I suppose it is possible, as Bolt trains for longer distances and might not hit his top speed over a shorter distance.  Still, this guy is pretty full of himself.

Only talk I heard was trying to get games against Hawaii.

Wasn't LeRon McClain mostly used as a FB at Bama?  Talk about a waste of talent.

I think his contract called for an extension if sanctions hit, so he has several years with low expectations. 

Of course, try telling that to Mike Shula.

I thought it was common for Saban to practice the newcomers separately from the old hands on the first day.

Texas does takes its HS football seriously. I really enjoyed going to HS games when I lived there.

I was at the game Friday night for the win.  Maybe you should just give me your tickets.   

Here is the top 15 from the USA Today Poll.  Post your own top 10 below.

1 LSU
2 Alabama
3 USC
4 Oklahoma
5 Oregon
6 Georgia
7 Florida State
8 Michigan
9 South Carolina
10 Arkansas
11 West Virginia
12 Wisconsin
13 Michigan State
14 Clemson
15 Texas

Yeah, that's what he did with it!   

The SEC is still Bama/LSU and then everyone else. I think these two teams are still head and shoulders above everyone else in the SEC, and probably the nation. 

Last year Georgia played LSU close for a half, lost to Boise State and USCe early on, beat Georgia Tech pretty soundly, and lost to Michigan State in overtime.  These are not the results of a top 10 team, maybe top 15, but Georgia was in its first year with its defense.  (And Michigan State had learned its lesson the previous year against Bama).

While Georgia returns its QB and defensive scheme, I still wouldn't put Georgia quite in the top 10, because of their lack of depth, and owing to their coaching.  While all their games are winnable, I just can't see Georgia winning all their games.  The early road game to Missouri is a trap game, if Georgia doesn't take it seriously.  Missouri will be well prepared for that game, welcome to the SEC.  Georgia has to travel to USCe this year -- my money is on Spurrier and the Gamecocks.  And I think Muschamp and the Gators will be better this year, not quite the deer-in-the-headlights, though I'd have to see the product on the field to have an opinion on the outcome of that game.  Anyway, Georgia loses at least one of those three games, USCe, and maybe one of the other two.  Ge

But still, I think you are comparing apples and oranges when you try to compare SEC schools with other conferences, and the results on the field indicate that the SEC deserves its high ratings.  Some people look at offensive statistics and claim the SEC has no offense, but that's not the case, the SEC just puts great athletes on defense too.  And, if someone thinks Georgia is overrated, who would you put ahead of them, outside of other SEC schools like Arkansas or USCe?

This is turning out almost as bad as the death penalty.  With the death penalty, there is no football for a year, and all the players transfer out.  And, while SMU had the death penalty for one year, the following year they could not field a football team because they did not have enough players.  In those days, there were not the same limits to numbers of scholarships that could be offered like there are today, but SMU still couldn't find enough players.

I wonder if there are any other schools that have been punished with the provision that players are free to transfer (other than PSU and SMU).

That never gets old.

Well UGA isn't going to take them all, CR was just covering his bases.  Georgia has an astonishly low number of scholarship players on the roster right now -- you would think they have been under sanctions.  So UGA probably is trying to fill out its roster a bit.  The language of the press release, I think, is misleading, with enough hedge words to give the appearance of truth.

There might have been other, non-arrest intoxications or failed drug tests.  As a freshman, I doubt it had to do with his performance on the field, but with his activities off the field.