College playoff that matters belongs to SEC
It’s no coincidence that teams from the Southeastern Conference won the last two national championships, even if you believe Florida and LSU both were lucky to draw Ohio State in the title game. The SEC is so much better than its college football brethren at the moment that whoever wins the conference this season should be handed the BCS national championship and then shifted to the NFC North.
The SEC has four teams among the Top 10 in the current Associated Press poll, and No. 24 Alabama will probably make it five when the rankings are revised Tuesday by swapping places with the No. 9 Clemson squad it KO’d over the weekend. Five of the conference’s dozen coaches have won national titles; only one – Vanderbilt’s Bobby Johnson, who’s no slouch – is making less than $1 million a year. And at last month’s SEC media day, Georgia, a near-consensus No. 1 pick in the major preseason polls, came in second in balloting, behind Florida, in the East Division.
nbcsports.com
9/1/08
