When I had to post a recent breakdown of the SEC bowl picture as an article rather than a blog -- since it was was 2,890 characters too long for our blog software -- I knew I was in for trouble.

You can read the official story here: http://tidefans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79515

The SEC's bowl picture right now is about as predictable as cow-chip bingo: Lots of crap, and no one knows where it's all going to land.

Here's my best guess on the postseason...

We used to do an article called "Coaches to Watch" here at TideFans, but we've gotten away from that somewhat in recent years.

Part of the problem has been a lack of up-and-comers that were showing promise. The other issue is that, with the advent of sports message boards, there aren't a lot of hidden gems left. Everyone, for instance, knows who Chris Petersen (Boise State) is.

So instead of a list of coaches of the future, here's a list of guys, mostly...

I'm not promising I can keep this blog current each week, but I'm going to give it a shot considering the weekly wrap-up columns don't leave me enough room to touch on other things.

* SEC 2008: Some national pundits are beginning to float the thought that the SEC is having a "down year." Inspection says they're right, depending on where they are looking.

The top of the SEC is as strong as ever: Alabama, Florida and Georgia are all ranked in the BCS top 10...