1. Mountain Top.
My directions sent me through Waynesville, NC.
It was appropriate because for a week (or more) we’ve all been to a mountain top to peer into the promised land.
Without having read the whole board, I Hope most think we are still at a pretty high elevation.
2. Crowd.
I tailgated with a mixed crew of strangers, and predicted that absent turnovers, they would get us 27-10.
One in red said 48-7.
Their stadium noise is loud . . . but I honestly think no louder than we have been.
Our road crew did it’s best.
3. Road Foolishness.
After the game on a public street a clean cut student approached with hand extended and said, “Sir, all I have to say is it’s going to be a looong trip home.” I gripped his hand, put the other on his shoulder, and replied: “Young man, I live six miles North of Athens on Highway 411!”
It got a chuckle from his buds, in a manner he didn’t expect. He won’t likely use that line, again.
I’ve had too many years at stockyards and in courtrooms to get caught flat footed, often.
I personally like the Southern games and attitude . . . but a smartass would. It beats TF out of the quiet, staid, sterile, midwestern atmosphere of Columbia, Mizzou.
4. Georgia Defense.
I and others have made mention of Oxendine’s and Pascal’s appearance . . . that they are in such shape that absent others to measure them against, you wouldn’t think they were that big.
Georgia’s whole defense looked like that.
5. Coen.
I was as critical as anyone post USCe, but he designed some nasty sh!t that fooled me on several plays. It is pretty obvious the Coaches either encouraged CRod to talk, or let him talk a lot, as he was used masterfully as bait for some of the more unusual plays we’ve seen.
Coen is worth the investment!!
6. The Review of the Non-First Down.
Georgia fans were embarrassed by the gift. Family were texting them in the stadium saying the TV folks were shocked.
I doubt it mattered: might have brought a 17 point spread down to 10-14, but how they missed that one is beyond me.
7. Levis.
Kid just balls out, and loves the game. He fumbled a snap on one third-and-short, recovered it with some difficulty and just blasted ahead.
He had a good game that would have looked better without, oh, half-a-dozen drops.
I hope he wants to play, here, three years!
8. The Final Drive.
All will say it was meaningless, but they weren’t in the stadium. The student body was on that end of the field and went ape-sh!t, like they were pissed we might still try to score with 4 minutes left. That per-game opponent scoring average of 5 points was important to them!
The attitude and play of the offense, to get the second TD was of a team that was defeated, but un-bowed.
Kirby threw it all over the field, did his best to score a lot, etc. That’s what the whole game is about.
9. Possibilities.
There are still LOTS of possible final destinations for this team.
A remote, but very real one is that we both (1) win out, and (2) the stars align for a playoff ranking at 11-1, with a two loss Western team getting smashed by UGA in Atlanta . . . .
Yeah, we need several other things to happen, too.
But we would put up a better game against UGA as the 4th ranked team than the other likelier teams to have that slot come December.
10. Wan’ Dale:
If you could bottle that fight and attitude and inject it into every player . . . you’d end up with something looking like Georgia’s defense!
My directions sent me through Waynesville, NC.
It was appropriate because for a week (or more) we’ve all been to a mountain top to peer into the promised land.
Without having read the whole board, I Hope most think we are still at a pretty high elevation.
2. Crowd.
I tailgated with a mixed crew of strangers, and predicted that absent turnovers, they would get us 27-10.
One in red said 48-7.
Their stadium noise is loud . . . but I honestly think no louder than we have been.
Our road crew did it’s best.
3. Road Foolishness.
After the game on a public street a clean cut student approached with hand extended and said, “Sir, all I have to say is it’s going to be a looong trip home.” I gripped his hand, put the other on his shoulder, and replied: “Young man, I live six miles North of Athens on Highway 411!”
It got a chuckle from his buds, in a manner he didn’t expect. He won’t likely use that line, again.
I’ve had too many years at stockyards and in courtrooms to get caught flat footed, often.
I personally like the Southern games and attitude . . . but a smartass would. It beats TF out of the quiet, staid, sterile, midwestern atmosphere of Columbia, Mizzou.
4. Georgia Defense.
I and others have made mention of Oxendine’s and Pascal’s appearance . . . that they are in such shape that absent others to measure them against, you wouldn’t think they were that big.
Georgia’s whole defense looked like that.
5. Coen.
I was as critical as anyone post USCe, but he designed some nasty sh!t that fooled me on several plays. It is pretty obvious the Coaches either encouraged CRod to talk, or let him talk a lot, as he was used masterfully as bait for some of the more unusual plays we’ve seen.
Coen is worth the investment!!
6. The Review of the Non-First Down.
Georgia fans were embarrassed by the gift. Family were texting them in the stadium saying the TV folks were shocked.
I doubt it mattered: might have brought a 17 point spread down to 10-14, but how they missed that one is beyond me.
7. Levis.
Kid just balls out, and loves the game. He fumbled a snap on one third-and-short, recovered it with some difficulty and just blasted ahead.
He had a good game that would have looked better without, oh, half-a-dozen drops.
I hope he wants to play, here, three years!
8. The Final Drive.
All will say it was meaningless, but they weren’t in the stadium. The student body was on that end of the field and went ape-sh!t, like they were pissed we might still try to score with 4 minutes left. That per-game opponent scoring average of 5 points was important to them!
The attitude and play of the offense, to get the second TD was of a team that was defeated, but un-bowed.
Kirby threw it all over the field, did his best to score a lot, etc. That’s what the whole game is about.
9. Possibilities.
There are still LOTS of possible final destinations for this team.
A remote, but very real one is that we both (1) win out, and (2) the stars align for a playoff ranking at 11-1, with a two loss Western team getting smashed by UGA in Atlanta . . . .
Yeah, we need several other things to happen, too.
But we would put up a better game against UGA as the 4th ranked team than the other likelier teams to have that slot come December.
10. Wan’ Dale:
If you could bottle that fight and attitude and inject it into every player . . . you’d end up with something looking like Georgia’s defense!
