Predictions: Georgia pulls upset, Tech goes down
According to various websites that I looked through while doing research for this final week of investments — not counting those that kept asking for a credit card number, age verification and automatically opened 27 new windows (Close! Close! Dang it, close!) while my wife screamed down to the basement, “Are you still looking at point spreads!?” — I came across some interesting statistics.
The chances of winning Wednesday night’s $579 million Powerball drawing were approximately 1 in 176 million. That was still far more likely than the odds of having a meteor land on my house: 1 in 182,138,880,000,000. Or about double that for the same meteor landing on the ACC championship game and hitting somebody.
Is that a meteor falling on me, or Dogs going to BCS?
Other odds I came across: 1 in 3 million chance of spotting a UFO; 1 in 11,500 of bowling 300 in a game; 1 in 649,740 of being dealt a royal flush; 1 in 20 million of being canonized; about even-money that one of those Christmas bell-ringers in front of Kroger will spot Bobby Petrino and punch him in the face, and 99 out of 100 that the aforementioned bell-ringer will be canonized.
Which leads me to Saturday’s SEC championship game between Alabama and Georgia. The odds are against Georgia winning. I know this because I keep hearing analysts break down the Alabama-Notre Dame game like Georgia is a hologram.
Lord Saban, via Tigersx.com. (Not my art work, honest.)
Yes, Alabama is good. The Tide have won two of the past three national titles. People are scared when they just look at a picture of Nick Saban, although in fairness you can’t tell from the picture that he’s only 4-foot-2.
Here’s what I see: Georgia’s defense is playing really well. Aaron Murray is throwing to the correct receivers (also the correct team). Todd Gurley — freshman going on Athens mayor. The Bulldogs were smacked at South Carolina, but Alabama lost at home to Texas A&M. The Aggies scored touchdowns on their first three possessions with that crazy no-huddle thing that Saban fears will doom civilization.
Georgia has a shot. A good shot. In fact — wait, did somebody just see a meteor? — I’m going upset. Take the 7½ points, but Dogs win the SEC and move on to the BCS.
(Programming note: We’ll be back in a few weeks with a special bowl edition of “Weekend Predictions,” as well as a new “Sack Schultz” bowl contest. Details to come.)
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(Look for expanded SEC and ACC game predictions in Saturday’s AJC.)
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ACC: Georgia Tech vs. FSU: John Swofford dreamed the other night that he was eaten by 12,000 tarantulas. Unfortunately, he woke up to the real nightmare of his deteriorating conference title game: Tech is coming off a loss to Georgia. FSU is coming off a loss to Florida. Tech (6-6) is only because Miami and North Carolina are in NCAA timeout. Need a ticket? It’s $4. A section? Still $4. Seminoles win but take Tech and 14.
Pac-12: UCLA: vs. Stanford: Jim Mora denies he intentionally lost last week’s game to Stanford to avoid a match-up with Oregon. I believe him. Only brilliant coaches could pull off something that devious. Same story in the rematch: Cardinal covers 9.
Big Ten: Nebraska vs. Wisconsin: Wisconsin is the Big Ten’s highest ranking ethical team in the Leaders Division at 4-4 and therefore is a conference finalist. So I guess the term “Leaders” is all relative to the Big Ten, huh? Huskers covers 2½.
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Saints at Falcons: The Saints are 5-6. If the playoffs opened today, they’d be in the Poinsettia bowl. This also will be Jonathan Vilma’s last game before the NFL bounty hearings, so if y’all could bring some cookies or maybe write a nice card for him to read during incarceration, that would be nice. Meanwhile, the Falcons are pretty banged up. But at 10-1, pain is all relative. Falcons cover 3½.
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Seahawks at Bears: Forget Adderall suspensions. Chicago’s Brandon Marshall claims some players are seeking an edge with Viagra. Funny. I never looked at preseason games as foreplay before. Chicago covers 3½.
Texans at Titans: And then there’s the anti-Viagra: Ndamukong Suh’s foot somehow ended up in Matt Schaub’s groin. The good news: If Houston goes to the Super Bowl, Schaub can sing the national anthem. Houston wins but give me Tennessee and 6.
49ers at Rams: There are two sides to the debate on whether Jim Harbaugh should have benched Alex Smith. One side: It’s only Alex Smith. The other side: well, actually, there is no other side. Niners cover 7.
