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From the editor : vance leavyWell, last week in this space I put my best University of Georgia foot

forward rather than slinging too many arrows after the disaster in Co-lumbia. And this week? I guess I will try to do the same because althoughthe victory at Kentucky was far from stellar, the stage is set in Jacksonvillewith the victor controlling their destiny towards playing in the SEC Cham-pionship.

However, let’s not kid ourselves. The Will Muschamp led

Florida Gators are playing well dis-ciplined, complete team football,while Mark Richt’s boys in Red andBlack are struggling to find continu-ity that even sniffs championshiplevel.

But in a series that has been sogrossly out of whack as the Georgia-Florida one over the last 20+ years,perhaps, even though the previousweeks don’t say it, something veryspecial is going to happen Saturdayon the banks of the St. Johns River.

Yes, I’m talking about finallybeating the hated Florida Gatorstwice in a row for the first time since1988-89. If that doesn’t make younauseous, then you must not sharethe same disdain for the orange andblue that I do.

Here at BI, we’ve gone throw-back in our attempt to finally over-come the albatross of beating theGators in consecutive years. On ourcover and pictured here, is the art-work Jack Davis did for the 1989Georgia-Florida game program.Surely this baby still has somemagic???

I hope so because beating theM i g h t yGators this year is going to be a herculean task.Wow, are they playing some inspired football orwhat?

Defensively, their blitz packages with their cor-nerbacks are downright nasty. If Richt, Bobo andMurray don’t pick these up, then they better bringa shovel to Jacksonville because they will be scrap-ing number 11 off the turf all day long.

Offensively, the Gators have a slew of nifty

plays that expose opposing teams defenses that lack discipline. Unfortu-nately so far that has been the exact M.O. for Todd Grantham’s crewthroughout 2012. Is it time for him to shake up his line-up to send a mes-sage to some of the leaders that aren’t cutting the mustard? Or sit the guysthat continue to be flagged for unnecessary penalties. I’ll leave that to thecrew chief, but definitely think freshman Jordan Jenkins needs to be on

the field as much as possible after hisplay in Lexington. How nice and re-freshing to see a defensive-end performthe simple assignment of keeping out-side containment. Great job, youngman!

Finally, the Gators biggest assetthis season has been their unbelievablespecial teams play. My goodness …blocked kicks, fake punts, forced fum-bles. You name it and Florida has beenmasterful at it in 2012. And the Geor-gia Bulldogs? Not so masterful.

Okay, okay, I did say somethingearlier about putting my best foot for-ward. Sorry for my digression.

How about this? As everyone thatknows anything about college footballknows, anything can happen once theball goes into the air. So let’s simplythrow out all the facts that point toFlorida rolling this Saturday with theconfidence that this Mark Richt ledUniversity of Georgia football team istired of being Florida’s whipping boy.In 1989, I was a senior in high school.I turned 40 in July. Yes that’s right forover half my life I have seen Floridadominate the Dawgs. DOMINATE!

Let’s right this trend now. Andhow sweet it would be to trip up theundefeated Gators. There’s nothing likeseeing reptiles slithering back to the

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This is the chance to swing twotroubling numbers. Georgia fans sawit plastered all over their televisionscreens during the demoralizing 35-7lashing at the hands of South Car-olina. Assuming the Gamecocks fin-ished the season in the polls, Georgiais 0-10 since 2010 against teams thatend the year ranked. That numbergoes to 2-15 dating back to 2008.That mark against Southeastern Con-ference teams since ’08 is 0-10.

This is embarrassing. Georgia has one of the great his-

tories, support systems, fan andalumni backing and most fertile re-cruiting bases in all of college foot-ball.

Now comes Florida. From 1990-2010, the Bulldogs

were a morbid 3-18 against theGators.

Last year, though, Georgia won24-20. Former Georgia safety WillMuschamp is in his second season asthe Gators head coach, and he’s 0-1against his alma mater. The lastFlorida coach to have a losing recordagainst Georgia at any point in his ca-reer was the interim Gary Darnell in1989. Steve Spurrier went 11-1against Georgia. Urban Meyer went 5-1 against the Bulldogs. Even RonZook was 2-1 against the Bulldogs, hisGators besting superior Georgia teamsin 2002 and 2003, shattering red andblack national championship dreams.

But just as Florida fans liked toremind the Georgia faithful duringsome dark days in the early ‘90s,“Herschel, Lindsay, Butler and Dooleyare all gone.”

Well with a win over the Gators,the Georgia people can remindFlorida’s fans that “Meyer, Spurrier(though unfortunately wreaking havocat South Carolina still), Wuerffel andTebow are all gone too.”

That would make it two straightin the series for the Bulldogs, and pro-vide a coveted victory over a rankedSEC rival.

For Georgia’s players, the mottothis season was: “Our time. Ourteam. No regrets.”

Impressive statistics, all-star acco-lades and draft statuses are all bigparts of players’ careers. But whatthey are most remembered for aretheir performances in the biggest ofgames.

That’s where the legacies of great-ness are made and never, ever forgot-ten.

Bring up Richard Samuel andJarvis Jones, and what immediatelycomes to mind for Georgia fans aretheir performances against Florida ayear ago (backed up by big plays fromboth at Missouri this year).

It is exciting for me to do a pair ofradio programs with one of my child-hood favorites, Kevin Butler. Duringcommercial breaks and before andafter games, Georgia fans shake hishands and he gladly signs helmets,pictures, posters and old programs (in

college and with the Bears, he mighthave signed some other things, butthose records are sealed). I have yetto hear one of the hundreds who haveapproach him say they remember howhe was a four-time All-SEC performer,All-American or where the Bearsdrafted him.

They all tell him where they werewhen he made the kick against Clem-son in ’84. Or Brigham Young in ’82.Or whatever their favorite momentwith Kevin may have been.

Herschel Walker is the greatestcollege football player ever. As im-pressive as the stats are – here’s whatstands out – eight touchdowns and anaverage of over 200 yards per game inthree years against Florida. And aperfect 6-0 record against Florida,Auburn and Tech. It’s the runs inthose games more than the recordbooks.

For Georgia’s seniors and for theplayers who will be moving on to theNFL, this is a legacy game. And whata legacy Saturday can provide, endingthis horrible draught against rankedteams and helping swing this seriesback the way of the red and blackwith a second straight win over theGators. That’s something these youngmen will be forever remembered forby the Georgia people.

Peyton Manning has thrown formore yards than Tom Brady.

Who’s the greater quarterback? Brady has won three Super Bowls

and been to five. Manning has won one and been to

two. You tell me? Several Georgia quarterbacks have

thrown for more yards, but BuckBelue and John Lastinger never lost toFlorida. John Rauch led Georgia to awin over Florida in 1946 and ’48.Mike Cavan piloted Georgia to a dem-olition of the Gators in ’68. AndyJohnson in ’71. Spurrier won theHeisman in ’66. Ask him if he’d tradethat for Kirby Moore’s performance inJacksonville in victory on that fatefulday in Jacksonville.

