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Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Sugar loss didn’t ruin the season
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It really gripes me to read, as I did in the sports section last week, a reference to Georgia’s season having “gone sour” as if the 2005 Bulldogs somehow should be branded a failure because of their Sugar Bowl loss.
OK, they lost their bowl game. But it was a BCS bowl.
And they still won the SEC championship for the second time in four years. And they won 10 games for the fourth season in a row. And they still finished in the Top 10!
If this is how you define a “sour” season, then I shudder to think how next season is likely to be branded.
Of course, you’ll recall that before the season the sportswriters covering the SEC had labeled 2005 a “rebuilding” year for the Dawgs, which really made no sense at all. Yeah, we’d lost a few high-profile players from the year before, but the bulk of the starters were in place already, and the “new” quarterback had quite a bit of experience under his belt.
You want to see a “rebuilding” year, check out NEXT season’s Georgia team. The Dawgs are losing a dozen starters, including six on offense and six on defense. Both lines and the secondary will have green players. And whoever ends up as our starter at quarterback will have very little (or possibly no) prior game experience.
Unless the Dawgs catch some breaks next season, it could make 2005 look like a cakewalk.