Panthers at Chiefs: If the Panthers (3-8) lose, it would make the home stretch stumble for the No. 1 pick interesting. Probably explains why the Chiefs (1-10) announced plans to wear Crocs. Carolina covers 3.
Eagles at Cowboys: Online headline: “Andy Reid to coach this week.” That would be a season first. Dallas covers 10.
The Eagles are dead. Like the parrot
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TIME TO SETTLE UP
“If you ain’t just a little scared when you enter a casino, you are either very rich or you haven’t studied the games enough.” — VP Pappy
Last week: 10-1 straight up, 7-3-1 against the line.
Bottom dollars: 110-35 straight up, 85-58-2 against the line.
“Sack Schultz” update: This is it — the winner of the $5,000 Hawaii trip will be awarded this week. Our leader is “Wildone” of Kansas at 146 wins but 10 others are within five picks. I am not one of those 10.
Lilly Pick of the Week: Lilly (8-4) is on a five-game winning streak since her one-week furlough. This week, it was a choice between cheese-accessorized pictures of Uga and Nick Saban. Didn’t even look at Saban. Straight to Uga. Arf.
True story: Lilly swooped in on Uga's cheese so fast, I couldn't picture in time.
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supersize my TOAD
November 29th, 2012
8:25 am
NERDS NERDS NERDS NERDS!!!
Say What???
November 29th, 2012
8:26 am
Bama Fan… BALD JOKES?!?! You are resorting to bald jokes??? Tsk… Tsk.. Tsk.. What has this blog come to…
Thomas Brown
November 29th, 2012
8:26 am
Georgia can actually tie Alabama in SEC Championship Game wins by winning day after tomorrow. I’ll be there.
Mark Richt has 2 wins and Alabama has 3 wins all-time.
So, what is this crudola that Alabama owns the Georgia Dome and is their 2nd home BS ?
Headline
November 29th, 2012
8:29 am
“Jarvis Jones, Bulldawgs, Roll the Tide”
28-12
supersize my TOAD
November 29th, 2012
8:31 am
TOAD has a big LAMBA LAMBA frat convention going on in Charlotte but I think Supersize is still the manager at the Midtown Mcd’s! Has anybody ever notice that these engineers sure have a lot of free time??
supersize my TOAD
November 29th, 2012
8:38 am
$4.00 for a championship ticket?? So a price of a coke and pack of M&M’s at a youth league game! Nice GT, think it’s about time to start a Economics degree at that school??
GeoffDawg
November 29th, 2012
8:45 am
Regarding the new training regimen, I’m now of the opinion that NFL Centers are grossly underpaid.
JB
November 29th, 2012
8:53 am
OK, just watched the Saban presser from yesterday on the Birmingham News Web site. He talked mostly about the decision to take off the redshirt off the Chris Black WR due to injuries. ( He also mentioned Malcom Mitchell as someone they are worried about as a game changer)Here’s my nightmare question for Dawg fans. Say Murray goes down ( Bad) first quarter or so…..Who goes in…..Parker Welch, LeMay…..or does Richt pull the redshirt off Mason??????????????
AU Liberal in ATL
November 29th, 2012
8:58 am
Auburn and UGA are a lot alike. The biggest difference I see year in and year out is that the obnoxious factor is much greater among UGA fans. That fact being said, they’re still not as bad as the UAT bunch. Since a 3-3 tie is extremely unlikely, I hope UGA beats the sht out of the Sabanists.
Thomas Brown
November 29th, 2012
8:59 am
Georgie tek fans talk so big with their 42-10 loss 5 days ago to make it 11 of 12 years vs Mark Richt.
Boss ?
What a load of hogwash.
# 36 school in the nation hires nothing but UGA grades the # 63 school in the nation ?
B.S.
Say What???
November 29th, 2012
9:00 am
JB – Eariler this week, Coach Richt said that if Murray goes down, he would pull the red shirt off Mason.
JB
November 29th, 2012
9:02 am
Thanks….” Say What???”
Thomas Brown
November 29th, 2012
9:03 am
AU Liberal in ATL November 29th, 2012 8:58 am
“Auburn and UGA are a lot alike.”
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How our Auburn and Georgia so much alike ?