For current signal caller AaronMurray, who has been behind centerfor every game as the Bulldogs startersince 2010, he has put up some im-pressive stats. What would set himapart? Quarterbacking the Bulldogs asecond straight victory over theGators.

There’s no way Georgia can lose toFlorida and have a great season. Goodwould still be in play at 10-2, but thethird part of Georgia’s 2012 motto isno regrets.

And with the talent on this teamand this schedule (sans Alabama, LSU,Texas A&M and Mississippi State),anything short of great would be a re-gret for Georgia in 2012.

A second straight victory overFlorida and an end to that embarrass-ing number against ranked foes wouldsignal that this team has found itselfat just the right time.

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Gators THE game for student rep on athletic boardCome Thursday of this week, University of

Georgia students will be shutting down their nor-mal campus routine and begin their annual migra-tion south to St. Simons Island, Amelia Island andJacksonville, Fla.

The occasion, of course, is Saturday’s annualclash with the hated Florida Gators on the banks ofthe St. Johns River, at Jacksonville’s Everbank Field.

And one of those students heading for a con-test that could have a big say in whoever wins theSEC’s East Division title this season is Ryan Scates.And in Scates’ case, he’s a third-year student in theuniversity’s touted school of law who maybe has a lit-tle more insight into Georgia football and all thingsBulldogs athletics than does even the most avid UGAstudent sports fan.

That’s because Scates presently serves on theBoard of Directors of the Georgia Athletic Associationas the university’s student representative.

And while you will find no one these dayswho’s a more loyal Georgia Bulldog than Ryan Scates,he said that wasn’t always the case.

“I’m from Kennesaw, Ga.,” Scates said. “Mywife, Kiel, and I both went to Kennesaw MountainHigh School and we graduated from there in 2006,and then much to the dismay of my family I went toGeorgia because you see, I grew up a big Tennesseefan. But since I did come to Georgia, my allegiancehas changed accordingly.”

Scates graduated with degrees in political sci-ence and speech communication in 2010 and now,as mentioned, is in his third and last year of lawschool. Ryan and Kiel first met in elementary schooland then dated off and on at Georgia before becom-ing man and wife following Scates’ first year of UGAlaw school. Kiel Scates is presently a special educa-tion teacher at North Oconee High School.

Scates, during his undergraduate days andearly years in law school, did work for Bulldawg Il-lustrated. “I worked for Bulldawg Illustrated for justunder four years,” Scates said. “I started off as an in-tern and then finished as editor of Bulldawg Illus-trated Athens. I then left Bulldawg Illustrated becauseI took a job this year working for the governor’s ex-ecutive council in Atlanta, from January throughMay.”

Scates, like everyone else in Bulldog Nation, iseagerly anticipating Georgia’s opportunity to handthe BCS 2nd-ranked and unbeaten Florida Gatorstheir first defeat Saturday afternoon in the CBS na-tionally-televised game, a win that would catapultthe Bulldogs into the driver’s seat for the East Divi-sion crown.

“I definitely think for people my age Florida isthe premier opponent Georgia plays every year,” de-clared Scates. “It’s always really special to go Friday,sometimes Thursday if you’re lucky, on to St. Simonsto get ready for the game. Like I said, I grew up a bigTennessee fan and so one thing that’s stayed constantbeing from a family of Tennessee Vols and then be-coming a Georgia Bulldog, is that you hate Florida.That’s the game you have circled every year and ob-viously, playing in Jacksonville it’s a bowl-game typeatmosphere and Florida is our biggest rival, barnone.

“Florida is unbeaten this year so this is a hugegame for Georgia,” Scates continued. “And I thinksitting in Columbia in the third quarter of our gamewith South Carolina, it would have been hard to be-lieve that Georgia would be in the driver’s seat or de-serve to be in the driver’s seat in the SEC East and bein position to go play in Atlanta again but if we winSaturday against Florida, that’s the position we’ll bein. And being a die-hard Georgia fan, you’ll take thatalthough I definitely think the Georgia alums andfans deserve a season where Georgia controls its owndestiny from start to finish and we don’t have to sitaround and wait for other teams to beat the teams infront of us to be able to go to Atlanta.”

In the following question-and-answer session,Ryan Scates talks more about his background andhis role on the Georgia athletic board.

What is your future occupation?I hope to be an attorney after taking the bar in

August. Right now I’m a law student and haveworked in several law offices for the past several yearsand I’ve worked for different agencies like the gov-ernor’s office. And, also, I guess in my former life, Iwas a newspaper editor.

How many years have you served on theUGA athletic board?

I was put on the athletic board at the Maymeeting this year. Every year one student is ap-pointed to the athletic board. The student govern-ment association puts three names before the athleticboard for consideration to see who would be electedby the board to be the student rep and this year Iwas one of those three names and I’m very thankfulthat the board had confidence in me to choose mefor this position. We have two student-athletes, ChrisBurnette (football) and Noel Couch (gymnastics),serving on the board and they don’t have a vote butI do have I guess the honor and burden of voting forthe other 35,000 students that are enrolled at Geor-gia. Obviously, athletics is a huge part of the collegeexperience and what Georgia means to everybody

that goes to school here and so I take that very seri-ously and I’m happy to have a vote on the athleticboard.

Where did you grow up and what made itspecial?

I grew up in Cobb County, Ga. and the specialthing is all the history in Kennesaw. Obviously, theBattle of Kennesaw Mountain happened in Kenne-saw and being able to have all those great historicalresources nearby and going to the national park andlearning about the Civil War and everything, it’s beenincredible. When my parents built their house whenI was in high school and we were excavating, we sawseveral artifacts, like paraphernalia from the CivilWar and that’s definitely one of the unique thingsabout northwest Cobb County that I take pride in.

What has been the most exciting part foryou serving on UGA’s athletic board?

It’s definitely the opportunity that athletic GregMcGarity has given me to voice student concerns tothe different staff members in the athletic associa-tion. As soon as I was put on the board I had beenforwarded a ton of different concerns about thethings that the athletic association does that relates tostudents and Greg and Frank Crumley and ClaudeFelton have all been instrumental in helping to ad-dress those concerns to see how we can best servestudents and make sure we’re reaching them in thebest possible way. That’s been very exciting for me toget that help and encouragement as we go aboutthat.

What has been the most exciting aspect ofyour career studies thus far?

Definitely working on the governor’s legal teamduring the 2012 legislative session was an incredibleexperience. I got to be a part of some substantial leg-islative efforts that the governor was pushing throughincluding criminal justice reform and constitutionalamendments that will be before the citizens of Geor-gia on the November ballot. So to be able to do thatkind of thing and to kind of see the law you studyin school come to life through the legislative processand to have impact on it at the executive level is athrill that I will always cherish.

What do you think are the biggest chal-lenges for Georgia athletics in the near future?

