From Athens - Forward to the future

Good Morning All,

I think it was Wart who made the point here that our bowl game will pretty much tell how solid our change and improvement this year has been. I agree.

We Win – first game of the year and we are a hungry team looking forward to playing Clemson and kick their butt also.

We Lose- It paint’s a real ugly picture-just like our past two bowl games. Duds filled with excuses for failure

I truly hope the players who are going to turn pro show up and play like we have everything to prove.

Their minds need to be in Orlando and not the NFL Combine this already has been shared by others here and it something not to be overlooked. No time for head cases to show up.

SECG his history we took the current BCS NC’s to the bell.

AP currently has us at # 6 and the Huskers at #23 having just been waxed by Wisc.

This game provides an opportunity for us to make a major statement about were our program stands on the national scene

CJT “Father Joe” needs to get inside the heads of our players and tell them just how important this game is.

We need to come with the attitude one of a highly pissed off and motivated football team.

Shuck corn and ask questions later- think Assburn and Tech-score early and keep the foot on the pedal

IMHO winning this game-

Big for recruiting –we are a improving and need your talent to reach our goal of a NC

Big for the returning players- enjoy the off season coming off a bowl win-first time in two years. We are changing the conversation by winning.

Just like the Dawgs the SEC just needs to keep on winning and let the rest of college football stew.

We have known for a long time if you ain’t the lead dog on the sled the view never changes.

Getting stoked up about the reason for the season…..wife has me set on go to trim the tree this weekend.

Buc, thanks for calling attention to PHD. I have been blessed to have been able to visit Pearl and tour the “Arizona Memorial”.

It was over whelming to me the number of sets of brothers that served and died on board that ship.

Sadly we once taught in our schools how brave men and women gave their lives in the name of our freedoms.

From Valley Forge to the sands of Iraq and Afghanistan and many places between the call has been answered.

To all who serve and have spent time in uniform-thank you

Pause and give thanks

Have a great weekend and a safe week

Word in Athens is SC is looking to draft “Russ” to lead his sleigh- Rudolph tweaked a hoof during practice

Easy – Ho-Ho-Ho becomes Woof-Woof-Woof- “Go Dawgs” Sic’m

The Big Guy already is wearing Red & Black- works for me!

As always “Go Dawgs”

With young men these days, maybe it has always been something like this . . . . NFL is the primary goal of many that play college football.

I think about how I felt prior to the Georgia Southern game and the knees and ankles of our players. Then came a game against Georgia Tech, fearing the same thing in a short period of time.

Have to go off on a subject that is near and dear to me. There is no place in "football" at any level to teach the young men to try and disable them, some for life. I have seen many rule changes in football, but somehow this one is allowed to remain. It is criminal. Will stop. Maybe. . . . We are often reminded of concussions, we see that the rules have been changed on head shots, had more than one of those, understand what "fuzzy" is when you try to wake up. Bill Curry from College Park High School did that to me twice. Knees and ankles, not meant to play the game of football, especially the knee.

Sorry, got off of the subject a bit. It will be easy for some to play hard in the game in Orlando, some will play harder than others, that is always the case. Let us face the truth, the young men have to take care of those limbs, while it is football and about respect, it is not for the National Championship. Like those words or not, it is the truth. Nebraska will come to play, up to us as just how much we let them play. Read an article quoting Mark Richt and in the article he makes mention of using the returning players. Makes a lot of sense to me. Young men playing against Nebraska will teach them more than most scrimmages in Athens.

yankeedawg1, returning from the Far East, stopped in Pearl. Does not seem to mean as much these days, some folks never liked history. God bless each and every one that was on the Arizona and other areas that fateful day.

Sorry, couple of areas in your post that make me appreciate and look at the real world without rose colored glasses.

If Russ is the lead dog, expect "Georgia" will be sitting comfortably by the man in the Red and Black with the reins in her paws.

Apologize again, best wishes to all that frequent this board. Thanks to Steve for running a board that encourages "real football talk".

See you folks in Orlando.

Thanks as always yd1.....

Don't forget that Neb beat Wis during the regular season. Maybe their drubbing by Wis 2 weeks ago was THEIR "perfect storm".......forget that game, they WILL be ready to play.

But, imo, facts are facts......they do not match up well with the Dawgs and we should handle them without much difficulty.

The game is "ours to lose".....if we come to play, we will win.....period.

I think we will come to make a statement.

wlayton wrote: Thanks as always yd1.....

Don't forget that Neb beat Wis during the regular season. Maybe their drubbing by Wis 2 weeks ago was THEIR "perfect storm".......forget that game, they WILL be ready to play.

But, imo, facts are facts......they do not match up well with the Dawgs and we should handle them without much difficulty.

The game is "ours to lose".....if we come to play, we will win.....period.

I think we will come to make a statement.

I sure hope so. The Michigan St. game still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Statement that needs to be made is that UGA IS one of top tier teams in country.

With ya, exactly TN D

Don't want to stick my paw in my mouth but do believe these Dawgs will take care of business......GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!GATA