i haven't seen or heard nearly the amount of chatter about TN fans able to get to this game. the $$ is a lot more, and i think UGA and UGA fans are doing a much better job of keeping their tickets and going to the game....i will be shocked if this is anything like LSU or Pitt, from an attendance standpoint. i expect it to be full on red and black, with the usual patches of orange.
i still don't think it matters. for whatever reason, i'm just strangely confident this week. i think this is going to be a great game. i think both teams are more than capable of winning. but i guess i'm just gonna have to see somebody stop us before i'll believe it. and by stop us, i mean stop us consistently. make us punt 3+ times. make us go 3 and out. stop us on 4th downs. make us kick more FG's.
the crown won't mean a thing if we do what we do.
all i'm thinking about right now, and all week really, is that 1996 Florida game. we're the home team. we're the bully looking for revenge on the 95 game. we set the record, back then anyways, for the largest crowd to ever watch a college football game on campus...the hype was real. we had peyton manning....the game kickd off and the place was as loud as i've ever heard it. i was at that game that day and the tail gaiting was fantastic, the crown was lathered..top 5 match up.....all the things.
1st possession, we get them to 3rd down, tackle for loss, crowd is going nuts......stopped 'em!!!!! Spurrier goes for it on 4th and 11, and scores a 40+ yard TD, and the crowd died almost immediately. my roomate left the game after that play. lol. we proceeded to pee down our leg the rest of the half, and was down 4TD's before we woke up in the 2nd half and made a run at 'em.
this is what i'm thinking about this week. it's gonna be fun to be THAT team.