I definitely think we have a new and differentkind of student attending UGA today than we didfive years ago, 10 years ago and 15 years ago TheHope Scholarship has radically changed the culture,the environment and academic integrity of the uni-versity and all for the better, but as our students havebecome more sophisticated I think the athletic asso-ciation will always have a challenge in finding thebest way to engage the students. I think that’s beenreflected in maybe addressing some of the student at-tendance at football games so maybe we can finddifferent ways of doing a better job of getting stu-dents excited and be Bulldogs for life, not just aGeorgia fan during the four years they’re here but tobe like the lifelong Georgia fans we’ve had and takenso much pride in for decades before. As we havemore students, we have students maybe like me thatdidn’t grow up being Georgia fans so we’re alwaysgoing to have a challenge to kind of figure out howto reach them to make them lifelong supporters ofGeorgia athletics.

Your favorite UGA sports moment?My first away game working for Bulldawg Il-

lustrated was the 2009 Georgia-Tennessee game andgrowing up as a big Tennessee fan it was specialbeing able to cover Georgia and that game in partic-ular from the field at Neyland Stadium. And eventhough Georgia got blown out (by 45-19) that dayit was a really great experience to be able to see op-erations of how our football team works up closeand personal and that definitely got me hooked onthinking of ways how we can make athletics betterfor everybody, from the casual fan buying tickets onthe day of the game to the student-athlete that’s com-pletely committed to all things UGA. So that day wasdefinitely a watershed moment for me and from thatday moving forward, I’ve never been so proud to bea Dog.

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hen seemingly all hope for another trip to the SEC champi-onship was lost, Steve Spurrier and South Carolina gift-wrapped an opportunity for the Dawgs. A loss to LSU and aloss to Florida this past weekend have opened the door for

Georgia. But will they be able to seize the opportunity? Coach Richt teamstend to have trouble on the big stage and they don’t get bigger than this. Atrip to Atlanta is hanging in the balance. Can the Dawgs capitalize?

As Jarvis goes, so goes the defense

Coming into 2012, many pundits and analysts listed the Georgia de-fense as one of best in the country; certainly one of the best in the SEC. ButTodd Grantham’s unit hasn’t come close to living up to those expectations.A lot of the issues have been attributed by players and coaches to “communi-cation issues.” This may be pertinent given the fact that to start the year off, many starters weremissing from the first few games. But they’re back now and these “issues” continued with theirstruggles against Kentucky this past Saturday. So how else could it be explained? A key cog inany successful 3-4 defense is a solid outside rush from the outside linebackers. In the Georgiascheme, that comes in Jarvis Jones. But Jarvis has been hurt all year. First, it was a groin and nowit’s an ankle. He didn’t even play against Kentucky and it showed. The argument to this is thatno player can determine how well a defense plays. For the Dawg’s though, it certainly could. IfJarvis is healthy, he is one of the best outside rushers in the country. As a result, the defensiveends in the scheme can cheat up the middle a little bit to stop the inside run because they knowthat Jarvis has at least one of the edges covered. You’ve seen a lot of room allowed to opposingrunning backs in the middle of the Georgia defense. If Jarvis is back and at 100%, there won’tbe as much of this against Florida.

Florida’s dominating defense

Bowling Green is not generally thought of as a football powerhouse. Heck, most peopledon’t even realize Bowling Green is a college. So when Florida struggled against the BowlingGreen Falcons, they were written off as a team that wouldn’t compete for an SEC title in 2012.Now, Florida is ranked 2nd in the BCS standings and have more than just the SEC title on theirmind. So how are they doing it? With Urban Meyer as head coach, fans got used to seeing aFlorida team that would score 40+ points every game with a high-powered offense. Now, withWill Muschamp at the helm of the Gators, you’re seeing a very different team. The offense strug-gles when playing against any semblance of a good defense. But the defense is nasty. Real nasty.They’ve taken on the intense attitude of their head coach and it’s showed up in a big way on thefield. With linebacker Jelani Jenkins back in the mix, the Gator’s defense is at full power head-ing into Jacksonville. There is one thing that the defense is lacking though, and that’s a domi-nant, pass rusher. Gator fans were hoping that guy would be Ronald Powell but he hasn’t livedup to that billing quite yet. So that means Aaron Murray won’t be on his back most of the gamelike he was against South Carolina. It will be up to him at that point to be smart with the foot-ball and avoid turnovers to the talented Florida secondary.

Muschamp vs Richt

You would be hard-pressed to find a couple of coaches who were more different intheir coaching styles and attitudes than Mark Richt and Will Muschamp. Georgia fans havegotten to know Coach Richt over the past 12 years and have learned that no matter, Richtis cool, calm and collected. Even at the worst possible moment, he is able to crack a quickjoke and give that wry smile to lighten the mood. Sure, behind closed doors he gets ontoplayers and will give them a jawing when necessary but for the most part he keeps than evenkeel. Muschamp, is the exact opposite. Perhaps the most intense man in the SEC (and that’ssaying something with Evil Nick in Tuscaloosa), Muschamp let’s that intensity fly and does-n’t hold back. Watching him on the sidelines during games is almost as good as watchingthe game itself. It’s only a matter of time before the guy pops a blood vessel by screamingso much. Two very different styles between these two head coaches, but which one worksbetter? Obviously, Muschamp has only had a short time to strut his stuff and Richt hasbeen around for a while. As Muschamp becomes more seasoned, this will be a hot buttonissues for both Florida and Georgia fans and will give them just another point to argueabout.

Intangibles

Georgia football teams are all about confidence. Always have been. Coming off a dev-astating loss to South Carolina, Georgia needed a resounding win against Kentucky to gainthat confidence back. They didn’t do that. In fact, they struggled with Kentucky and willnow have to deal with questions about why they didn’t take apart Kentucky all this weekleading up to Jacksonville. Florida, on the other hand, just dismantled a top-ten team without hardly breaking a sweat. They have more confidence and momentum than they knowwhat to do with. Also, under Coach Richt Georgia has struggled in Jacksonville. Will thisyear be different? Will Richt finally be able to win the game in Jacksonville when it has alot of meaning? It’s all on the line this Saturday and there couldn’t be a better atmosphereto have it that way.

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Other than Herschel, who is your favorite Bulldog and why?Dana: Knowshon Moreno - “Love watching him hurdle” Mark: Matthew Stafford – “What a great QB”Haley, Hannah and Hollyn: David Greene - “SEC and Sugarbowl”

Who is your favorite player on the current UGA roster and why?Mark: Aaron Murray - “Smart quarterback”Girls: All the Watkins girls really like Parker Welch. They think he is really cute too.

What makes you a true Bulldog?Haley: I have grown up in Georgia all my life. Going to cheer on the Dawgs has been a tradition since before I can remember. I’ll never forget the days when my family would drive all the way up from St. Simons dressed in our football jerseys. We would meet up with all of our friends for some of the best cooked food and an afternoon of throwing the football back and forth awaiting the time when we would walk into the stadium and in complete awe would gaze at the 92,746 people that had come together to cheer for the Dawgs. I believe that becoming a student here at UGA has made me a true Georgia Bulldog. It’s in my roots and it’s a part of who I am today not just during football season but year round. Dana: Some of my favorite childhood memories are of going to UGA games with my dad. I am so proud to be an alumni and now to have a daughter that is a sophomore there.

