Five Reasons Georgia Won’t Win the National Championship—or the SEC

On top of that, the Bulldogs were beaten at home by South Carolina.  Tennessee destroyed them, and, if not for a Vanderbilt fumble—deep in Georgia territory, no less—the Bulldogs would have left Nashville 0 for the state of Tennessee.  

5.) Brandon Coutu

Coutu was about as reliable as you can ask of a college kicker.  He never missed a PAT in his entire career, and he nailed every attempt 39 yards or closer last season.  He also came up with several clutch, late-game kicks.  The Seattle Seahawks thought enough of him to select him in this year’s draft.      

Now Georgia must replace him with an inexperienced kicker, never an easy task, especially considering that the Bulldogs appear to be in for several close games. 

Overall, I see Georgia winding up with two SEC losses and missing out on the SEC Championship game, this time to Florida, whose schedule is much more manageable.    

And that’s the catch with the SEC.  I’m not convinced that Florida is a better team in any way, but with the way the SEC rotation works, Florida now faces West teams LSU, Ole Miss, and Arkansas—a much easier task than Georgia’s three contests.      

All that said, Georgia is an extremely talented team and should be fun to watch in 2008.  If Stafford can find the consistency he lacks and Moreno can build on last year, who knows what can happen.     

After all, they said Florida’s schedule would prevent them from winning in 2006-2007—and things turned out all right for the Gators.

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