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I saw him this morning, and he was legitimately trying to say things to cheer me up. He was like, "I can't even say anything bad about y'all now. If somehow y'all improve later in the season, I'll start talking crap again, but I just can't do it right now." I've always subscribed to the theory that I'd rather be hated than pitied...nothing encapsulated that feeling more than hearing that from him.
UT lost to Rutgers (I would agree not as bad as losing to Ga St.) on homecoming in 1979. 13-7I disagree. I don't think that in one week our OL and DL are going to learn how to not get their asses handed to them every time the ball is snapped. I don't think TAN-o is going to learn how to make pre-snap reads. I don't think the young guys on defense are going to make sufficient improvements in pursuit angles, gap assignments, etc. I don't know if there are enough players that give a damn on the roster to be able to put 11 at a time on each side of the ball. And I sure as hell don't think a group of coaches that got their asses handed to them by a group that went 2-10 in the Sun Belt, is going to somehow magically find clarity in the way they teach, the way they coach, and they way they scheme an opponent to minimize our weaknesses and maximize our weaknesses.
If I'm wrong someone, anyone, please tell me why/how.
I live in Georgia. I work with one guy in particular that is a Georgia fan. When we passed in the hall on a Friday before we played Florida sometime in the last few years, he shielded his eyes like he was going to get leprosy from simply seeing the color orange, and I'm sure he thought we were far enough apart from each other that I couldn't hear him. He then said to the other guy he was walking with, "I hope Florida absolutely beats the sh!t out of them tomorrow."
I saw him this morning, and he was legitimately trying to say things to cheer me up. He was like, "I can't even say anything bad about y'all now. If somehow y'all improve later in the season, I'll start talking crap again, but I just can't do it right now." I've always subscribed to the theory that I'd rather be hated than pitied...nothing encapsulated that feeling more than hearing that from him.
UT lost to Rutgers (I would agree not as bad as losing to Ga St.) on homecoming in 1979. 13-7
The next week they beat the brakes off a 13th ranked Notre Dame team (substantially better than the BYU team coming to Knoxville Saturday) 40 -18.
The same coached that walked into Neyland Saturday and beat a UT team coming off a 5-7 year was the same guy that took a good but out talented Appy St team to Michigan (ranked 5th) and beat them in the first game of the season. That team after losing went on to beat top 10 ranked Penn St. and Florida and finish 9-4. Under the "realistic" idea they probably go 2-10 at best
Im not claiming UT is destined for 9-4 or that they will even beat BYU Saturday nite. But the idea that since they lost to Ga St. that makes BYU an unwinnable game is silly.
As I said before, it just doesn't work that way.
We are up in here in north GA (Dalton), so he deals personally with more UT fans than Florida. I think he hates them, too...just hates us more, usually.Most of the guys in my office are UGA fans, many I have known and gone to war with for years and am work friends with. They are usually fairly decent about things, and most of them have totally avoided talking to me about football today which is unusual as hell this time of year. It's pity, I hate it.
P.S. That is one weird UGA fan you describe, that is the one thing I bond with them over occasionally, mutual hatred of Florida.
JG already picking pre-snap where he is throwing to and throwing into double coverage anyway because reasons. Bad decision by the QB just like Callaway was wide open on the first play of the game but instead threw a laser to Ty's knees ending in a turnover. The offense can do it. A lot of decision making needs to be fixed, though.
Also, I don’t know why anyone is upset about Banks playing LB. He played extremely well outside of one play where he got sucked in thinking run and they threw it to the outside. However, there was also a Safety and a Corner over there and they didn’t get there either. I thought Banks was a bright spot at LB, very physical.
I disagree. I don't think that in one week our OL and DL are going to learn how to not get demoralized every time the ball is snapped. I don't think TAN-o is going to learn how to make pre-snap reads. I don't think the young guys on defense are going to make sufficient improvements in pursuit angles, gap assignments, etc. I don't know if there are enough players that give a damn on the roster to be able to put 11 at a time on each side of the ball. And I sure as hell don't think a group of coaches that got their asses handed to them by a group that went 2-10 in the Sun Belt, is going to somehow magically find clarity in the way they teach, the way they coach, and they way they scheme an opponent to minimize our weaknesses and maximize our strengths.
If I'm wrong someone, anyone, please tell me why/how.
I live in Georgia. I work with one guy in particular that is a Georgia fan. When we passed in the hall on a Friday before we played Florida sometime in the last few years, he shielded his eyes like he was going to get leprosy from simply seeing the color orange, and I'm sure he thought we were far enough apart from each other that I couldn't hear him. He then said to the other guy he was walking with, "I hope Florida absolutely beats the sh!t out of them tomorrow."
I saw him this morning, and he was legitimately trying to say things to cheer me up. He was like, "I can't even say anything bad about y'all now. If somehow y'all improve later in the season, I'll start talking crap again, but I just can't do it right now." I've always subscribed to the theory that I'd rather be hated than pitied...nothing encapsulated that feeling more than hearing that from him.