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Not to worry, they'll be struck by the intimidating helmet of the defending national champs

It's facile to pick #1 and #2 to face off in the CG.

Duh.

It could also be correct of course.

You mean they have to play the games????  Heresy.  

I think we'll have a least one upset in the CGs that will roil the rankings, I suppose FSU is most likely based on the lines.  Texas "should" win, which is a great parting gift.

Here's hoping for some wackiness in Charlotte...

Bamma winning is obviously bad for Georgia.  It's unclear whether it would help Texas (who would have the best win of all contenders over a 12-1 SEC champ Alabama team), or hurt Texas (too many 1-loss teams and Texas won't get the SEC benefit of the doubt just yet).

Lvll winning is obviously good for Texas.

Texas winning is best for Texas, of course.

I'd doubt Texas jumpin a one loss Georgia

just from the past couple seasons influence

and unfortunately, Bama would jump Texas as SEC champ

Could be.  The committee finds all sorts of ways to do things that don't make any sense.

Last I saw, Oregon was favored by 10, so not as close as the others. 

UGA pulling -5 against the Gumps is interesting.  "They" must know something I don't.  Yesterday Pollack said he expects a war but that UGA has the better coach at this point and the better coaching staff.  Also said last year at the NC game he was sitting next to Saban (why was Saban at the NC game?) and told him UGA was the new king of the conference, and he mildly regrets that now, with Saban having a year to stew on it and probably post it as bulletin board material.  Nevertheless, he thinks current Kirby > current Saban, and UGA will prevail in a close one.  Me....if both teams play their best, I don't see how Bama keeps it within 10. 

Yup I really like Georgia in this game.  I think my prediction on the SEC board was 31-21.  Sounds about right to me.

The refrain I've heard recently from some of the SEC honks, is that Alabama is not the same team that played Texas, and that in a rematch Alabama would be certain to win.  But I watched the Auburn-Alabama game.  That is not an Alabama team that has improved leaps and bounds over the course of the season. The assertion that Milroe is massively improved since the Texas game has also been debunked-- his QBR and passing efficiency stats are similar throughout the season, with one significant outlier-- the Texas game, where he was pressured, harassed, hurried, and sacked, all game long, due to the filthiest interior DL play I've ever seen in college football.  It's amazing what those guys can do when they're not hamstrung by B12 refs allowing the o-line to tackle them to the ground on every play with zero calls.