Reminder: Humble Ourselves

JayDog

@JimWallace said:
I fear every opponent (well, not Tennessee last year), and always remember the old "on any given Saturday" thing. It's true. Teams get beat by teams that shouldn't even be capable of of dreaming about beating them. Troy State. App State.

Shoot me, but we maybe should have lost to Nick State. I've never sat in the stands and watched anything as bad as that game. We lucked out that Saturday afternoon.

Excitement about Georgia football is over the moon. I know I've got it bad! I'm sure the players and coaches are excited for the games to begin, too, even if they aren't quite ready. Whether we have a good year, a bad year, or a great year is mostly between the ears of Kirby and his staff and Kirby and his players. Then there's that always unpredictable and oftentimes humbling way the ball bounces.

We're going to see how much Kirby has transformed the culture in Athens soon enough. We'll find out if our guys remember to get off the bus, and make their own luck. My guess: The bad old days are gone. Nothing from back then is operative now. Kirby learned a huge lesson last year.

There will be lessons to be learned this year. Always are.

Let the revenge tour continue, but humbly, please! I take it for granted that our opponents know Georgia is a better football program at a superior academic institution in a better college town. I will try to be kind to people from places known far and wide a swamp land and such. We are honored when they visit our campus and our online haunts.

One of my favorite memories from last season was how our fans were treated at Notre Dame. Let's emulate their behavior.

Go, Dawgs!

Just playing as poorly as we did against Nick State was humbling enough. The 15 years of our last coach's tenure was humbling and continues to remind us (through the jawin' of our rivals) that you can be good and never win it all. You can be favored by the pundits and then lose a game you should not lose. Until we win it all and come back to compete for it again--I will be humble but hopeful in a way I have not been in over a decade.

JimWallace

@JayDog said:
Just playing as poorly as we did against Nick State was humbling enough. The 15 years of our last coach's tenure was humbling and continues to remind us (through the jawin' of our rivals) that you can be good and never win it all. You can be favored by the pundits and then lose a game you should not lose. Until we win it all and come back to compete for it again--I will be humble but hopeful in a way I have not been in over a decade

I hope we are always humble and gracious and magnanimous, even friendly, especially in victory.

I wish the very best for all of our opponents. I want them to look good and be strong and help us sharpen ourselves. I also want to win every game by a hundred points. The better our opponents are, the better we become, and the better we look in victory.

That said, in last year's TN/FL game both teams deserved to lose. Both were terrible. I enjoyed it, yes, but I should try to overcome my tendencies to hate certain teams and realize it is just a game. Will I quit singing about where I want Georgia Tech to go? Heck no. Will I be polite and respectful to their fans? I sincerely hope I will.

Only on the athletic field are these people our adversaries.

Notre Dame set a very high bar.

Go, Dawgs!

dhutchi9

@mattmd2 said:
It’s clear the future of UGA football is a promising one, but I wanted to remind my fellow dawg fans (as I remind myself) to stay humble.

Let’s be the fanbase that silently dominates our opponents. Takes care of business on the field and respect our rivals on the sidelines. Let’s take the high road and be the better men.

Too often lately I see fellow dawg fans taking to message boards and comment sections to boast our recent recruiting success while tearing down others. Why is that necessary?

I want our opponents to hate us because we constantly beat them on the field, not because we have the most abnoxious braggarts as fans.

Let’s take a page from Kirby’s playbook and remember that humility is only a week away.

Now is the time we determine what kind of winners we’re going to be. Win the game and you’re praised once. Win the game with class, humility, and sportsmanship and you’ll be twice praised.

Our fanbase should reflect our team. Let’s be the greatest fanbase of sportsmen and champions that college football has ever seen.

GO DAWGS!!!!

THIS!! I made it out to the ND last year and I have never been in the company of a more classy fanbase. Of course every team has "those fans", but I strive to treat every opposing fanbase the way ND fans did at their home field. It was so humbling and fresh. Stay classy fam. We will do our talking on the field.

BEACHDAWG

@RPMdawg I skinny dip all the time. Retired and moved to FL. It totally keeps people from "dropping in," and, it definitely keeps the neighbirs from looking over the fence.

RPMdawg

@BEACHDAWG said:
@RPMdawg I skinny dip all the time. Retired and moved to FL. It totally keeps people from "dropping in," and, it definitely keeps the neighbirs from looking over the fence.

LOL. May have to give it a try. Probably need to get in some practice 1st

christopherules

I am merely a fan. It truly does not matter one (or the other) what I THINK at all. As long as the DAWGS are properly prepared & have the right mindset/heart full of hunger? Our beloved Georgia Bulldogs WILL HAVE AN EPIC season in 2018!!! GO DAWGS!!!