Time to Shift Gears

The AJC’s

Mark Bradley is asking if the Dawgs have fleas. CBS’s Gregg Doyel (who looks like he drives a van and tries to hand out free candy at playgrounds) says when it mattered, Stafford and Moreno didn’t.

TaterChip sent me a text Saturday night – it wasn’t pretty, but it was a win.
Pretty much sums it up.

To quote Spurrier once upon a time,"Hey it's not like we beat a powerhouse, they lost to Vandy." It wasn't pretty and it wasn't impressive. To build on the old ball coaches quote, these jokers have lost two in a row to Vandy.

As the Dawg Nation is hearing more and more of the O-V-E-R-R-A-T-E-D war cries, I think they should remember, it ain’t where we start, it’s where we finish. Don’t throw in the red and black towels just yet. In 2002, when UGA won 13 games, more than any in team history, five of those wins were by less than a touchdown. In 1980, six games were won by a touchdown or less.

Under Richt, we have had more moments of being impressive than being unimpressive. Have faith that he will have them ready to win the big ones and pray that he finds the answer to having them ready to leave no doubt in the ones where we are heavily favored.

The trick this year is to forget being number 1 in the preseason. Forget ESPN the Mag, SI, and Athlon’s. The Dawgs need to keep their ears pinned back and shift gears this week. If they think the trip to the desert will be easy after last week’s upset by UNLV, they are more immature than Gregg Doyel gives them credit for. Those Sun Devils will be ticked and looking for redemption.

Go west young men. Shift it up a notch. Get all of the kinks worked out. Show those folks a little of the SEC hospitality that Hawaii has seen and get back to the classic city to prepare for the gauntlet.