BUT, the coaches say U.S.C. is no. 2 and

[WracerX]

UGA lost to Tennesee and SC. USC lost to Stanford. UGA as much as I hate to admit it, deserves the #2 ranking.

By those standards, Ohio State deserves the #2 slot. They lost to LSU and Illinois.

 

[GTCrew]

By those standards, Ohio State deserves the #2 slot. They lost to LSU and Illinois.

They probably do deserve the #2 spot, based on the whole season, if LSU is #1. It isn't like last year where they obviously didn't belong on the same field as Florida.

It took a miracle gift from Vandy for UGA to win, and you won't find a game where USC was manhandled. UT manhandled UGA. Who else in the top teams was totally dominated in a loss?

And as mentioned USC lost when their QB was out. Both finished strong.

IMHO, USC would mop the floor with UGA. I don't think you will find more then a handful of neutral knowledgeable football fans who disagree.

I haven't looked at postseason personnel losses yet so i don't hazard a guess on 2008 #1 preseason. But LSU is probably lucky that USC didn't get a shot at them.

UGA will be good in 2008. Bank on it. But to think that they were the best team, or even second best in 2007 takes a UGA/SEC homer.

 

[cyptomcat]

It's probably important to remember that everyone has a different criteria and that's why polls are used to average out different opinions. Anybody has some insight why coaches poll and writers' poll have different results?

Something interesting is this guy from LA Times who is a USC graduate voted GA #1:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/...ll_front/votes/WOLF.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME

 

[i_like_money]

Who cares if UGA is #2? As if that's some kinda moral victory. :laugher:

I guess we should have threw a parade for bein #2 in basketball a few years ago.