In-Depth Analysis of Georgia’s Road to the SEC Championship

By: @LivingCrimson

A picture is worth a thousand words.

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The Head Ball Witch summed up the Gamecocks 35-7 win with his usual savoir faire: the Georgia offense "didn't move it very far when they were out there," Steve Spurrier said with a grin.

Mark Richt recapped the game in his best feelings voice: "First of all, the bad news is we took a whipping. The good news is we all took it together. It was a team loss.”

What he really meant to say is that even though the Bulldogs in his tenure are now 2-15 against teams that finish the season ranked (including presumably South Carolina), 10-win easy-schedule seasons and the occasional Division title are good enough. Because doggonit people like him!

Mark Richt has lost control of his seat warmer? Naw … but he has lost control of eggs and toilet paper. There is no yellow brick road for Georgia to the SEC Championship unless Florida manages to beat the Gamecocks, UGA can then pull off a win against the Gators, and the SEC East ends in a three-way tie.

According to the SEC office: "The tied team with the highest ranking in the BCS Standings following the last weekend of regular-season games shall be the divisional representative in the SEC Championship Game, unless the second of the tied teams is ranked within five-or-fewer places of the highest ranked tied team. In this case, the head-to-head results of the top two ranked tied teams shall determine the representative in the SEC Championship Game."

We doubt the wind blows the Dawgs back to that side of the rainbow.

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Speaking of teams wandering lost in the BCS Oz this season, Alabama fan anthem21 with a tribute to the media’s favorite Smurfs, the Boise State Broncos: Gangnam Style.

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South Florida recruit is Stompin’ the Chomp

If Florida was a Muslim state, I believe this would lead to jihad. You don’t just go around putting your dirty shoes on sacred items like the Gator logo. In much the same way European cartoonists shouldn’t draw pictures of Mohammed.

Allah Akbar, and all that.

Via College Football Section, who hilariously points out that the stomper--Asiantii Woulard—is a 3 star dual threat quarterback who has yet to receive a scholarship offer from Imam Will al-Muschampi.

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Solid Gold: Watch College Station Mayor go off on Will Muschamp

This is SOLID GOLD. Watch College Station Mayor Nancy Berry give Florida Coach Will Muschamp the what-for after his (somewhat) derogatory comments about the town she governs.

Aggies are a proud bunch, and they’re Texans to boot.

The best part of this short video are the series of photoshopped images showing Muschamp at various venues and events around town.

Berry ends her rant on a positive note, though.

Welcome to the SEC, Aggies.

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Helmet tap to Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel.

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Tonight’s draft confirms Sporting News’ report on Gator football

In today’s Gainesville Sun, reporter Robbie Andreu explores the gap between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Florida Gators, using this weekend’s NFL Draft as a measuring stick to show how the two programs have diverged over the last two years. The Tide could have as many as five former players taken in the first round. The Gators may get two overall.

Yet these are the two programs that in 2008 and 2009 played for everything twice, with each winning a berth in the BCS Championship and bringing home the crystal.

What happened?

Matt Hayes of Sporting News took a stab at the root cause. Not surprisingly, Hayes took a lot of heat from Buckeye fans for his indictment of former Gator coach Urban Meyer, now leading the Ohio State program. Hayes outlined a precipitous decline in team discipline and program control, noting that Meyer himself said that Florida football was “broken.”

In 2007, Florida had nine players taken in the draft with two first rounders. Every one of those were Ron Zook’s recruits. In 2010, another nine players were selected by the NFL. Heisman Trophy winning sensation Tim Tebow was the third player selected from the team. Three first rounders and three second rounders, with none taken lower than the fifth round.

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“Over the last two years he was there, the players had taken complete control of the team,” one former player told Hayes.

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When Meyer joined the fraternity of Southeastern Conference football coaches, a lot of rival fans wagged their heads and predicted that his quirky, trick-play offense would never work in the country’s best college football conference. Two BCS Championships later, most of those critics were silenced.

Meyer’s offense wasn’t the downfall of Florida football. It was recruiting, character evaluation and player development. Since Steve Spurrier  woke the sleeping giant of Florida football in 1990, the Gators have always recruited well. The state has a rich population of quality athletes and an equally rich high school football program that annually turns out high quality prospects.

