It was August 14. There I sat, pulling up the just-released AP preseason rankings on my phone.
We’ve got Georgia at No. 1. This made total sense to me. The Bulldogs crushed Florida State 63-3 in the Orange Bowl last December, and their QB—Heisman candidate Carson Beck—was back again. Georgia on top seemed spot on.
Next was Ohio State at No. 2. They had lost in the Cotton Bowl to Missouri, but that was without their starting quarterback (Kyle McCord had transferred to Syracuse) and star receiver (Marvin Harrison Jr. would soon declare for the draft). The Buckeyes had downright scared Michigan last season, losing by less than a
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