How good are they really? They beat Clemson 10-3, but Clemson, 14-8 winners over GA Tech and losers to N.C. State, isn't really the Clemson we've been used to the past several seasons.

The other opponents on Georgia's schedule so far (UAB, South Carolina, Vanderbilt) are pretty weak. If Georgia does cover the spread against Arkansas (currently UGA is favored by 18), I will concede that they are probably top 2. Right now, I'm less than convinced.

On Monday, September 27, 2021 at 7:56:30 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
> How good are they really? They beat Clemson 10-3, but Clemson, 14-8 winners over GA Tech and losers to N.C. State, isn't really the Clemson we've been used to the past several seasons.
>
> The other opponents on Georgia's schedule so far (UAB, South Carolina, Vanderbilt) are pretty weak. If Georgia does cover the spread against Arkansas (currently UGA is favored by 18), I will concede that they are probably top 2. Right now, I'm less than convinced.

Plus it’s Georgia. Even if they are a top two team, something will probably happen to keep them from winning the MNC. Something always happens.. Maybe an unfortunate rash of injuries. Perhaps a Covid outbreak at the wrong time. An academic scandal could lead to multiple suspensions. Some drunk redneck fan could shout the wrong thing at the QB causing him to enter the transfer portal mid season. The possibilities are endless.

On Monday, September 27, 2021 at 7:56:30 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
> How good are they really? They beat Clemson 10-3, but Clemson, 14-8 winners over GA Tech and losers to N.C. State, isn't really the Clemson we've been used to the past several seasons.
>
> The other opponents on Georgia's schedule so far (UAB, South Carolina, Vanderbilt) are pretty weak. If Georgia does cover the spread against Arkansas (currently UGA is favored by 18), I will concede that they are probably top 2. Right now, I'm less than convinced.

Part of it at this point is just the eye test. Sure UAB South Carolina and Vandy are not good, but it's just the way on tape they are doing it. Past the scores(which look good also). Especially when all the other teams minus Bama that would compete for the top 2 slots(Oregon, Oklahoma, etc) look so relatively non-dominating for the most part against their less than stellar competition.

Whether Georgia will finish the season top 2 I don't know. Right now they certainly look like either the best or second best team in the country. But the season is early.

But shit.....they are an 18(!) pt favorite against a team saturday who has been kicking the ass of multiple ranked teams this year(top 15 teams) and has looked good themselves. That alone should
tell you something....there is exactly *maybe* one other team in the country
that would be anything close to that sort of favorite against Arkansas at home now, and in Alabama's case that would be close to the number as well.

The *next closest* team would probably come in at like -6 or so, maybe -7 and be a group that includes maybe Oregon in Autzen, Ohio State in Columbus, maybe Florida in gainesville, and OU in Norman.

There is a damn big difference between -18 and -6/7, so while you may not be sure that Georgia is definately better than any non-alabama team everyone else seems pretty confident they are by a decent bit.

But like I said, season is still early.

Why do we need a playoff when it's becoming clear that, barring injuries or something catastrophic, we already know the two best teams in the country, and #3 isn't even close?

Mike (Hell, why do we need the rest of the season?)

On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 11:00:00 AM UTC-4, Michael Falkner wrote:
> Why do we need a playoff when it's becoming clear that, barring injuries or something catastrophic, we already know the two best teams in the country, and #3 isn't even close?
>
> Mike (Hell, why do we need the rest of the season?)

It's not that obvious. Florida played Alabama right down to the wire. Florida still plays Georgia in a game that hardly has a guaranteed winner.

On Monday, September 27, 2021 at 8:14:02 PM UTC-4, miande...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, September 27, 2021 at 7:56:30 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
> > How good are they really? They beat Clemson 10-3, but Clemson, 14-8 winners over GA Tech and losers to N.C. State, isn't really the Clemson we've been used to the past several seasons.
> >
> > The other opponents on Georgia's schedule so far (UAB, South Carolina, Vanderbilt) are pretty weak. If Georgia does cover the spread against Arkansas (currently UGA is favored by 18), I will concede that they are probably top 2. Right now, I'm less than convinced.
> Part of it at this point is just the eye test. Sure UAB South Carolina and Vandy are not good, but it's just the way on tape they are doing it. Past the scores(which look good also). Especially when all the other teams minus Bama that would compete for the top 2 slots(Oregon, Oklahoma, etc) look so relatively non-dominating for the most part against their less than stellar competition.
>
> Whether Georgia will finish the season top 2 I don't know. Right now they certainly look like either the best or second best team in the country. But the season is early.
>
> But shit.....they are an 18(!) pt favorite against a team saturday who has been kicking the ass of multiple ranked teams this year(top 15 teams) and has looked good themselves. That alone should
> tell you something....

that Arkansas is extremely underrated and I should bet on them this weekend?

On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:26:16 -0700 (PDT), JGibson <james.m.gibson@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 11:00:00 AM UTC-4, Michael Falkner wrote:
>> Why do we need a playoff when it's becoming clear that, barring injuries or something catastrophic, we already know the two best teams in the country, and #3 isn't even close?
>>
>> Mike (Hell, why do we need the rest of the season?)
>
>It's not that obvious. Florida played Alabama right down to the wire. Florida still plays Georgia in a game that hardly has a guaranteed winner.