Spurrier lassoed that talent and rode it to SEC Championships and a national title in 1996. Ron Zook followed him and recruited lights out, but failed to convert the raw talent to execution on the field. Meyer took over in 2005 and immediately vied for the SEC Championship, losing a spot in Atlanta in the SEC finale against a Spurrier led South Carolina team.

He then won everything in 2006 and did it again in 2008.

In 2009, Alabama broke Florida’s stranglehold on the SEC, beating the Gators in Atlanta and winning the BCS Championship in Pasadena. Meyer seemed to come apart, and so did the Gator program. However, it’s worth pointing out that the signs of the impending implosion were already there. No fewer than 30 players were arrested while Meyer led the program. Hayes’s report indicates that marijuana use was rampant in Gainesville, with several key players having failed drug tests.

Ohio State President derided Hayes’ report as “bad journalism.” He can call it whatever he wants, but any objective observation of Florida football since the 2009 SEC Championship loss to Alabama must reach the conclusion that Hayes did. Meyer broke the Florida football program and current head coach Will Muschamp is struggling mightily to reassemble the pieces and mold the program back into a perennial conference and national title contender.

At small schools with small recruiting bases—like Bowling Green and Utah—a coach can get away with paying less attention to the Jimmy’s and the Joe’s while he works on perfecting the X’s and the O’s.

That’s not the case in Big Boy football schools like Florida.

And, Ohio State.

Tonight’s first round of the NFL Draft will mark the end of a five-year streak of at least one Gator being taken in the first round. The only two players with legitimate draft prospects are Chris Rainey and Jaye Howard. Both are projected to be taken somewhere south of the second round.

That’s Urban Meyer’s fault.

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Saban and Muschamp attempt to reach Pease Accord

Alabama’s Nick Saban and Florida’s Will “Padawan” Muschamp met in battle on the field and the Master came away with an impressive victory.

Now, it looks like they’re going at it again—only this time the prize is a coveted offensive coordinator named Brent Pease. According to a report on ESPN.com, both head coaches are after the Boise State assistant to replace coordinators who have left their respective programs to take head coaching jobs.

According to sources cited by ESPN, Pease and his wife were set for a visit to the Gainesville campus today. There was no confirmation on whether Pease has interviewed for the Alabama job, but several independent sources indicate that he has.

So, assuming he’s interested in leaving Boise State, where does he land? He has a chance to coach a more talented offense at Alabama, but he’ll have to live under the constraints placed on him by Saban, who doesn’t exactly think spraying the ball around the field is a winning offensive strategy.  At Florida, he’s more likely to enjoy the freedom of opening up his playbook and getting creative, but the Gator talent pool is shallower than that of the Tide.

Regardless of where Pease ends up—again assuming he leaves the Broncos—it shows that the Southeastern Conference is the place to make a name for yourself as an assistant coach, especially if your ambitions include a head coaching gig. It would also be a homerun hire for either program.

May Pease be with you.

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Mike Shula in line to replace Florida’s Charlie Weis? Don’t laugh…

Former Alabama head coach Mike Shula is being mentioned as a possible candidate for the Florida Gators offensive coordinator position. Yesterday, right after Charlie Weis surprised everyone and took the Kansas Jayhawks open head coaching job, Florida coach Will Muschamp said he’d waste no time and get someone who understood the schemes of the SEC.

Robbie Andreu of Gatorsports.com says he may have found his man.

Before you start laughing, consider that Shula’s acumen as an offensive coach and quarterbacks mentor is well known in NFL circles. Even in some of the darkest days of Alabama’s journey through the sanctions wilderness, Shula was still able to recruit fairly well and develop decent quarterbacks. Two of Alabama’s most pedestrian signal callers—John Parker Wilson and Greg McElroy—both went on to have undefeated regular seasons (after Shula was dismissed). Both are currently on NFL rosters. Also, Shula had Alabama right in the midst of a pitched recruiting battle for Tim Tebow. Had Shula not been the coach at Alabama, that battle wouldn’t have been as close as it was, and from every legitimate indication, it was very, very close.

By the way, look which rookie quarterback is setting the NFL on fire each week. That’s Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers, where Shula is currently serving as the QB’s coach.

