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.
I aint skeered. 41-10 dawgs. Probably within a score at halftime though.
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I’m right there with you, MG. It’s gonna be a slaughter. UGA by 30+.
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Got the first part. Good job.
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Way to go to hit our number right next on!
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Kirby seems to have a team that maintains focus, especially on defense. If that continues today, we’ll win big. I think it will, and we will.
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Yeah. This team is dialed in. Defense is soooo much fun to watch.
Hope we can maintain our focus until Auburn and Tech. Because, honestly, I don’t think we’ll be challenged at all till then.
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FU. That is always a tough game. That said, even with FU’s three in a row if the Dawgs beat ’em this year the last 8 will be 4-4. The worm may be turning.
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I’ll take a solid 10-point win right now. I only pray that our team is full strength at the end of the day. Dawgs 27-17.
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I’m with you. We’ve suffered far too many injuries playing in that seedy hell hole over the past few decades. It all started with Robert Edwards in ’95, and since we seemingly lose at least a few key starters every time we play at their place.
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All the times we’ve just not shown up in this game in this same situation has me cautious. Also we haven’t see a back like they’ve got nor have we seen our d match up against an offense that’s trying to be balanced. Logically we should win comfortably but the 2004, 2007 and 2016 games have shown anything can happen in this series.
If we just step on them and win going away then we’ll know that we’ve got something special going on.
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16 carries for 44 yards. Damn we’ve got a D!
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Chubbs knee, the Hail Mary, I want blood…Wormer, he’s a dead man! Marmalard, dead! NEIDERMEYER……!!!!!!!!!Dead!!!!
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I’ve always been partial to this unhinged rant from a movie that came out the following year:
Kurtz: We must kill them. We must incinerate them. Pig after pig… cow after cow… village after village… army after army…You have to have men who are moral… and at the same time who are able to utilize their primordial instincts to kill without feeling… without passion… without judgment… without judgment. Because it’s judgment that defeats us.
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Booch is an errand boy sent by grocery clerks to collect a bill.
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Dawgs begin the slow 8-game march toward Jones’ own personal apocalypse. You might call it a Ho Chi Minh Trail of sorts.
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The horror…..the horror…..
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I love the smell of melted Creamsicles in the morning. It smells like…..victory!
Hope I didn’t just jinx us. 😉
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“Why do all you guys sit on your helmets?……So we won’t get out balls blown off.”
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Did we quit when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor??
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Seeing pictures of the field on Twitter … and it looks like a sloppy shithole, as usual. I’m confident that we’ll win today, but really worried about injuries.
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I hope Chubb gets 500 yds on the ground today!
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Last 6 games decided by one score.
Not sure I sense a blowout like some previous commenters.
I’ll take a one point win resulting from a lucky bounce of the ball on the last play of the game compounded by a blown call by the officials.
It doesn’t have to be pretty.
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Working in Windsor England.
The Queen stopped by our tailgate at the TwoBrewers pub. She said the boys in red will take the day. Decorum and civility did not allow Her Majesty to express her utter disgust for those “mountain people” after all she reminded me that the Great state that the boys in red are named after one of her descendants
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(Greg) Talley ho!
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Watching the Florida game, I can’t say I’ve seen anything all day that looks all that scary on either team.
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What looks scary are the almost limitless bounces and breaks that uF continues to manufacture. As one who attests to statistical realities, this run can only lose steam before Cocktails.
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Lot’s of sub-par football teams around this year.
A lot of teams look sloppy. Vandy looks plumb exhausted in the second half against UF.
NC didn’t get off the bus against the nerds
. Go figure. I’m beginning to think that “The Process” is just basically a return to hard work, discipline and attention to detail that was pretty standard stuff a few years back.
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To invoke Richt: most football games are not won, but rather not lost. I would believe that CKS is down with that same maxim.
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Del Rio re-injured shoulder.
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Beat UT
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“Beat the living $%!# our of UT”
FIFY
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Vols don’t score more than 10. This defense is LEGIT. 34-10 dawgs…..at least. GATA!!!
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I’m at a high school football game and some guy has a t-shirt that says “Volunteer Traditions”. I want to ask if that includes butt chugging and shitty turf.
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Lucky-ass Gators– again.
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Just a little nervous today. Hope Fromm and the rest can perform on the road. I was at ND and that was definitely not a road atmosphere. This is in effect the road opener.
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Stone IPA today.
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Wish we could have gotten seven there, but damn, an INT to start the game and a quick bonus three points? Hell, yeah, I’ll take it.
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OK>.I’ll go first…Great first play..Dawgs intercept…Ran Chubb twice and threw on third down incomplete…didn’t see Sony wide open for a TD..but we’ll take the 3! Asshat announcer said the early score by UGA was good news for UT.
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Well, second anyway.
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Damn, what a pretty throw! You gotta GET that, Mecole!
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Good thing he catches punts better than passes. He’s going to break one soon
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Nice! Fromm To Wims is turning into a beautiful thing!
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Shaq Wiggins sighting.
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Man, I think we’re being pulled against by the announcer. They called “Touchdown” on that perfect play as if they were announcing the plague. And everything that happens is “a win” or “good” for the urnge.