Quite right. Florida also had over 250 rushing yards to AL's 95, and as many passing yards as AL, and lost because of a missed PAT. AL was very
fortunate to win that game and it's not clear they were the better team. FL is improving.

On 9/28/2021 3:56 PM, joe@mich.com wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:26:16 -0700 (PDT), JGibson <james.m.gibson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 11:00:00 AM UTC-4, Michael Falkner wrote:
>>> Why do we need a playoff when it's becoming clear that, barring injuries or something catastrophic, we already know the two best teams in the country, and #3 isn't even close?
>>>
>>> Mike (Hell, why do we need the rest of the season?)
>>
>> It's not that obvious. Florida played Alabama right down to the wire. Florida still plays Georgia in a game that hardly has a guaranteed winner.
>
> Quite right. Florida also had over 250 rushing yards to AL's 95, and as many passing yards as AL, and lost because of a missed PAT. AL was very
> fortunate to win that game and it's not clear they were the better team. FL is improving.
>

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On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 2:56:28 PM UTC-5, j...@mich.com wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:26:16 -0700 (PDT), JGibson <james.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 11:00:00 AM UTC-4, Michael Falkner wrote:
> >> Why do we need a playoff when it's becoming clear that, barring injuries or something catastrophic, we already know the two best teams in the country, and #3 isn't even close?
> >>
> >> Mike (Hell, why do we need the rest of the season?)
> >
> >It's not that obvious. Florida played Alabama right down to the wire. Florida still plays Georgia in a game that hardly has a guaranteed winner.
> Quite right. Florida also had over 250 rushing yards to AL's 95, and as many passing yards as AL, and lost because of a missed PAT. AL was very
> fortunate to win that game and it's not clear they were the better team. FL is improving.
Yes but it was a meaningless game. We all know if Florida had won, Alabama would have just moved to number two or three and Florida would be the number one team so it wouldn't really make any difference.

On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 1:34:54 PM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
> On Monday, September 27, 2021 at 8:14:02 PM UTC-4, miande...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Monday, September 27, 2021 at 7:56:30 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
> > > How good are they really? They beat Clemson 10-3, but Clemson, 14-8 winners over GA Tech and losers to N.C. State, isn't really the Clemson we've been used to the past several seasons.
> > >
> > > The other opponents on Georgia's schedule so far (UAB, South Carolina, Vanderbilt) are pretty weak. If Georgia does cover the spread against Arkansas (currently UGA is favored by 18), I will concede that they are probably top 2. Right now, I'm less than convinced.
> > Part of it at this point is just the eye test. Sure UAB South Carolina and Vandy are not good, but it's just the way on tape they are doing it. Past the scores(which look good also). Especially when all the other teams minus Bama that would compete for the top 2 slots(Oregon, Oklahoma, etc) look so relatively non-dominating for the most part against their less than stellar competition.
> >
> > Whether Georgia will finish the season top 2 I don't know. Right now they certainly look like either the best or second best team in the country. But the season is early.
> >
> > But shit.....they are an 18(!) pt favorite against a team saturday who has been kicking the ass of multiple ranked teams this year(top 15 teams) and has looked good themselves. That alone should
> > tell you something....
> that Arkansas is extremely underrated and I should bet on them this weekend?

the problem is nobody is going to be surprised if georgia waxes arky by 4 tds.....

everyone is saying it's not a good matchup for arkansas.

The reality is georgia and alabama, because they have the two most talented(at least by recruiting rankings over the last 3-4 years) rosters in college football this year(and recently it seems) are going to get the benefit of the doubt that the results match a certain picture. When Georgia kills UAB and Vandy like they did it's "of course they are killing them; look at all their 5 stars and high 4 star guys".

I just think though when you look at Georgia's roster and then look at Arkansas' roster, it looks like a talent mismatch. I don't think anyone is going to be able to consistently run on Georgia, so the fact that Arkansas has a power running game and one really good big play reciever is just not a good matchup at georgia. If OleMiss were going into Athens, for example, everyone would like their chances better(not to win, but the line may only be 12-13 or so as opposed to the 18 against arkansas)

After all Bama is what -14.5 home against OleMiss saturday.

On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 2:56:28 PM UTC-5, j...@mich.com wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:26:16 -0700 (PDT), JGibson <james.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 11:00:00 AM UTC-4, Michael Falkner wrote:
> >> Why do we need a playoff when it's becoming clear that, barring injuries or something catastrophic, we already know the two best teams in the country, and #3 isn't even close?
> >>
> >> Mike (Hell, why do we need the rest of the season?)
> >
> >It's not that obvious. Florida played Alabama right down to the wire. Florida still plays Georgia in a game that hardly has a guaranteed winner.
> Quite right. Florida also had over 250 rushing yards to AL's 95, and as many passing yards as AL, and lost because of a missed PAT. AL was very
> fortunate to win that game and it's not clear they were the better team. FL is improving.

Florida was also at home, got down 21-3 at one point, and seemed to get every on the field break(a couple of those third down conversions they had seemed like flukes). It wouldnt surprise me at all if florida does upset georgia and win out(another non-gimme) to get to atlanta to play Alabama if the result this time was a 2 or 3 td bama win instead of a close game.