Monday, September 14, 2015

SOUTH CAROLINA WEEK

Well, it’s time to start playing real football.  I don’t know what it is, and I’m not sure if it’s just our fanbase, but our folks sure don’t like winning very much.  I’ve never seen any fanbase un-enjoy victories so much as us.  At the end of it all, no one will remember a 31-14 win at Vandy.  This is a place in which our last 4 trips have included:

2013 – One of the most devastating losses of Richt’s career
2011 – A goal-line stand on the last play to preserve victory after a blocked punt
2009 – A big win against an absolutely terrible Vandy team
2007 – Coutu’s last second kick to save us from overtime
2005 – DJ hits McClendon late to give us a more comfortable 34-17 win after only leading 27-17 going into the 4th
2003 – We were losing 2-0 at halftime and had 64 yards of offense in the 1st half.  We were sacked 6 times in the game.

I don’t know why, but we just don’t play great up there.  Florida St. never plays good in Raliegh.  It’s just that way.  I’m grateful for the victory, especially in light of what happened yesterday across America.

·       Don’t look know, but coach superior has now lost back-to-back to the Big Blue.  Unfortunately for him, the HBC coaches tackle football and not basketball.  I predicted they’d be 1-1 coming to Athens.  Turned out right for once.
·       The next time I hear someone scream about how we’re the only team that doesn’t come out ready versus an inferior opponent I will respond with two words:  Jacksonvill State.  They really had to score late to secure overtime.  That really happened.
·       Mullen’s epic fail last night was mind-boggling.  He didn’t call a T.O., which turned a 46 yd FG to a 51 yd FG.  And the kicker kicked it with a  T.O. still in his pocket.  This is the Mullen some fans wanted 5 years ago.
·       Oh, Butch.  More bricks needed.  
·       Florida wore the worst uniforms in the history of uniforms – all orange.  He’s opened against 2 also-rans in all blue and all orange.  Maybe someone should explain to him that it doesn’t work if use it against East Carolina.  I soooooooooooooo hope they where orange on white in Jax.  Hello, 1980.  Speaking of McElwain, his tirade against Taylor was epic and awful.  Find it if you can.  I get it – throat slashing isn’t cool.  You also know what’s not cool?  Dressing down my son on National TV.  He has made it easy for me to not like him and the Gators again.  They had save that game at the end.  We can slow down on the Florida train.
·       So now is Arkansas the best 1-1 team in the country?
·       It still seems true that as long as Matty Mauk has eligibility, this is a good thing for the rest of the SEC East.
·       Fascinated to see what happens with Bama and Ole Miss this week.

So, the Dawgs:
·       Nick Chubb is really, really good at football.  I think that D is for real, and he gashed them for the most quiet 189 yards and 10 yds/carry that I’ve ever seen in my life.
·       Man, #59 and #84 can play can’t they?  But they are joined by a lot athletic guys out there.
·       I have bad days, so I’m just going to assume Marshall Morgan had a bad day.  He’s not a head case, he’s not a head case, he’s not a head case.  Repeat after me.
·       I-Mac is the best special teams weapon we’ve ever had.  I mean in 123 years of UGA football.  The UGA record for punt return TDs is 4.  He’s played 14 games and has 3, alone in 2nd place.  
·       I’d like to see Sony and Keith back on kickoffs, but that’s just me.
·       Dom Sanders is slowly growing into one of my favorite players.  He’s darn fun to watch play.  I mean, he knows what to do with the ball, too.  
·       We have got to get the ball to Malcom Mitchell.  Pitch it, snap it, hand it.  Do something.  Same thing for #5
·       I really like what I’m seeing from Colin Barber.
·       I said before the season that my biggest fear was schotty.  Nothing against him, but I thought we were one of the most creative offenses in the country the last 3-4 years.  We played Brandon Boykin on offense in 2011.  Remember that?  We kind of did everything.  Power, spread, hurry up, air it out, wildcat.  We have seen very, very, very little creativity.  We’ve seen us use Sony a little in places, but I’d just like to see more.  I’m hoping the opponents have dictated that.  He’s 2 games in and I think we thought we could win those two games playing pretty vanilla.  I’m down with that.  Just hope that’s the case.

So the QBs?  Mark Richt knows more than I know.  He doesn’t play favorites.  There are no favorites in CFB.  I think we really like Keith Marshall as a person, but Nick Chubb is the stud we will ride and there’s not going to be ‘sharing’ to keep guys happy.  He wants to win.  So, we have to trust that he’s putting the guy in that will win.  I’m willing to concede it as a bad day for Lambert.  He looked terrible and I thought Ramsey looked good, but they’re going to give us the best chance to win.  David Greene looked horrible for a few games in 2002.  We’re going to have to get used to winning differently.  It might not be ‘light it up.’  It might be score 24-27 points and win with D and rushing.  It all counts the same.  If you’re wondering, Jacob Eason was 13-13 Friday night.  That’s right.  He didn’t throw an incompletion.  I had a thought at one point yesterday that, yes, he just might be starting in the Dome vs. UNC.  Why not?

The Cocks?  That line at 15.5 is begging people to take the Cocks.  Begging people.  That might mean Dawgs by 17.  They lost their QB (of course we might not have one).  We’re better.  I don’t think they can stop Nick and Sony.  I’m praying we open it up.  Should be fun.

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