Time to Bounce Back

It has taken an entire week to be able to muster up the desire to talk about Georgia football. Let's just go ahead and say it, last week was terrible. I honestly don't think there is one thing to come out of that game that could be seen as a positive. Everything this team has done all year melted away, and what was left was a blunder-filled catastrophe.

Ok, now let's move on.

Georgia is 9-1. Ranked 7th in the nation. We have won the SEC East and we still control our own destiny to make the College Football Playoff.

I'm sure you have heard a similar stat at some point in the last few days, but since 2006, do you know how many National Champions finished the season without a loss?

2

Alabama in 2009 and Auburn in 2010.

In every year of the college football playoff the eventual national champion has lost a game, and every year that loss has been not only to a mediocre team, but it has been at home.

So, it is with a little perspective that we turn our attention away from last week's embarrassment and we look towards making a little history.

Since the SEC split into divisions in 1992, Georgia has never gone undefeated in the SEC East. A win against Kentucky tomorrow would break that streak.

And despite Georgia being a big favorite, tomorrow's game is going to be a real test for the Dawgs. The biggest reason Georgia lost to Auburn was their inability to stop the run. Kentucky is going to want to run the ball. Now the Cats don't have the offensive line that Auburn does, but it will still be a test for a Georgia defense that was completely terrible stopping the run a week ago.

Offensively, this week provides another opportunity for growth. The running game struggled against Auburn and the pass protection completely broke down. Georgia needs to prove that it has figured some things out in practice this week.

I think the biggest disappointment last week was the lack of discipline. Too many penalties, mental mistakes, and turnovers. Georgia needs to come out tomorrow and play like the team they have been all year, and not like the team that wet the bed last week.

There is no reason to think this is going to be a close game, but if for whatever reason Georgia hasn't put the game away before the fourth quarter, Sanford Stadium is going to be insanely tense tomorrow evening.

I think the seniors pull us through on Senior night, but it's going to be closer than the betting line.

Georgia 34  Kentucky 20

Go Dawgs!