Times' "The Quad" Down to Final Four in College Football Preview
The New York Times' The Quad is down to its four final schools for its annual college football preview. For the past several weeks the blog has been counting down the top teams that will take the field this week.
Yesterday's featured team was their #5 prediction, the University of Florida. (By far the most prevalent conference in virtually every sportswriter's coverage of preseason predictions has been the Southeastern Conference.)
"Though Tim Tebow is the face of Florida football, and deservedly so, college players come and ago, leaving only the head coach and his assistants as the constants," Paul Myerberg writes. "In that case, Florida must feel very confident in the future of their program, as Urban Meyer, now entering his fourth season at the helm, has piloted the Gators back into the enviable position of competing yearly for national championships. Now two years removed from his title, Meyer broke in a number of inexperienced underclassmen a season ago, making the Gators a logical favorite to win the SEC and play for another national title."
As the Gators weigh in at #5, the remaining four teams will be unveiled during this last week of preseason coverage for the nation's cadre of reporters covering college football.