postion they were last year...

2008-11-09T18:48:00.004-05:00

Going into the Blackout of Auburn last season, UGA was 10 in the BCS. After 4 BCS weeks this season, going into the Auburn game, UGA is 10 in the BCS.

What a difference a year of expectations make.

With the absurd amount of injuries UGA has sustained to key players this year, to be in the same position we were last year is something to hang our helmets on. That being said, our D has got to get butter (sic).

UGA 42 / UK 38....Well, that was easy.....

2008-11-08T16:00:00.006-05:00

We just escaped Lexington by the skin-of-a-tooth-brush. Above is a picture of me late in the 4th quarter. Wow.

Knowshon goes for 123 yards and 3 TDs while surpassing 1000 yards on the season. KM becomes the second back in UGA HISTORY to have 2, 1000 yard seasons...Walker being the other.

Stafford's 376 yards passing were the most in his college career.

On the other hand, we just gave up 240 rushing yards to Kentucky. Not good.

In other news, the Vols just lost to Wyoming....in Knoxville...on homecoming.
To put this in perspective, the 3-6 Cowboys lost to Bowling Green 16-45. This may be the worse loss in UT history. Nice.

O...and.....

November 8th College Football Viewing Guide

2008-11-08T11:13:00.003-05:00

12 games to watch over 11.5 hours. Enjoy.

12:00:
Ohio State @ Northwestern ESPN2

Baylor @ Texas FSN

Nerds @ UNC Raycom (WUPA)

12:30
Georgia @ Kentucky Raycom (MyATL)

3:30
Bama @ LSU CBS

Oklahoma @ Texas A&M ABC MidWest

Penn State @ Iowa ABC Northeast and West

Clemson @ FSU ABC

7:00
Cincinnati @ West Virginia ESPNU

8:00
Cal @ SoCal ABC West

Okie State @ Texas Tech ABC

Turds @ Vandy ESPN2

Against the Spread: Week 11 College Football Picks ATS

2008-11-06T10:41:00.004-05:00

3-0 two weeks ago, 0-3 last week AT$. Guess it all evens out in the end.

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TCU -1.5 @ Utah

This pick is so "wrong" on so many levels. Picking a road favorite on Thursday night...WRONG according to the Vegas Wise Guys.

Picking TCU on the road on Thursday. WRONG, according to the people in the know.

All I have to say is BYU = Utah, and home or on the road...Thursday night or not, BYU was not able to compete with TCU in any facet of the game a few weeks ago.

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Ohio St -11 @ Northwestern

The magic computers are saying tosu should win this by 15-24 points.

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Florida State -5 vs Clemson

Steele says FSU by 17.

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2008 WLOCP: St Simons Beach Party

2008-11-05T12:12:00.011-05:00

-The amount of trash left on our beaches even left the chief of the county police here to say, "It was the ugliest, [most] unruly conduct that I've seen in a long time."

from RedandBlack.com

Standing on the beach last Friday, I made the comment that this place was going to be trashed. We cleaned up our junk (threw the empties back in the cooler). However, the city knew these kids were coming and could have provided a few trash cans on the beach. This would have kept a few hundred beer cans out of the ocean. Just a thought.

On the other hand...come one guys...pick up your trash so we get invited back next time.

I was going to say: "hey...at least we won the party"....but we even screwed that up.

Pete Carroll is upset his one loss team is behind better one loss teams

2008-11-05T11:30:00.008-05:00

ESPN.com Link

Pete Carroll is confused. How could a one loss Oklahoma, Florida and Texas be ahead of his one loss Trojans in the BCS?

Well, Pete, when you play in a weak conference (without a conference championship game to boot), how would you expect to be ahead of (or jump ahead of after the first weekend in December) teams that play in a stronger conference WITH a championship game...WHEN YOU LOST TO THE OREGON STATE BEAVERS?

O...and then there was this: "Speaking of Obama, he received Carroll's vote. "[I] was excited about it, fired up for it," Carroll said.

Call me when California falls into the ocean.

AJC.com: Know Your BullDawgs: Goodman / Curran

2008-11-04T10:05:00.003-05:00

Richt's Halloween Weekend by LSUfreak...

2008-11-03T14:33:00.003-05:00

College football rankings after 10 weeks: The Big 10 Rankings

2008-11-03T11:38:00.003-05:00

Major shake-up week.

1. Alabama
(last poll: 2)

Bama is unofficially in the SEC Championship game. A shot at the National Championship is in reach.

2. Penn State
(last poll: 3 )

With no big 10 championship game, Penn State could be shut out of the National Championship game while they sit home and get jumped that first week in December. Hint to big 10...play a championship game.

3. Texas Tech
(last poll: 4 )

Texas Tech has to somehow beat Okie and Okie State over the next two games....then an easy one against Baylor...then beat Missouri in the championship and they play for it all. Good luck with that.

4. Texas
(last poll: 1 )

Texas is now the highest ranked 1 loss team.

5. Oklahoma
(last poll: 5 )

Will Oklahoma go 11-1 and get shut out of playing in the Big 12 Championship. I guess that is what happens when you have 4, AP top 8 teams in the 6 team division of your conference.

6. Florida
(last poll: 7 )

Florida moves up a spot after beating the Dawgs...again.

7. Utah
(last poll: 8 )

Utah plays TCU at home. It will be interesting to see how they match up after BYU did not match up at all with the Horned Frogs.

8. Southern California
(last poll: 9 )

3 one loss teams ahead of USC at this point. The loss to Oregon State is by far the worse of any BCS conference school one-loss team.

9. Boise State
(last poll: 10 )

Undefeated and with the only challenge left being Fresno State at home. Another BCS game for Boise looms.

10. Oklahoma State
(last poll: 11)

They still have Okie and TT to play.

11. Texas Christian
(last poll: n/r)

Thursday night @ Utah could give TC alot of Big 10 Rankings, street cred heading into next season.

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New to the poll this week: Texas Christian

Out: Georgia

Penn Wagers? Really SEC? Really?

2008-11-02T18:39:00.007-05:00

Don't have much to say about the second half melt down (which was caused by turnovers)...but I do want to say that the SEC assigning Penn Wagers to the 2008 Georgia / Florida game was sketchy at best....and very disturbing.

Even if Penn and his crew had called an unbiased, major error free game (which they did not), assigning that crew to that game after his retaliation against UGA during the Auburn game last year for celebrating at his cocktail party in '07 is unacceptable.

I weep for leadership of college football. You know, there is a reason pro-wrestling has gone by the way-side.

Penn didn't account for the Georgia loss, but he has no business being at that game.