234 Days until UGA v. Clemson

So I hear there is a game tomorrow night.  Not in my world.  So, 234 days until Georgia travels to Death Valley to play the Clemson Tigers in what should be the most anticipated game of college football's opening weekend.

There is nothing like the future to take your mind off of the past, or in this case, the present.

With Aaron Murray announcing tonight, via Twitter, that he will be returning for his senior season, there is no reason for the expectations for Georgia to lower one bit.  Every Bulldog fan should expect to be playing in the SEC Championship Game with a chance to play for a National Title.

The schedule is more difficult next year, but I think it is manageable.  Georgia opens with Clemson, then comes home to play South Carolina.  No matter what happens in Death Valley, these Georgia players won't forget 35-7 and they will be ready to play.  This senior class could be the first in school history to never beat South Carolina.

After a cupcake and an off week, Georgia gets to shut up the critics by hosting LSU.  Georgia has been criticized for not playing a hard enough schedule, though it is completely out of their control.  FYI, South Carolina doesn't play LSU, Alabama, or Texas A&M next season, so if Carolina doesn't make it to Atlanta, then Spurrier will need a new excuse.

That schedule, I would wager, is the most difficult September schedule in college football.  It does get much better after October begins.  Georgia travels to Knoxville, hosts Missouri, and travels to Vanderbilt before having another bye week (there is an extra week of fall next year, so everyone gets two byes) before the Cocktail Party.  Florida will already have at least one loss by the time that game happens, maybe two.

Georgia then hosts Appalachian State, travels back to Auburn (second year in a row), hosts Kentucky, and then travels to North Avenue for the annual bee extermination.

In conference all of Georgia's big games are at home, with the exception of the neutral site in Jacksonville of course.  Georgia will have a senior quarterback leading an offense that should be the most prolific in school history.  Georgia will have a talented defense that despite losing some big name players, has a great deal of experience.  Georgia will be welcoming a Top 10 recruiting class, and I think this year is a great example of the impact freshman can make.

In summary, Georgia will have another chance to take what they came so close to having this year.  This year's team motto was "Our Team, Our Time, No Regrets."

For 2013, may I suggest "Unfinished Business."

Like I said earlier, 234 days until we travel to Death Valley.  I'll be counting every one of them.

GO DAWGS!!!