7 SEC Championships Auburn – 12 SEC Championships UGA
54-54-8 Auburn vs UGA All-Time, lost 2 in a row to UGA
11-1 UGA ranked # 3 all polls, Auburn 3-9 fired coach again 0-8 SEC vs our 7-1 & counting
Pat Sullivan, Terry Beasley, Cam Newton from Florida, Bo Jackson, Tracy Rocker, Carnell Williams, Marcus McNeill, Carlos Rogers, Nick Fairley, Aundray Bruce
31 NFL Auburn players to 48 NFL UGA players
22-13-2 Bowl games you named 1 of
26-18-3 UGA Bowl Record All-Time playing AGAIN 2012, you’re NOT
LOST to Alabama 49 to nothing last week, prompting you to spend your days here instead
# 89 university in the nation Auburn
# 63 university in the nation UGA
Shouldn't have done all that acid in the 70's
November 29th, 2012
9:04 am
FSU will smush GATech like an Alabama Cheerleaders father smushes her Marlboro box when they cheer too hard. Where you at, GT Bob? Oh, yeah, forgot, crying in your Cheerio’s. Or was that peeing on your parade. Who cares. Yellow jastards and snarky coach with Jim Thorpe offense come home empty handed once again and have the class of a south Georgia roller rink to beg for an exemption to be allowed to play in my dog’s water bowl against Kent State. Hope the national guard doesn’t show up and start taking pop shots hoping to put this game out of its collective memory a la 1968. Bammy fans, break out your collective dentures, slap on a glob of Dentu-Creme and smile for the camera after wiping your UGA flavored tears from your pock-marked faces, you bunch of honey boo boo mom’s look alikes or is that honey boo boo’s mom look alikes. Lock up your collective trailer parks tightly cause there’s a new sheriff in town and Aints fans, this might be the wrong blog to go off on you guys, but bite me anyway.
BILLY JACK
November 29th, 2012
9:04 am
Good pick Jeff-Georgia 24 Bama17 Georgia peaking at the perfect time.
Ole Big Dawg
November 29th, 2012
9:06 am
Georgia is big brother to Auburn..always has been…they strive to emulate the fine folks in Athens. At least the Auburn folks have good taste in their admiration
Shouldn't have done all that acid in the 70's
November 29th, 2012
9:07 am
A little clarification. FSU will smush GATech like an Alabama cheerleader’s Marlboro box during the first hug with her “diddy” post-prison release. Welcome home, Diddy, we all know you didn’t mess with that hawg.
cdpridg
November 29th, 2012
9:07 am
Good picks Shultz though I will say it is not exactly going out on a limb to predict a UGA win and a GT loss…its been happening all year
Thomas Brown
November 29th, 2012
9:08 am
JB,
Why worry about who Mark Richt brings in if Aaron Murray gets hurt ?
No one has hurt him yet in 40 games now Saturday.
mike on lake hartwell
November 29th, 2012
9:10 am
G A T F A !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joey
November 29th, 2012
9:10 am
“hey jeff nick saban may be only 4foot 2, but unlike you baldy he has great hair”
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If you aren’t a woman, BAMA FAN, that is just the creepiest comment I have seen on here . . .
Thomas Brown
November 29th, 2012
9:11 am
If Aaron Murray goes down, we lose the game and the NC.
He is the difference between UGA and Alabama and UGA and Notre Dame.
Just as he was in UGA and Florida.
old dog
November 29th, 2012
9:11 am
Dawgs can win this game, and I really believe that. For those that follow the blogs, old dog predicted the South Carolina loss. Tech, on the other hand, just flat does not have the defense. They have no talent to speak of on the d-side, so there is nothing to “coach-up!” F.State is not happy after last week, and My Tech buddies ( although I pull for ya’ll except against us) ya’ll have as much business in a conference championship game as Warren Beatty and Madonna do leading a march for celibacy down Hollywood Blvd. That is not biased or rude. Supersize and others will tell you I am fair. I would not want US getting into the SEC Championship game under similar circustances. Ya’ll need to go out and recruit some D-1 d-players and start over. I truly wish ya’ll better luck next year.
PowerDawg
November 29th, 2012
9:15 am
I hope you’re right, Schultzie because I’m with you on this one, my man. And believe me, we don’t always agree, so these are uncharted waters… but you, my friend, might just find yourself on my Christmas list if your prognostication powers are tuned properly…
MAN, what a stocking stuffer that would be!!!
HO, HO, HO!
