Expectation vs Reality

I expected us to drop a game. But I expected that game to be against Auburn, A&M, or Florida. Definitely NOT to a bad USC team.

I didn't expect to go undefeated from the outset and predicting exactly which ones you'll lose is a fools game. We outgained South Carolina by a large margin and would beat them if we played again IMO. But every game has the potential to turn out badly under the right circumstances.

We're as good or better than every team left on the schedule, at least until the SECCG, so it's a matter of better execution and hopefully being more aggressive. Injuries will play a big part in how this plays out. It won't be easy, but it never is in the SEC. Some fans thought it would and that's always wrong.

I thought this was a 10-2 team and I still think so. But I didn’t think they’d lose this early and not to SC. The stretch in November is going to be brutal with some timely offweeks for Auburn and Missouri. Remainder of the season, 3-1 over that stretch would be really, really good. I’ve thought the 1 would be Florida all season and I still think so. None of the matchups favor Georgia.

The expectations for this team should have been tempered when all last year’s pass catching production left the team. If you’re desperate for a national championship, probably time to find something else for the rest of the year. If you love football, fall, tailgate parties (or neighborhood parties), being on campus, cooler weather, and games against our traditional rivals there’s still a lot to look forward to.

I think we're looking at coaching/leadership issues on offense. One of the Fields advocates (HTDawg?) made the point that the dawgs had failed to develop their passing attack in the first few games of the season. I agree. Not on the other stuff about Fields. Just this one point. Coming into the SC game, we were hearing something to the affect that the dawgs needed to 'stretch the field more' or air it out more or whatever. I think the dawgs had 51 pass attempts against SC. That's 20 - 25 too many. So maybe the HC was thinking +5 passing attempts, with a few of the extras going downfield. But the OC heard 'double down'.

Of course the dawgs will figure this out and run the table.

I did not see us running the table. I expected at least one loss but I expected us to beat UF and to make it to the SEC championship. Now I don't see either of those things happening. Conceivably, I see a loss to UF and probably Auburn too. I just hope we do not have a 4th loss somewhere.

I know this is a cliche', but turnovers will kill you. You can't win a game with 4 turnovers, a blocked FG, and a missed FG. SCAR had a few issues, but they didn't turn the ball over. Defense only gave up 10 points in regulation. That should be enough to win any game.