Mark: We all love the spirit of UGA games.

What is the most memorable play you have experienced in person?Dana: Not a play but watching Erk Russell back in the day when I was little was something else.Hannah: Thomas Brown running a 97 yard touchdown.

Which one of our rivals do you enjoy beating the most?Watkins: The WHOLE family says Florida!!! Of course - It is the closest game to home and the fans on St. Simons and Sea Island go wild!

What makes your tailgating scene so special?Haley: UGA’s tailgating scene is truly one of a kind. It really has its own down home southern charm with a mix of raging like true Georgia Bulldawgs. From the music everywhere to the smell of burgers grilling on the corners, everyone joins together in their best red and black under one common goal of hearing the roar of the stadium and celebrating a championship on Saturday in Athens. Dana and Mark: We usually stay at the Hotel Indigo and then jump from tailgate to tailgate visiting old friends in their traditional places and meeting Haley’s new UGA friends. It is great family time.

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There seemed to be less red about in Lexington last weekend,owing, perhaps, to a number of reasons, but those who made the trip to

bluegrass country were treated to another emotionally fulfilling excursion.Kentucky, however, came close to spoiling the weekend. Perhaps, the econ-omy had something to do with the fact that there were plenty of Bulldogfans trying to dump tickets at the last minute. Back to back road trips withthe cost of travel might have been a factor, but more than likely Bulldog par-tisans were so down after the stinging loss to South Carolina—coupled withthe fact that Kentucky has won only a single game this year--that many optedfor the easy chair and television.

A blowout was expected by everybody, most of all Kentucky fans. Of allthe years, I have followed Georgia football, I don’t think I have ever beenaround an opposing constituency more down in the mouth. “You all aregoing to kill us,” fans were saying. Even loyal blue coats like Joe B. Hall, theformer Kentucky basketball coach, held the view that all the Bulldogs had todo to win in a walk would be to simply show up.

Kentucky, on an emotional high, led by the 21 Georgian’s on its roster,had other ideas and keep the game in doubt until the very end when theBulldogs closed the game out, 29-24. “Slipped by,” is the way the Lexing-ton papers referred to the game on Sunday morning. Those 21 players withGeorgia addresses were bitterly disappointed.

It was Rich Brooks, the predecessor of current head coach, Joker Phillips,who began the trend of recruiting players from the state of Georgia. Brooks,who had coached for the Atlanta Falcons, knew the quality of high schoolfootball players in the state was exceptional. He also knew that Georgiacouldn’t sign every outstanding player and conceded that, “some of the play-ers Georgia passes on could certainly play for us.” Then Joker Phillips hiredSteve Pardue, the head coach at LaGrange High School, and the Wildcat ros-ter began displaying more and more names of players from the Peach State.

For those wearing red and black, the trip home to regroup for the biggame in Jacksonville, was one to celebrate, but nobody was gloating. Fansare anxious for a spirited game by the Dawgs who seem to be in somethingof a slump.

With I-75 being a pleasant thoroughfare through the state of Georgia upthrough the heart of Tennessee and Kentucky, the drive to Lexington is notonly efficient, this time of the year, with the autumn leaves near peak ofcolor, it is the most pleasant of trips. Because of the scenic beauty, the drivedoes not seem long at all. For those with a driver, it is almost a luxury trip.Count me in that group as our friends Don and Barbara Hemrick are alwaysanxious to travel to Lexington. Don once worked was an executive withIBM, and was based in Lexington so the trip is something of a homecoming.Additionally, he is a competent and alacritous driver.

We left Atlanta soon after breakfast on Wednesday, made it to Lexingtonjust past lunch. NASCAR Don got us there quickly and safely in time tocheck into our motel. Then we drove up to Cincinnati in time to visit thesix Bulldogs on the Bengals roster—A. J. Green, Robert Geathers, Clint Bol-ing, Dennis Roland, Orson Charles and Geno Atkins. They had just finisheda long day at Paul Brown Stadium, preparing for their Sunday game with theSteelers.

With autumn color lifting all spirits every day, there was plenty of “sides”to enjoy. A visit with Paul Hornung, the 1956 Heisman trophy winner, athis office in downtown Louisville was followed by a cup of coffee with Fos-ter Northrop, member of the 1980 national championship team. AtChurchill Downs, he is a lead veterinarian whose services are frequently indemand. He is one of the most highly respected vets in thoroughbred rac-ing. Foster led the effort to save Barbaro, the horse which won the Ken-tucky Derby in 2006 but broke a leg in the Preakness, dashing Triple Crownhopes.

Even if you don’t collect at the betting window, how can you not enjoyan afternoon at Keeneland, perhaps the prettiest horse track in the country?Immersing oneself into the sun splashed setting at Keeneland is always ahighlight. If you don’t spend much time collecting at the betting window,then there is an “all’s well that ends well” conclusion with the Dawgs win-ning at Commonwealth Stadium on a cool evening in October.

This Georgia team, which has a big question mark in the minds of thecritics, has an opportunity to give passionate Bulldog fans a chance to enjoysuccessful back to back road trips. A tall challenge indeed, but the Bulldogshave often been the underdog in this game in the past. Glorious opportu-nity awaits.

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1. Competent Kicking Game –Through the years of losses in Jack-sonville, the Bulldogs have had a devil of a time with special teams. Therehave been a slew of costly missed field goals, fake punts and ill-fated kickreturns. Even in last year’s win, the Bulldogs surrendered a 99-yard kick-off for a touchdown. For a team as talented as Florida, when the Gatorscan cash in and score on special teams, it makes the mountain all thatmuch taller to climb. Georgia has had some plusses on special teams thisyear, but too many struggles as well. Caleb Sturgis is a wepon for Florida,one of the country’s top kickers. Georgia must make the plays and at leastplay Florida even in the kicking game to chalk up a second straight win inthe series.

2. Avoid the Devastating Turnover –Through the drought of the1990s and 2000s, the other constant in Georgia’s losses to the Gators werecatastrophic turnovers that the Gators turned into touchdowns. Therewere enormous pick-six’s or fumble returns for Florida TD’s – or to set upTD’s – in 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Again, as is the casewith the special teams, when a program as talented as Florida gets those“extra scores,” they are awfully hard to beat. On the flip side, rememberback to the turnovers Georgia created last year and how huge they were,especially the fumble with the Dogs trailing 17-3. The Bulldogs defensecame into the 2012 campaign praised as potentially one of the country’sbest units. This is the day, they can truly make their mark.

3. Red Zone TDs – Going back to Key Number One and the nu-merous missed field goals through the years in windy Jacksonville, it is vitalfor the Bulldogs to chalk up touchdowns when knocking on the door. In1997, Georgia scored five touchdowns and won. In 2004, the Bulldogsscored four touchdowns and won. In 2007, Georgia scored six touch-downs and won. Last year, the Bulldogs scored three touchdowns andended the game inside the Florida five and won. If Georgia is forced to set-tle for field goals, the Dogs have gotta make ‘em. But when the Dogs arein close, it is essential to strike for six. Those two fourth-down touchdownpasses were game-winners for the Dogs a year ago. Simply going for fieldgoals in those spots would have led to defeat.

