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I was watching the 2004 Tennessee vs Georgia game yesterday

Posted on 9/28/12 at 8:53 am
Posted by tennfanatic
Greeneville, Tennessee
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 9/28/12 at 8:53 am
This is the game where we ended their 18 game home win streak. I see a lot of similarities between that game and this one. Tennessee was coming off a blowout loss at home vs Auburn and Georgia just played a flawless game vs LSU and were looking like a NT contender. We had to have a lot of things go right for us to win that game. Georgia had a kickoff brought back on a penalty, turnovers by Georgia, and the fact that they should have stuck with Shockley over Greene as QB. We also won this game because we out rushed Georgia and never committed a turnover. So basically for us to win tomorrow it would take an act of God basically us playing the perfect game and we would need Georgia to play bad as well.
Posted by WG_Dawg
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Member since Jun 2004
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Posted on 9/28/12 at 8:55 am to
Posted this on the UGA board but will repost here.

and I agree there are a FEW similarities, but overall these games have very little in common. We need to just nip this right in the bud.

Starting on the first Sunday in December of 2003 we had that 04 LSU game circled. We lost a close one in BR and thought we could get em in Atlanta, and we got blown out. Every single player, coach, trainer, fan, whatever had that game in Athens circled for damn near 11 months. And when the day came we delivered. The fans were sky high, the team executed, and we exercised those demons in an incredibly emotional way. We've seen it time and time again in college football, a team coming off a sky high win only to play flat the next week. SC did it 2 years ago by beating bama then losing to a shitty UK team. So here comes the next week, we're rolling along, ranked 3rd I believe, against a crappy UT team with seemingly nothing to lose. We got complacent, we got the big head, and let em hang around and we lost.

For starters, the UT staffs are not even close. They had Chavis as their DC that year and Fulmer at HC. Now they have dooley and idk who at coordinators but they suck. Second, the game we just played is about 50 times less physical, emotional, and draining than the one in 2004. Our offense is clicking like it hasn't in years, our defense is about to be full strength, and this team is focused. UT isn't that good, but it was a *somewhat* close game last year (unlike the UT game in 2003).

I highly, HIGHLY doubt this team and this staff is gonna rest on their laurels and overlook this game like we did in 2004. There are a few comparisons, but in general this is a totally different situation.






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