re: More Success in Year 1. Smart or Richt?

So, finishing 6th in the nation in the final AP poll is not contending? I would say Alabama is not contending either, then. They got beat by Ole Miss. And North Carolina isn't contending this year, either. They got beat by a worse SC team. Shall we go on? Let me see. Ohio State hasn't contended. Michigan State is not a contender.

South Carolina finished 9th ion the AP poll. They had a very good team. They finished 11-2. Believe it or not teams sometimes have bad games....and UGA had a bad game.