Look At Us Now

I've been looking for this Georgia Bulldog football team for a couple of years now. It's the byproduct of focused effort. The coaches are coaching. The players are listening. The schemes are working.

So nice to complete the season with a decisive win over Tech. That makes two ranked teams in 3 weeks. Very nice.

We now face the biggest challenge since Bama came to Athens a few years ago. In fact, this may be the biggest Georgia game in the last decade. Not because we stand to win the National Championship. We don't...but because we stand to win the SEC in a year where they are saying that the SEC West is the best division ever. They're saying LSU may be the best team ever. They are giving the Dogs no chance. Perfect.

I couldn't be happier. We have absolutely nothing to lose. Play loose. Have fun. Fly around. Put a hit on somebody. Make them play tight. Let them worry. We're not defending anything. We are trying to show the rest of college football that they better look out for the Dogs.

We are young, we are pissed and we are dangerous.

Go Dogs.

Fork In The Road

So here we are...

I'm calling this the biggest fork in the road in the last decade for the Bulldog program.

Win and you've opened the door to a shot at the SEC title. Lose and we have to hope that SC loses too.

To be truthful, we will know before kick off...however...I'm writing before the SC/FLA game ends. I never want to worry about another game when the Dogs are in the driver's seat..so we carry on with this line of reasoning.

We need to win for the confidence of the youngsters. We need to win because it means the East. We need to win because it's Auburn. We need to win because it's the fork in the road.

This is a ranked team. This is our chance to boost confidence. To execute. To show the rest of the SEC that we are a team on the rise.

Because I'll tell you this...if we are not on the rise..we are in trouble. We are young and loaded. Fast and talented. Big and tough. Ready and willing. We are a team that has a chance to crush it for the next two years. Think about that. We are right there on the verge. Who else? While Bama and LSU get all the attention, we are quietly creeping up at the pace you could only dream about. Nobody is talking about us yet we are stacked.

Let's win out and prove our worth..because next year the radar will hone in on us. Next year we cannot play the "rebuilding", "young", or "underdog" card. Next year is our year. The following is even better.

A lot of that depends on how we execute today. This very day. Are we ready? I say yes without hesitation.

Go. Dogs.

With Any Luck

One thing I keep bringing up on this blog and in conversation is that I believe the Dogs have run out of bad luck. We aren't above dumb penalties and mistakes...I'm just saying the bad luck lacks the severity and timing that it once had. I think we've paid our fair share in unbelievable turnovers and penalties at critical times over the past couple of seasons.

We now seem to be winning the close games. Winning the ugly games. Winning the games we should win because we are no longer committed to beating ourselves.

With any luck on the positive side we have 6 more games to look forward to this season. I have predicted it before and have no reason to alter my assertion. The Georgia Bulldogs will win out. We have yet to see the full power of the machine in motion. We are watching young players gel. We are watching Freshmen and Sophomores learn complicated systems and assignments. Our coaches have found a great bunch of young guys that want to be coached and have bought into being a Bulldog. Seems getting rid of a couple of guys can go a long way.

I could go on about this and that but here's the abbreviated version that I assume everyone can see for themselves. Defense is playing great. Offense seems to be picking up. Bobo is calling a better game. Special teams is awful. I assume the coaches see all these things and will address what needs to be addressed. I'm on a purely opinionated mission here.

I'd love to see us win out. South Carolina needs to drop one. We get to play LSU or Bama. We trip them up. We go to a BCS bowl and execute against a great opponent.

By the end of the year, we will be the team that nobody wants to play.

**UPDATED** 4:45pm. Nov 1.

So I just read that Crowell, Carlton Thomas, and Ken Malcome are suspended for failing a drug test. On top of that...Richard Samuel is out. We literally lost 4 running backs since Saturday.

I am going to say that while that flies in the face of my bad luck theory...I choose to look at it in a positive light. At least it happened before the New Mexico State game and not Auburn.

Will be interesting to see if this dies or gets worse. A lot worse. I hope our luck is good.