Fromm’s on it now..the nerves are settled…Let’s go kick some ASS!
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The hillbillies’ D came to play, but (and/or) our OL is looking more like last year’s unit than last week’s.
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Looking a little lost out there today fellas.
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Gotta love this Defense.
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Butt fumble!
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Sweet Jesus, an INT and then they cough that shit right back up. It’s so sad it’s funny.
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The commercials are winning… damn
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OK, now I’m getting worried. Ten points is not nearly, nearly enough for comfort the way our offense is playing. Any points we get from here on out may be defensive scores. And it’s frustrating, because Tennessee’s fucking TERRIBLE. If we lose to this shit, that’s going to be really, really hard to take.
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Our OL needs to step up. And a pass to a TE wouldn’t hurt.
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Vols have a defense.
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Holy shit, Thompson’s in the locker room with Reggie. Shitshitshitshit
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Reggie Carter & now Trent down! I hate that fu*~ing place!
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Shit show for any Dawg not on the D.
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At least we might not have to hear about challenging Bama anymore. Geez. How about some blocking, Dawgs.
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Like that!!
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Bwahhahahah! Jake Fromm got some wheels, baby!
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Nice TD run. How was UTooth not called for targeting on Fromm’s earlier run to get the first down?
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That’s what I said. Gary and his new bud didn’t even notice… Or at least didn’t mention it.
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That ut player launched himself headfirst into Fromm. Isn’t that a definition of targeting?
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Take your cowgirls out on the range for the evening good Dawgs….uT be GONE!
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17-0 and I feel like we look horrible. That might speak more to this team than dominating like last week. This OL though. Hang in there fellas!!
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That is precisely what has stood out to me. Dawgs are struggling but yet it feels as if they still are in a dominant position.
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Gut game for Fromm. He’s a tough kid, but needs to slide.
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OMG!!! Bwahahahahaha! I’m watching the game by myself and just can’t stop laughing like a fool! Tennessee is just cursed. Period.
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I LOVE!! this ’17 team. Damn, I love football again. It’s been too long. Sic ’em…
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That’s the back breaker, I believe. Don’t see TN rebounding from this.
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Sometimes things just go your way. Well they should stop going Baker’s way because, as my daughter would say, he’s Savage!
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OMG! Jake Fromm again! I love everybody!
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MY GAWD, a freshman!
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24 to zip should take take the hillbilly crowd out of it
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Love to see it half empty by the 4th quarter.
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Oh, no, brother. They’re really into it — BOOING! Their own guy! The camera people were cruel as shit zooming in on his face as the boos started raining down in that last drive.
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I know it’s not yet halftime, but I don’t see a “Beyond Dormady” meme born of this game. I feel genuinely bad for him.
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So far, so great. In the past, they’d take their foot off the accelerator. Floor that sucker.
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BIg Dawg starting to EAT !!!!
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Mostly praise to Defense and Special teams.!
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Will Booch still be employed Monday
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OK, the most I really “research” our opponents is on their message boards. The UT rednecks think Guarantano is Guano, but he can’t be any worse than Dormady. My God, he’s so terrible.
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24 to zip at the half! Hope Chubb grinds their bones to dust in the 2nd half!
And Fromm is the gift that keeps on giving!
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Thank the Defense for 17 of the 24 points
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No problem there.
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Hell yes. I wonder how many they’ll get in the second half. Woo-HOO!
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And the Special Teams..great punt returning..great coverage on kicks and great job kicking thru the EZONE…multiple times. .Even backup kicker scored if I am correct.
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Welcome to the SEC on the road Jake. A shaky start but like another #11, once he takes some hits, starts running, gets a little dirty and makes some plays he really takes control. Great kid!
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Don’t let up. Keep a foot on their throats. Shut down D. Chubb 200 yards. 30 more points. I hate Tennessee.
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I agree with everyone, but I’m hoping for some more Michel. He’s been a little lost in the shuffle since his injury. And he’s so good in space and at protecting the QB. DGD!
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Holy shit, Kirby just made Butch look foolish right there. He’s like “Don’t ASSUME we’re kicking there, fool.” Made him pay for it.
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It was his turn.
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Well he played it perfectly.
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Dang, Kirby. That was brilliant! Poor Booch.
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These announcers started out with a Vol slant, but now it’s just a brutal pile-on. It’s like they’re gunning for Butch’s job like everybody else in the stadium.
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I know we have a good team, but UT is not only a bad team, but a CURSED team. I mean frog-raining, locust-beset, rivers-turning-to-blood cursed.
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Keep takin it away and Booch may be gone before the 4th qtr lol
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Dang, UT. Champions of life don’t turn the ball over 4 times. Before I can even get upset that we allow one good play we turn it around.
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Garbage interference call. Ut commits assault our our receivers and the ref’s hankey stays wrapped around his trouser trout.
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This is true. And the both -way personal foul call wasn’t right..and the ejection of the TN player for fighting was bullshit. I think the refs tried to be fair, but were inconsistent. Let stuff go, then call almost nothing. But that’s what you get with most SEC crews.
