I REFUSE to drink the Kool-Aide !!!!

The saving grace to all this is the fact that a great D can keep you in any game against anybody.

..and the congregation said a collective AHHHHHHH-MEN.

With all due respect, IMHO, nobody on THIS FORUM is overdosing on the kool-aid. I think we are all extrememly happy to have beaten the Gators (no matter how down they are at the present time) but I know that critical eyes are still fixed squarely on our entire coaching staff. Sure, on the ajc blogs & other sites you'll find overzealous Dawg fans talking about we're back, we're gonna win out, Nt'l Champs 2012 & all kinds of other nonsense, but not so much in here. As for the talking heads, well yeah, they just roll with the flavor of the day & we won in Jax. so we receive their praises regardless of merit.

One thing I like most about SteveDawg's web-site is that almost everybody in here realizes we lost to the 2 best teams we played & that we've been winning pretty darn ugly ever since. I'm happy w/the past 6 results (especially the most recent one!) but I too am less than 100% satisfied. We're not where we all want the team to be just yet. Still, four more chances for this team to provide additional satisifaction to Bulldog Nation & if those 4 go well, maybe we'll get a 5th game to really test our mettle. Either way, I for one am really looking forward to seeing what this team is made of coming off their 1st BIG win.

I really like kool-aid & I'm so very thristy, but I also realize that it taste even sweeter when you hold out until you've exhausted all of your energies & efforts. Only then, when you're totally spent from giving 110% can you take that first sip knowing that you fought hard for it & you earned it. Right now, I'm drinking steadily from the defensive cup poured by CTG. I've got a death grip on offensive cup poured by CMB & on occasion I sip from it but it usually leaves me wanting something more. I'm not even touching the special teams cup because I can't trust touching, let alone drinking, something if I don't know who poured it. Lastly, I am staring intensely into the large pitcher that fills all of the cups held by CMR & I find myself wondering: is the recipe going to get any better or is this the best batch he can make? I fondly remember when it tasted wonderful several years ago but I still find myself longing for it taste even better than before. Maybe it's just one or two ingredients away from a masterpiece?

KEEP TOILING AWAY DAWGS & IN DUE TIME PERHAPS ALL OF OUR CUPS WILL OVERFLOWETH!!!

Goose, I see a huge difference in the attitude of this team. They play hard, don't give up, play with poise and actually BELIEVE they can win the game. You saw it in the 4th qtr last week....prior years we would have lost that game.

Different mental makeup with this team........usually that's the 1st step imo.

GooseDawg78, have said it more than once on this forum . . . . you and sadlerdawg are truly the voices of reason.

Great post, whether drinking the kool aid or not.

wlayton, more than once over the many years of watching SEC football we have witnessed the Dawg defense answer the call for stand tall. Second half of the JAX game, these young men stood real tall.

Will say again, I like what I see from the offensive line now, compared to a short time back. Friend has gotten the attention of the young men he handles. Soon he will have the depth needed to hear the praises of many.

Can see some improvement for sure but has a long way to go to be a dominating OL like a BAMA or LSU......Friend seems to be getting it together a little better for sure. (geez, couldn't have gotten much worse, huh?)