Thank God for the Bye Week

I couldn’t watch the entire game Saturday. I caught bits and pieces, checked the score multiple times and shrugged. It’s a sad day when you’re just not surprised anymore that the Dawgs are losing. It’s a depressing day when you’re just not surprised anymore that the Dawgs are losing to Vandy. Ugh.

I’m all about optimism and positive thinking, so if I’m disheartened when thinking about the rest of the season, I can only imagine that Larry Munson is about ready to jump off a cliff.

I read two great recaps earlier today that you should definitely check out. One theme from both is the fact that we were lucky as hell to have escaped this one with a win.

First, read Kit’s. Truer words were never spoken:

“We are not where we need to be to win any more games this season. It’s time for us to discover whether or not we’re going to be a team that wins one game for the rest of the season, or wins them all. Honestly, if we pull it together and play to our talent level, we’re 10-2. If we are the same team that we’ve seen over the past 3 games, then we’re 6-6.”

Then read Senator Blutarsky’s as well. Here’s the best line, imo:

“Don’t get me wrong, a win’s a win and all. But last night showed that there are still some serious structural problems with this team. Without the turnovers and Bobby Johnson’s inexplicable decision to throw out most of his team’s offensive playbook for the second half, we are most likely sitting here this morning shaking our heads (or worse) over the first Georgia team to lose back to back games to Vanderbilt in fifty years.”

Yeah, that last part nearly made me throw up. If not for Vandy’s mistakes I imagine it would be anarchy outside Damon Evans’ office today, with Dink NeSmith leading the revolt.

 

Continuing the trend of sad news from Saturday, Kregg Lumpkin may be out for the rest of the season. Seriously, that is a cruel twist of fate. He has always been one of my favorite players, for a variety of reasons, but mostly because he’s a warrior. He doesn’t complain about his carries, or lack thereof. He just works hard and personifies what a true team player should be. I think everyone has seen the clip of Kregg pulling his jacket over his face while ESPN was trying to get a close up after he was sidelined. Honestly, I can’t look at it without trearing up. I just hope he’s back in time for the bowl…if we make it to a bowl that is.

  

  

   

This morning as I checked out Dogbytes and saw a story on Brandon Coutu. I remember feeling so bad for him when he missed that last second field goal at Bama. So I was really jazzed when he nailed it Saturday in Nashville, especially because he’s said in several interviews how he’s always dreamed of making a game winning kick. But again fate dealt another cold turn to a bulldog. After one of his best moments as a Dawg, Coutu comes home to find his house had been burglarized. The place was apparently ransacked & some expensive possessions were stolen, including gifts from the SEC Championship and bowl games. At least his SECC ring wasn’t taken though. Hopefully the ACC Cops will find the bastards that broke into his home, that is if they’re not too busy busting students on scooters throughout campus.                                                             

  

  

So that’s it for Vandy. Thank God we have a bye week to regroup and get ready for the WLOCP. Speaking of which, Bill your information sucked. Kickoff is at 3:30 and will be on CBS as usual. Unfortunately for me, I’ll be at home studying for midterms just like last year. Truth be told, I’m not sure there’s enough Gin in the god-forsaken state of Florida to numb the pain of the inevitable ass-kicking we’re gonna receive. Unless we can completely do a 180 like UT did before playing us last week. Stranger things have happened I guess. 

Go Dawgs!

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