After laying out all of the things that could go wrong for Georgia this Saturday against Tennessee earlier in the week, I will make you feel a little bit better by telling you that almost none of that stuff will happen.
My prediction for this game is simple: Pain. Georgia is different this season. They are locked in and they are focused on their goals. Tennessee's offense is too good for Georgia to shut them out, but I don't think they will score more than 20.
For the first time this season, we will have the pleasure of having all of their starters available. Alec Ogletree and Bacarri Rambo will return to the team this weekend, and I think they will be anxious to make their presence known early in the game. This defense is deep and it is nasty. As they begin to gel over the next few weeks it might end up being the best defense in the school's history. Georgia has done an amazing job in a short period of time of stepping up the level of talent on defense.
Offensively, Georgia has the best scoring offense in the SEC. They have scored 40 or more points in each of their first four games for the first time in the school's history. Go ahead and make that 5 straight weeks, because this offense is going to put on another show on Saturday. There is just too much balance. Even the good defenses in the league, and Tennessee's defense is pretty good, they can't stop everything. If they load up on the run, then you have Aaron Murray, who might set the all time Georgia record for touchdown passes in a season this week, picking you apart. Okay, so you are going to drop back and play the pass. The dynamic diaper dandies, Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall will run over, around, and through you all night long.
Early this week, Mark Richt put the idea of a letdown to rest bringing up what happened in 2004. Georgia blew the doors off of the defending national champion LSU Tigers, only to lay a huge egg against Tennessee the very next week. With Richt bringing that fact to life, that means that he is aware that his team could become complacent and look ahead to South Carolina, but he isn't going to let that happen.
Like I said before, this team is different. This year is different. This year is going to be special. Georgia is going to win this weekend 45-17, and set up the biggest game Georgia has played in a very long time on October 6 in Columbia, South Carolina.
Get on board Georgia fans, because this is going to be ride that you will remember for the rest of your life!
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