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A Few Reasons to Feel Good About This Year
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by dapolla
Red and Black, Win or Lose
A Few Reasons to Feel Good About This Year was created by dapolla
It's 2011, the first year of the second decade of the twenty-first century.
In 1971, Georgia went 11-1-0, a loss to Auburn the only thing that kept us from an SEC and a National Title. We beat UNC (and Vince's brother Bill Dooley in the only game they coached against each other) 7-3 in the Gator Bowl.
In 1981, Georgia went 10-2-0, winning the second of three consecutive SEC titles.
In 1991, Georgia went 9-4-0, defeating Tech, Auburn, Clemson and LSU before defeating Arkansas in the Independence Bowl.
2001 was Mark Richt's first year, in which David Greene began the run which would eventually make him the winningest quarterback in D-1A history (until he was eclipsed by Colt McCoy in 2008), and in which he delivered the Hobnail Boot that defeated Tennessee in Knoxville for the first time since 1982.
Also, 2011 is Aaron Murray's second full year as a starter.
In David Greene's second year as a starter, Georgia went 13-1 and won the 2002 SEC title, our first since 1982. We also won the Sugar Bowl, our first since the 1980 National Championship game.
In Matthew Stafford's second year as a starter, Georgia went 12-2, winning a share of the 2007 SEC East crown as well as another Sugar Bowl, making Mark Richt the only Georgia head coach ever to win more than one. Georgia got 10 votes for the AP's national championship, more than any other team aside from LSU that year.
In Ray Goff's second year as a starter-captain, Georgia went 10-2-0, winning the 1976 SEC title behind the man AJC blogger Bill King calls the greatest option quarterback who ever played the game.
In Charley Trippi's second year as starting quarterback (1945, since he interrupted his college career to serve in WWII), Georgia went 9-2-0, finishing out the season with three straight shutouts over Florida, Auburn and Tech, averaging 34 points per game.
And, of course, in Buck Belue's second full year as a starter (remember, he had missed most of 1979 with a broken leg), Georgia went 12-0-0, won its first of three straight SEC titles and defeated Notre Dame in the 1981 Sugar Bowl to win the National Championship.
You excited yet?
In 1971, Georgia went 11-1-0, a loss to Auburn the only thing that kept us from an SEC and a National Title. We beat UNC (and Vince's brother Bill Dooley in the only game they coached against each other) 7-3 in the Gator Bowl.
In 1981, Georgia went 10-2-0, winning the second of three consecutive SEC titles.
In 1991, Georgia went 9-4-0, defeating Tech, Auburn, Clemson and LSU before defeating Arkansas in the Independence Bowl.
2001 was Mark Richt's first year, in which David Greene began the run which would eventually make him the winningest quarterback in D-1A history (until he was eclipsed by Colt McCoy in 2008), and in which he delivered the Hobnail Boot that defeated Tennessee in Knoxville for the first time since 1982.
Also, 2011 is Aaron Murray's second full year as a starter.
In David Greene's second year as a starter, Georgia went 13-1 and won the 2002 SEC title, our first since 1982. We also won the Sugar Bowl, our first since the 1980 National Championship game.
In Matthew Stafford's second year as a starter, Georgia went 12-2, winning a share of the 2007 SEC East crown as well as another Sugar Bowl, making Mark Richt the only Georgia head coach ever to win more than one. Georgia got 10 votes for the AP's national championship, more than any other team aside from LSU that year.
In Ray Goff's second year as a starter-captain, Georgia went 10-2-0, winning the 1976 SEC title behind the man AJC blogger Bill King calls the greatest option quarterback who ever played the game.
In Charley Trippi's second year as starting quarterback (1945, since he interrupted his college career to serve in WWII), Georgia went 9-2-0, finishing out the season with three straight shutouts over Florida, Auburn and Tech, averaging 34 points per game.
And, of course, in Buck Belue's second full year as a starter (remember, he had missed most of 1979 with a broken leg), Georgia went 12-0-0, won its first of three straight SEC titles and defeated Notre Dame in the 1981 Sugar Bowl to win the National Championship.
You excited yet?
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