2002 Season Highlights as called by Munson

I'll never not be nostalgic about that season. I started really, REALLY understanding things and getting into diehard mode as a youngster growing up in the subpar 90s. I was in high school in 2002 so to experience that coming off of perpetual 8-4s and losing to our rivals was almost unfathomable.

The recent highs are much higher obviously, but I'll always have a special place in my heart for 02.

For sure. I was born in 1970 and my interest as a fan coincided with those early 80 years. I assumed we would always be at or near the top of the pile and then the Goff years came. I still had hope going into every season that we would suddenly be at the top again but the years just kept passing by. 2002 was special and broke 12-15 years of frustration for those of us who were around for the early 80s.

I watched that video last night and then just saw this thread. Creepy stuff.

I loved watching the season recap.

Great find!

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This was also the last season that we wore white cleats.

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I think it's also the first season that we didn't wear the double colored (shadowed, 3D) numbers on the white jersesys that were a holdover from the 90s.

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We wore black in both postseason games in 02 just fwiw

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DAMN! That's some lext level Georgia football trivia

On another note I think we need to incorporate at least some black into our helmet stripe. Don't have to necessarily go all black, but maybe a black border. Red and white makes pink and we ain't pink.

Having watched this retrospective, some observations:

2002 was definitely not Richt's best team, but may have had the best player leadership of any of his other squads. I was really impressed with the player interviews and the rhetoric used. I'm surprised they Stinchcomb never went into coaching.

The amount of key injuries sustained during the 2002 season could be compared to the amount from this season.

Musa was a fricking beast.

JT Wall is a name that I can't believe that I've forgotten over the years. I was always impressed with his tenacity.

Jim Donnan was an elite recruiter. People talk about Kirby walking into a great situation...Richt had some beasts awaiting his arrival.

The Van Gorder departure really hurt Mark Richt. If it's true that he let Van Gorder walk because of a dispute between Van Gorder and Garner (always rumored), that coupled with the promotion of Willie Martinez (defacto nepotism) fully justifies my goodwill towards Richt eroding after the West Virginia game.