I came here looking for a thread like this for the enjoyment factor...but as I read (the whole damn thing, by the way), it made me sad. Every season I start the year excited for what's to come, I read and sometimes post on here, just to help pass the time till football season. Invariably, several weeks in, the constant ramblings of a few clueless "fans", makes me decide to live my life without that negativity in it, and I go on my way, leaving the board behind.
Occasionally I'll pop back in to see what a few of you level headed people who know how to analyze things, has to say...you know who you are. Don't get me wrong, I get down on the team...it's part of my right as a fan to complain about the team, just like my job, or my country. It's healthy and fosters debate. But wow, what is day to day life like for some of these folks...they must be miserable human beings. Or maybe they are just beat down by the fall from grace our team has experienced over the past couple of years. I get it, but damn, some of this is rough, and is most likely addressing some other disaster in their lives.
I agree, it wasn't all sunshine and roses at the half, but it wasn't the end of the world. Hell, this is the SEC, I knew Mcelwain would play conservative, and try to burn clock...so does the rest of the league (this makes me want to pull my hair out, if I had any, and never seems to work). I didn't think we'd win, necessarily, but I was remembering the Jawja game last year, and knew we would be tied with them if we didn't drop the ball so often, or crap out on 4th down. The only possible unfixable item at the time, was defensive play. We had to figure out how to stop them. Well luckily, Shoop finally did what he's promised all along, and that's turned them loose. Finally got to see the Barnett I was used to seeing in last year's SEC play, and got to see a lot of guys step up, that shouldn't have. I'm so proud of these guys for filling in for NFL caliber players, and playing how they had no business playing (until now)!
Kudos to anyone that read this whole mess. I think I'll stick around all year this time, experiencing it all...although I may take a cue from some others on here, and learn how to use the "Ignore" button.
tl;dr Just a fan rambling and complaining.