4. Win the Rushing Battle – This is another no-brainer. RichardSamuel ran like a man possessed last year in the fourth quarter, and wasthe Bulldogs offensive Most Valuable Player. In 1997, Robert Edwardstopped the century mark and scored four touchdowns. In 2004, DannyWare ran for over 100 yards. In 2007, Knowshon Moreno ran for 188yards and three touchdowns. Georgia has a special back in Todd Gurley,a big play counter-puncher in Keith Marshall and power with Ken Malcomeand Samuel. Florida has a senior stalwart in Mike Gillislee. It’s held prettystrong in this series, the team that runs better wins. Georgia must stay pa-tient. The beauty of a strong running attack, even if it’s not going great, ifyou keep pounding away, eventually you’ll break one – like LSU did toSouth Carolina two weeks ago.

5. Pop a Long One – Another common denominator in Georgia’sfour wins over Florida dating back to 1997 has been hitting big plays in thepassing game. Strong running attacks lend a great advantage in play-ac-tion passing. There were the fourth-down TD’s and the fourth quartercompletion last year. Mohammed Massaquoi and Mikey Henderson hauledin long scores in ’07. Reggie Brown caught a deep pass to set up the gameclincher by Fred Gibson in ’04. Hines Ward and Corey Allen had deep grabsin ’97. The Dogs must grind away, and take advantage with explosiveplays in a passing game that has several weapons – most notably MalcolmMitchell.

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Natasha Trethewey ’89United States Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize Winner

The keynote speaker for this year’s

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PuntingFlorida ranks first nationally in net punting. Georgia ranks 109th. The Gators special teams have been the nation’s best – espe-cially over the last three weeks. Where it really stands out is in the punting game. In Georgia’s 35-7 loss to South Carolina, AceSanders returned a punt 70 yards for a touchdown. In the Gamecocks 44-11 drubbing at the hands of the Gators, Sanders fum-bled a punt to set up a Gators touchdown. South Carolina also fumbled a kickoff to set up a Florida touchdown. The Gators havedominated on special teams and defense to substantially win the field position battle. If Florida dominates the punt game, the Gatorswill have short fields and the Bulldogs long ones. That is not a recipe for success.

Florida OTs vs. Bulldog DEsIn Georgia’s last two games, the containment just hasn’t been there on “the edge.” In the loss to South Carolina, Connor Shawsprung loose on third downs way too often. Kentucky was able to get outside and pick up first downs on third and long far toooften. Jeff Driskel is an excellent runner and thrower with a terrific tailback. He burned Vanderbilt on the ground for 177 yards andthree touchdowns, the final score coming on a keeper around right end. The Gators have highly touted, highly-recruited offensivetackles. Georgia’s highly touted defenders on the edge must be at their best for the Bulldogs to spring the upset.

Georgia WRs vs. Florida CBsFlorida’s cornerbacks are fast and physical. One Southeastern Conference coach talked about how they really were grabbing andholding their receivers. Georgia’s pass-catchers are really going to have to fight to get open. To win Saturday, the Bulldogs re-ceivers are going to have to make big plays. Malcolm Mitchell scares opposing teams. He went for over 100 yards against Ken-tucky and is clearly back in the flow, focusing primarily on offense. Marlon Brown is big and strong and physical, and he can runafter the catch. In the run game, Georgia’s receivers can help set the tone and send a message to Florida’s corners by getting phys-ical blocking.

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Gators in a thumbnail: Coming off last season’s 7-6 season (3-5 SEC),Will Muschamp’s second Gator edition was generally predicted for a third-place finish in the SEC East this season, behind Georgia and South Carolina.But Florida didn’t buy into that particular forecast and, consequently, hasused a tenacious defense and the play of sophomore quarterback Jeff Driskelto storm over seven consecutive opponents and to a No. 2 ranking in theBCS standings. The Gators, 6-0 in the SEC, opened with a modest 27-14 vic-tory over Bowling Green but then proceeded to reel off consecutive confer-ence wins over Texas A&M (20-17), Tennessee (37-20), Kentucky (38-0),LSU (14-6), Vanderbilt (31-17) and South Carolina (44-11).

A look at the Florida offense: The Gators have fashioned a punishingground attack to date, getting major production from senior tailback MikeGillislee (652 yards, 7 touchdowns) and QB Driskel, who has rumbled for321 yards and four scores while passing for 929 yards and eight touch-downs, four of which came in the rout of South Carolina. Driskel (6-4, 237)erased the legendary Tim Tebow’s school single-game rushing record for aquarterback when he ran for 177 yards in the win over Vanderbilt includinga 70-yard touchdown gallop.

A look at the Florida defense: The tenacious Gator defense is frontedby senior linebacker Jonathan Bostic, who led the team in tackles last sea-son, junior linebacker Jelani Jenkins, junior strong safety Matt Elam, juniortackle Dominique Easley and senor nose guard Omar Hunter, who hails fromBuford, Ga. But senior free safety Josh Evans has been the Gators’ tacklingleader this season with a total of 44 stops. Elam has 39 tackles while Bosticfollows closely with 38. The Gators are allowing only 12.1 points per game,which ranks fourth in the country in scoring defense.

What Gators head coach Will Muschamp says: “What you emphasizeis what's important. I knew going into the season we had good team speed,good specialists and good returners. ... We put a lot of emphasis on it (spe-cial teams, which was sensational against South Carolina). We meet a lot.We play in Jacksonville next week. We’ve got one game. A one-game sea-son (to clinch SEC East).”

Game Prediction: I switched my preseason pick of South Carolina overGeorgia to Georgia over South Carolina when that week rolled around andwe all know how that one turned out. And back in August, I predicted theBulldogs would defeat the Florida Gators by 28-21 in this coming Saturday’s2012 meeting and well, I’m changing that pick again as, to date this sea-son, Georgia shows no reason why they should be picked to defeat a Gatorteam that has gotten better each and every week in soaring unbeaten andto a No. 2 BCS national ranking behind Alabama. A shaky Georgia defensethat hasn’t lived up to its lofty preseason billing and a running game that hasfallen off drastically the past two games against South Carolina and weakKentucky will put too much pressure on Bulldog quarterback Aaron Murrayto have to win this game. Hoping this switch will prove me wrong again, asthe South Carolina forecast did, the Gators should clinch the SEC East crownwith a 31-21 win over Georgia.

#6 Jeff Driskel, QB6-4, 237 Soph.Oviedo, Fla. (Hagerty H.S.)

