re: This is the year USCe makes a run to Atlanta.

Thursday, September 2 Southern Miss - Win

Saturday, September 11 Georgia - Toss up, 2-7 vs Richt

Saturday, September 18 Furman - Win

Saturday, September 25 at Auburn - Toss up 0-4 in last 20 years

Saturday, October 2 Bye

Saturday, October 9 Alabama - Loss

Saturday, October 16 at Kentucky - Win

Saturday, October 23 at Vanderbilt - Toss up, Vandy has had their number lately, almost winning 3 years in a row

Saturday, October 30 Tennessee - Toss up 2-3 since 05

Saturday, November 6 Arkansas - Toss up 2-3 since 05

Saturday, November 13 at Florida - Loss 1-17 in SEC

Saturday, November 20 Troy - Win

Saturday, November 27 at Clemson - toss up

That schedule has way to many toss ups to be a SECC appearance type season. Especially with Garcia at QB. The guys isn't exactly john elway here...

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Murray while be great, but not this year and especially not in time for Scar

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But the thing is he doesn't have to be great by week 2. Hell, last year we put up 41 on you with JOE COX. That was also with our out of place RB who is now an ILB and with Washaun Ealey having yet to see the field. We will score on your defense. All we have to do is play SOME semblance of defense, which we didn't do AT ALL last year. I can assure you we will play better D in week 2 this year than we did in week 2 last year. We also have UConn's DB coach on staff, and we all know the job he did on your offense with Uconn talent.

Psh. Kentucky's taking the East. Blee dat.

He looked good throwing in the spring game last year didn't know about the inury. He reminds me of a more mobile Drew Brees, but still he hasn't proven shite.

The only proven QB in the SEC is Mallet. Everyone else has proven to be shitty, or has not proven shite yet.

Garcia as it stands would be #2 behind Mallet.

Yeah he did look good in spring but got injured in late summer/early fall if I recall. People compare him to Drew Brees a lot not only because they have similar playing styles, but they are also both short, around 6". I can't wait to see the kid play.

Mallet is more proven than McElroy. Before you start telling me GM hasn't lost since diapers, look at what both are working with. Greg had maybe the best defense in the country at his back, so he didn't have to put the team on his shoulders. He also had the heisman winning RB. Mallet had NO defense, a great TE, some good WRs and a good RB. He was pretty much forced to win games, and he did a damn good job. If the question is what QB would I be most afraid to face, it'd be RM over GM.

How can you say Murray will be great but you don't know about Brantley?

Both were 5* QBs out of HS and Brantley has been in the system for three years.

I think both will be pretty good FWIW.

ETA: responding to DelusionalDore.

Won't be an issue... if USC makes the SEC CCG then something catastrophic has happened that wiped out most of the South

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Charlie Strong has been the key to UF success because Meyer's offense has been rather pedestrian besides 07 and 08. We say it without Harvin last year now no Tebow or Harvin= hot garbage.

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What a load of total garbage. When Zook was here, Charlie Strong was nothing but a mediocre DC at best.

UF's defense were consistently torched, and UF lost a number of games in the 4th quarter.

Enter Meyer = Enter championship defenses.

Charlie Strong is probably the most overrated DC in the college game right now. I mean, don't get me wrong, he's a good coordinator, but he can be replaced.

So, UF promoted Heater to Co-DC and hired Austin to be Co-DC and also coach DB's, which he did quite successfully in the NFL.

As long as Urban Meyer is head coach, UF has one of the best coaches IN THIS GENERATION, let alone the SEC. The only guy that comes close is Saban, who is arguably just as good if not better.

Garcia has been inconsistent his entire career, South Carolina's defense has been totally destroyed too many times in the last few years to believe that they can hold up over the course of a full season.

UF still has one of the most experienced defenses in the whole conference, and one of, if not THE BEST offensive lines. South Carolina is 1-17 against uF since joining the SEC and has NEVER won in the swamp.

It won't happen this year. So like I said before, unless SC SOMEHOW has a 2 game lead over Florida in the SEC standings, (Which they won't), no way do they win the east because they aren't winning in the swamp.

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if USC makes the SEC CCG then something catastrophic has happened that wiped out most of the South

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This. I see 4 SEC losses to UGA, UT, UF, and Alabama. No trip to Atlanta for USC this year.


ETA: a loss to Auburn as well.