The Bulldogs opened SEC play Tuesday night, underdogs for just the second time in 14 games. Unfortunately, that says more about the schedule than the team. State carried a 12-1 record, but received only one vote in the latest AP poll. And that’s what they deserved after a pillow soft schedule, and a Cincinnati game dominated from wire to wire by the Bearcats. I’m surprised a single writer stuck his neck out. None of that’s to say this team is bad - you don’t take care of business 12 times without some basic competence - but we had very little evidence to say this team can handle a real opponent.
A Step Forward