In the season opening struggle against Bowl-ing Green, Florida was rotating quarterbacks.The following week in College Station, theGators were trailing Texas A&M 17-7 at thehalf. Since, Florida has flourished behindDriskel, who has arguably been the best quar-terback in the Southeastern Conference. Hehas an excellent arm and is a big, strong, fastrunner. Urban Meyer recruited this blue-chip-per to succeed Tim Tebow. Florida runs a dif-ferent style offense now under WillMuschamp’s watch, but Driskel has put fortha couple of Tebow-esque performances, high-lighted by a spectacular performance twoweeks ago in Nashville. In Florida’s 31-17 vic-tory at Vanderbilt, Driskel ran for three touch-downs and 177 yards – breaking Tebow’sGator record for quarterback rushing yards.With an excellent tailback accompanying him,Florida’s backfield is a lethal weapon withdual-action running and play-action passing.Tight end Jordan Reed is a dangerous targetover the middle and one of Driskel’s favoritetargets.

#22 Matt Elam, DB5-10, 202 Jr. Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (DwyerH.S.)

One of several five-star prospects nowflourishing for Florida’s defense, Elamis a big-time, big-game player. Hemakes tackles for loss, picks off passes,causes and recovers fumbles – game-changing plays. As a sophomore, Elam,who can play safety or cornerback, bustonto the Southeastern Conferencescene, leading the Gators in tackles forloss, pass breakups and fumbles recov-ered. His 78 tackles ranked second onthe squad. His best performance cameagainst Ohio State, as Elam had a sack,two tackles for loss and six unassistedstops. He’s a sure-fire All-SEC and All-American candidate who absolutelyflies around the field. Florida has stoutdefensive front, one of the nation’sbest, and a great group of linebackers,led by Jonathan Bostic. This givesElam a lot of flexibility and freedom,equaling big plays and lots of bell-ring-ing stops.

#23 Mike Gilleslee, RB5-11, 209 Sr. DeLand, Fla. (DeLand)

A breakout star in the Southeastern Con-ference, Gilleslee won the tailback compe-tition in preseason camp and hasn’t lookedback. In a league that is loaded with dy-namic tailbacks, Gilleslee is right up at thetop of list – averaging triple digits and atouchdown per game, and over five yardsper carry. A senior, this guy has flat outemerged. In his first three years, herushed for a total of 920 yards, picking267 yards as a freshman and 328 yards asa sophomore and junior. He really startedto shine in Florida’s exciting 20-17 come-back win at Texas A&M – the game thatjumpstarted Will Muschamp’s Gators inhere is 2012. Gilleslee ran for two touch-downs and 83 yards on 14 carries againstthe Aggies. He earned a place in Gatorslore with a sterling second half perform-ance in Florida’s 14-6 victory over LSU,chalking up 146 yards and both Gatortouchdowns on 34 carries. He is a crafty,strong runner with balance and a burst.And he is physical – really moves the pile.

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Seven spots still available for 2013 class

While the season is heating uprecruiting season has flown underthe radar a little bit lately. Myneighbor, Jack Terry, told me it wastime for another recruiting update.Here are a couple of quick hitterson where the Bulldog recruitingclass of 2013 currently stands.

The Bulldog coaches would liketo sign at least two, maybe threemore offensive linemen. With thede-commitment of Trenton Brown,UGA has turned up the heat onRockingham North Carolina offen-sive lineman, Tyrone Crowder. It isclear that Laremy Tunsil is the Bull-dog’s top target at offensive tackle,and it looks like the Bulldogs stillhave the edge over Alabama.Crowder is a four star prospectwho is ranked as one of the topeight interior offensive linemen inthe country. While many originallyfelt that Clemson led for Crowner,it appears that the Bulldogs havepulled even with the Tigers at thispoint.

There are two other offensivelinemen the Bulldogs have been re-cruiting heavily recently. JoshuaOutlaw, from Martin Luther KingHigh School in Lithonia, Georgiahas been in touch with the Bull-dogs since his de-commitmentfrom the University of Florida.Outlaw projects at Guard, but hasthe length to play Tackle if needed.The Bulldogs have also been incontact with Hargrave Military of-fensive tackle prospect, SonnyOdogwu. Odogwu is a massive of-fensive tackle prospect (6’8”, 315pounds) who has long arms and isvery effective in pass coverage.Look for one of these two prospectsto be the third offensive lineman inthis class.

The Bulldogs are still heavilyrecruiting Hutcheson CommunityCollege defensive lineman, TobyJohnson. Toby is a four star JUCOstandout who could make an im-mediate impact in 2013. Many be-lieve that he is better than anydefensive end that is currently onthe Bulldogs’ roster. While severaltop programs are still chasing Toby,many feel that the Bulldogs havethe edge because he wants to getback to his home state of Georgia.

Some pieces in the runningback puzzle are starting to fall intoplace. Recently, the American Her-itage Running Back indicated thatGeorgia was outside of his top fiveand may not get an official visit. Inthat interview, he indicated that herecognized how well Georgia’s twofreshman running backs were play-ing, and that this concerned him.Many believe that the Bulldogs leadfor Norcross All-Purpose backAlvin Kamara, the number threeranked All-Purpose back in thecountry. The Bulldogs are compet-ing with Alabama for this blue-chipprospect, and many feel that theBulldogs currently have a slightedge over the Crimson Tide. Addi-tionally, A.J. Turman, from BooneHigh School in Orlando Florida hasthe Bulldogs in his top three andwill be taking an official visit forthe Ole Miss game. Turman is aphysical back who does not shyaway from contact. If the Bulldogsshow him that he is a priority, itwould not surprise me if he com-mitted to Georgia during his visit

the weekend of the Ole Miss Game. One other Running Back note

concerns current commitmentTramel Terry from Goose CreekHigh School in Goose Creek, SouthCarolina. Terry has had a tremen-dous year at Goose Creek at WideReceiver, but has recently been get-ting some looks at Running Back.He appears to be continuing to fillout without losing a step, (4.4/40)leading some folks to believe hemay become a RB/Slot guy. There isalso some chatter that CamdenCounty standout J.J. Green, mayget some looks at Running back asa slash type player. Several re-cruiting prognosticators have com-pared J.J. Green’s size, strength andspeed to current NFL star MauriceJones Drew.

At wide receiver, it looks likeJonathon Rumph from HolmesCommunity College in Goodman,Mississippi, and Marquez Northfrom Mallard Creek High School inCharlotte, North Carolina are stillthe Bulldogs top two prospects atWide Receiver. Although Northappears to want to make a decisionearly, he has seemed relatively un-interested in the recruiting processto date and is more focused on hissenior season right now. Many be-lieve that Rumph still favors theBulldogs, but that Tennessee andArkansas may be making a push forhis services. Current Clemsoncommit and Peach County HighSchool standout Demarcus Robin-son may take a visit to Athens thisfall. He is currently listed as a“soft” commitment to Clemson andwill definitely visit a few otherschools. If I had to guess which ofthese three blue-chip prospects willwind up signing with the Bulldogs,it would be Rumph.

The Bulldogs are also making avery strong push for Dooly CountyDefensive Lineman, MontraviousAdams. It appears that the Bull-dogs have at least pulled even withClemson and Auburn and havegiven Adams a lot to think about.On a recent visit to Athens, Adamssaid that he really enjoyed spend-ing time with the coaches andbonded with a number of the de-fensive players. Additionally,Adams and his mother will visitAthens for the homecoming gameagainst Ole Miss. This will likelycome down to the wire, but I likethe Dawg’s chances the longerAdams takes to pull the trigger.

