Tomorrow We're Going to Party Like its 2006

Okay Georgia fans, here is the history lesson for the weekend.
In 2006, the Georgia Bulldogs, led by a freshman quarterback, traveled down to the Plains to take on Auburn.

Georgia had just lost a game at Kentucky, and faced the possibility of not making a bowl game.

Auburn was ranked #5 in the BCS, and had intentions on making a run at the national title.

The Dawgs crushed the Tiger’s hearts in 2006, and I would not be surprised if history repeats itself tomorrow.

Georgia has not had an historic season in 2010, but they are a good team that has not played up to their potential. However, the Georgia offense has been clicking on all cylinders recently, and has the ability to keep up with the high-powered offense Auburn will feature.
Georgia’s defense is not great, but it will not have to be to win the game on Saturday. If Auburn punts three times, Georgia will win the game. This game is going to be high scoring and very entertaining.

For Auburn, everything has broken just right for the Tigers, on the field at least. Auburn has won an overtime game against Clemson. Auburn won a fourth quarter battle with South Carolina, and won an amazing game against Arkansas.

Auburn can clinch their spot in Atlanta by beating the Dawgs on Saturday.

Of course, there is one small problem. Cam Newton is a question mark. At 4:00 pm on Friday afternoon, Auburn’s AD said the school “were not commenting on Cam Newton’s status” for the game against Georgia.

It never crossed my mind this week that Newton would not play, but that seems to be a strange quote.

The Newton situation could bring the Tigers together, or it could be a distraction that brings their focus away from the Dawgs.

I won’t predict that Georgia will win, because that hasn’t worked out very well. But I think history has a tendency to repeat itself.