We’ve made it to the end of the college football season. By the time the next SDS Mailbag comes out, there won’t be any meaningful college football played until August.

It’s always a bittersweet moment. While it’s sad that the season is coming to an end, we were treated to absolutely incredible College Football Playoff semifinal games and I expect more of the same from the title game on Monday night.

We’ll see what happens in Los Angeles. The title game is the subject of our first question this week, so let’s dive right into the Mailbag, shall we?

Robert:

Prediction for Georgia-TCU on Monday?

Well, we can certainly expect a close game. The TCU Horned Frogs pretty much guarantee that on a weekly basis. No matter if TCU jumps out to a 2-score lead or falls behind by 14 points early, it’s likely to be a 1-possession game in the fourth quarter.

Unfortunately for TCU, the fourth quarter is when Georgia QB Stetson Bennett IV is at his best (living up to the IV in his name). He’s been incredible in the fourth quarter of his 3 career Playoff games.

I expect that to continue on Monday night in Los Angeles. The Horned Frogs keep things close against Georgia’s suddenly struggling defense, but the Bulldogs ride a couple of big plays from Bennett late to earn a victory.

My score prediction is Georgia 41, TCU 34.

Seth:

As things stand now, how would you rank the top 5 QBs in the SEC next year?

Let me state for the record that I don’t think we’re done seeing high-profile transfer QBs entering the SEC this offseason. The portal is still very active, especially at the quarterback position.

Auburn could be in the mix for a quarterback. Mizzou might be active, too, along with a couple of potential surprise teams.

But, should there be no more movement, here’s how I’d rank the top 5 QBs in the SEC next year:

  1. Jayden Daniels, LSU
  2. KJ Jefferson, Arkansas
  3. Will Rogers, Mississippi State
  4. Devin Leary, Kentucky
  5. Joe Milton III, Tennessee

I’m on the fence as to whether or not we’ll see Spencer Rattler return to South Carolina next year. If he does, he’s a borderline top-5 guy.

My wildcard is Conner Weigman at Texas A&M. He showed some flashes of brilliance in limited action in 2022. He should be even better and should be the Aggies’ full-time QB1 in 2023.

But, as I mentioned above, I would expect the QB carousel to keep spinning, even in the SEC.

Wayne:

How worried should Florida fans be about Todd Golden? Especially now that Mike White has Georgia turning things around.

Georgia’s win over Auburn on Wednesday night was certainly impressive. And thus far, Golden has been the most-disappointing new head coach in the SEC (among White, Dennis Gates, Lamont Paris, Matt McMahon and Chris Jans).

I’m not selling my Golden stock yet, as I was one of his biggest supporters during the offseason coaching carousel. I will admit that I am starting to get a bit concerned, though. This week’s loss at home against Texas A&M has my finger hovering over the panic button.

Mike White and the Georgia Bulldogs come to Gainesville on Saturday. If Golden can’t get his guys to win that game over the Gators’ former coach, I’ll officially be worried.

The Gators have too much talent to be struggling like this on a consistent basis. Colin Castleton deserves better for his final year at Florida.

@Dobbe8:

The CFP title game has been in Dallas, Phoenix, Tampa, Atlanta, the San Francisco area, New Orleans, Miami, Indianapolis and, this year, will be held in Los Angeles. Houston will join that list in 2024. What city should be the next first-time host of the College Football Playoff title game?

The obvious answer to this question is Las Vegas. It was supposed to host one of the upcoming title games, but due to some massive trade show that’s held there in early January every year, it had to back out.

The Las Vegas Raiders’ stadium would definitely be up to the task of hosting the big game, and the atmosphere would be incredible. Thus, I hope Vegas can find a way to host the CFP title game sometime in the next decade.

However, if we’re eliminating Vegas because it had its chance, I’d also love to see Nashville get a shot at hosting the title game.

First of all, it would be a great location, as it’s in SEC country, but is also not too much of a hike for Big Ten powers like Ohio State and Michigan, should they be in the mix for the CFP title game.

Secondly, I limited my answers to only cities with NFL stadiums, so Nashville fits that criteria. I’d rank my top 3 options for first-time CFP title game hosts as:

  1. Las Vegas
  2. Nashville
  3. Charlotte

We’ll see if the next round of CFP title locations includes any of those 3 cities. I still feel that Vegas has a good shot at getting the game eventually.

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