....And so begins the off-season spin....

Well, here we are again! At the edge of another post season, comfortably perched upon couch or lazyboy, watching other teams battle for the NC. Much to be gleaned from this season, outside the mired mediocrity from Butts Mehre, which I'm certain will be amply debated over the course of the next 9 months. Thus far, the loss of Bobo and Friend doesn't appear to be effecting the 2015 recruiting class. Yes, there has been a defection or two, but there always is a defection or two. Time will tell; as will whomever we secure for the OC, if the long term loss of Bobo/Friend effects future recruiting...

Here are a few take-away's that I didn't see coming.....

#1 - The rise and embarrassing FAIL of the SECW! Parity between conferences aside, the SECW has now suffered the Media/ESPN scorn that has long since been a seasonal staple for the SECE, particularly UGA.

Footnote: Many of the bobbleheads are now reporting on said failure and have even begun mentioning the SECE's post-season record! Likewise, many of those are also predicting the rise of SECE programs to future predicted dominance...UT and UF are among the favorites....and absent from the conversation,....Guess Who???.....Wonder why?

#2 - Ohio State !...This is NOT the OSU of the past, and as much as it pains me to say, The Urban Cryer has the program pointed in the right direction. They likely will not win the NC this year, but they will be in the mix for seasons to come.

#3 - Play-Off System - While I'm a fan, I honestly believed this years version would be similar to the BCS...I was wrong! The BCS would likely have pitted BAMA against FSU, with OSU completely out of the picture. IMVHO, I believe the Play-Offs are a success, but would rather see them extended to 8 teams, rather than 4.

All in all, we landed fairly close to where many predicted we'd land. The post-season collapse of the SECW will likely place us somewhat higher in the rankings than we should be, and I'm already hearing that we will be a preseason top 10! In the interim, we will land another successful class of recruits, the apologists will point to all the "accomplishments" made, Captain Christian will once again man the helm of the SS Mediocre come fall, with a quiver filled with golden excuses for the doe-eyed, while firmly clutching a shiny new contract extension! We will be treated to another 8-4, 9-3 season, with glimmers of hope and probable bedwetting to follow....

It's the GEORGIA WAY....or as I like to refer to it,.....RICHTING!!!

GO DAWGS!!!

As predicted by many, the playoff isn't the resounding success for which they hoped.

Instead of possible controversy over who ended up ranked 3rd and 4th instead of #2, we had controversy over who ended up ranked 5th and 6th instead of 4th. The default winner here was
media darling and power conference stalwart OSU and their inclusion came at the expense of
2 smaller and lesser renowned football programs.

As much as things changed, they stayed the same. We still have some controversy over who made it in, and the biggest winner is the money grubbers.

Meh,....You're ALWAYS gonna have controversy!.... Agree to disagree, my friend,...with the BCS, we'd be watching teams other than the Ducks and the Bucks in the finale, which I'm perfectly fine with cuz they BOTH proved they belong. What happened to TCU and to a lessor extent Baylor sux, which is why I believe the field should be extended to 8, rather than 4 teams.

Just my .02, but I believe the "Play-Off" system is already light years ahead of the BCS idiocy!

The figure 8, don't mean ice skating, will be the next "big media" push to keep as Wartdawg mentioned, the money grubbers smiling like jackasses eating briars. This my friends as you know is all about money. 8 in the box, is the final nail in the coffin for college football as we know it. Yes I support 8 team finals, also know that it is another step in removing football from the President of the NCAA.

Agreed!.....But the cart usually pulls the horse, inside the shores of this Republic!....The FBS is little more than a metastasis of a much greater cancer!