Sorry to have been "offline" for so long, but I had a lot of holiday stuff going on and after we swatted the insects (again), there hasn't been much to write about.
The DC coaching search (though I think the decision has been made, the deal done and it's just a matter of the season ending to make the announcements) is ongoing. The team has been practicing and preparing for Texas A&M for our (disappointing, yes...thankful to be going bowling, yes) bowl game in Shreveport. I understand that ticket sales are a little "stale", especially by UGA standards. That is a shame, but considering that it is played on the day after Christmas weekend and represents a good deal of travel it is a little bit understandable. Texas A&M has been somewhat irrelevant over the past few years, so the fact that their fan base is excited about it is easy to understand, as well. Besides, that "neck of the woods" over there is most-likely rife with LSU, Arkansas and Texas fans. Hopefully the SEC homers from that area will snap up a few tickets and at least make the crowd respectable.
The last bowl game like this one that I remember was the Music City Bowl against Boston College when we got "shafted" by a better bowl and had to settle. This year, we shafted ourselves by poor play, so hopefully the team will be better motivated in this game than they were in that Music City Bowl. If you will recall, a mediocre Boston College team beat a pretty good UGA team that year that played like they just didn't want to be there. I hope this year, the team realizes how "lucky" they are and plays like they are capable of playing. The fact that we are missing 3 defensive coaches, this time not only in the normal mental sense but also in physical presence may or may not even play into the outcome. A&M brings a pretty potent offense that we would most likely struggle with even fully staffed. A&M's defense is actually worse than UGA's has been, so I am holding out hope that UGA will bring their Arkansas offense with them to this game.
Our most valuable offensive weapon in A.J. Green returns and should help us on that side of the ball. You have to like how UGA's running game developed over the last half of the season. If Joe can cut down on the mistakes, they can keep A&M off the field and not hand them the ball via turnover, UGA should certainly out-talent them to a win. If the team plays like they don't want to be there, then we will see a replay of the better team losing to a lesser squad and fuel speculation going into next season about the the leadership of the program.
I think the Dawgs will win, but even if they don't, the year after that Music City Bowl loss turned out to be a very good season for the team. In any event, I will be watching, wearing my UGA gear and cheering the young men on to victory!
Go Dawgs and Go SEC! See ya' next year!
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