Thomas Brown
November 29th, 2012
9:17 am
FSU – what a joke of a football program from Day 1 Mark Richt announced he was quitting that gig for this 1.
What are we in here bragging about what FSU is going to do ?
I would not be surprised with the 23 games FSU has LOST after Mark Richt announced he was taking this gig instead of that one to LOUSY FOOTBALL TEAMS, if even Georgie tek beats them.
# 97 national university FSU vs # 36 national university Georgie tek
NCAA PROBATION CHAMPIONSHIP right after BOTH lost to The SEC.
2011 Champ Sports Bowl vs a 5-Loss team
2010 Chick-fil-A Bowl vs a 5-Loss team
2009 Gator Bowl vs a 4-Loss team
2008 Champs Sports Bowl vs a 6-Loss team
2007 Music City Bowl vs a 5-Loss team
2006 Emerald Bowl vs a 6-Loss UCLA
I mean Good Lord.
2 BAD LOSSES per year since Mark Richt up and quit FSU for UGA
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23 BAD LOSSES by Florida State FSU after Mark Richt quit FSU
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2012 FSU lost to NC State – 5-Loss team even vols beat by 2 Touchdowns
2011 FSU lost to 6-7 Weak Forest
2011 FSU lost to 5-Loss should have been 6-Loss Virginia
2010 FSU lost to 5-Loss should have been 6-Loss North Car
2009 FSU lost to 5-Loss should have been 6-Loss Boston College
2009 FSU lost to 5-Loss should have been 6-Loss South Florida
2009 FSU lost to 5-Loss should have been 6-Loss Clempsum Farmers
2008 FSU lost to 5-Loss should have been 6-Loss Weak Forest
2008 FSU lost to 5-Loss should have been 6-Loss Boston College
2007 FSU lost to 4-Loss should have been 5-Loss Florida
2007 FSU lost to 5-Loss should have been 6-Loss Kentucky
2007 FSU lost to 5 win 7 loss Miami of Florida losing record
2006 FSU lost to a 5-Loss should have been 6-Loss Clempsum Farmers
2006 FSU lost to 3 win 9 loss North Carolina State
2005 FSU lost to 5-Loss Virginia
2005 FSU lost to 5-Loss NC State
2004 FSU lost to losing record 5-6 Maryland Good Lord
2004 FSU lost to 5-Loss Florida should have been 6-Loss FL
2003 FSU lost to 4-Loss should have been 5-Loss Clempsum Farmers
2002 FSU lost to 7-6 Louisville for Heavens’ Sake
2002 FSU lost to Mark Richt by double FSU score to end with 5-Losses
2001 FSU lost to 5-Loss North Carolina
2001 FSU lost to 4-Loss should have been 5-Loss NC State
23 BAD LOSSES by Florida State FSU after Mark Richt quit FSU
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MARK RICHT BEATS THE PANSIES LOSES TO THE BETTER TEAMS ?
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At least he beats the pansies, that’s more than FSU can say after Mark Richt left FSU son.
It would be BAD LOSS # 24 since the day Mark Richt announced he’s quitting that gig for this one, if FSU loses to Georgie tek.
Joey
November 29th, 2012
9:18 am
Anybody know what happened to Bill’s Junkyard Blog?
Dr. Phill
November 29th, 2012
9:19 am
I am like the little girl who cried because she wanted Bronco Bama and Mitt Romney to go away. Just shut up and play the game.
JB
November 29th, 2012
9:21 am
Joey….Go to “More UGA” on this site. He’s there
Bulldogs for Muschamp Lifetime Contract
November 29th, 2012
9:21 am
This game will be an absolute hard hitting bloodbath. Both teams know each other well, run similar schemes on both sides of the ball and meet each other in recruiting all the time.
I’m wondering if Saban wishes our starting LB Jordan Jenkins and our starting WR Malcolm Mitchell were on his team? Especially Mitchell who is better than anything Bama has.
Jarvis Jones and company will win this game for the Dawgs 27-24. Murray throws for 2 TD and Gurley runs for 1 and the inbred trailer dwelling sister humping Bammer fanbase go back to Walmart and return their beat Notre Dame shirts for lotto tickets and beer
Joey
November 29th, 2012
9:24 am
Thanks JB.
Just saw where Auburn interviewed Charlie Strong.
