A View of Football

Buc, nothing wrong with seeing 9 wins. If the coaching staff does their jobs, that should be a lock. Wait a second,that could be a big IF.

Boise will probably over rated, however, they never seem to let their ranking get to them. To them, beating UGA is probably the only chance they have for making a BCS bowl. Their whole season depends on 1 game. The boys better be ready cause on thing I will give to Peterson and Boise, they are always up for a challenge. They will be prepared. You can't teach talent, and UGA has a lot more talent than Boise. BE READY DAWGS.

Saw the hype for the schedule this year. It is a favorable home schedule. One that other great coaches take advantage of. You don't get many years like this Richt. Don't let the opportunity slip away. No excuses. BY no means am I claiming our schedule is soft. But for a SEC team, it is a good schedule with a chance to get a quality win to start the season in your own backyard.

GO DAWGS

Hi duck. Like you, I am not an optimist. Some may be surprised by reading that, but I'm actually VERY pessimistic. However, I'll just put it this way:

Mark Richt has produced some quality football teams over the last 10 years. Recently something has gone wrong - strength and conditioning, offensive coordinator, poor tackling, lack of "fire in the gut" - we could name LITERALLY EVERYTHING that could POSSIBLY be the problem (I think we probably already have). Whatever it is, it has not always been a problem.

I think one of three things is going to happen this year -

1. Richt will regain whatever it is that has been lost - "fire in the gut", "finish the drill", etc. We will blow Boise St. out and beat S.C. in a close one, and go on to a pretty darn good season (we have a week off before UF - gotta feel a lot better about that). I'm not just hoping for this, I'm feeling like this will be the case.

2. We'll SORT OF get it back. We'll be 1-1 and hit a good streak, and then stumble against teams we should probably beat. 8-4, 7-5, win a bowl game and look okay but not great. The debates will rage over whether CMR gets another year. I would doubt it.

3. The wheels will come off from the "git go". Boise State makes us look silly. South Carolina lays an old fashioned, git in the mud and wallow in your misery BEAT DOWN on us, and we win those 4 or 5 games - maybe. If that happens, CMR doesn't make it to the third game. CTG becomes the interim (and maybe PERMANENT?) HC. We all start gabbing about "next year" again.

While I have had my faith shaken in CMR this past season, I'm still believing that everyone has some pride. Even him. When pride gets hurt, a man "man's up". This is CMRs "man up" year, and I'm a believer in a desperate man who has his back against the wall. It HELPS that we got the Dream Team, so the personnel are there. (Yes, I'm aware that the personnel is ALREADY there, so the Dream Team should not be a NECESSARY ingredient this fall. Still, it helps.)

My theory is that, judging from late game performances, what has been missing was strength and conditioning. People smarter than me have said so, and those close losses late in games help to convince me. I think JT will fix that. Fix that, and I BELIEVE scenario one will be in play. Add in the potential of the "Dream Team" contribution, and I start to get excited.

No matter what though, guys - always gotta love my DAWGS. Sic 'em!

Crawled out of bed a bit late this morning, earned that right.

The posts here are outstanding. The caliber of folks that are registered here know their "Dawg" stuff. Not "fluff" real football talk.

I hope this type of posting continues, certainly gives me a perspective in different directions that maybe had/had not crossed this old gray matter.

Spring is close.

Kudos to all of you.

Go Dawgs!!

1. Boise St will NOT be an easy win.....we will be underdogs in that game
2. Malcome is a tough above average RB, never in the class of Crowell
3. CMR goes 7-5, 8-4.....he will get another year because of his great recruiting class
4. Watch......IC, JJ and Drew will make a huge difference this year....HUGE difference.

wlayton... I agree might up that to mega huge difference,,,,,,

wlayton, nice economy of words, sir!

Honestly, I don't know what to think of Boise State. Anything could happen in that game. But it does sort of remind me of that Hawaii game a few years ago. I was shaking in my shoes - shows you what little I know.

I know NOTHING of Malcome. If he hangs on to the ball, I like him.

CMR may make it another year at 8-4 or 7-5, but there will be LOUD debate. I sure hope we don't have to go through that.

I truly believe you are ON THE MONEY on your fourth point! (One of our anti-Georgia guys here at work says Jay Rome will be a star in 2012. I have to hear about that every day.)