You describe 9 opponents who played in the bowl games which just ended and South Carolina and Vandie both of whom were significantly better than half the teams who did play in both games instead of them. 1 of the big questions for 2008 will be who will beat a BCS Top 10 team this season, as Appalachian State did last season. What no one seems to remember is that it was good for Michigan that they did not play Georgia Southern either, for Georgia Southern beat Appalachian State– just after Appalachian State beat Michigan. Did you find a patsy on that schedule ? If you did, you have a better magnifying glass than I can afford.

In direct comparison with our abysmal passing offense and therefore abysmal total offense, The Georgia Bulldogs NCAA Ranking in Total Defense is No. 14 for this past season. These remain important parts of the equation, along with the schedule, on both sides of the ball because we are 1 of the Top 5 Best Football Teams in the Nation – an Elite Football Program – who return our team in large part from last season to next season.

Couple these with the fact that we also lose our oft-injured Senior Kicker and replace him on extra points in field goals with a frosh face, and lose return men on both punt returns and kick returns, and well, we have a lot on our platter for a Nation’s Elite Football Program this coming season.

We see, read, and study these analyses of how since 2002 The University of Georgia has averaged the 2nd Best Recruiting Rankings average of both Rivals and Scout.com, 2nd only to Southern Cal. And, now we see we shall have yet another such class join us this season up-coming again which should end up somewhere in the Top 3, 4 or 5 or so in the nation. And, we see, read, and study these analyses of how since 2002, Coach Richt also has 52 Wins against BCS Schools since 2002, validating our recruiting rankings in both Scout.com and Rivals. 52 wins against BCS Schools since 2002 ranks Coach Richt 4th in Wins against BCS Schools since 2002, behind only Southern California, Ohio State, and Oklahoma.

We find but 3 with more in the NFL on Opening Day Rosters this NFL season, behind only Miami, Ohio State, Florida State and then Georgia.

These are indeed The Good Ole Days, now for The University of Georgia in this Coach Richt Era with Georgia also ranked in the Final AP Poll 11 Consecutive Seasons and Counting, the Longest Streak of all Football Programs in the nation.

But, it has been 43 years since The Bulldogs ventured outside the Southeast for a game in the regular season. Georgia won that game 2 October 1965 in the big house in Ann Arbor Michigan doubling up Michigan 15-7. Now, we take on Arizona State among these double-digit bowl teams this past season we face now this up-coming season.

Georgia has 1 of the nation’s longest winning streaks at 7 games in a row, and we accomplished that against a NCAA Official Strength of Schedule Ranked No. 7 in the nation this past season. Our Strength of Schedule again this up-coming season is supposed to be our downfall ?

Let’s look at these other Elite Football Programs 2008 by all measures thereof, and see just where their Strength of Schedules are in fact ranked now that we have the full season under our belt and can finally only now today do, shall we ?

UGA No. 7 SOS, LSU No. 14 SOS, Auburn No. 23 SOS, Oklahoma is No. 22 Strength of Schedule, Ohio State No. 38 Official NCAA Strength of Schedule including getting their butts beat by yet their 9th Consecutive SEC Team in a Bowl Game. Texas SOS is No. 46. Arizona State No. 49 SOS. Wisconsin No. 50 SOS. Florida State No. 60 SOS. Georgia Tech No. 61 SOS and guess what Southern California’s NCAA Official Strength of Schedule is ? No. 73 SOS Southern California.

Yet Georgia Bulldogs are No. 2 in the Final AP Poll 2007-2008 despite playing the No. 7 NCAA Official Strength of Schedule. Our Coaching and talent can stand up to a schedule of what faces us, for it indeed is why we have the recruits we have. Our players welcome the challenge and the fact of the matter is that Matthew Stafford, true Junior, is a Money Quarterback.

There are those detractors who say that These are NOT The Good Ole Days now today in the Coach Richt Era for we have not won a national championship.

What is a national championship ?

Playing the No. 38 Official NCAA Strength of Schedule and getting your butts beat on national TV yet again, and no better record than UGA who played the No. 7 SOS by direct comparison thereto, like Ohio State ?

Playing the No. 73 Official NCAA Strength of Schedule and having no better record than UGA who played the No. 7 SOS by direct comparison thereto, like Southern California ?

Playing the No. 22 Official NCAA Strength of Schedule and losing their bowl game again this season yet again to have a worse record than UGA who played the No. 7 SOS ?

Those are Elite Football Programs and these are their Good Ole Days, and not ours because we play a better schedule of games which is more compelling and more fun to watch ?

They can all Kiss My Grits, for we all know we can beat them all – just as we would have LSU in The SEC Championship Game had they based it upon BCS Rankings at the time and not a subset of the season to-date. And, We would have wiped the floor with Ohio State too, just as LSU did; and would have played LSU with all our hearts, minds, bodies and souls – if there were a Plus One (+1).

So, we get our Plus One (+1) in Baton Rouge.

We play Heisman Trophy Winner Tim Tebow who lost every single football game against a Final AP Poll Top 25 team he played except the vols. Florida lost to Georgia, lost to LSU, lost to Auburn, lost to Michigan and besides the vols did not play another good team all season long.

Who did Ohio State beat ? Wisconsin is the only team in the Final AP Poll Top 25 at Number 24 and who did Wisconsin beat in the Final AP Poll ? No one.

Who did Southern California beat ? Arizona State No. 16 Final AP Poll, both of whom played soft schedules and Arizona State lost to the worst Texas Football Team in Nine (9) years in their last game.

If Georgia cannot get out there on the football field and handle this schedule, we don’t deserve to be ranked where we most assuredly are before we play the games as a consensus Preseason Pick to be among the Nation’s Elite Football Programs 2008.

Bring them on. And, The SEC Championship Game. And, The BCS Bowl Game ahead in our schedule of 14 games. I hope we go 12-2 against this schedule. But, don’t bother telling me when we do, that some team playing SOS No. 22, No. 14, No. 38 or No. 73 is in fact better than The Georgia Bulldogs when you did NOT beat us.