re: Hypothetical: Would you rather McElwain or Butch as your school's coach?

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even the hapless zooker managed to luck up and beat UGA. Something butch has never done

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UGA has beaten UT by a combined 6 points in Butch's 2 games against them, despite UT having little to no shot on paper to win.

Just saying, don't act like UGA has demolished UT under Butch. 2013 and 2014 could've gone either way, and were close, hard-fought games til the very end.

If you're gonna blame it on injuries, I don't want to hear it. UGA, even with all those injuries, was still a much older, experienced, and talented team than UT at its best.

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Butch needs to beat somebody this year...

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Nobody is going to disagree with you on that one. We've got to get a big win this season or the fanbase will start turning.

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I'm saying that everyone is talking about how McElwain turned Colorado State around...because they played a weak schedule. This is evidenced by them losing to a WAC school that UT beat by 31. I don't think the logic was that hard to follow. Who has he beaten as a HC?

The bonus is that he has lost to an FCS opponent as a head coach, so he is well prepared for the Shite-show he is getting at Florida.

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You are dumb. CSU has been historically bad this decade, even by their standards. He took a team that went 3-9, 7-6, 3-9, 3-9, 3-9 before he took over. He then turned them around and they had their first 10 win season in 13 years.

Let's compare apples to apples here...

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I'm not claiming they were blowouts or anything. I think everyone with eyeballs who watched the '13 game though knows why that final score is as close as it was.

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You were lucky as shite to have won that game

JM

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You were lucky as shite to have won that game

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No, you were lucky to even be in it. I mean think of it this way, if our buses crashed on the way to a game and all 22 starters broke their leg and we had to play our 2nd and 3rd stringers the whole game, would that be an "excuse" for the outcome of the game? No..it would simply be what happened. It would be an undeniable reason for the game to play out the way it did.

Back to our game. We were up 17-3 at halftime and the game wasn't even really that close. Gurley was already out then our backup blew his knee out. So we played the 2nd half with our 3rd string RB and a 4th string walkon. Already without our #1 receiver Mitchell (clemson), our #2 and #3 receivers (bennett and JSW) went out with injuries as well. Now we're starting our 4th and 5th string receivers. Our punter was also concussed and had to leave the game. Do you REALLY, all trolling aside, not see how that would contribute to tennessee staying in the game?

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UGA, even with all those injuries, was still a much older, experienced, and talented team than UT at its best.

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You're saying our 3rd and 4th string (walkon) RBs and 4th and 5th string WRs are of comparable talent to UT's starters? Also remember this was a grantham defense that was one of the worst we've had in the modern era. If you beleive that, then I may have underestimated just how bad a shape dooley left you in.

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If you beleive that, then I may have underestimated just how bad a shape dooley left you in.

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It was bad, man, real bad. I still think that UGA team with the injuries was better than the complete UT team. We were a collection of Butch's first recruiting class and the losers that Dooley had recruited. We had one legit starter at most positions with nonexistent depth. Of course, everyone has homer bias. And regardless that was still my favorite game I've seen live, that punt block still gives me chills when I watch it.