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Connelly's college football 'Ifs List': How contenders can come together

We always think we know what's coming at this point in the offseason. We know who's going to be the preseason No. 1 (in this case, two-time defending national champion Georgia), and we know which blue bloods are particularly loaded.

We don't know everything, though. For starters, a preseason No. 1 team hasn't actually won the title in five years, so we probably shouldn't consider Georgia an absolute slam dunk. For another thing, every major contender always heads into the season with questions we don't know they'll answer.

This is my annual "Ifs List" piece -- an attempt to see how many "ifs" it takes me to turn a team into a genuine national title contender.