On the flip side, you’re always taking a risk when you hire a former head coach as an assistant, especially if you are a younger head coach and you’re hiring a guy known for stubbornness and a big ego. Of all the traits Mike Shula inherited from Don Shula, those last two were probably what sealed his fate.

As evidence of Shula’s creativeness and stubbornness, I provide exhibit A, the Jumbo Package. The play was designed by Shula for use in short yardage and goal line situations and used three backs behind the QB, two blocking backs and a ball carrier. Initially, the play enjoyed success, especially against defenses that hadn’t seen it or were simply not physical enough to handle the additional blocking back. But as always, SEC defenses adjusted to it and instead of trying different plays out of the formation or abandoning it altogether, Shula stubbornly called the play over and over again, until it became a sad joke.

Something else that might scare the Gators off of him—team discipline, conditioning and coaching staff cohesion were constant sources of distraction during Shula’s tenure. Some of that stemmed from being forced to take risks on some recruits. Some of it stemmed from youth and inexperience running a big-time program. But while Shula’s coaching skills are probably as good as any skill-player developer out there, his ability to assert discipline and stay in control is still very much an issue.

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Ohio State officially welcomes Urban Meyer to the Buckeyes

One week after vehemently denying reports that he had reached a deal to become Ohio State’s next football coach, Urban Meyer was officially welcomed by the Buckeyes on Monday afternoon. Meyer could deny those reports all he wanted but let’s be honest—his next coaching gig was set the day Jim Tressel walked out that door.

As also discussed here last week, the romance between Columbus and its Ohio-born paramour has many different plot twists and turns. Not the least of which will be the set of expectations his new bosses have vs. those of the fans. The Associated Press’ Ralph Russo told me that he believes the Ohio State faithful would fit in the SEC perfectly (in terms of expectations and rabid following). In short, Buckeye fans want crystal balls and they want them now.

The NCAA has still not published the Committee on Infractions’ ruling on the Tattoo-trading scandal that rocked the school and cost Tressel his job. The program has offered a five scholarship reduction in its response to the league’s notice of allegations, but many observers expect the Committee to hand down a harsher sentence. I’ve seen estimates of five scholarship a year over three years based on the severity of the offenses.

The pending sanctions, the negative recruiting being used by competitors and at least a one- to two-year period of adjustment to Meyer’s leadership and philosophy mean that Michigan’s win Saturday might be the first of several before Meyer gets the program's feet beneath it.

When Meyer left Florida, he cited a combination of health concerns and family/personal issues as the reason for his departure. The pressure cooker at tOSU is as bad as it is in any school in the SEC, so it’ll be interesting to see how his physical, mental and emotional well-being endures the next two years.

At the end of the day, Ohio State still got the guy they wanted. Without a doubt, they had to hire the best coach available and the guy who knocked down two BCS titles at Florida was, without a doubt, that guy.

Exit question: Should the Columbus Police Department open a new precinct on campus? Or, can we get some odds on the Buckeyes’ chances of winning the EDSBS Fulmer Cup?

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The Urban Meyer – Ohio State romance has many story lines and plot twists

It’s like a dime-store romance novel. It’s on again. It’s off again.

It’s on again?

Earlier this week, former Florida Gators’ coach and current ESPN analyst told the Gainesville Sun’s Pat Dooley that he hadn’t visited Columbus and hadn’t interviewed for the Buckeye’s head coaching job.

But last night, news reports surfaced that he and the Ohio State powers-that-be agreed in principle to seven-year, $40 million nuptials. It’s a story that WE or Oxygen would drool over, isn’t it? After all, look at the story lines and plot twists, here.

Consider the jilted former lover in Gainesville, left behind by a coach who suddenly resigned, reversed himself, and then resigned for good. That page-turning chain of events was, according to Meyer, brought about first by health and then by family issues. Gator fans were saddened by his departure, but understanding and forgiving. That is, until reports surfaced that Meyer was the leading candidate for the job once held by the disgraced Jim Tressel at Ohio State.

It will be interesting to see how the Gator Nation handles the news if, as so many expect, Meyer and Ohio State finally consummate the relationship and join each other at the altar podium. Parting is indeed sweet sorrow, but it’s only sweet if your paramour isn’t jumping in the sack with the next pretty face.

