Here are a few items from Athens today as Georgia prepares for a weekend off:
We told you yesterday that Mark Richt isn’t ready to hire a coach-in-waiting replacement for himself just yet. Here’s a bit more on the idea of programs naming successors, as seen through the eyes of Richt.
Despite the 18 season-ending injuries, the brutal schedule, the four-game road trip and the fact that Georgia will finish EXACTLY where the SEC media predicted they would finish… national media types are calling the Bulldogs a major disappointment. And they’re wrong. They wildly overestimated UGA’s chances this year while Southern writers who cover the SEC did not. The disappointment? The national media who chose to ignore Georgia’s ridiculous schedule.
Cornerback Ramarcus Brown has revitalized his career at the tailend of his career in the silver britches.
GEORGIA FOOTBALL NEWS - 11/21/08
November 21st, 2008 8:31 am ║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink ║
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November 22nd, 2008 at 5:56 am
I agree with the fact the national media grossly overestimated UGA’s chances this year while Southern writers who cover the SEC did not. The real problem I have with all this is this was the national media’s creation- the expectations. The same people who created the bloated expectations are the same people tearing them down. COWARDS!!
Realistically speaking Georgia had a “Chance” at a national title but in order for that to happen everything had to fall in place just right or else it would not happen. For that reason they NEVER should have been anyone’s preseason number 1. I think many Georgia fans might have known this deep down but couldn’t resist getting caught up in the excitement(myself included). After reading Phil Steele’s book and many others, it became clear to me that Florida would likely meet Oklahoma. Both had do-able schedules and both had very few weaknesses. How can you vote a team a preseason number 1 that has offensive line issues?
In addition to missing on Georgia, I was amazed that both Auburn and Tennessee, who both with new offensive systems and new QBs, were to suppose to finish in the top 10.
This idea that a team like Auburn or Tennessee are supposed to instantly learn there new systems- the spread and the West Coast offense- with NO growing pains is rediculous. NO ONE could have predicted the flat out disasters that happened in Knoxville and Auburn, but it didn’t suprise me completely that it happened. Its not fair to the coaches and players to expect a team that brings in a brand new (and complicated system like the Spread and WEST COAST) to have instant success in one season.
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