100 days until kickoff and all I hear is Oregon this, Oregon that, and how they're the CFP favorite with their flashy roster and their five 5-stars. Let me tell you something about being a favorite in May. Back in the 1990 season when we had that defense that could stop a freight train, nobody was handing us anything in April or May. You earn it between the hedges in November, not on a recruiting ranking website in the dead of summer.
You want to talk about real rivalries that made this conference what it was? I remember when Florida vs Georgia meant something because it was a war of losses in Jacksonville, not because of some NIL bidding war or portal shopping spree. The Gators are getting hyped up as this sleeper pick and I just laugh. Sleepers don't exist in the SEC. You either show up or you don't. That 1997 game where we punched them in the mouth from the opening kickoff and never let up, that was real football. Not this spreadsheet nonsense everybody runs now.
The portal killed the soul of this sport. Every spring now it's a circus of who's jumping ship instead of who's earning a spot. I miss the days when you built a team over four years with kids who actually wanted to be Bulldogs, not mercenaries looking for the biggest bag. Coach Dooley would roll over in his grave if he saw what we've become.