SI.com - Writers - Stewart Mandel: Surging Bulldogs start atop '08 preseason top 10 - Tuesday January 8, 2008 12:21PM

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The AP Poll in a little more detail
Published 1/9/2008 by Bond J. Bond at disco tech!
... Stuart Mandel - Is a fan of the program apparently because he ranked us 14 - which is not only a high ranking but makes me wonder is Stewart wasn't high when he filled out his ballot. But I sure as heck appreciate it - and in case you missed it - Stewart has already released his top 10 for next year - and Texas Tech is....not in the top 10 - we are "a team to watch." ...

Stewart Mandel's...
Published 1/9/2008 by Memphis Bengal at Sports Frog
...very early 2008 Top 10: 1. Georgia 2. Ohio State (I know, I know, I almost hate to see it too. Just two seniors on the latest Ohio State team to get ripped asunder by an SEC team) 3. Oklahoma 4. USC 5. Missouri 6. West Virginia 7. Florida 8. Kansas 9. LSU 10. Wisconsin Hmmmmm. Let me go ahead and pare that list down to the actual national title contenders: Georgia Florida LSU

Have You Kicked the 'Dawgs Today?: Answering the Georgia-Bashers
Published 1/10/2008 by T Kyle King <info@dawgsports.com> at Dawg Sports: Front Page Posts
... Dr. Adams's decision to rip on the Rose Bowl seems particularly ill-timed so soon after Bulldog Nation was positively pumped about the prospect of playing in Pasadena. Playing in the Granddaddy of 'Em All or making James Carville happy? Not a tough call. In the midst of all of this negativity, though, there is a ray of something that supposedly is sunshine. As noted by Senator Blutarsky and by Quinton McDawg, Stewart Mandel has Georgia as his preseason No. 1 team for 2008. Well, I guess it's good ...

To Have and Have Not: A Primer on Football, Fairness, and the B.C.S.
Published 1/14/2008 by T Kyle King <info@dawgsports.com> at Dawg Sports: Front Page Posts
... That was Sports Illustrated's Stewart Mandel at work, at least before he tried to leap on board the Georgia bandwagon and I booted him unceremoniously back off. It sounds to me like the 'Dawgs are in much the same boat that the Trojans were before ESPN declared them the greatest team of all time. This brings us to the much-maligned College Football Association (C.F.A.), which has been defunct for more than a decade because it devolved into the sort of cartel it sought to replace, but which served its purposes well during its heyday. ...