Georgia Week

I know we are all a little frustrated about the way the Gators have played recently. I’m sure the players and coaches are too. But let’s take a step back for a minute. Because THIS week is the biggest of the year. It’s Georgia Week. No year is a bad year when we beat Georgia. No year is a good year when we don’t. This is the Super Bowl! Brandon Siler is on video saying that “I played in the game before the Super Bowl. It don’t get bigger than this.” It doesn’t. What happened up to this point is out the window. Georgia’s heartbreaker vs. LSU? Gone. They’re fiasco in Knoxville? Doesn’t matter. The Gators stumbling vs. Arkansas and Mississippi State? Forget it. Water under the bridge. This week is a season-maker. UGA wins it and Mark Richt is instantly off the hot seat. Florida wins, and the seat is now boiling. It’s that big.

For all you Chicken Littles out there screaming about the Gators red zone troubles and Tebow not being Tebow, etc. lets also use this week to stop and look around. Why are we so upset anyway? We’re 7-0. We are on the verge of clinching the East. Things are looking great. The problem is we are spoiled. We are used to the last couple of years and the 12 years of Spurrier and we think that’s how it should be. But let me take you back. It’s 2006. We are struggling to score points. We are struggling to put people away. We beat UGA 21-14. We beat Vandy  25-19. We beat South Carolina 17-16. And we beat FSU 21-14. That team went on to win the BCS.

They did it with defense. Sound familiar? Now let’s size up the competition for a minute. Texas has struggled mightily at times. In fact if Sam Bradford stays upright for four quarters, they lose. USC just gave up 36 points at home to Oregon State. They also gave up a ton to Notre Dame. Alabama, everybody’s sweetheart now, went four quarters at home against a .500 Tennessee and failed to score a touchdown.  The truth of the matter is, our offense is really pretty good. We just need to eliminate turnovers. Without a fumble at the two, we score 30 on UT. Bama managed 12. Without multiple fumbles against Arkansas, we would have been in the high 30s. Without an interception at the end of the first half last week, we are well on our way to a 30+ point night. We are a threat to score every time we take the field. Rarely do we go three and out. When this offense stops shooting itself in the foot, look out.

About Jim: Thank you to the senior class of 2009!

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