And, as long as Florida was winning, Gator fans didn’t mind being in contention for the EDSBS Fulmer Cup. (for those of you who think college football coverage should be left up to professionals, the Fulmer Cup is awarded at the end of each offseason to the program with the collectively worst criminal record.)

Somebody should alert Columbus Police Department Chief Walter Distelzweig to let him know that his job may be about to get really interesting, and seeing how Ohio State fans deal with annual Fulmer Cup contention should be a storyline producing free blogging all offseason long.

Consider also the mean, hateful Alabama Crimson Tide. All Nick Saban and his 2009 National Championship squad did was show Meyer that competing in the SEC was a big boy’s job. They made his ass quit and made his quarterback cry. Does he really think the job of winning championships gets easier at Ohio State, where it took gaming the system to keep ineligible players on the field to get its first ever win over an SEC team?

This is another fascinating storyline to be played out--how does Meyer see his upcoming affair with the battling Brutuses? What would the ultimate goal of the relationship be? When he was introduced as the Florida head coach in December 2004, the stated goal was to compete at the highest level and contest for national championships. Meyer did just that—winning two national titles in 2006 and 2008. The goals at Ohio State are just as lofty.

But as Yahoo! Sports columnist (and BCS Anarchist) Dan Wetzel illustrates in a column yesterday, B1G commissioner Jim Delany isn’t thinking on such a scale anymore. In fact, Delany’s decision-making will likely make it difficult for even the B1G’s best to make beaucoup bucks in the BCS, much less compete for all the Tostitos and win a BCS title. A nine game season in the league makes it hard for even Ohio State and Michigan to emerge from the conference unbeaten, a task they are almost certainly required to complete before getting into the big dance. A one-loss Ohio State isn’t getting to the championship game like a one-loss 2006 Florida team did, because Ohio State is in the B1G, not the SEC.

The only way Ohio State gets into a title match is if some sort of plus-one or multi-round playoff is installed. Delany wants none of it and remains the most powerful conference commissioner to oppose it. When the SEC’s Mike Slive and the ACC’s Jim Swofford proposed a weaksauce plus-one system last January, Delany shot it down. This January, Delany will propose that the BCS sponsor only a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup. While that would be awful for college football in general, it would be disastrous for an incoming coach who expects his team to win it all and coaches that way.

The plot will only get thicker as the story plays out. Chick flicks are fantasies but this is real, or something.

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Charlie Weis’ “decided schematic advantage” doesn’t play in college ball

At $2.6 million over three years, Florida Offensive Coordinator Charlie Weis is one of the highest paid assistant coaches in the game of major college football. Indeed, his salary is comparable to many head coaches in FBS. For example, Texas Tech’s Tommy Tuberville agreed to a contract extension and a raise last February, bringing his total compensation to $2.0 million amidst grousing by that school’s academic leadership. Tubs had been making up to $1.5 million annually with incentives before the extension,

People connected with big boy football don’t mind shelling out the dough for coaches’ salaries, as long as the product on the field is winning football. Weis’ product isn’t winning and color me as one of those who don’t think it ever will. Not in college football.

During his tenure at Notre Dame, Irish Quarterbacks Brady Quinn and Jimmy Clausen both played very well, parlaying their abilities and statistics into first and second round NFL draft picks (respectively). But football teams built around the quarterback play on Sundays, not on Saturdays.

When he was hired by Notre Dame in 2004, Weis was famously quoted as saying that his teams would have “a decided schematic advantage,” and believed that his NFL-style offensive strategy was superior to the schemes being run by most major college football programs. What Weis failed to recognize is that Steve Spurrier had already played the Ace Quarterback card more than 10 years before, and college football defenses had already found ways of neutralizing the advantage.

Today, successful college football teams feature game managers at Quarterback. Stud Quarterbacks are good to have in any program. You want your starting signal caller to make plays when he needs to. But woe be to the college program that thinks the NFL model of the Franchise Quarterback will be a long term winning model.

With 120 FBS programs, the ability of any one program to recruit and develop an all-star Quarterback comes once in a decade, if that often. In the NFL, a Quarterback typically plays for many years. In college ball, you are lucky to have all-star talent for three years. Then you have to go out and recruit another. And another. Forever and ever, Amen?

