re: Georgia and Alabama are #1 and #2 in the conference in total defense

Fair enough. It just seemed as if you were saying thta to prove that the statistics were skewed only against Alabama. I would also argue, that with our record and with the statistics quoted, you would take it for granted that Georgia had played a lot of 2/3 stringers as well. We (Georgia fans) are probably a little testy because all year we have heard, "Notre Dame will beat you!", "Mississippi State will beat you!", "Tennessee will beat you!", "You haven't played anybody yet!", and on and on and on... Everybody on here wants respect for their favorite team. Now that we feel like we have a pretty good team, we really want it!
It's been a long, long time!