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By Tony Barnhart | Monday, March 3, 2008, 07:45 AM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s funny how you stumble onto things when you’re actually looking for something else. I was doing my spring football research the other day when I came across this.
If you are a Georgia fan and you believe that coaching is very important in college football, here is evidence that backs up your claim that Georgia will have the toughest schedule in the nation in 2008. With national championship talk in the air as Georgia starts spring practice today, here are a few things to consider.
The SEC has five head coaches who have won national championships:
Alabama’s Nick Saban (at LSU in 2003)
Florida’s Urban Meyer (at Florida in 2006)
LSU’s Les Miles (at LSU in 2007)
South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier (at Florida in 1996)
Tennessee’s Phillip Fulmer (at Tennessee in 1998)
Only one team in America has to face all five of those coaches this season and that’s Georgia: at South Carolina (Sept. 13), Alabama (Sept. 27), Tennessee (Oct. 11), at LSU (Oct. 25), Florida in Jacksonville (Nov. 1).
If you look at the non-conference schedule it gets even better for Georgia. The Bulldogs play at Arizona State on Sept. 20. The Sun Devils, who were 10-3 last season, are coached by Dennis Erickson, who won two national championships at Miami (1989, 1991).
If you go to the lower divisions, there are two more coaches who have won national titles. The Bulldogs host Georgia Southern in the opener (Aug. 30) and Eagles coach Chris Hatcher won a Division II national championship in 2004 at Valdosta State.
Paul Johnson, the new head coach at Georgia Tech (Nov. 29), won two Division I-AA national championships at Georgia Southern in 1999 and 2000.
So that’s eight games against teams whose coach has won some kind of national championship.
And just for fun, you can throw in Auburn’s Tommy Tuberville who had a 13-0 team in 2004 that didn’t get a sniff at the national championship.
The point is this: I don’t know what Georgia is going to be paying Mark Richt this season (and he’s due for a raise), but he is going to earn every penny of it. And if Georgia goes 13-0 against that schedule, their ain’t no doubt they’ll be in Miami for the BCS championship.
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[Hercules]

Sorry Little Man !!!
Georgia will never beat @LSU or Florida in 2008 !!!
It will be another great SEC season !!! Cant wait !!!

[pvcpipe]

Tough road for the Bulldogs....they have a great squad this year, though. They'll probably lose one game and get shafted for a pac-10 or big 11 team in the big one.

[Hercules]

I dont mind the Pac 10 in the championship game where they should have been with USC in 2007 !!! But please, keep Ohio St. and Oklahoma out of it, until they prove they can play in the big game !!! 2-4 this century in the BSC championship game between these two teams !!!
The record should be 1-5 !!!

[Storm]

SEC is even more overrated this year than last