Everything you wrote is accurate

by Kevin , Monday, February 23, 2009, 10:05 (6246 days ago) @ Savage

but while reading your post, it hit me that Florida will be favored this season to win its third national title in five years. With Sanchez leaving USC, I like Florida's chances as well as anyone's.

If they do it, and also manage to get next year's starter (Brantley?) as many snaps as possible in the process, who knows what the future holds. For a championship team, they had a lot of young starters/key contributors:

RB: Demps (Fr.), Rainey (Soph.)
WR: Deonte Thompson (Fr.) -- a bit of a stretch, but he did score a couple TDs
TE: Aaron Hernandez (Soph.)
OL: Pouncey twins (Soph.) -- was going to list Carl Johnson here, but I don't think they can count on him returning next season

DL: Dunlap, Trattou, Sanders, Davis, and Lawrence Marsh were all Sophomores
LB: A.J. Jones (Soph)
DB: Almost all underclassmen, just like the DL: Janoris Jenkis, Major Wright, Joe Haden, Will Hill, and Ahmad Black

The above list does not include top recruits who didn't play much or at all in 2008, (such as Omar Hunter and Lorenzo Edwards). The SEC isn't getting any easier, but at the same time, I think the odds of the SEC champ playing for the BCS title are always going to be strong.