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ive long said the most important ingredient to win a natty is luck. You gotta get lucky when it comes to injuries. I remember bringing without Shockley for one game and it being against Florida due to injury. That was our only loss that year and Joey T. Did his very best and even caught our only TD of the game but being without DJ cost us that game.
In regards to the future, no one is going to be able to keep depth in the current climate. What UGA needs is to pay whatever it takes for a monster o line and d line. Then take the rest of that money and spend on the most state of the art recovery equipment known to man. This 9 game slate is not a good move for the sec.
Either way, Go dawgs!
I know I'm late to this party, but I wanted to comment anyway. Good article, Jeff. One of your better ones, I believe. Good detail and insight. Not much I'll quibble with. I can't speak for all Dawg fans, so I'll just speak for myself on this point. You say that Dawg fans feel almost entitled to a spot in the CFP finals each year, if not the championship game. I don't feel that way. I understand that every year is a different team, with different strengths and weaknesses. We've been fortunate at Georgia the past few years to be in the National Championship conversation, but I certainly don't take it for granted.
I think what you and other writers get wrong, Jeff, is that most Dawg fans (like myself) are upset because THIS Georgia team should have defeated THIS Ole Miss team. By almost everyone's standards and expectations — including yours — Georgia was expected to win the Sugar Bowl. Yes, Trinidad Chambliss played out of his mind, and he had help. But the facts are that Georgia led that game by nine (9) points at halftime and still led by five (5) points at the start of the fourth quarter. And with 70 seconds left in the game, we sat with a second and goal from the Ole Miss 3 yard line, down by just three points. So yeah, there was a high probability, and expectation, that Georgia would win that game. Even the Ole Miss camp didn't truly expect to win. They all thought they would lose to Georgia, and that's why Lane Kiffin allowed his offensive assistants to remain with the team instead of immediately joining him at LSU, thinking that surely they would be back in time for opening of the transfer portal.
In addition, I (and some other) Dawg fans are disappointed that our $13 million head coach — the highest paid in the game, and one who is considered to be the best in the game — was clearly outcoached by a guy coaching only his second game and with a makeshift staff of assistants who aren't even being paid by Ole Miss! So no, we don't have to get to the championship rounds of the playoff each year. But at the very least, we need to win the games we SHOULD win
Player longevity appears to be a critical component of CFP success. Young teams with 2-3 year player longevity will struggle in the CFP. The older teams appear to do better.