21 Days

21 Days to go. Almost time for "Saturday in Athens". Can't wait.

In the meantime, I believe talented, professional and otherwise reputable writers and broadcasters let their minds wander to ridiculous places. They get so hyped that they have preseason prediction shows and basically conclude that there is no reason for them to actually play the season out.

During the World Cup (which I love) I got all tensed up that one of the deciding factors in case of a tie was an old fashioned coin flip. A coin flip!? Then it dawned on me that my favorite sport is decided by voting. Huh? Try explaining that to someone from outside our college football culture. "Yeah...a bunch of biased coaches vote...then a bunch of biased writers vote..then we feed it to the magic computer..TADA!!".

The point of mentioning this is that the results of these votes make it too hard for some teams and make it too easy for others. Start at #13 or above and you're in the race. Start below that and people actually believe that it's a REAL assessment of your talent despite evidence on the field. As if this team should have to work harder because they were voted lower.

Anyhow...Georgia is somewhere around the low 20's in preseason rankings except for one organization called College Football News dotcom who has the Dogs at...wait for it...#3. Do what? Number 3?

Come on, man. I love the Dogs as much as the next guy but when you conclude that there are only two teams in college football better than us it's just downright off base.

In conclusion...I vote Georgia number one for all time. There. Take that.

Look if we have to rely on freakin voting let's at least wait until AFTER game #5. As it stands, we may as well open up the phone line and let folks vote American Idol style and forget the rest.

TEXT "Go Dogs" to 57733.

Vote Dogs.

ps- I made that number up. Text to it at your own expense. I love the enthusiasm though.