Credit: Mark Bradley
Credit: Mark Bradley
HOOVER, Ala. -- Three Georgia Bulldogs showed up for Day 4 of the interminable SEC Media Days wearing bow ties. "Chris Conley's idea," linebacker Ramik Wilson said, speaking of the filmmaker/wide receiver. "A great idea."
(Let the record show that Conley -- who bought the ties and tied them for the other two -- arrived wearing Batman socks. Wilson and Todd Gurley didn't follow that trend.)
It took Gurley, who doesn't much enjoy media interaction, 30 seconds of his session with Georgia reporters to author his first eye-roll, but the tailback bore the burden in good humor. (And wore his bow tie nicely, it must be said.) Gurley, who's the nation's best tailback, got most of the attention in this pre-show session, followed by Conley. Then came Wilson, who only led the SEC in tackles in 2013.
Admittedly he did it on a defense that wasn't otherwise unyielding. "I don't think we were that bad," Wilson said. "We produced a lot of sacks. We were good against the run. We need to get better at little things. We have to work on getting off the field (on third down). And turnovers -- we need more turnovers."
Then: "We've got a lot of talent coming back. We've got to put it together."
Then this: "We need to win now. We've got the team to do it."
Maybe they do. Certainly the Bulldogs, with Jeremy Pruitt replacing Todd Grantham as defensive coordinator, have the capacity to reclaim their division. But the assembled media just anointed South Carolina as the No. 1 choice in the SEC East. Whoa, Nellie.
Not that Mark Richt, who coaches Georgia, was fazed. "I'd have us first," he said, smiling.
From myajc.com: The media disagrees, but Richt likes UGA in the East.
More Media Days fun and frolic:
From myajc.com: The confident LSU Tigers could grab the SEC title.
From Wednesday: Missouri winning the SEC East? Still hard to believe.
From Tuesday: There'll be no sudden rise for Jones' fallen Vols .
From myajc.com: At 69, Spurrier can see success without SEC titles.
Also from myajc.com: Auburn's Malzahn will have a tough time topping 2013.
From Monday: SEC Media Days - way too much of a dull thing.
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