One Key Stat

Here's the only stat I care about for the Georgia/Florida game this weekend. 12-1.

While this could be properly interpreted as 12 beers for 1 guy (this guy)...that is not why I listed those two numbers.

12-1 is the turnover score in the last 3 meetings of these two teams. In fact...the last 3 UGA QBs have all had 3 INT games respectively. During that time we have taken the ball from Florida...ONE...freakin...time.

Murray threw an INT on his first pass....and on his last pass..in last year's matchup. This is simply not something that you can live with.

I have to believe that sheer odds are on our side this year. There's no way Florida can win this many years. There's no way we can turn the ball over that many times. Math won't allow it. We will show up. We will execute. We will stomp the Gators.

There. That's my expert analysis.

Another Ugly Trip To Tennessee

Just happy to squeak by with the win. That's two weeks in a row we got out of Dodge with a bruise or two but the ugly W.

My theory is still intact. I said it before on this blog. The Dogs will win out this year. Seems even more bold and half cocked given our performance of late.

The theory is based on a couple of things....

Mostly blind allegiance to a team that is half as good as I wish they were...another is the feeling that we're out of bad luck..finally. It's the feeling that we have an incredible set of components that have still not clicked as the one solid unit. Still having miscues, penalties and missed assignments. The difference this year? We are actually winning a couple of the close and ugly games. I think every team needs to win a couple clunkers and get a little lucky during the course of a good season. I just have this nagging feeling that we will get our act together and really hit that next gear.

A week off. Crowell will heal. Malcolm Mitchell will heal. We can prepare for the Gators without "overlooking" some other opponent. We can review last year's game play by play and realize that Aaron Murray lost that game for us by being a freshman. And it's okay. No worries.

This is the year we turn around the Gator curse.

We have a ton of room for improvement. Now is the time to move from "needs improvement" to "don't look now but the Dogs are good".

Mississippi sweep. Tennessee sweep. So far so good.

Tennessee

What is it about the Tennessee game that chaps my hide every year? I can't put my finger on it. I mean, I know the orange is the easy "go to" answer. They look like crappy popsicles in those get ups. Is it the redneck fanbase? Maybe...but then again the Dogs have their fair share too. Could it be that they play that damn song every time they score?...or gain a yard?...or snap the ball? Probably.

In truth our rivalry, while old, has not been as bitter as it should be. I just naturally hate orange and Tennessee is the worst offender. I just don't like them. Period. And I think that it's healthy to despise a team for no other reason than that you just sorta...do. Just sort of can't stand the bastards. There you go.

Not really scientific but honest.

By the way...look at this gem from Da'Rick Rogers. Here is his wisdom on leaving UGA after committing 7 months earlier. Out of nowhere. Flip Flop.

Tell us all about it, Da'Rick:

Q: Did Georgia have any hints or signs that you were going to flip on them? Did you surprise the coaches when you switched to Tennessee?

A. “I don’t know. I don’t know about the coaches. They can feel however they might have felt. It was all for me. You know, I had to go where I could be happy and I’m in a great place now. I’m happy here.”

Like my opinion...his quote is not really scientific but honest.

But read closely.

"It was all for me."....and the eloquent, "They can feel however they might have felt."  The tense doesn't agree but I think you get the hint.

Da'Rick is actually perfect for the Vols. Stay there. Then leave early because some dumb agent oversells your ability to a third tier NFL team.

Go Dogs!