I was at the game, so I DVR'ed it. Last night I finally got the stomach to watch.
I get mad, and I say stuff that's ridiculous. I want everybody fired or benched or worse. I generally overreact and cuss non-stop for a few days. Let me tell you though, rewatching that game last night didn't sicken me with disgust; it gave me hope.
There were four missed interference calls in the first half that went Georgia's way. I'm not saying the fix was in. Bad calls happen, and you have to be resilient enough to weather the storm. However, if the refs had gotten those calls right, Tennessee had an effective game plan and would have taken at least a ten point lead into the half IMO.
A bad snap was the catalyst for a series of events that led to Georgia scoring two quick touchdowns in the third quarter, and it was just too much for us to overcome with only one real threat in Darick Rogers.
Looking down the road to next year, and I tend to err on the side of pessimism, so this is out out of character for me, but... this Tennessee team is developing a lot of talent. With Bray, Hunter, Rogers, Arnette, Rivera, and Lane back next year and an emerging special teams star in Young, the future looks bright.
Also, Georgia is a good team. They had a lot to prove, and we got their A game Saturday night. Georgia should have beaten USC except for untimely turnovers. It's true UGA got *****slapped by Boise, but Boise is a legit top five team.
Everybody says that Dooley hasn't won a single game in which he's been an underdog. Hell I say that every time we lose. I love the Orange. God it pisses me off soooo bad to lose every big game. Still though, Dooley kind of beat LSU last year. The damn officials blew it at the end of the game. They should have run off ten seconds. We all know that. And...Dooley also beat UNC in the bowl game except for more officiating BS. The NCAA changed the flippin rule because of how royally we got screwed. If we had won either of those games, especially the LSU game in Baton Rouge with Matt Sims, I think the criticism of Dooley would be significantly less.
Clay Travis made a good point this week, one that I've made to my friends several times. Some people just have bad luck. Nothing good ever happens to them. They are born under a bad sign, and they just never seem to catch a break. I am not going to blame Dooley for bad freakin' luck. I'm a grown man. I don't believe in all that hocus pokus.
I'm going to apologize in advance because I will probably be back on here Saturday night ranting and raving after another SEC loss. But as of this moment, I think Dooley is doing a good job, and I think Tennessee has a fighter's chance to upset at least one of the next four SEC teams we face. The most obvious candidate is USC with their young quarterback.
GO BIG ORANGE
I get mad, and I say stuff that's ridiculous. I want everybody fired or benched or worse. I generally overreact and cuss non-stop for a few days. Let me tell you though, rewatching that game last night didn't sicken me with disgust; it gave me hope.
There were four missed interference calls in the first half that went Georgia's way. I'm not saying the fix was in. Bad calls happen, and you have to be resilient enough to weather the storm. However, if the refs had gotten those calls right, Tennessee had an effective game plan and would have taken at least a ten point lead into the half IMO.
A bad snap was the catalyst for a series of events that led to Georgia scoring two quick touchdowns in the third quarter, and it was just too much for us to overcome with only one real threat in Darick Rogers.
Looking down the road to next year, and I tend to err on the side of pessimism, so this is out out of character for me, but... this Tennessee team is developing a lot of talent. With Bray, Hunter, Rogers, Arnette, Rivera, and Lane back next year and an emerging special teams star in Young, the future looks bright.
Also, Georgia is a good team. They had a lot to prove, and we got their A game Saturday night. Georgia should have beaten USC except for untimely turnovers. It's true UGA got *****slapped by Boise, but Boise is a legit top five team.
Everybody says that Dooley hasn't won a single game in which he's been an underdog. Hell I say that every time we lose. I love the Orange. God it pisses me off soooo bad to lose every big game. Still though, Dooley kind of beat LSU last year. The damn officials blew it at the end of the game. They should have run off ten seconds. We all know that. And...Dooley also beat UNC in the bowl game except for more officiating BS. The NCAA changed the flippin rule because of how royally we got screwed. If we had won either of those games, especially the LSU game in Baton Rouge with Matt Sims, I think the criticism of Dooley would be significantly less.
Clay Travis made a good point this week, one that I've made to my friends several times. Some people just have bad luck. Nothing good ever happens to them. They are born under a bad sign, and they just never seem to catch a break. I am not going to blame Dooley for bad freakin' luck. I'm a grown man. I don't believe in all that hocus pokus.
I'm going to apologize in advance because I will probably be back on here Saturday night ranting and raving after another SEC loss. But as of this moment, I think Dooley is doing a good job, and I think Tennessee has a fighter's chance to upset at least one of the next four SEC teams we face. The most obvious candidate is USC with their young quarterback.
GO BIG ORANGE
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