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I was watching the 2004 Tennessee vs Georgia game yesterday
Posted on 9/28/12 at 8:53 am
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.
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Posted on 9/28/12 at 8:55 am to tennfanatic
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.
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.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 8:58 am to WG_Dawg
I still wonder to this day why Richt didn't play Shockley more than he did in that game.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 9:01 am to tennfanatic
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I still wonder to this day why Richt didn't play Shockley more than he did in that game.
Um, maybe because he was a SR and on his way to winning more games than any QB in NCAA history (at the time).
Posted on 9/28/12 at 9:02 am to tennfanatic
Good question, and I don't know. Shock looked real good and threw a TD while Greene struggled.
I also distinctly remember the phenomenal play action pass that Greene pulled off flawlessly (for a long gain/TD against VU in 02, AU and GT in 03, SC in 04) working, but Reggie Brown's foot was juuuust out of the back of the endzone. We had a lot of goofs that day, including leonard pope running the wrong route on the last play of the game.
I also distinctly remember the phenomenal play action pass that Greene pulled off flawlessly (for a long gain/TD against VU in 02, AU and GT in 03, SC in 04) working, but Reggie Brown's foot was juuuust out of the back of the endzone. We had a lot of goofs that day, including leonard pope running the wrong route on the last play of the game.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 9:08 am to WG_Dawg
Greene was interviewed on the Tony Basilio Show yesterday.
He's a great guy and isn't a dick like Pollack.
He's a great guy and isn't a dick like Pollack.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 9:11 am to Jerry the Clown
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Pollack
He looks terrible now.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 9:15 am to tennfanatic
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He looks terrible now.
He's one of my favorites of all time but he looks like he's caught the AIDS.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 9:16 am to Jerry the Clown
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isn't a dick like Pollack.
How's he a dick?
Posted on 9/28/12 at 9:20 am to Porter Osborne Jr
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How's he a dick?
He just comes off as one when he's on TV.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 9:25 am to Jerry the Clown
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He just comes off as one when he's on TV.
Eh, to each his own I guess.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 9:26 am to Porter Osborne Jr
He is one, irl. Most football players are though.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 9:29 am to Jerry the Clown
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He just comes off as one when he's on TV
To a point he is arrogant but he was a 3 time All American thats why I dont ever say anything about it. When you've had the career he had you can act anyway you want.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 9:51 am to tennfanatic
Yea, he can go ahead and do that...I have the pleasure of knowing that we fricked up him and Greene's chance to go undefeated vs. us in '04.
Take it away, Jason Allen!
Take it away, Jason Allen!
Posted on 9/28/12 at 9:52 am to tennfanatic
i love pollack but the dude is a dick. but he's our 3x all american dick
Posted on 9/28/12 at 9:59 am to Damn Good Dawg
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Damn Good Dawg
This is random, but explain your sig pic.
I take it Georgia rarely ever gets in the pistol?
Posted on 9/28/12 at 10:04 am to Jerry the Clown
ever since the pistol came out i have wanted UGA to run it. at first because of novelty but after a while i really am an advocate for it. i have rants on here from the past where i bitch up a storm about our offense and bobo's proclivity to the i formation while UGA doesn't have the physical OL and play style to run up the gut and play actions all day. when murray arrived i went into overdrive wanting UGA to run the pistol because i just felt with it's ability to let the RB get the ball with momentum yet also allowing murray to have a little more time for the pass was just perfect and i was sad bobo would never figure it out. that's a long yet condensed version of why i really wanted it.
then one magical night vs FAU bobo brought that bad boy formation out and what do ya know we scored from it. they've actually started running it with a little regularity and thus far we have looked very sharp using it. bobo has a tendency to run from the I and pass from the gun, realizes he's doing that, and then runs from the gun and passes from the I. idk it's a cavalcade of errors but i feel the pistol utilizes both
after that novel i bet you wish you never asked
ETA: fwiw that's the play we scored running it. and we did run the pistol like once or twice before but it was with like Joe Cox and Branden Smith our speedy CB was the RB. i didn't count that
then one magical night vs FAU bobo brought that bad boy formation out and what do ya know we scored from it. they've actually started running it with a little regularity and thus far we have looked very sharp using it. bobo has a tendency to run from the I and pass from the gun, realizes he's doing that, and then runs from the gun and passes from the I. idk it's a cavalcade of errors but i feel the pistol utilizes both
after that novel i bet you wish you never asked
ETA: fwiw that's the play we scored running it. and we did run the pistol like once or twice before but it was with like Joe Cox and Branden Smith our speedy CB was the RB. i didn't count that
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Posted on 9/28/12 at 10:20 am to Damn Good Dawg
Damn.
It seems, this season, that UT runs out of the pistol 50% of the time.
We had just started using, probably, for the first time in our history vs. MTSU last year.
The purpose was to try to get some sort of a running game going...and it worked...for two games.
Now I hate it.
It seems, this season, that UT runs out of the pistol 50% of the time.
We had just started using, probably, for the first time in our history vs. MTSU last year.
The purpose was to try to get some sort of a running game going...and it worked...for two games.
Now I hate it.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 10:25 am to Jerry the Clown
it's a great formation but yea it's like any other, you can't just live out of it. i'd hate for UGA to ever live out of the gun or I or even the pistol. so far, granted it's vs defenses that even Parkview or Grayson could move the ball on, bobo has incorporated it well. i always wanted it because our OL has always been our achilles heel and while we run better from the I Murray would get killed on play actions or rushed even on normal throws. then we'd go to the gun, pass better, and we could get no momentum running the ball. so like UT i just wanted it for some damn balance and i love the idea that like the gun we can use Murray's speed even more.
it's just nice to see Bobo and Richt saw it. we tend to be like the chinese air force in terms of offensive development. by the time we really started using the gun consistently teams had moved on to wildcat and pistol. we just now got a pistol and never really got into the Wild Dawg phase. bobo promised it but idk if the guy could fit it on his play sheet. you know how crayons smudge and all.
it's just nice to see Bobo and Richt saw it. we tend to be like the chinese air force in terms of offensive development. by the time we really started using the gun consistently teams had moved on to wildcat and pistol. we just now got a pistol and never really got into the Wild Dawg phase. bobo promised it but idk if the guy could fit it on his play sheet. you know how crayons smudge and all.
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