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Too soon???? 🙂
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http://thespun.com/sec/tennessee/watch-down-24-0-to-georgia-vols-fans-have-started-fighting-each-other-in-the-stands
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Now let’s go all Warden Hazen on them. Impossible to beat UT bad enough!
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His-toh-reee!!
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That beautiful sound from Neyland is the sound of Rocky Top not being played!
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Lol!
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Not. One.Time. 🙂
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YEAH!
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Welcome to the woodshed.
Erk is smiling and sharing a big cigar with Larry right now. The first defense since the early ’80s that deserves the Junkyard Dawg name.
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Those 02 and 03 Van Gorder defenses were pretty damn good.
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That’s very true …
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CMR has lost control of UT.
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Who??
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That guy in Miami dropping f bombs yesterday lol
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Holy shit, I hear the “Hey, hey, hey … goodbye” chant there. Is that us or them?
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Damn, Eason buckling up! Damn strange decision, but I guess you trust your coach when you’re looking like a rolling pack of hell. Which we do.
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Rodrigo’s leg is getting tired on those kickoff.
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Steve Martin at 1:20 is how I feel after watching that:
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That Kirby…he’s a sly one!
Plus, he hugged Allie Laforce which is always a cool move.
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That’s what I thought I witnessed. Well, even the Media is starting to sidle up to these Dawgs. You take what is offered.
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Allie’s offering? Now that will get an old Dawg off the porch and back to live action at the ball parks.
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I see mullen has MSU prepared for the big road game again. Bob Kraft needs to fly down and sign that guy up!
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I been telling y’all, Kirby is on this thing.
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Pretty soon they’ll all be saying they knew it all along too.
That whole Nick Saban 2007 to 2008 comparison to CKS in 2016-17 was like so off base wasn’t it?
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My God, that was satisfying. Kirby’s legit, y’all.
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I noticed myself feeling (very slightly) for the Vols over the final 10 mins. But the feels subsided soon enough.
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I didn’t feel for them once. F them!
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Not even a little tiny bit.
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From is already a DGD, but he had a rough and/or lucky game in spots. He ain’t far from Dormady territory in the box score….
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Fromm
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Fromm had a good game, I’d say, no matter what the stats are. Key number: 41-0.
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Not nitpicking – was a great game, but makes the QB question more interesting imho.
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What’s awesome though is that our fate does not rise and fall on the qb. The down side of being qb-centric is that he’s gonna have a bad day, or more than one. If you run the ball, stop the run and play special teams, the qb has a real hard time being a liability.
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Unless he turns the ball over.
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I got the perfect song to sum up the UT program right now…
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“Don’t mind the maggots…”
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We didn’t play our best, made mistakes and still rolled. Maybe there’s something to this “Process”.
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Nice: https://www.dawgnation.com/football/look-georgia-fans-troll-tennessee-wikipedia-bulldogs-outnumber-vols-neyland-stadium
I wonder if Greg is willing to pay the property taxes?
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Today’s 41-0 win over Tennessee was the largest shutout victory over the Vols in Neyland since 1906, when Alabama shut them out 51-0. It was also the third largest shutout victory over Tennessee in Neyland in the Vols’ history. In other words, the largest shutout blowout in Neyland in 111 years.
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And first shutout since 1994…one of the longest streaks going in CFB if I saw that correctly on the broadcast. Put that in your trash can Booch!
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Hoping our defensive studs are OK…losing those two would be real bad, but Thompson’s backup was awesome. Dawg’s have some depth. It’s going to be a long time before Tennessee is a threat to beat Georgia.
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I truly hope they somehow find it in their hearts to give Butch another year 😜. Wonder what his buyout is.
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Its something like 9 million if I remember correctly…
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Good gracious. He gets a nine million dollar buyout? Man they are so stupid up there. For the folks griping about the early part of the game. It was our true freshman qb’s first ever SEC road game in a crazed Neyland. It was LOUD early y’all. He had never had to deal with that before. He gave a good account t of himself. That was an ass whipping no matter how you look at it and Fromm grew up a little more today. That was one satisfying win.
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DAM !, What a big can of whoop ass!,,,,,,,,,,
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Yeah! Just shoved the other hobnailed boot up their asses!
BTW Great move by the broadcast crew..showing Larry’s hobnailed boot call!
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Man, lurking on volnation.com right now is like Chicken Soup for the Bulldog Soul. The neighborhood where that guy’s server is housed is likely having a brownout right now.
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Is that the best site to, ah, make sure our fellow conference members are emotionally stable? Asking for a friend.
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Oh man, that was a fun 20 minute stroll. My favorite snarky comment:
“I really felt like we were in this game until that first interception.“
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I’d compare Volnation to GTP like this.
First, imagine every commenter here took up sniffing paint.
Then, give us all the ability to post threads on whatever the hell we wanted.
Finally, make sure you picked the shittiest 1998-vintage message board format you could find for that endeavor.
That’s Volnation.
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Don’t look now, but it’s 17-0, Troy over them Coonasses. Booch doesn’t have a real commanding lead over Coach O in the “Who Gets Fired First” sweepstakes.
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