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2002 Season Highlights as called by Munson

Posted on 11/23/23 at 2:55 pm
Posted by Cheer
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Posted on 11/23/23 at 2:55 pm
Posted by Cheer
Member since Sep 2021
5254 posts
Posted on 11/23/23 at 3:35 pm to
fricking Boss Bailey jumped out of the stadium blocking all those kicks.

Also, has anyone with less name recognition has a bigger game that Michael Johnson @ Auburn?
Posted by WG_Dawg
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Posted on 11/23/23 at 4:33 pm to
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.
Posted by Dawg4Life47
Beach
Member since Sep 2013
8518 posts
Posted on 11/23/23 at 6:30 pm to
My senior year at GA, greatest time ever that season. Went to Bama, SECG and spent NY on Bourbon St. for the Sugar bowl
Posted by FooManChoo
Member since Dec 2012
41856 posts
Posted on 11/23/23 at 9:48 pm to
I watched that video last night and then just saw this thread. Creepy stuff.

I loved watching the season recap.
Posted by Violent Hip Swivel
Member since Aug 2023
2763 posts
Posted on 11/24/23 at 8:16 am to
Great find!
Posted by Violent Hip Swivel
Member since Aug 2023
2763 posts
Posted on 11/24/23 at 8:19 am to
This was also the last season that we wore white cleats. Busted out the blacks at Clemson the next year and have been in black cleats ever since. Georgia is supposed to wear black cleats.
Posted by GoldenDawg
Dawg in Exile
Member since Oct 2013
19206 posts
Posted on 11/24/23 at 11:19 am to
Nice trip down memory lane.

I've got a framed print of that season signed by Coach Richt.
Posted by Cheer
Member since Sep 2021
5254 posts
Posted on 11/24/23 at 12:08 pm to
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.
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