re: What's really at stake this year?

The schedule talk is such horseshite. It's no different than it's been in any previous year. It's always hard. Sure there are some outlier years, but when it wasn't UGA in the top 10 it was Auburn. When it wasn't Auburn it was UF. When it wasn't UF, it was South Carolina. We've opened with North Carolina, Oregon, Wisconsin, Washington, etc. in recent years. The SEC is always going to have a couple elite teams and a bunch of teams that can beat you any weekend. So what? We're opening with Miami this year as a top tier OOC opponent. So what? This isn't new stuff. We've done this before. Why is everyone so afraid of the schedule now? It shouldn't be an excuse for CEO as it wasn't an excuse for Les.

All the schedule does is prove what you are. In the past 2 decades we have been an SEC contender or top 3 at worst. So what's at stake this year? I'd say proving that we are still what I just said above. The last 4 years would show that's not true. Time to find out.