My positive post.

[VB_Vol]

10-2 is good. I'll take it and be thankful

Regular 10 win seasons are a far cry from where this program was before Heupel took it over. I agree, we should enjoy how far we’ve come.

 

[teeball]

I guess I should be happy since I thought 8-4 before the season started with a worst case scenario of 7-5 and a best case scenario of 9-3 but somehow I feel a bit disappointed at the current 8-2 record. I tend to get caught up in the excitement of winning and thinking of winning it all … I should know better. Brick by brick.

 

[rocketskates]

When I get frustrated after a game such as last night, I think back to when we were at a point in which the players hoisted Derek Dooley on their shoulders after beating freaking Vanderbilt, and suddenly I feel better about where we are as a program.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Beating Vanderbilt is not a given.

If we do, 10-2 is certainly better than the Dooley, Butch, and Pruitt years. No argument on that point. But this is just so utterly disappointing to (yet again) pi$$ away an incredible opportunity, This isn’t just about losing to Georgia on a huge stage. It’s about no-showing against a mediocre Arkansas team earlier in the year. Had we actually taken care of business, there isn’t much of a concern with being left out of the playoffs. It’s also about undisciplined penalties, dropped passes, an elite defense picking the biggest game of the year to take two or three steps backward, and an offense that can’t get out of their own way.

This is what this program does: we shrink away when there is a lot on the line. Even big wins against Alabama, a favorable schedule overall, and catching Oklahoma on a down year get flushed down the drain. Meh. It’s just who we are at this point. It’s a hurdle we have to get over if we want to win it all. So far, we ain’t there.

On the positive side, we have the best situation that we’ve had since Fulmer left. Hopefully, this staff and program can grow beyond their current ceiling. I don’t think it happens next year though. Does anyone think the O-line will be better? Or that the defense will be as good as it has been for most of this year? Will our receivers be better? I’d like to think that Nico will be better, but if everything else is the same or a bit less, how does that show up in terms of results?

If we go 10-2 it will be twice that Heupel teams have been better than any team in 23 years. It's better than any Fulmer team post 2001

 

[theFallGuy]

Before anyone jumps off a bridge, look at how many good teams have beaten Georgia in Athens since 2019.

Yep and we had them on the ropes for a while