Last weekend did have an effect on the BCS in one fashion. Rivalry week produced a glaring misrepresentation of the quality of football teams performing in the ACC. Example: A reeling 6-5 Georgia stomps top ten Georgia Tech; A swooning 6-5 South Carolina crushes a high rolling top twenty Clemson....and if you watched FL/FSU, the beatdown (prior to the 2nds & 3rds) was worse than Charleston Southern and Troy- basically sealing Bobby Bowden's fate. If Georgia Tech and Clemson had won, both could have been in BCS consideration. First # 15

Stomped may be a strong term for the GA Tech/GA game, but yes, GA won. GA played out of it's minds and needed a dropped pass to secure the victory. Hats off to the SEC. They have won the beauty contest again.

The good news is Clemson and GA Tech are still in BCS contention as they play for the ACC Championship this weekend.

It's about time someone will acknowledge that the SEC is the best Conference this year. Not tring to put down any other conferences, but the non Conference play of the SEC is a lot better then any other Conference. Roll Tide Roll!!!!

Feinberg is an idiot. He should be removed from the Harris poll for having Northwestern ahead of LSU and USC.

When you run for 350 yards out of the I-formation straight up the gut, stomped is a pretty fair term. After watching Georgia all year, "playing out of their mind" is the excessive phrase. Dropped passes, penalties in the red zone, fumbles, kickoffs out of bounds, bad play calling when we had a chance to put the game away, and missed tackles resulting in long gains, I'd say it was a typical Georgia game. We were just better than you. And you had two weeks to prepare.

If you want to talk about a team playing "out of its mind", let's talk about the Tech team that beat Georgia last year...now that is out of your mind. Let's see, that same Tech team got creamed in its bowl game by an LSU team that got creamed by Georgia earlier in the season.

Then again, I guess you could say Georgia is playing "out of it's mind" this year. If you consider "out of its mind" to be the worst season we have had in recent memory. Funny, the team that played "out of its mind" this season in the worst way possible STILL beat a Tech team that thought they were going to cream the Dawgs.

Here are some "out of its mind" numbers. Mark Richt has had 6 10-win seasons in the past 9 years (counting this one)...Tech has had one (counting this one). Georgia has now won 8 out of it's last 9 games against Tech...Tech has won, um, one. So, as you can see, Georgia was not playing "out of its mind"; it was simply playing true to form. Another year, another win against the Jackets.

Breaking News: The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are changing their name to the Georgia Tech Cicadas. Boosters and administration thought Cicadas were a more fitting mascot since the football team only shows up once every 8-10 years.

It sure is interesting that such a gawdawful team like Tech from such a gawdawful league like the ACC gets SOOO much attention from the bull dog faithful. You'd think they'd find something better to do, like search google and find out what state Shreveport is in...

hedgeplauge - I think that you missed the point. Yes, the Dawgs may possibly be playing in the Independence Bowl, and the GameCocks may be playing in the toliet bowl, but either way the SEC toliet bowl attendees will have beaten the BEST that the ACC has to offer!! Your ACC Champion doesn't deserve a BCS Bowl if they can't beat a 6-5 Georgia or a 6-5 South Carolina! Pathetic! Can't wait to see either of you get waxed by a mid major on a national stage! Horn Frogs, Horn Frogs, Horn Frogs.......

Hey Hedgepee, I issued the beatdown declaration (on the ACC) and I am a staunch GATOR Fan. SOOOOO much attention from Bulldog faithful?

Let's put it this way......In conference play, week after week the ACC plays it's schedule and a couple of teams rise to the top receiving SOOOOO much pub from the MEDIA.

Rivalry Week comes along and the prolific ACC offenses hit a wall, and the staunch ACC defenses wilt in the face of the SEC offensive torrent.

Then comes Bowl Weeks.....and down go the supposedly equally matched, rested ACC teams, one after another, year after year. Why? Coaching and Defense, it is as consistant as the Pope is Catholic. Step it up ACC, # 6 conference in the land of college football is WELL BELOW the standards of this region of the country. Go Gators - First # 15

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Originally posted 08:40 PM ET  12.03 by georgia87

When you run for 350 yards out of the I-formation straight up the gut, stomped is a pretty fair term. After watching Georgia all year, "playing out of their mind" is the excessive phrase. Dropped passes, penalties in the red zone, fumbles, kickoffs out of bounds, bad play calling when we had a chance to put the game away, and missed tackles resulting in long gains, I'd say it was a typical Georgia game. We were just better than you. And you had two weeks to prepare.

Right, it had nothing to do with our starting quarterback getting hurt and going out for most of the first half. While Nesbitt was in the game we outscored you. Consider yourself lucky.

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Originally posted 01:33 AM ET  12.04 by dawggrad07

Breaking News: The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are changing their name to the Georgia Tech Cicadas. Boosters and administration thought Cicadas were a more fitting mascot since the football team only shows up once every 8-10 years.

We'll see about that. I think Paul Johnson will continue to improve the program. Your days of easy wins may be over.

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Originally posted 07:20 AM ET  12.04 by hedgeplague

It sure is interesting that such a gawdawful team like Tech from such a gawdawful league like the ACC gets SOOO much attention from the bull dog faithful. You'd think they'd find something better to do, like search google and find out what state Shreveport is in...

Georgia has been far more thoroughly dominated by Florida than Tech has by Georgia, so that's not really a talking point for them. They lost to both teams last year and were silent, so they have a lot of built up anger they need to get out.

