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Turning Bluegrass Blues Into UGA Gold
Two seasons ago, I stood in the endzone at Commonwealth Stadium and watched as a large number of otherwise basketball fans tore down the goalposts after Kentucky got an Andy Bailey induced 24-20 win over the Georgia Bulldogs.
It's a scene I will nary forget, and one I hope Dawgs fans don't either. However, since that time it should be pointed out this football team has been on a roll.
It was November 4, 2006, and it was one of the low points in Mark Richt's stellar tenure at the helm. Matt Stafford's face was bruised and bloodied. The scene in the post game press conference was surreal. I remember leaving Lexington that weekend thinking: "Boy, are we in trouble."
How wrong I was.
The Dawgs upset Auburn on the road the following week. Dumped Tech on Thanksgiving weekend and then had a rousing comeback at the Georgia Dome over Virginia Tech to win the Chick-Fil-A-Please-Call-It-The-Peach-Bowl.
2007 brought wins over Florida (DAMN STRAIGHT, BABY!), Alabama, Auburn and Kentucky, a birth in the Sugar Bowl against Hawaii and a season ending number two ranking.
This season the team stumbled only once before the Disaster In Jacksonville. Now with the lopsided loss to the jerks from Gainesville, many are saying the program is down again.
To this I point again to November 4, 2006. Just when we think the Dawgs were knocked to the mat, they seem to somehow get up off the deck.
I have a feeling that even though the SEC Championship game has passed us by, that we are going to see quite a response from the Red and Black beginning this Saturday.
It's what well coached teams do. And if you don't agree with that statement, then I suggest you spend your time on another website.
It's a scene I will nary forget, and one I hope Dawgs fans don't either. However, since that time it should be pointed out this football team has been on a roll.
It was November 4, 2006, and it was one of the low points in Mark Richt's stellar tenure at the helm. Matt Stafford's face was bruised and bloodied. The scene in the post game press conference was surreal. I remember leaving Lexington that weekend thinking: "Boy, are we in trouble."
How wrong I was.
The Dawgs upset Auburn on the road the following week. Dumped Tech on Thanksgiving weekend and then had a rousing comeback at the Georgia Dome over Virginia Tech to win the Chick-Fil-A-Please-Call-It-The-Peach-Bowl.
2007 brought wins over Florida (DAMN STRAIGHT, BABY!), Alabama, Auburn and Kentucky, a birth in the Sugar Bowl against Hawaii and a season ending number two ranking.
This season the team stumbled only once before the Disaster In Jacksonville. Now with the lopsided loss to the jerks from Gainesville, many are saying the program is down again.
To this I point again to November 4, 2006. Just when we think the Dawgs were knocked to the mat, they seem to somehow get up off the deck.
I have a feeling that even though the SEC Championship game has passed us by, that we are going to see quite a response from the Red and Black beginning this Saturday.
It's what well coached teams do. And if you don't agree with that statement, then I suggest you spend your time on another website.
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