Take Nothing for Granted

In college football, humility is just a week away.

Last night, two more Top 10 teams fell to un-ranked opponents. While I never thought much of Washington State, I felt, and still feel, that Clemson is one of the best teams in the country, so seeing them lose to Syracuse is shocking.

Two big things for Georgia fans to remember as you start your college football Saturday, first, a one loss ACC Champion, Clemson will still make the playoff. Second, we don't have to root for other teams to lose. We control our destiny.

If the last two weeks have thought us anything it should be that it is way too early to be talking about playoffs, rankings, or even SEC titles. We need to be talking about one thing, Missouri.

Four top ten teams have lost to un ranked teams since last Saturday, that should be all the motivation we need to keep our focus on the Tigers.

On paper, this game should be as intriguing as the Samford game. Missouri is 98th in the country in rush defense, lady in the SEC in turnover margin, and winless in the conference.

Georgia is ranked 4th in the nation, they have the number one defense in points per game allowed, and are blowing out their conference opponents by an average of 30 points per game.

On paper, this game is pointless. On paper this isn't a game worth attending or watching. On paper, Georgia is favored by 30 points.

Problem is, the game isn't played on paper.

What is required from Georgia tonight is something that far too often plagues teams. Respect for their opponents. Too often, in different sports, a team knows they are better than their opponent so they go through the motions of preparation, but mentally they aren't on their game, because they expect to win. Just this past week, the US Men's National Team failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup because they couldn't be bothered to show up and give a respectable performance. In sports, anyone team can win one game.

Georgia is far better than Missouri, but if Georgia doesn't come out, grasp the Tigers by the neck, and choke the hope out of them early, you never know what could happen.

Kirby won't miss the opportunity to remind his team about Michigan, Oklahoma, Clemson, or Washington State, but these guys are 18-22 year old kids, so telling them might not get the job done. If it were me, I would spend the next 13 hours making the team watch Oklahoma's embarrassing performance last week, over and over.

I think this is a special team, so I think they will keep their focus where it should be, on their opponent, and get the job done tonight. I would never lay 30 points, but it will be a blowout.

Georgia 42.  Missouri 17

Go Dawgs!