Wednesday Dawg Bites Is Still Nostalgic

Yep, this is one of those nostalgic weeks.

This comes thanks to the infinite wisdom of expanding the College Football Playoff to 24 teams. That, as is well known, means that next month’s SEC Championship will now officially be the final one.

For Georgia fans, playing in this event has become commonplace, but it was not always this way. In fact, until 2002, each December meant lots of watching other SEC rivals take their turn in the spotlight with Georgia fans left to wonder when that time would come..if ever.

For that reason, its why when you think back to the most memorable SEC title game for Georgia, 2002 outranks them all. The whole week was a Mardi Gras for Georgia fans. Thanks to Arkansas’ enthusiasm being grossly outweighed by Georgia fans, the whole scene around the Georgia Dome was a red and black party, and the result was a foregone conclusion.

Yes, there have been other sweet wins in this game for Georgia with last year’s long-awaited win against Bama and the victory a year prior against Texas. The revenge win against Auburn was satisfying, as were the separate wins against LSU, but it terms of what it meant for Georgia fans – the Arkansas win, at least from this viewpoint, will always rank at the top.

In reality, the loss of the SEC title game is a microcosm of the path being driven for college football. And aren’t you glad that teams are going to be incentivized to play marquee games? About that….

Seriously. Saying this new format is great for college football is like going back to 1996 and telling long-time race fans in Wilkes County, NC that moving races away from the Carolinas to Texas and California is a long-term win the NASCAR.

There was apparently some very riveting audio obtained the posting to video content from Glory Glory for their subscribers to view. But at the risk of getting a cease and desist, we won’t post it here, but it can likely be found on the backwebs.

Yes, Georgia is the top-ranked team as expected in the CFP Rankings. But what does that mean to this Georgia team right now? As a south Georgia baseball coach once noted, its only good ‘for toilet paper.’

For the fourth game in a row, Peyton Woodring missed a field goal at Ole Miss. But if you are looking for a lack of confidence in Georgia’s kicker, don’t ask Kirby Smart.

Go Dawgs!