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Originally posted 08:17 AM ET  12.04 by Ray Bob

Hey Hedgepee, I issued the beatdown declaration (on the ACC) and I am a staunch GATOR Fan. SOOOOO much attention from Bulldog faithful? Let's put it this way......In conference play, week after week the ACC plays it's schedule and a couple of teams rise to the top receiving SOOOOO much pub from the MEDIA.Rivalry Week comes along and the prolific ACC offenses hit a wall, and the staunch ACC defenses wilt in the face of the SEC offensive torrent.Then comes Bowl Weeks.....and down go the supposedly equally matched, rested ACC teams, one after another, year after year. Why? Coaching and Defense, it is as consistant as the Pope is Catholic. Step it up ACC, # 6 conference in the land of college football is WELL BELOW the standards of this region of the country. Go Gators - First # 15

They're rivalry games genius. They're unpredictable and the better team doesn't always win. I was a Florida fan long before I was a GT fan so I don't want to rag on my Gators too much, but Tech put up wayyy more points against Mississippi State and Vandy than Florida did this year. Tech's offense is for real, and the only time they really got stuffed by Georgia is when our starting quarterback was out with an injury for several series. Our defense admittedly isn't that good this year, but the fact that we still managed to win 10 games in spite of that says a lot about our offense.

SOO,

If the SEC is so great why cant USC run right past an arguably average Clemson team this last decade more than 1/4 of the time? What was Auburn's record against GT this decade, Vanderbilt's record against GT this decade, THE ONLY losses we have had to an SEC team this DECADE were to those BULLdogs, whom I will admit HAD (past tense) our number, and an LSU team one year removed from the National Championship.

FSU has obviously been floundering, but thats more about FSU than the ACC. They were also without their starting QB against the #1 team in the nation.

USC had lost THREE times IAR or FOUR out of FIVE to Clemson. I have always thought that if USC had a better coach, like Lou Holtz or someone they may finally be a serious program. Seriously though, that is one team whose record does not match their abilities.

Speaking of schedules did you LOOK at Floridas...! 7 games in Florida, or was it 7 in the swamp. the OFC schedule looked like you guys were in the lingerie league. GT played 11 straight weeks with no break. After Jax state (who is ranked higher than you might think) we had CLem at home, Mia away (third game in 3 days verses Mia who was playing their 2nd in 12 days), away games Vandy, Miss St, UVA, FSU on Bowden night, Duke, thats 6 Ray Bob (since you have trouble spelling, I thought I would help with the math just in case), and the rest of our home games Wake, VT, UNC, uga. IF Florida had played any kind of schedule they wouldnt be undefeated, and though I will be rooting for them tomorrow, expect that they will be exposed by a tested SEC team.

Uga is the only SEC team willing to put it on the line out of conference and I applaud their schedule this year. Look for them to back off now that they see that they really aren't good enough to handle it.

gt465x - Your starting QB was out for 2 series. Our best player was out for the entire game. Our starting cornerback was out for the vast majority of the game, allowing several big plays against his backup. Our start freshman safety was still out from the hit that closed the Auburn game. Our best offensive lineman was out all season. Do you really want to play this game?

Sorry but the SEC is not on par with the PAC 10 this year. The BCS ratings are meaningless because the division is broken in half and they play more Div 1 teams to fill in the gaps. If the SEC played all the teams in the division like the PAC-10 does now, like all conferences should, it may be a different story, but then they would run the risk of their top teams having one or two loses early in the year and that would hurt their ratings.

Compare the out of conference schedules and records of the top conferences and it's hard to top the Pac 10. What's the record of interconference play between the SEC and the Pac 10 the last 4 years ? The Pac 10 also has a 9-2 bowl record the last 2 years. These things are always cyclical but it has become an accepted mantra within the media that the SEC is hands down the top conference...I'm sure it has nothing to do with the deep ties between ESPN and the SEC and wanting to increase ratings....money would never sway the unbiased media. I predict the Pac 10 going 6-0 in bowl games this year.....talk is great SEC but....."scoreboard"

Did Oregon, the best the PAC 10 has to offer, get absolutly mauled by Boise St? Just a thought. I sure excuse will follow to support that Oregon should have, could have won.

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Originally posted 12:13 PM ET  12.04 by hedgeplague

SOO,If the SEC is so great why cant USC run right past an arguably average Clemson team this last decade more than 1/4 of the time? What was Auburn's record against GT this decade, Vanderbilt's record against GT this decade, THE ONLY losses we have had to an SEC team this DECADE were to those BULLdogs, whom I will admit HAD (past tense) our number, and an LSU team one year removed from the National Championship.FSU has obviously been floundering, but thats more about FSU than the ACC. They were also without their starting QB against the #1 team in the nation.USC had lost THREE times IAR or FOUR out of FIVE to Clemson. I have always thought that if USC had a better coach, like Lou Holtz or someone they may finally be a serious program. Seriously though, that is one team whose record does not match their abilities.Speaking of schedules did you LOOK at Floridas...! 7 games in Florida, or was it 7 in the swamp. the OFC schedule looked like you guys were in the lingerie league. GT played 11 straight weeks with no break. After Jax state (who is ranked higher than you might think) we had CLem at home, Mia away (third game in 3 days verses Mia who was playing their 2nd in 12 days), away games Vandy, Miss St, UVA, FSU on Bowden night, Duke, thats 6 Ray Bob (since you have trouble spelling, I thought I would help with the math just in case), and the rest of our home games Wake, VT, UNC, uga. IF Florida had played any kind of schedule they wouldnt be undefeated, and though I will be rooting for them tomorrow, expect that they will be exposed by a tested SEC team.Uga is the only SEC team willing to put it on the line out of conference and I applaud their schedule this year. Look for them to back off now that they see that they really aren't good enough to handle it.

It appears that the coaches polls, and all the other polls don't agree with you on Fl's schedule. However across the board, Fl's schedule is not as stout as it normally is. But honestly, which is better, if a team plays 5 ranked conference games, or a team that plays 2 OOC games, and 2 conference games. Does it really matters what conference their in???