Just can’t see him going to that train wreck – depending on the severity of NCAA sanctions, it will be the 3rd season before they can get to double digit wins again, don’t you think, JB?
The Biscuit
November 29th, 2012
9:24 am
That was a good one, old dog. That there Beatty/Madonna metaphor. We need more humor on this blog! Laugh a little, people…
Alphare
November 29th, 2012
9:26 am
Let’s face it, we Georgians are not good at football. So here is my prediction:
1. Tech loses to FSU 42-43
2. UGA loses to BAMA 34-17
3. Falcons lose to Saints 21-17
DeezNutz
November 29th, 2012
9:34 am
Gooooo Dawgs! Sic’ em! Don’t worry about the haters out there. Everyone like to look at the last five years, last season, those 1-10 vs top 25 teams and other worthless garbage like that and suggest we can’t win the big one and our coaching staff can’t handle the big stage. Well, all you need to do is win ONE game this Saturday and all that history becomes HISTORY! Glory Glory to Ol’ Georgia!
Bumblers
November 29th, 2012
9:35 am
WOW….look at all the tech nerds posing as Bammer fans…..gotta try to live vicarously through someone, eh?
old dog
November 29th, 2012
9:38 am
Thanks, Biscuit! I just wish our Tech buddies would bring in some d-1 players on defense, because the rivalry is now gone. When you watch us play Tech and your only concern is hoping somebody does not get hurt before the REAL game, the rivalry is gone. Under CPJ, whether you are for or against his system, the recruiting has gone South as quickly as is imaginable! That is undoubtedly the worst defense in organized athletics! That includes football, basketball, soccer, and tiddly-winks!
DawginLex
November 29th, 2012
9:41 am
1980
Notre Dame played UGA
A Frix was our long snapper
UGA had a freshman RB rush for over 1,000 yards
Auburn went winless in the SEC
2012
Notre Dame
Ty Frix
3 + 4 =gurshall
Auburn went winless in the SEC
Is it our time?
Italiain_29
November 29th, 2012
9:47 am
I love that HK said that Aaron Murray would CHOCK. HAHAHAHAHA! That is awesome! Chock, must be a combination of choke and suck, ROTFLMAO, that is some education that you have there HK.
maddawg
November 29th, 2012
9:49 am
Some serious Karma going on there Lex…..Im feeling it!!! Was on the field after the game in 1980 at the super dome and glad to have at least a shot and doing it all over again….BUT Gota get by Bama first!!! One game at the time dawgs….
Mobile Dawg
November 29th, 2012
9:51 am
Passed a penny tails up and didn’t stop and pick it up.
just sayin
November 29th, 2012
9:52 am
Thomas Brown….epitome of a UGA fan. Apparently nothing else to do but research UGA football. I will say he is more articulate than most of them. But also delusional.
Tell it like it is.
November 29th, 2012
9:57 am
That ant no predition,thats a fact!
gafanintn
November 29th, 2012
10:15 am
HK
November 29th, 2012
1:06 am
Murry Chocks ! Throws 3 picks and fumbles….Bama rolls 38-13 !
Hey HK, what the heck is a Chock?
Buckeye
November 29th, 2012
10:23 am
I am developing carpel tunnel swiping through tom brown’s musings
zeke
November 29th, 2012
10:23 am
You did not “just lose to SC, THEY TOTALLY DOMINATED THE DOGGIES, KICKED THEIR REAR ENDS AND SENT THEM HOME WITH THEIR SHORT LITTLE DOGGIE TAILS STUCK BETWEEN THEIR REAR CHEEKS!
BAMA – 42
DOGG – 10
Robards
November 29th, 2012
10:24 am
What a shock. Jeff likes the Dawgs. Dawgs will move to 1-2 against good teams.
zeke
November 29th, 2012
10:24 am
AARON MURRAY PROBABLY STILL HAVING NIGHTMARES ABOUT CLOWNEY, TAYLOR AND SUTTON! THINK HE PROBABLY IS ABOUT THE BAMA DEFENSE ALSO!!
bklyndawg
November 29th, 2012
10:25 am
Y’know, the analysis and predictions of mostly-competent industry professionals is a good thing. People study stuff like this all day and, I’m told, use complicated math like percentages and probability and point spreads.
Not gonna lie, though . . . every week I fight off optimism ’til I see Lilly’s pick.
C’mon, Dawgs! Sic ‘em!
