Per ESPN Stats & Info, the news gets worse for Tennessee. The 41-0 loss to Georgia was the Vols' most lopsided in Neyland Stadium history.
— Chris Low (@ClowESPN) October 1, 2017
Monthly Archives: September 2017
My, those salty tears are delicious.
What teams that lose at home by 41 always say:
Well, then, thanks for being such gracious hosts.
They’re gonna need a bigger trashcan.
There are almost too many things to savor about today’s win in Knoxville.
Almost.
Filed under Georgia Football
Game day in Urnge
It’s the Great Pumpkins, Charlie Brown.
It’s that time of year again, Dawg fans. Sometimes we’re up; sometimes we’re down. Sometimes Georgia players leave key body parts on the Neyland Stadium turf.
Last week, Mississippi State’s unexpected blow out of LSU led me to struggle with assessing Georgia’s chances. That’s not where I had trouble this week.
Jason Butt sums up Tennessee’s season to date as “a desperation touchdown pass away from being undefeated”, which sounds somewhat like a Georgia fan stretching to describe the 2016 team as a near miss or two away from a ten-win season. Things actually haven’t been that great. The Vols squeaked by Georgia Tech by virtue of a bad read by Tech’s quarterback on the last play of the game and struggled to put away UMass last week.
Georgia has shown itself to be the better team through four games. I looked hard for something for UT to hang its hat on today, and the best I could come up with was getting Georgia in third and four+ situations, where the Dawgs haven’t exactly torn things up converting for the first down. That’s hardly an earth-shattering observation, though.
All I keep coming back to for today are the intangibles. If Georgia dodges complacency, that’s a huge step towards a win. On Tennessee’s side, forget about Jones coaching for his job for a minute and consider that a loss means UT’s conference season is essentially over. That’s everything to play for, even before you get to the head coach. They’re going to be ratcheted up; the question is whether they can maintain that for a full sixty minutes.
I doubt it, honestly. There’s going to be a lot put on John Kelly’s shoulders, and while he’s a terrific player, nothing suggests he’s terrific enough. That’s a lot of pressure, and on the other side, if Georgia’s defense is capable of limiting the Tennessee rushing game and make the Vol offense one-dimensional, it’s game over. It may not be that way for a while, but I’ve got the feeling it will be by the fourth quarter, as Nick Chubb gets some measure of redemption and the Dawgs win by ten.
Comments on the game are welcomed, as always.
Filed under Georgia Football
Not a good look for you, Booch.
If perception is reality, being roasted on ESPN College GameDay is shit getting real.
Brutal.
Hey, at least he’s still got Herbstreit in his corner.
Filed under Because Nothing Sucks Like A Big Orange
Strange days
Welcome to today’s FSU-Wake Forest meeting, where winless Florida State takes on undefeated Wake Forest in a game about which FSU safety Derwin James says, “This is probably one of the biggest games. I feel like this is a very important game and a key game that we need to win.”
Year’s already getting weird, folks.
Filed under ACC Football
And everywhere was a song and a celebration
Mike Leach in victory is the best Mike Leach.
Filed under Mike Leach. Yar!
Today, in sphincter tightening
I have no idea who the “millennial media” are.
Former Tennessee quarterback Erik Ainge joined The Paul Finebaum show Friday afternoon, and he took the opportunity to vigorously defend Butch Jones.
The Tennessee coach drew criticism this week after going on a long rant Monday about the media and how he wants his program to be covered.
Ainge said Jones’ problem is because of the “millennial media” and believes only Alabama has more media coverage than Tennessee — and that’s not necessarily a good thing.
But it sure sounds like things are melting down in Knoxville. Just imagine what an ass whipping tomorrow would contribute to that.
Filed under Because Nothing Sucks Like A Big Orange
Chicks dig the long ball.
Me, too.
I just wish Smart would hire a real quarterbacks coach. You know, somebody who played the position… yada, yada, yada.
Filed under Georgia Football, Stats Geek!
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