It doesn’t happen that way.

When Florida Quarterback John Brantley went down with a high ankle sprain against Alabama, the Gator offense went down with him. In the last three games, Florida has scored 10, 11 and 6 points. The Quarterbacks have combined for five interceptions and one touchdown. The offense is averaging 210 yards per game. Granted, two of the last three games were played against the most ferocious defenses in the SEC, but last night against Auburn, Florida managed only 194 yards against one of the most porous defenses in the country. Auburn can claim to have “dominated” the Gators on defense last night, but the numbers and the production show that Florida’s offense just isn’t very good.

At $2.6 million, Florida fans deserve to get a quality offensive product on the field, and they clearly aren’t getting their money’s worth. The fact that a former Florida Quarterback, Heisman Trophy winner and National Championship coach could have told Weis what was in store has to hurt a little, too.

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Bama makes another statement with 38-10 Swamp Stomp

Last night, the Florida Gators learned that bringing track stars to a football game with the Alabama Crimson Tide is like bringing a knife to a gunfight. You might do a little damage early on but the more heavily armed opponent is going to slaughter you.

Consider the 38-10 smashing of the Gators on their own field yet another statement—you can have a very good football team and you will still be crushed. You can have a talented quarterback comfortable in a system designed for his abilities and he’ll have to run for his life. You can have blazing speed in the backfield and a good offensive line and still be held to 15 yards on the ground. You can have an athletic defense that knows exactly who’s getting the ball and where he’s going and still get run over by the freight train we call Trent. In all three phases of the game of football, Alabama is going to outwork you and make you look silly. That’s how championship caliber football teams win games and make statements that they are the team to beat.

Alabama intends to hoist some crystal in January, amid a hail of confetti and a party on Bourbon Street.

When the USA Today Coaches and Associated Press polls are released later today, Alabama will receive a few first place votes. But LSU and Oklahoma will likely be 1-2 or 2-1, with the Tide still at No. 3. Bama fans need to take this in stride and understand that these things will work themselves out. Who is ranked first through tenth on the first weekend of October means absolutely nothing, especially when one of the teams ranked ahead of you is on your schedule and the other has yet to play any of the better teams in its own conference.

Patience, Padawan.

If Alabama takes care of business, survives the slobberknocker against LSU in Tuscaloosa, runs the table and wins its 23rd SEC Championship, it will have a berth in the title game in New Orleans. That’s all that needs to be said. What doesn’t need to be said is that the poll voters are disrespecting Alabama by keeping them down; that the voters are biased or Anti-Bama. That is the kind of stuff that makes for absolutely awful water cooler and break room discussion and when I hear my fellow Tide faithful whining like that, I’m embarrassed for them. Please, don’t.

Head Coach Nick Saban doesn’t care where Alabama is ranked right now. Courtney Upshaw, Trent Richardson, Marquis Maze and Dre Kirkpatrick probably don’t even know where Alabama is ranked. So why should you care?

As long as Alabama’s opponents keep bringing knives to gunfights, the Tide will be the last one standing.

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Boom Muschamp: “What’s a Padawan?”

From the Orlando Sentinel’s Swamp Things Gators blog.

I have a few dyed-in-the-wool Star Wars fans that are gonna absolutely love this.

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SEC Difference Makers: Steve Kragthorpe and Charlie Weiss

The 2011 College Football season allows two of the most highly regarded offensive minds to ply their trade in the most competitive, most talented and toughest league in the Football Bowl Subdivision—the Southeastern Conference.

Steve Kragthorpe and Charlie Weiss come from very different backgrounds, but both have been head coaches at BCS schools and understand the intense pressure that comes with playing at such a high level. Both have also coached in the NFL, with roles ranging from QB’s coach to Offensive Coordinator.

 

 

They have the boxes checked on their resumes. But can they get their squads to succeed in the SEC? The 2011 season will give us a much clearer picture. The two teams whose offenses they’re charged with leading were disappointments in the 2010 season, so there’s a set of yardsticks available.

