Why I keep contradicting myself

Loyal readers of the blog (hi dad!) may recall seeing this in last week’s If I Had A Vote Rankings:

1. Florida
They’re No. 1 until they lose or somebody unequivocally proves they’re better.

And as you (Dad) may have seen, I moved Alabama ahead of them.

I don’t know that you can say that Alabama is, unequivocally, better than Florida. But what we have on paper and in the eyeball test is making me lean that way.

The Tide have a more-convincing-than-the-final-score win over a very, very good Virginia Tech team, blew a pretty good Arkansas team out of the water, and even if Jevan Snead was actually good would’ve blown Ole Miss out Saturday. And believe me, Ole Miss is pretty good everywhere but quarterback and offensive line right now.

Florida, on the other hand, completely waxed overmatched teams like Charleston Southern, Troy and Kentucky, but struggled against Tennessee and LSU.

Now, granted, both the Vols and Bayou Bengals have very good defenses, but playing against teams that deficient on offense would have caused the Gators to just go absolutely nuts over the second half of last season.

And, I know, Tebow wasn’t himself Saturday night. But, overall, to me this Gators team doesn’t look very hungry right now. The defense does, but the offense does not.

Florida won’t even face another team that should really challenge them the rest of the way. Alabama has a couple toughies.

But all signs are pointing to them both reaching the SEC Championship game undefeated. And, right now, I like the Tide. I can’t believe I’m saying that.

But, just like last year, things could change quickly.