Georgia First SEC Team To Play 3 Non-League BCS Teams Since 2006

This is certianly one of the big knocks on the SEC, by fans outside of this conference. The SEC claims supremacy every year and only plays about 22 games out of conference during the entire regular season. By the way, during 2008 the SEC went 11-11, during the regular season against out of conference BCS+ opponents. Not bad, but superior or even better? No, the SEC simply broke even. The SEC was very top heavy last year with Tenneesee, Arkansas, and Auburn taking the year off to regroup. However, Arkansas should be better this year.

Certainly it is respectable that UGA is playing 11 BCS conference games next year. There are only 2 other BCS teams doing that and GT is one of them. You look at the list below that GT and UGA are joining and it is pretty impressive. Of course, USC has to play out of conference since they have won or shared the Pac-10 championship 8 years running. Could USC do that in the SEC, ACC, or Big 12?

Preseason Top 25 countdown: No. 16 Georgia:
"Unlike most Division I powerhouses, Georgia is unafraid to schedule tough nonconference opponents. This season, the Bulldogs have an impressive slate featuring Oklahoma State, Arizona State and Georgia Tech, and the Cowboys have the Bulldogs' attention.

Georgia will be the first SEC team to play three non-league games against BCS conference teams since 2006. The only other programs confident enough to do so the past four years are Southern California, Florida State, North Carolina, Wake Forest and Duke."