Meyer will miss having the deep routes he enjoyed at Utah, and he's going to miss them when he'll need them the most ..... against the best defenses in the SEC. Some conferences are known for their offensive production, like the PAC-10 for example. But the SEC is known particularly for it's prowess with the 4-3 defense. The speed coming off the corners in the SEC is unparalleled by any other conference, with the exception of newly constituted ACC. And while there are plenty of teams acroos the nation with speed (e.g. Iowa, USC), there are few that consistently "bring" the size and depth for an entire game like you'll witness across the top tier of the SEC. In other words, Meyer is going to be hard-pressed to buy the necessary time for the deep routes to develop, and SEC CB's are way to talented to risk throwing it up for grabs. I suspect Meyer is going to learn what Richt has learned. If you can't impose your running game on your opponent in the SEC, you're a dead man walking.
In 2002, I kind of understand why we didn't jump them in the BCS 'cuz we had the early season loss to Iowa State (our only blemish in regular season), plus we were movin' up from so far down...but we beat them in the big house and we beat 'em bad, giving them their worst home loss in some 20 years.
