Tonights The Night

Today is not about the college football playoff. Today is all about the college football playoff and I am going to go as far as picking my top ten. As I was surfing the world wide web this weekend while watching college football I noticed a lot of chatter on social media. Why was this happening? Why the sudden spike? Well the day we have all been anticipating is the first rankings put out by the 12 person playoff committee. Yes I said 12, because one member is taking a leave of absence that is Ole Miss alum Archie Manning. Makes you wonder why? Hmmmmmm..... "Ole. Miss. Alum." Maybe it is a good thing because the less bias the better. Anyways, the first official rankings come up tonight at 6:30. All college football fans are anxious whether or not their team is in the conversation of the top twenty five. Of course the committee has to get that 25 down to a top 4. That is a lot of pressure.

Now, what I am looking forward to the most while looking at Twitter from now and until the final four is announced, is all the angry fans who have to right to voice their opinion. Those opinions in my mind are the most entertaining part of college football next to the actual games. I can not visually put tweets on this weeks blog because they have not happened yet, but that is definitely something that will become the norm on here. This blog is about anticipation and what is yet to come. If you thing college basketball fans are pissed if their team is not put into the 64 team bracket, then just wait when a Alabama or Ole miss fan base gets left out. Twitter might shut down. I personally can not wait to see what happens from now until December and I will definitely be apart of the conversation. 

He Can Coach Folks

I am going away from the normal college football playoff blog and talking about how UGA has absolutely been dominating since the suspension of Todd Gurley. Having someone to fill in like Nick Chubb is huge, but the main reason why Georgia is playing so well is the emergence of their Defense. Right now UGA leads the country in turnover margin with a +13 and all signs are showing that it will grow against Florida in two weeks. What is the reason behind the defenses success? This guy...

Yes this mans name is Jeremy Pruitt. He was hired back in January after he led his number one defense at that unethical school called Florida State. After the Suspension of Todd Gurley I sent out a tweet saying... 

I would say after a shutout at Missouri and a first half that only consisted of letting up 6 points against Arkansas has Pruitt earning his money. The defense is playing up to the expectations put on Pruitts name. Players like Damien Swann and Qunicy Mauger are beginning to shine. This comes from being comfortable and confident in what your coach is trying to do. I am a firm believer that any defense whether a 3-4, 4-3, or 4-2-5 has the potential to be dominant as long as you have players that buy in and are allowed to use their athletic ability to the fullest. This is exactly what Jeremy Pruitt is doing right now at UGA and he certainly has the Bulldawg nation buzzing about him. Let's keep the defense rolling and I can not wait to see the success continue as we go into Jacksonville!

Where is Mississippi Again?

One thing is true half way through the season and that is that no bodies preseason top ten is correct. If you were to tell me that Notre Dame, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, FSU, and Baylor were going to be ranked in the top five at this point I would have thought you were crazy! If you told me Dac Prescott and the Bulldawgs of Mississippi State were the number one team... Get out of town. One thing is clear, more top ten teams are going to go down, more teams will continue to rise, and the Playoff will become more clear. As of right now no teams are out of it that have suffered a loss at this point. This week Notre Dame and FSU will face off which means one top 5 team will go down. Ole Miss and Miss State still have to play each other, and there is still the SEC championship. The team that has the clearest path is Baylor right? Wrong, they still have to go through three top 25 teams in Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Kansas State. There is still a ton of football left this year and I would not be surprised to see a two loss team make it into the college football playoff.

The real story so far is the two teams from Mississippi. Both have great senior leadership in Dac Prescott and Bo Wallace. One team will have to lose seeing that they play each other at the end of the year. I also believe that even though they are playing at such a high level that they will lose outside their own matchup. This.. well comes because they play in the SEC west and any team can beat anyone. These two teams have made college football fun to watch this year, which has made the madness of picking the top four teams to go to the playoffs even more enjoyable. The one sad reality is that if a one loss Alabama or Auburn team that does not make it to the SEC championship sits at home and watches either Mississippi teams lose in the SEC championship, that means they will probably go even considering an amazing year from the Bulldawgs or Rebels.