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Can Florida quarterback Tim Tebow make it through another season getting hit as much as he did last season?

The short answer is no. But, then, here's betting Tim Tebow is smart enough and that Florida coach Urban Meyer is smart enough to make sure that the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner doesn't take the same kind of pounding he did a year ago. Granted, part of Tebow's game will always be taking off and running when things break down. But the Gators have to get him some help in short-yardage situations and near the goal line. That's why Southern California transfer Emmanuel Moody is so important this season, even though he didn't endear himself to Meyer by fumbling on the goal line during the Gators' spring game.

How healthy is Florida's do-everything receiver Percy Harvin?

The other half of the dynamic duo at Florida, Percy Harvin, is coming off offseason heel surgery, and there's concern in Gainesville that he's a ways from being all the way back. When he's 100 percent, there are few receivers any better, especially with the way the Gators use him in the spread offense. But if he's still favoring his heel when the season begins, that will allow defenses to gang up on Tebow even more. A healthy Harvin is the difference in the Gators winning the SEC title and losing three or four games and watching the BCS bowl games on television.

Is this the year that South Carolina makes a move in the East after the Head Ball Coach prematurely predicted that Gamecocks were ready for primetime a year ago?

Yes, the Gamecocks will be one of the surprises in the league this season, but just not good enough to unseat Florida or Georgia in the East. Remember, winning eight or nine games at South Carolina is nothing to sneeze at. In fact, the Gamecocks have won more than eight games in a season only twice in school history. As a footnote, Steve Spurrier wasn't a part of either one of those teams. This should be his best team yet in Columbia with a defense that will keep games close and an offense that's always going to be entertaining when Spurrier is calling the plays. Of course, the next question becomes: Is it going to be Spurrier Sr. or Spurrier Jr. calling most of the plays?

Can Georgia's overall talent overcome a brutal schedule?

There's really not a glaring weakness on Georgia's team. Junior quarterback Matthew Stafford will be better, more in command of the offense and more aware of the fact that he doesn't have to go win games by himself. And you know defensive coordinator Willie Martinez can't wait to turn this defense loose. But if the Bulldogs make it through this schedule and go onto win the SEC title, it would be toughest schedule that an SEC champion has navigated in a long time. The conference road dates at South Carolina, LSU and Auburn are daunting enough, and then there's the non-conference trip to Arizona State the week after the South Carolina trip. And with the Florida game in Jacksonville every year, the Bulldogs will go four straight weekends from Oct. 25 to Nov. 15 without playing a single game at home. Sorry Bulldog fans. It's a schedule that simply doesn't have a championship ring to it.

Will Tennessee win another SEC championship under Phillip Fulmer?

The dean of SEC coaches is adamant that the Vols are going to win another SEC title on his watch. Despite two ugly losses to Florida and Alabama last season, the Vols clawed their way into the SEC championship game and nearly knocked off eventual national champion LSU. They've been to Atlanta five of the last 11 years, but just haven't been able to come away with any hardware. The landscape in the SEC has changed since the Vols won their last SEC title during the 1998 national championship season. The head coaching lineup is better, and the league is more balanced. But Fulmer is too good a coach and his program has been too consistent for him not to win another title. It may not be this year, but he'll win another one and walk away from Tennessee on his terms ... as the winningest coach in school history.