thomasbryant

This is a horrible list, and about the only thing right is Bama at the top. Clemson is too low, and what gives!?! USF isn't on the list when they return Flowers and Mack, and has a defensive specialist as a coach!?! Expect them to run their table next season.

Agreed, seatonda. How is OSU in the playoffs, and how are they ranked ahead of Clemson and Washington? And why aren't both Western Michigan and South Florida ranked higher? The only thing the AP has going for it is it's "Stylebook". They are clueless politically and as football writers their opinions aren't even useful to wrap fish with.

Bridles is a good x&o coach who let his program tragically get out from under him. He would take the LSU job for a second chance. However, I suspect he will want a level of control over the program nobody will give him. As I said on another post, Herman is trendy, but can stay put and still end up in a Power conference since Houston is talking to the Big 10. I think, and I hope for my Masters degree alma mater I'm wrong, they will look at Willie Taggert, at USF. The defense wasn't that good yesterday against FSU, but their offense did hang 30+ on the Noles, and USF has been winning more games each year he's been there.

This is about as stupid a move as could be made. It has been Les Miles who has prevented LSU from slipping back to mediocrity. Yes he cannot coach a quarterback to save his life (or job, in this case), but he is perhaps the best recruiter outside Saban and Swinney in the nation. He's better than Harbaugh, better than Meyers... This was dumb.

No, ReauxllTide, look for Florida to start sniffing around Columbia to see if Spurrier would be interested. If Jeremy Foley has his hat in his hands, Spurrier might come back, but if Foley acts the way he did the last time they thought about Spurrier, then he'll stay at South Carolina.

This is about right, although I still contend Clemson is its own worst enemy (and I'm a Clemson alum). Georgia's punter beat us fair and square, but we beat ourselves against FSU - for all but the last 5 playing minutes we were the clearly superior team. Bama is head and shoulders above anyone else. A&M is a good team, but Bama should win that one easily.

Bill Brasky - Are you kidding? Clemson's Defense was and is one of the best in the nation. While it was Georgia's punter that won the game for them (because pinning a spread offense behind the 20 cuts their playcalling in half, and you cannot leave a defense, no matter how good, on the field for that long without them getting tired), that fourth quarter was brutal against perhaps the only SEC-caliber Defensive line outside the SEC. I'm thinking you didn't watch that game, or you wouldn't have made that statement.

Please do not confuse "Clemson Tom" with me; I grew up an Alabama fan, got my BA from Clemson and MA at South Florida. Other than the Gator comments (I grew up in Jacksonville), the piece doesn't work as a comedy sketch. While I agree with Coach Swinney that we beat ourselves against FSU, Georgia's punter should have won SEC Player of the Week when we played the Dawgs. Pinning a spread offense behind the 20 effectively cuts the offense in half play calling wise. You cannot leave a defense on the field as long as the Tigers did and not expect it to get tired.

Richt is the only person in the media that seems to have put the game into a proper perspective. Look, I'm a Clemson Alum, so I have reason to want to "homer" here, but Richt understands that the Georgia MVP wasn't one of their running backs, who are impressive, or their defense, but their PUNTER! One of the side effects of a spread offense is that inside the 20's - going both ways - is it cuts your offensive play calling in half. By consistently pinning Clemson back into 3 and out situations at their 20 or less, Clemson's D stayed on the field waaaaay too long. Remember, Georgia didn't score but a field goal through the majority of the 3rd quarter! They got tired. That is great coaching and a great kicking game that won that game for Georgia. They deserve the congrats, but Richt knows, better than anyone else, how that game was won and that it shouldn't be used to judge the rest of his team.