Is anyone else feeling bad for the Dawgs?
I know they are a hated rival, but it just doesn't seem fair that nothing ever works out for them. They've had several 1 or 2 loss seasons in which they were clearly playing the best football in the nation at the end of the year, but they never get the breaks needed to get in the national title game. LSU got to play for it in 07 after losing to Kentucky and Arkansas; we lost to Auburn in 06 and Ole Miss in 08; Bama lost to LSU and got the rematch in 2011; Bama lost to TAMU in 2012; LSU lost to us at home in 2003....it worked out in the end for all these teams. Meanwhile, UGA was clearly the best team at the end of 2007 and would have drilled Ohio State, but they couldn't get in the game. Same could be said for 2002 when, in hindsight, they would have probably beaten either Miami or Ohio St. It just doesn't seem right that the likes of David Green, David Pollack, Matt Stafford, Knowshon Moreno, and now apparently Aaron Murray will never get to experience a national title when they worked so hard to put themselves on that elite level. The SEC has reeled off 7 straight titles and you're telling me the Dawgs couldn't get into one of those? Mark Richt's program makes a lot more sense if you mentally award them titles for 2002 and 2007 - he would be a 2 time champion coach and his record would seem more logical.
Keep your heads up, Dawgs. Beat South Carolina this weekend, regain your momentum, and let's have ourselves a war for the ages in Jacksonville.