@mattmd2 said: @dawgdude65 said: You can't be the best till you beat the best....So looks like tonight we get the best. Things having worked out the way they did - I think this is the best possible way. Get revenge on Auburn, then get to prove ourselves again by playing Bama. Had we lined up tonight against Clemson, or Ohio State, or whoever, there would've been that lingering question "could we have beaten Bama?" Tonight we get a chance to answer that question. Go Dawgs!!
@mattmd2 said:
@dawgdude65 said:
You can't be the best till you beat the best....So looks like tonight we get the best.
Things having worked out the way they did - I think this is the best possible way. Get revenge on Auburn, then get to prove ourselves again by playing Bama. Had we lined up tonight against Clemson, or Ohio State, or whoever, there would've been that lingering question "could we have beaten Bama?" Tonight we get a chance to answer that question. Go Dawgs!!
Yep. If OSU had been the #4, I have no doubt that we would win the NC tonight. I think we easily handle Clemson or OSU. Bama, despite not winning the SEC or even playing in the SECCG... or not winning the NC last year, is still the team to beat in college football.
I think that it was important for our guys to have that win against Auburn in the SECCG. I think that benefitted them in the comeback win against Oklahoma, and will benefit them if Alabama gives them some trouble in the NCG.
Would have rather played Alanna because if they beat us in the National Championship then our SEC championship means much less in my opinion.
@dawgnation7 said: Would have rather played Alanna because if they beat us in the National Championship then our SEC championship means much less in my opinion.
UGA would not be here if we had not gotten our revenge on Auburn. I think it gave the team a little more fight with the SECCG win and a lot more confidence. If they would not had that confidence then they don't win the Rose Bowl.
It has played out perfectly. Had we played Bama and won the SECCG and got this far, then everyone would point to that loss against Auburn.
Since we beat Auburn, and IF we beat Bama there will literally be NOTHING they can point at and say well they failed here, or didnt accomplish this, etc etc. This is a No "Buts" scenario. "But they didnt play bama, but they lost to auburn, bla bla"
This has played out to perfectly to leave ZERO excuses for UGA being the CHAMPS with a "but".
That is the one downside this year in terms of the matchup. Then again, if we win and/or begin dominating the east then the SEC titles won't mean as much as they used to, which is a very good thing.
Possible story book ending. Got revenge on AU, sent Mayfield packing and now have the opportunity to beat the best coach in college football. So yes, glad Dawgs beat AU to win SEC.
