After the first two games, the Bulldogs have the easiest schedule in the entire SEC, and it's not even close. Many figure that South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, and Georgia are all talented enough to win the wide-open SEC Eastern Division. Although their talent levels may be similar, Florida and Tennessee have much tougher schedules. The Volunteers have to play at Alabama, LSU, and at Arkansas. The Gators have to play Alabama, at LSU, and at Auburn, in back-to-back-to-back weeks. Both South Carolina and Georgia miss out on the two best teams in the Nation, LSU and Alabama. However, the Gamecocks do have to travel to play at Arkansas and at Mississippi State.
That's why the second week game between Georgia and South Carolina will decide the SEC East. Then if Florida or Tennessee were in the shoes of Georgia, then the same would be said about them as well.
The Bulldogs catch a break, not having to play the three best teams in the SEC, and while the season opener against Boise State will mean a lot nationally, the game against South Carolina will decide the Bulldogs' overall fate for the 2011 season.
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