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This is the final edition of a six-part series analyzing a 2007 Georgia recruiting class currently ranked No. 8 nationally by Rivals.com.

It also marks my final post as the AOL Georgia Fanhouse blogger. AOL Fanhouse will continue to provide excellent blogs from a national and regional writers, but will no longer employ (at least for the immediate future) individuals who focus their coverage on one team, which has resulted in great coverage on this Web Site of Auburn, Florida, Oregon, Navy, Clemson, Alabama, Southern Cal, Texas and other schools over the past six months.

Georgia fans should be excited about the futures of the 23 commitments slated to sign on Wednesday, cautiously optimistic about the 2007 season (I see Georgia going 10-3 overall) and dreaming of a national title in 2008 (I have the Bulldogs at 12-1 after winning the SEC and hoping to get a shot at a mythical national title since one of the most difficult schedules in school history makes an undefeated season almost impossible).

More importantly, Dawg faithful should exhibit great hubris in a program that is the only school in the country to finish in the final AP national top 25 each of the last 10 seasons.

This is the fifth installment of a six-part series analyzing a Georgia recruiting class currently ranked No. 8 nationally by Rivals.com.

Georgia fans are concerned, because the SEC has an absurd six schools (1. Florida, 2. Tennessee, 5. LSU, 7. South Carolina, 8. Georgia, 9. Auburn) in the current Rivals.com national team recruiting rankings and a record eight of the top 17 classes (add No. 16 Alabama and No. 17 Ole Miss) in the entire country. No conference has ever dominated recruiting in one season to the extent the SEC has this year.

But the 23 players the Bulldogs are expecting to sign Wednesday will keep Georgia competitive for the foreseeable future and no one school will dominate a conference with this type of athletic talent.

This is why all remotely intelligent fan from any SEC school know we need a 16- or 24-team playoff in NCAA DI-A football. Otherwise the SEC will continue to be screwed out of opportunities to win national titles, even though the conference has easily won its last four appearances in the national championship game and would have had two other national championship squads in the last 11 years had there been a playoff system.

Seemingly, the Georgia Bulldogs have finished up a solid 23-player recruiting class set to sign their letters of intent on Wednesday.

This is the fourth installment of a six-part series analyzing this recruiting class over two days before the AOL Georgia Fanhouse stops being updated. However, AOL will still provided quality national college football blogs and occasional posts by national bloggers under the Georgia Site.

• Defensive Line

Need: Rodney Garner and many fans thought this was a bigger need than I did. Garner wanted to sign two defensive tackles, including one who could contribute immediately, and 2-4 defensive ends, with at least one potential immediate starter.

Georgia has apparently wrapped up a solid 23-player recruiting class set to sign their letters of intent on Wednesday.

This article continues a six-part series analyzing this recruiting class over the next two days before the AOL Georgia Fanhouse stops being updated, although AOL will still provided quality national college football blogs.

• Offensive Line

It appears UGA has completed a solid 23-player recruiting class set to sign their letters of intent on Wednesday.

The AOL college team Sites will no longer be updated starting on signing day, so we will go ahead and analyze this class in a six-part series over the next two days. Georgia fans, though, should be pleased with this group, which met all of the Bulldogs' major needs and filled out the future depth chart farily well.

Please remember that recruiting is about filling needs and blending talent at specific positions with previous classes. Georgia did very well in that respect, particularly since by far the most pressing need was adding immediate and long-term contributors on the offensive line. Overall, I would give this class a grade of A-/B+.

Barring any unexpected signing day surprises (Josh Nesbitt would be a dream, while Chris Little would be okay), it appears UGA has completed a solid 23-player recruiting class that should leave about the same number of spots next season for an even more talented group of instate prospects, who seem higher on Georgia at this point than the 2007 class did.

This AOL college team Site and other team blogs will no longer be updated starting on signing day, so we will go ahead and analyze this class in a six-part series over the next two days. Georgia fans, though, should be pleased with this group, which met all of the Bulldogs' major needs and filled out the future depth chart well.

This blog continues the series of updates on the 2008 recruiting outlook by position for Georgia. UGASports.com guru Chad Simmons will undoubtedly provide a plethora of additional profiles to the ones he already has up on 2008 Georgia football recruiting targets after the 2007 class signs its letters of intent on Feb. 7th.

The names of Georgia targets will obviously change over the next few months. However, the AOL Fanhouse college football team Sites will stop being updated after Tuesday (the day before signing day), so we decided to post information now while we still can.

• Projected 2008 QB Returnees: Jr. Matt Stafford, Jr. Joe Cox, Sr. Blake Barnes, Rfr. Logan Gray

• Likely UGA QB Signees (0-1)

After seeing multiple ex-University of Georgia football players in most recent Super Bowl games, only one ex-Bulldog is on a Super Bowl roster this year.

Tim Jennings, a rookie second-round pick, is a reserve cornerback with the Colts. Injuries hampered the diminutive Jennings early in the season and he remains buried on the Colts' depth chart.

Jennings did see action in 11 regular-season games as a rookie, but has been de-activated throughout the playoffs. However, he hopes the Colts' coaching staff decides to dress another cornerback today due to starter Nick Harper's sprained ankle. If so, Jennings will likely play in the Super Bowl.

Talented Atlanta Journal-Constitution sports columnist Mark Bradley took time to remember the recruitment of Herschel Walker by every major college football program in the country.

Even mild West Coast and Northeastern college football fans now follow recruiting, while college football recruiting now rivals college football itself as the most popular sport to follow in the South, in large part because recruiting coverage comes year-round wrapped in a blanket of optimism.

This blog continues the series of updates on the 2008 recruiting outlook by position for Georgia. UGASports.com guru Chad Simmons will undoubtedly provide a plethora of additional profiles to the ones he already has up on 2008 Georgia football recruiting targets after the 2007 class signs its letters of intent on Feb. 7th.

• Projected 2008 TB Returnees: So. Caleb King, So. Knowshon Moreno, Sr. Thomas Brown (Note: Brown will only return for 2008 if he redshirts in 2007 while recovering from an ACL tear. His recovery status will not be know until August and the coaching staff's decision on Brown may depend on if King qualfies academically to play in 2007. Without King, Brown would likely suit up even if at only 90%.)

• Projected 2008 FB Returnees: Sr. Brannan Southerland, So. Fred Munzenmaier, So. Shaun Chapas, Jr. Tripp Taylor (walk-on)

• Likely UGA RB Signees (2-3)