UGA in the SEC

[GATX]

2006: 4-4

2007: 6-2

2008: 6-2

2009: 4-4

Total: 20-12 (62%)

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2010: 0-2

Remaining in 2010: MSU, Tenn, Vandy, Kentucky, UF and Auburn.

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How do y'all think we end up in SEC this season?

Is 62% enough to satisfy you as UGA fans?

[Red Bandana]

I can see UGA winning every game from here on out. The toughest game is UF and if they keep playing the way they do then look for Georgia to take advantage of the turn overs. Matt Sims looked horrible and I dont think he's the guy for Tennessee. Auburn will be tough but if we can stop Cam Newton then it should be an easy W. As for the non-conference game Colorado, and Idaho State shouldnt be too much trouble. Then we got GT at home and Joshua Nesbitt can't pass to save his life. UGA should be fine.

Not to mention Kentucky has three away games in a row starting with Auburn, South Carolina, then Georgia and Vandy shouldnt give us any trouble.

Edited September 20, 2010 by Red Bandana

[LawDawg]

Alot of those losses since 2005 were because of subpar defense under Willie Martinez.

This is Grantham's first year bringing in a whole new system with him, so there will obviously be some growing pains this season. Remember that Saban lost to the likes to LA-Monroe (or Lafayette) in his first year implementing a new defensive scheme as well.

It's important to keep things in perspective. A whole new defensive coaching staff, a freshman QB, and the absense of key players (i.e. AJ Green) are all in effect here.

[gamecocknfire]

I can see UGA winning every game from here on out. The toughest game is UF and if they keep playing the way they do then look for Georgia to take advantage of the turn overs. Matt Sims looked horrible and I dont think he's the guy for Tennessee. Auburn will be tough but if we can stop Cam Newton then it should be an easy W. As for the non-conference game Colorado, and Idaho State shouldnt be too much trouble. Then we got GT at home and Joshua Nesbitt can't pass to save his life. UGA should be fine.

Not to mention Kentucky has three away games in a row starting with Auburn, South Carolina, then Georgia and Vandy shouldnt give us any trouble.

All those games are home games for Kentucky, not away.

[Red Bandana]

Yea ur right lol still tho

[kingjamez]

I expect to win every single one of them.

[theDIRTYcode]

I will be in Athens every Saturday the Dawgs are there...but if I'm being honest here, Richt has one more year of loyalty from me. Florida is down, TN is down, and we are losing to the likes of USCe, and Arkansas. This is sooooo frustrating for me right now....

[kingjamez]

You talk about who is down ... but USCe and Arkansas are up. They are both very talented teams yet we could easily have won both of those games however we need to put things in perspective. We are without the best player in America, we have a brand new defense, a couple small injuries on the O-Line, and a freshman QB. And we still very well could have won both games.

[SacFalcFan]

I expect to win every single one of them.

Same here.

[CalDawg]

Is 62% enough to satisfy you as UGA fans?

Statistics are more likely to reflect the bias of the author than they are reality. Your 62% is a meaningless number. You could have used the last 10 years of data, or the last two weeks, or the period from 2002 to 2005, nothing magical about 4 years or 62%, and it predicts very little about our odds of winning championships in the future.

I suspect I'm several decades older than most here and a bit more patient, maybe because I remember suffering through long periods when the outlook was dimmer than it is right now and the games were agonizing to watch. I know Mark Richt is a diligent coach and I know he'll work hard to get us back to the SECCG. I understand that he's working under some institutional constraints that will not change for his successor. I also have no questions about cheating under Richt, and that's more than I can say for a number of our rivals.

But, I remember what it's like to be 22 (or 15, as that seems to be the mentality of many of our internet fans), with no perspective on the past and no idea what a successful organization looks like over time. So I acknowledge that the risk is growing that some will try to tear it all down (spurred on by rivals surrounding our football talented state) in hopes of building a national champion from scratch. I guess if that element of our fanbase wins the day, it's a sign that it's time for me to leave Georgia football to the kids and focus more on other interests.

Edited September 20, 2010 by CalDawg

[tjb]

Is 62% enough to satisfy you as UGA fans?

"60 percent of the time, it works every time" - Anchorman

[GATX]

Seriously? Our SEC record over the last four seasons is a "meaningless number"? Wow. I never thought I'd hear that one.

I'm behind CMR and I think he's earned two more mulligans at least: this season and the next. I'm not freaking out here, calling for anyone's head, etc. I took a look at our last four seasons through the single most important statistic for our program, wins and losses in our conference. Is a 62% clip enough for our program? Is that sustainable? I don't know. It's not the same trajectory that CMR started during the first half of his tenure.

Calling our SEC record a "meaningless number" is just incomprehensible. I think quite the opposite. I think our SEC record is one of our most important numbers.

Your 62% is a meaningless number.

[GATX]

And I'm just going to have to completely disregard these age/perspective attacks in your post. While I can at least make sense of your claim that our SEC record over the last four seasons is "meaningless," this I really can't even address. I will say this: You don't know your audience so well.

That aside, I think I can agree with you that our fan base (and many others) is myopic and tends to think change is easy, seamless, and a guarantee of success. In fact, coaching changes are usually very risky. Big changes can set a program back years and the intended successes may never materialize.

Rebuilding from scratch before we're sure CMR can't get the job done anymore would simply be self-destructive behavior. Way too risky for my tastes, even though I worry that in some ways CMR/UGA has been passed by in the SEC arms race. I think and hope that UGA leadership understands that change is expensive, difficult, and risky. I've given up on hoping the overanxious "masses" of the fan base will somehow understand that.

But, I remember what it's like to be 22 (or 15, as that seems to be the mentality of many of our internet fans), with no perspective on the past and no idea what a successful organization looks like over time. So I acknowledge that the risk is growing that some will try to tear it all down (spurred on by rivals surrounding our football talented state) in hopes of building a national champion from scratch. I guess if that element of our fanbase wins the day, it's a sign that it's time for me to leave Georgia football to the kids and focus more on other interests.

[pr0d1gy]

UGA has gone from being an upper middle tier SEC team to one of the most respected and feared teams in all of the nation since Richt got here. You guys can hang him out to dry all you want, but if UGA fires him before the end of the 2012 season then I will probably join the other guy who said he'd find something else to do with his time. I could never support an organization that would make such a foolish move.