It looks like the Bulldogs arealso searching for one more defen-sive back prospect. Some namesthat have been floated includeRiyahd Jones from Garden CityCommunity College in GardenCity, Kansas and a couple otherprospects from out of state. If thenumbers work, look for the Bull-dogs to add one more defensiveback to this class.

The Bulldogs currently have 27commitments to their class of2013. The coaches are trying tosign 34 in this class, so there areseven spaces left to be filled bythese blue-chip prospects. Lookfor an exciting finish to this year’sclass, as the Bulldogs will definitelyhave a recruiting class ranked inthe top five nationally this year.

As always, Go Dawgs.

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Frank Frangie, esteemed talk show host, radio and television per-sonality, good friend, and one of the great college football minds in thecountry gives us his take on the Dogs and Gators.

What’s your take on Georgia? As loaded as I've seen them in awhile. I thought South Carolina

would beat the Dawgs, but I'm surprised by the margin. I called thatgame for Touchdown Radio and that is as electric as I've ever seenWilliams-Brice Stadium, and that was my 12th time there. So it wasgoing to be a tough challenge for anyone who came in there that night.But I'm surprised Georgia got beat so badly. And I'm a little surprisedthey aren't a little more dominant defensively. Still think Georgia is aw-fully good, though.

What are some of your most memorable games in Jacksonville?Two that will always stand out for me are 1980 and 1984. The lat-

ter was a 27-0 Florida win after they had lost six in a row and finallybroke the streak, with what ultimately still might be their best team, butone on probation that couldn't win the SEC title.

The 1980 game of course was the Florida-Georgia debut of Herscheland Buck to Lindsay; I was a student at Florida and devastated by it.Funny story -- the following summer I faced Buck in a summerleague/college league baseball game. I vowed to get even. He and JohnLastinger both played for the Valdosta Red Sox, I played for a Floridateam. In the first inning, with Lastinger on third (he lead off, Buck hitthird) and one out and an 0-1 count, I threw Buck my best fastball. Belthigh. The result? I don't think it has landed yet. If it did, it was some-where around Bainbridge. Buck and I laughed about that for years.

Should the game stay in Jacksonville? Without a doubt. It is one of the great spectacles in college football, 40,000

fans from each team, the weekend starting on Thursday, Mardi Gras on the FirstCoast. Dallas got the hint -- starting in 2014, Arkansas and Texas A&M will playtheir SEC game there every year. Why ruin a wonderful thing?

Is there are concern that the Jags may move to Los Angeles, and if theydo, that the city may lose the game?

First, I don't think the team will ever move to Los Angeles. The lease the teamhas with the city makes it almost impossible, a fact the national media oftenmisses. Beyond that, even if it happened, it would have no effect on the Florida-Georgia game. If anything, the city might pour even MORE money into it -- in theway of guarantees to the teams -- because it would be even more important toJacksonville.

Who do you think will play for the national title?Alabama and Oregon. I don't see anyone getting either one of them.

What does Georgia have to do to win? Get a lead and stop the run. The achilles heel for the Gators is they still don't

throw it downfield all that well, but they haven't had to. They haven't faced adeficit or more than 10 all year, and 10 only once, so they have been able to runthe ball and wear people down. But we've all wondered what would happen if theygot down a few scores.

Are the Florida people in love with Will Muschamp after all the bigwins this year?

I'm not sure they are in love yet -- probably too early for that -- but thereis a general feeling that he is the right guy. Unlike Urban Meyer, who was agreat coach, but a bit of a standoff guy, Will is a regular guy, a southern guy,who really connects with Gator Nation. And it looks like he may be a prettydarned good coach. That is a combination any fanbase would covet.

Who do you think will win? Boy, since we're doing this BEFORE Florida-South Carolina, I'm not sure.

(How is that for a copout?) Tell you what, if Florida beats South Carolina, thenI think the Gators are headed for a huge season and will beat Georgia, too. Ifthe Gamecocks win, my guess is I will pick Georgia to beat the Gators.

If Georgia does win, to make it two straight and give Muschamp an 0-2 record against Georgia, do you think Florida’s domination can be put inthe rear-view mirror a bit, and perhaps signal a shift in the series?

I don't know if I would go that far. Georgia has won 4 times in 22 years. I'mnot sure 5 times in 23 years signifies a shift, but for the 'Dawgs, it certainlywould be an important step in the right direction. It would be the first timethey won in back to back years since 1989.

Here is another reason its important for the Dawgs. The general thinkingaround here is that Muschamp will have his best team next year with Driskelhaving a year under his belt, defensive end Ronald Powell returning from ACLsurgery, very few impact seniors on this year's team, etc. So this is a big gamefor Georgia for sure.

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Kevin Butler, former University ofGeorgia legendary kicker and amember of the Georgia radio broad-cast team, will each week during the2012 football season select his of-fensive, defensive and special teamsplayers of the week for Bulldawg Il-lustrated. Here are Butler’s selec-tions and reasons why for theBulldogs’ 29-24 win over Kentucky inLexington Saturday night.

OFFENSE – Junior quarterbackAaron Murray, who enjoyed asensational night, setting theschool career touchdown passrecord with 75 while completinga career-high 30 passes for acareer-high 427 yards and fourtouchdowns. Also, he set aschool record for best comple-tion percentage in a game withat least 30 completions. He hada 78.95 mark, breaking currentoffensive coordinator MikeBobo’s mark of 76.92 vs. Ga.Tech in 1997 when he was 30-of-39.“Aaron Murray was the offensivehighlight, setting the Bulldog recordfor completion percentage,” saidButler. “His accuracy was at an all-time high even as our rushing gamewas non-existent. Most of the timewhen a team’s running game is notworking the quarterback has to dealwith that extra pressure and Aarondid it perfectly Saturday night inLexington. His being very accurateon the short and long passes en-abled Georgia to outscore their op-ponent and go 4-1 in the SEC.”

DEFENSE – Freshman outsidelinebacker Jordan Jenkins, whofilled in admirably for sidelinedAll-America Jarvis Jones withseveral tackles including one-for-loss in the close win overthe Wildcats.“True freshman Jordan Jenkins gothis second start in the absence of

Jarvis Jones,” said Butler. “He playstremendously hard on every play; heis an intelligent player as well as aphysical player which is going toplay the most important role in thegame with Florida coming up Satur-day.”

SPECIAL TEAMS – Sophomoredefensive back and specialteams standout Connor Norman,who made a diving recovery ofKentucky’s onside kick with lessthan four minutes remainingafter the Wildcats had pulledwithin 29-24 of the Bulldogs.“With his continued hustle on thecoverage teams, Connor is a leaderon the specialty teams as a captain,”said Butler. “His recovery of the on-side kick late in the game helpedseal the victory for the Bulldogs, andwe will need a spectacular gamefrom him this week for our specialtyteams to be able to compete withFlorida.”