GT Joe
November 29th, 2012
10:29 am
Thomas Brown talks too much. Damn.
Vance
November 29th, 2012
10:36 am
I know no one will be picking our Dawgs, with some exceptions, like you; however, I also believe this is our year. You have called the season correctly so far. I hope, for Mark Richt’s sake and Aaron Murray’s, that we pull off the upset. For most, this is the national championship game. Go Dawgs, beat the Tide!
Thomas Brown
November 29th, 2012
10:39 am
Petros Papadakis, former Captain of the worst Southern California team in the history of college football, now of Fox Sports says Alabama wins because Alabama has played big games before. The Land of Fruit and Nuts knows nothing about college football, and frankly does not care. Petros Papadakis would like to see Aaron Murray go up against Notre Dame, but says we get to see Nick Saban for the next 6 weeks, instead. Petros Papadakis says he would love to see that great Notre Dame defense against a team like Georgia. This is all we hear, yet again today 83 percent of the money on the game is on Georgia.
From my perspective, Alabama cannot score with that offense they have on our Defense and Aaron Murray and Todd Gurley can.
The media buzz is all over Alabama Notre Dame.
Excuse me, there is a game to be won on the field 1st.
Alphare, you say the same comment every single week. We’re 11-1 and # 3 in the nation, and more of the same. How meaningful is it, when you have the same to say every time ?
For 1 I was glad everyone was all over UGA before Florida.
I am likewise glad the same is happening with the game the day after tomorrow. LSU Alabama might have been the game of the Century, but for UGA fans this is an opportunity Alabama has had 19 previous times as the victor and we haven’t had for over 3 Decades.
You get 1 go-round in life. I. It is whether you GATA when you do, or not, that enables us to look back and say, we did as well as we could.
With 83 percent of the money on The Georgia Bulldogs, I remain surprised only I noticed that.
Isn’t it great all these fans of other teams, FSU with their 23 BAD LOSSES after Mark Richt quit that gig for this one, Ohio State 0 for 11 in bowl games vs The SEC, Southern California after they lost their 5th game this season already, Alabama who has been to SEC CG 7 times and won 3 times, Georgie tek after they lost 42-10, whatever that division III team is and their 1 fan anywhere South of Wisconsin, Auburn fans there are 2 of those in here now after they lost 49 to nothing last week with Gene Chizik working at WallMart, South Carolina fans acting so big when they’ve got an empty trophy case all-time, vols fans chiming in about who they’re going to hire next like the vols beat any top teams – well, they did beat NC State by 2 TD who beat FSU before Florida pasted them 37-20 until the final clock ticked off.
All these disgruntled fans with their own teams’ performance LAST WEEK, in here whining how badly UGA is going to do against an Alabama team who with 38 of the 63 games to-date between us home games for Alabama faces us at the Georgia Dome where Alabama claims to be THEIR BUILDING with 3 SEC Championship Game wins in 7 previous appearances, while they have beat us only 36 times and of course Mark Richt has 4 appearances with 2 wins SEC CG to-date.
Mark Richt brings clearly his best offense, best Quarterback, best Running Back, maybe his best Wide Receiver duo in Malcolm Mitchell and Chris Conley both future NFL Draft picks in their own rights, and a defense loaded with maybe 11 NFL Draft Picks after this season, all of whom have started for Mark Richt. And, Alabama fans say they score 38 points on us.
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I don’t think so.
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But, what do I know ? Well, I know I am enjoying all these fans of all these teams all who lost last week, in here telling us how bad we are. I’ve watched us all my life. I have strong recollections of every game every year for 55 years. Is this our best team ? All around, yeah, probably is. 1-year window as I pointed out pre-season. But, we’ll still be here 2013 too, with an intact offense and a defense I hope to boost in recruiting commitments with our showing the day after tomorrow.
And, it is Mark Richt’s recruiting I love most.
It gives me something not to boast about, but to point out the facts on that he is the # 1 recruiter in the nation in the Mark Richt era starting 2001. It’s fun having all this talent that even an Alabama and a Notre Dame know they don’t match-up at QB, TB, WR, or Defense.
Yeah, there are better coaches.
There always have been. That’s not his claim to fame.
He’s a recruiter of talent, and after he hits 83 NFL Draft Picks starting 2001 after this season, he will be recognized for that. The kids know it already.