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So...does Butch realize that he's setting himself up for a major fail in 2016? With statements like this, he'd better win the SECC or it could be dicey for him.

Recently this was brought up on a podcast somewhere (Kang?) but Jim Donnan essentially saw his exit in the wake of some similar commentary, when prior to the 2000 season, he said something to the effect of "I've been waiting 55 years to be the coach of a team with this much potential," and then added that he guaranteed Georgia was going to "get it done." We promptly lost 4 games but took down the goalposts against UT at home. (not a stellar moment IMO) While I think 3 consecutive losses to Tech and Florida didn't help his cause, going into a season and making grandiose statements as to the team's potential can set the bar at a difficult standard. While I agree that UT is in strong contention for the east this year, all this talking is a great way to get every team's best shot and it's a hell of a lot easier to when when you're underestimated.

Unrelated, I ended up watching most of that 2000 UT game standing down by the hedges (back in the day when they didn't force you to go find a seat). As it was coming to a conclusion, I was relatively unaware of all the people that had started encroaching the space behind me... ended up damn near getting squashed to death by dummies rushing the field to take down the goalposts. Glad that's not really a thing anymore. Also almost got out of there with a UT helmet but got stopped by GSP who just gave me a look, chuckled, and then said drop it and GTFO... so I did.