When this season began, you figured three home games would have plenty of juice. The first, Alabama has come and gone, and you have for obvious reasons lots of anticipation for Texas being in town in November. Sandwiched in between is this Saturday by way of Ole Miss.
There’s an odd scenario of the fact that this Georgia team could very well lose two marquee home games before November, but win in heady places like Auburn, Knoxville, and Starkville.
The Rebels are a bit of a mystery. Will the team that
can get after you in the trenches, and who knows what Lane Kiffin will offensively dial up come to Athens and make it a long defensive day? Or will the team that a week ago slept walked against Wazuu show itself in The Classic City?
October is all about separation, showing how good teams really are, proving that one game does not matter as much as a season (yes, we are indeed Talking About The Noles). On Saturday, whoever wins will have a path that should make it easier to pick up a postseason spot while the loser will have to do some good ol’ Pappy O’Daniel politickin.
Speaking of the Rebels, the gang from the top of Baxter Hill, aka The Red & Black has a nice rundown of what Kirby Smart and a few players had to say on Tuesday looking toward Saturday.
One item of note – if you’ll be in the stadium, be loud.
One reason for that? Ole Miss likes to run up-tempo on offense. And when you consider that Trinidad Chambliss has had to step in as quarterback, a frenzied atmosphere can make a big difference, for sure.
Speaking of Chambliss, UGA Grady alum Mark Schlabach takes a deep look at the relatively unknown until recently signal-caller for the Rebels.
Oh, and Lane Kiffin has jokes. In truth, let’s remember that Kirby Smart is a true southerner who knows that if you mother, wife or significant other is cooking up good food, you don’t turn it down.
There are many layers to what all has transpired in recent weeks from State College, Pa. Among them? The desire of wanting to go from good to great. If that sounds familiar to Georgia fans, then it should. That’s because it very accurate describes the landscape of Athens, when the decision was made to move on from Mark Richt with the idea that Georgia was good, but could be even better. Enter Kirby Smart, and we all know what happened from there.
Dawg Nation examines how similar the Penn State of today is to 2015 Georgia.
Go Dawgs!
