re: Georgia keeping Richt is a great decision

Exactly. You don't think Paterno, Osborne, and Bowden had the talent before 17 years to win a championship? Sometimes it does just come down to luck. Paterno went undefeated 3 times before winning a championship and then finally won his first with a 1-loss team. Bowden was faced with the unbelievable rise of Miami and came close several times beforehand. I guess you could say the same for Osborne.

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Georgia has had some terrible luck whereas some other SEC teams to win titles during the Richt years have had some great luck. Nothing you can do about that

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I think almost every team that has won a national title has had a little luck. Off the top of my head:
02 - PI on Miami in endzone
05 - Carroll keeping Bush on sideline against Texas + breaks against both OSU teams.
06 - Ted Ginn gets injured on the 1st play of the game
07 - LSU had 2 losses including that bad loss at home to Arkansas.
09 - Mccoy gets injured on 1st series of game
10 - Dyer's run where he wasn't actually down (plus cam falls into Auburn's lap)
11 - Bama gets a second chance against LSU
12 - Notre Dame lucked into NC game, essentially assuring Bama the championship + tipped ball that was caught against UGA
13 - No charges against Jameis.

Hopefully we'll get some luck to get to the title game, and then a little more luck once we get there. At the same time, we haven't taken complete advantage of our talent every year either.