The One Great Season College Football Countdown continues Thursday. We'll be counting down the preseason Top 25 teams in 2010. Today's No. 22 is Georgia.

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

For a guy whose nine seasons as Georgia's coach have ended six times in double-digit wins, Mark Richt is inexplicably on the hot seat. Such is life in the ultra-competitive Southeastern Conference.

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EXTRA: Images From 2009 Georgia-Oklahoma State Game

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Richt's squad went into last year trying to recover from the departures of offensive stars Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno. And this year, the Dawgs will start a new quarterback for the second straight season, but their rushing attack could prove to be one of the SEC's finest.

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By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

The deal that sends 36-year-old problem child Terrell Owens to Cincinnati is a terrible one. The No. 1 question on the minds of many is whether he and attention whore Chad Ochocinco can co-exist in harmony.

There's a reason why great players play for five teams in their careers. They eventually wear out their welcome. Sure Bengals owner Mike Brown smartly signed T.O. to just a one-year contract, but Owens was a problem in San Francisco, Dallas and Philadelphia, football-savvy cities where there wasn't an equally attention-starved teammate, an Ochocinco, in the same, small locker room.

Remember when Cedric Benson scored a touchdown against the Bears last year, and tried to rub it in the faces of his former team? Ochocinco, of all people, was the first to hustle over and advise him not to do that dance.

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Argument Is Tiresome,
Sometimes Inaccurate

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

It's late July, so it must mean it's time to bash the schedules of teams in conferences other than the one you follow. It's such a tiresome conversation, and the funny thing is, it's downright inaccurate in the case of SEC fans who don't recognize that very few teams seek out the big September matchups the way Ohio State does.

Under Jim Tressel, the Buckeyes have put home-and-home series on the schedule with Texas and USC, and this year's made-for-TV game is against preseason top 10 or 12 Miami, led by its Heisman Trophy candidate in quarterback Jacory Harris. Next year, the teams meet again in South Florida.

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The One Great Season College Football Countdown continues Wednesday. We'll be counting down the preseason Top 25 teams in 2010. Today's No. 23 is Auburn.

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

Remember when Gene Chizik's Tigers were the cute storyline a month into last season?

Another 5-0 start is possible this year, but just like in 2009, the second half of the season brings a load of heavyweight SEC bouts. Auburn loses its quarterback and running back as well as its top pass rusher from last season, but the cupboard is hardly bare heading into 2010.

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The One Great Season College Football Countdown continues Tuesday. We'll be counting down the preseason Top 25 teams in 2010. Today's No. 24 is Oregon State.

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

I remember during preseason last year hearing an ESPN analyst emphasize two things when evaluating a team's chances for a successful college football season: your schedule and the experience level of your quarterback.

If those are indeed two significant factors, then Oregon State could have some trouble matching its 8-4 regular season from a year ago.

One of the nation's most difficult non-conference schedules has OSU opening September against Top 10s TCU and Boise State in two of its first three games. And Oregon State will be doing so with first-year quarterback Ryan Katz.

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