Steve Kragthorpe was the successful Head Coach at Tulsa, where the Golden Hurricanes racked up a Conference USA Title in 2005 and beat Fresno State in the Liberty Bowl. Kragthorpe’s innovative offensive playcalling and eye-popping statistics garnered lots of national attention. Kragthorpe was frequently mentioned as a top candidate for bigger coaching jobs and was mentioned as potential replacement for Alabama’s Mike Shula, who was dismissed after the 2006 season. Alabama hired Nick Saban instead, and Kragthorpe went on to a disappointing stint at Louisville, winning only 15 games in three years. LSU Head Coach Les Miles hired Kragthorpe to take over the Tigers struggling offense after the 2010 season. His task: Get LSU Quarterback Jordan Jefferson to take his game to the next level and develop backup Zack Mettenberger as a capable replacement and heir apparent. LSU returns the talent at Offensive Line and Wide Receiver to make this job a bit easier, and the frighteningly efficient Spencer Ware at Tailback will take some of the pressure off of the signal caller. What remains to be seen is if Kragthorpe can recreate the offensive wonder of the Tulsa years, or if it that was really Charlie Stubbs’ offense.

Charlie Weiss has four Super Bowl rings as an assistant coach and Offensive Coordinator, but by all accounts the promising 2005 Notre Dame hire famously flopped in South Bend. The offensive whiz with the "decided schematic advantage" quickly learned that schemes and strategies were only part of offensive performance at the FBS level. It takes talent, preparation and execution to make any scheme work and there were numerous games during his tenure where the Fighting Irish simply looked lost. He had the talent in QB’s Brady Quinn and Jimmy Clausen, but despite back-to-back-to-back Top 10 recruiting classes from 2005-2007, the supporting cast either never materialized or was never sufficiently developed to win consistently. He was fired after the 2009 season. After one year as the Offensive Coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs, incoming Florida Gators Head Coach Will Muschamp hired Weiss to lead his offense. Weiss’ pro-style, multiple set offense seems much more suited to expected starter John Brantley’s abilities, and Florida never has a problem stockpiling talent. The athletic ability and depth look good.

Both Kragthorpe and Weiss appear to have the mental skills to develop quarterbacks and implement effective offensive schemes. Both appear to be ideally suited for assistant coaching positions rather than head coaches. Weiss’ recruiting credentials are respectable; Kragthorpe’s may still need some time to examine, but like Florida, the school typically has its pick of the state’s top talent.

What’s most tantalizing about these two offensive gurus is that we get to see them match wits, head-to-head, when the Gators visit Death Valley for what should be a first class slobber-knocker on October 8. The date—fully four weeks into the season—is late enough to see where both teams are offensively. It’ll be one of many must-see matchups in the upcoming season. If things fall the right way through the season, we might even see a rematch on the first Saturday of December in the Georgia Dome.

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The Alabama Crimson Tide will CRUSH the Florida Gaytors

Five reasons why Alabama should win this weekend’s rematch of the 2009 SEC Championship game, going away.

• Defense.  Last year’s Alabama defense would simply maul you like a bear.  This year’s Alabama defense plays more like a big cat predator.  It is physical, but it is much more opportunistic.  You make a mistake, you pay with your life.
• No Tebow.  Brantley is a great Quarterback and will be playing football on Sundays in a few years.  But he is no Tim Tebow, and neither is the freshman Trey Burton.  Neither one of these QB’s have faced such a talented, well-coached and experienced defense like the Alabama defense.
• Mark Richardson Trent Ingram.  These two Tailbacks are as interchangeable as a Borg’s body parts.  They run over you, around you, through you and past you.  Alabama will have more than 300 yards on the ground by the final whistle, and Florida’s defensive backfield will get up looking through their helmets’ earholes.
• Greg McElroy.  He’s not flashy.  He’s not seven feet tall.  He doesn’t weigh 275 lbs.  All he does is beat you, and he’s been doing it since puberty.
• Nick Saban is a better game prep coach than Urban Meyer.  No one outworks Alabama head football coach Nick Saban.  He already knows which plays Florida will run out of which formations, and he’s already coaching Dont’a Hightower on how to sniff out what’s coming.

Your wild card sixth reason: Bama fans don’t wear jorts.

There ya go.  I said it.  Alabama will CRUSH Florida on Saturday and if I’m wrong, I’ll be here Sunday morning to admit it.