Kevin Butler’s Players of the Game

It was another great weekend of college football, highlighted by seven top 25 vs. top 25 match-ups. Florida, Alabama, Oregon andKansas State all flexed their muscles. Oregon State and Mississippi State kept on winning, as did Notre Dame. There are some heavy-weight showdowns on tap for this Saturday, including Mississippi State at Alabama, the big one in Jacksonville and the Irish visiting Okla-homa. The next Saturday is Oregon-USC and Bama-LSU. 1. Florida – What an awesome defense, special teams and power game for the

Gators. Florida has the most impressive hit list in America – by a way’s. They havewon three straight games while passing for under 100 yards. Yet Jeff Driskel threwfour touchdowns in a rout of South Carolina. Florida is licking its chops for sag-ging Georgia.

2. Alabama – Nick Saban just keeps on churing out big wins for the Crim-son Tide. The schedule really toughens the next two weeks. Mississippi State headsto the capstone in a battle of unbeaten, and then comes the trip to Baton Rouge.

3. Oregon – After a quick turnover and 7-0 hole in Tempe, it looked like theundefeated Ducks may be in trouble on Thursday night. Check that. Halftimescore, 43-7. Ducks. Oregon may score 80 against Colorado, which took it on thechin from Southern Cal Saturday. The following week, it’s the biggest game of theyear in the league, as Oregon goes to L.A. to play the Trojans.

4. Kansas State – Holy smokes are the Wildcats rolling. Collin Klein is at thetop of the Heisman Trophy list and Kansas State is rightfully dreaming mighty big.Klein accounted for seven touchdowns in Morgantown! They absolutely jack-ham-mered West Virginia and that porous defense.

5. Notre Dame – The Fighting Irish survived the tweener upset scare againstBrigham Young. This week is one of their toughest tests of the year, as Notre Dameheads to Oklahoma. Notre Dame’s defense has been downright outstanding thisyear, and ever since the second week of the year, the Irish have had some seriousmagic.

6. LSU – The Tigers defense was outstanding in College Station, keepingthem in the game until the offense got cranked up. LSU has Saturday off, whichis big in this brutal schedule. Then Alabama comes to Baton Rouge for a mega-showdown.

7. Oregon State – It has been over a century since the Beavers were unde-feated this late in the season. They are the unbeaten – along with Mississippi State– that has gotten the least attention. Oregon State has an excellent defense that wason high display in a late night 21-7 win over Utah.

8. Mississippi State – Dan Mullen has the Maroon Bulldogs playing excellentfootball. Mississippi State is undefeated and all set for one of the biggest games inschool history on the capstone. If State could pull this off, Starkville will be the hap-piest place on Earth.

9. Ohio State – Urban Meyer’s team was dead and gone in the Horseshoeagainst Purdue, but the Buckeyes had a magic comeback touchdown and two-pointer, then won it in overtime. The Boilermakers had chances against the Irishas well, but it got away.

10. Oklahoma – There was no letdown after humiliating their Red RiverShootout punching bag Texas. There was no look-ahead with Notre Dame com-ing in. Oklahoma is on a roll, and Bob Stoops’ troops put a beatdown on Kansas.

11. Texas Tech – Tommy Tuberville has the Red Raiders rolling. Coming offof that blowout over West Virginia in Lubbock, the Red Raiders went across thestate and survived an all-timer over TCU in Ft. Worth. Texas Tech is in the midstof the teeth of the schedule, but nobody wants any part of the Red Raiders the waythey’re playing.

12. Southern Cal – The Trojans blew out pitiful Colorado – as expected. MattBarkley had a spectacular showing, hitting 19 of 20 passes with six touchdownpasses. USC has come back and played well since losing to Stanford.

13. South Carolina – The bottom line is, in the Southeastern Conference, everyyear there’s going to be a team from the East and a team from the West that gets the mostbrutal schedule. This year it’s the Gamecocks. After their blowout of Georgia, they losta heartbreaker at LSU and then got blown out at Florida. It’s a tough bounceback, andthey better be ready for Tennessee.

14. Florida State – After losing so many one-point heartbreakers through the yearsto Miami – costing the Seminoles at least two or national championships – it is alwaysa good feeling for Florida State to beat Miami. That N.C. State loss is really going tolinger if they win out.

15. Clemson – What a show for the Tigers, and tip your cap to Clemson for howstrong they’ve come back after that crushing loss at Florida State. And a 3-0 record thelast two seasons against Frank Beamer and Virginia Tech is especially sweet for the Clem-son people.

16. Boise State – Chris Petersen is a hot coach. The Broncos lost all kinds of tal-ent – including Kellen Moore and Doug Martin – off of last year’s squad, but they are stillawfully good. Boise really gets after it on defense and they are physical in the runninggame.

17. Texas A&M – The Aggies jumped out to a 12-0 lead against tough and phys-ical LSU, but slowly but surely got beaten down. Sound familiar? The same thing hap-pened at home against Florida. They are really in the teeth of their schedule now.

18. Louisville – The Cardinals had their hands full with South Florida, but CharleyStrong’s team was able to pull out a two-point thriller. Louisville, Rutgers and Cincin-nati are the class of the league, though the Bearcats fell to in-state foe Toledo Saturday.

19. Rutgers – Things got a little scary against Temple, as the Scarlet Knights fellbehind 10-0. But they hung 35 straight to roll to another victory and stay undefeated.This program used to be a laughing stock. Now they are one of the best in the big East.

20. Georgia – The Bulldogs escaped a scare against Kentucky, which fell to 1-7.Aaron Murray had a big night throwing in Lexington. The Dogs have an enormouschore, with the rollin’ Gators in Jacksonville. Georgia has a bunch of leaks to plug andin a hurry.

21. Stanford – It was 30 years ago when Stanford was the victim of one of the mostfamous plays in the history of college football. There was no magic for the Golden Bearsthis year, as the Cardinal beat their arch-rival on the heels of a heartbreaking loss inSouth Bend.

22. West Virginia – In two weeks, the Mountaineers have gone from a national titlecontender with the Heisman Trophy front-runner in Geno Smith to a middle of thepack Big XII team. Such is life in a major conference. Their weak defense has gottensmoked two straight weeks by Texas Tech and Kansas State.

23. Louisiana Tech – After dropping that heartbreaking thriller 59-57 to Texas A&Min Shreveport, the Ruston Bulldogs came back with a vengeance and pounded Idaho 70-28. It’s 6-1 on the season and high times, despite what happened with the Aggies.

24. Duke – Not since Steve Spurrier led them to the 1989 Atlantic Coast Confer-ence championship have the Blue Devils been riding this high. Once-beaten in leagueplay and 6-2 overall, Duke has a legit shot to play in Charlotte. David Cutcliffe has donea fantastic job in Durham.

25. Toledo – How about a little love for the Mid-American Conference?! Toledoimproved to 7-1 with a big win over previously undefeated Cincinnati. The Rockets givethe MAC another highly sought after scalp from a BCS Conference foe.

Jeff Dantzler’s Top 25

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