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It would be great to face Tennessee again when we’re healthy and not battling the flu. It’d also be nice to face them indoors or in dry weather, because the rain really slowed down our offense in the second half. (They didn’t score much in the dry first half and we did, so isn’t it foolish to say that the second half rain shut down THEIR offense?) Lastly, the reason why the UGA-Bama series last year was so even is because we recruit at the same level and have similar depth. A rematch with Tennessee isn’t the same thing - we’ll still be much more talented and deeper, and the end result isn’t going to change too much. And if one of their few star players gets hurt, that’s it for them, no next man up like it is for UGA and Bama.
Sooooooo..... can someone explain the last 3 in Knoxville, the largest stadium in the galaxy where they play the most obnoxious song ever written? Or the last 5 out of 6 in that massive orange laden environment? Are those folks sitting on their hands with their mouths taped shut?
Be serious.
Uh huh. So Tennessee is going to make all kind of adjustments, but Georgia will just repeat itself? Tennessee will get healthy, but not Georgia? No weight to the fact that Georgia is dominant against everybody and adjusts their game plans weekly? No weight to the fact that Georgia stopped Tennessee in its tracks for a whole game, and that wasn't just a matter of penalties. It was defensive pressure and tight coverage and a roaring offense!! But this is all imaginary. I think it is doubtful, should Tennessee be 3rd, that Tennessee will beat Ohio State and even get to play again against Georgia!
I agree. Ohio State is basically Tennessee except with 4 and 5 star recruits. When Jaxon Smith-Njiba is playing, Ohio State is the clear #2 team in the country who would beat Georgia on a neutral field 2 games out of 5 (hopefully when UGA gets them in the playoffs they will hit one of the other 3).
And I don't see it getting better. Even in year 3 during their best season since 2001 - when Nick Saban ended the Phil Fulmer era and started his own by knocking the Vols out of the title game in Atlanta - Tennessee has the #11 recruiting class. Ohio State is #2 by the way. The Vols should enjoy their 11-1 regular season because unless by some chance they draw TCU or USC in the first round, they are going to lose in the playoff.
DIdn't we just shut down our pasing game when the rains came? "JUst run it guys, we're up by 3 scores?" I mean if we needed to have made it a true blow out, couldn't we have? I think so.
Some people just like to hear themselves talk.
Next year, I hope we are all laughing about how difficult it is for them now that all of Jeremy Pruitt's recruits are gone.
Just get use to the fact that almost every game we play the "analysts/critics" question the Dawgs. Last year we were put on notice just about every game that our opponents were improved and we were overrated, yet every game we blew everyone out with the one exception of the SECCG and the NCG against Alabama. They were the only team that could play with us last year.
This year, just more of the same. I'm used to it, and the motivation it gives the Dawgs is priceless....
Why do people say that? Even if it was bc of the crowd, then do people not realize that a rematch could very well take place in Atl.? It likely would.
Send him a cigar for providing bulletin board material if that match up ever materializes.
I'm going to urge all the Dawg fans to do what I did: take a deep breath and re-read the story. Although Mike's headline says that Neuheisel said the Vols would win a rematch, nowhere in the actual story does Mike quote Neuheisel as actually saying that.
Neuheisel says that UT will get its communication issues fixed because crowd noise probably won't be as much of a factor at a neutral site. He said he "saw opportunities for improvement." He even said he couldn't "wait to watch" a rematch.
But nowhere in this article does he say, outright, that Tennessee would win a rematch. In fact, he is quoted as saying that UGA "deserved the victory" in the first game. That Neuheisel would say, or honestly believe, that a second game would be more competitive, is not an unreasonable thought. The game might be closer. Or it might not. But he just never said what Griffin says he said, and I have a sneaking suspicion that Mike knows that and intentionally wrote that misleading headline just to get the response that he has from most Dawg fans!
@DallasDawg -- I reached out to Rick to confirm he said that, and I've added the Tweet from the reporter who was there.
It's common to paraphrase, but in this instance, I'll add it to help clarify in case others have trouble understanding what Neuheisel said.
@MikeGriffith thank you. I stand corrected. Now THAT is a totally different story. In essence, Neuheisel IS saying that he believes UT is actually a better team than Georgia and on a neutral site, they would prove it. I personally do not believe that to be true but I also don't want to play UT again, not because I don't believe Georgia is the better team, but because it is a fact that it is difficult to beat the same team twice in the same season. I do wonder, however, what Neuheisel would have said if he was speaking to the Athens QB Club???? Go Dawgs!
Can’t stand the panderers of the world.