re: How are y'all managing your expectations at this point?

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Our team is unfortunately notorious for falling short on that stage

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I don't really buy that.

02- dominated
03- lost to the better team, who won teh national title
05- dominated
11- lost to the better team, who played for the national title (and was arguably their best team in school history)
12- lost to a comparable team, who won the national title

If you say falling short simply as saying we lost, ok yeah I'm with you. But it's not like an 01 UT/LSU where we've been upset. Every time we've lost it's been to a better team who ended up playing for the national title.

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as of now, I would Chubb up against any RB from that team.

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I love chubb, but cmon. He's started 2 games. Knowshon left UGA as a top 3 or 4 back in school history. By the time both careers are over? Who knows..chubb could end up being better. But comparing 2 years to 2 games...nah it's knowshon.

02- dominated
- Indeed, but should be expected given the competition

03- lost to the better team, who won teh national title
- Lost big against a good, but not great LSU team. We had one of our best QBs in UGA history at the helm.

05- dominated
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11- lost to the better team, who played for the national title (and was arguably their best team in school history)
- LSU was a great team, but we never stood a chance and laid down quickly for the beating. I was at the game and it was ugly. Damn honey-badger.

12- lost to a comparable team, who won the national title
- Put up a good fight here. Could have easily won, it just didn't fall our way.



Anyways, of those 5 games, I say we showed up in 3 of 5. Not as bad as it seems but I prefer to at least show up in all games. '11 has left a bad taste in my mouth that I can't get rid of.

So many thoughts on this. When talking to a FSU fan yesterday, he sees UGA as the best team in the SEC and couldn't believe I wasn't 100% positive just yet. Told him, as a Georgia fan I'm cautiously optimistic. I've sat in this deer stand before only to never see the prize step out.

Offense:
The O line is a damn beast. They need more recognition. The return of Mitchell and JSW is already paying dividends for the other WRs. And as I said before, Mitchell when he gets his mojo going places a +1 in the W for UGA. He has put the nail in UFs coffin twice. IF Gurley comes back (and this is no knock on Chubb b/c I think he could/is a feature back) then my confidence is going to go sky high.

Defense:
There are a lot of similar shades to FSUs defense last year under Pruitt. The defense is now 'clicking'. The ultimate test will be when there are no turnovers by the other team.

SEC
UF worries me. I think we'll get their best shot as a last ditch effort for Muschamp to save his job. Having Pruitt helps with Auburn b/c he has seen it before. And lets face it... last year they won by luck/miracle whatever you want to call it. GT is a concern b/c of injury. I'd hate to lose anyone on the D Line right now a week before the SECCG if we make it.

As a side note; Auburn is about to go on a schedule of SC at home, @ Ole Miss, TA&M at home then @ UGA. They may drop a game or two before arriving in Athens.

The one thing that gets me VERY excited? I know that if we win out and the SECCG... we're in the PLAYOFFS FOR A NATIONAL TITLE.

This Downer Dawg is in the Kool Aid.

I'm not doing a good job of managing expectations at all. As many times as UGA breaks my heart you think I'd learn. But I like this team...however I am waiting for the other shoe to drop. Such is life as a Dawg fan.

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marshall is still working, he's probably 50/50 for florida.

sony they're still evaluating, gonna do x-rays later this week I think.

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I really hope Marshall makes it all the way back....

im just enjoying the ride...it truly is great to be a bulldog sometimes...now is one of them..


.....my biggest hope for this season...and it may seem small and simple when compared to titles...is for us to completely and utterly undo Florida...i want us to play them lke we have played the last two weeks, hopefully with Gurley back...we could lose to Auburn and I would be ok as long as we frick Florida up..

i mean total humiliation for their team and fans...like a double digit lead at the end...we have had it coming for a long time...and they have surely beat on us when we were down...retribution and pay back is a bitch UF...

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UF and UK worry the hell out of me.

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nah man...our D will look even better in both of these contests...book it...UK was smoke and mirrors first half of this season..and UF's atrocious offense...with or without Driskel...will allow our front 7 to pin those ears back...be worried about the barn...but we wont lose another east game...