Georgia Bulldogs will win, and win big over Tennessee
By Beau Bock
I’m a fan of Butch Jones’ coaching style… I admire his intensity and his Vols seem to have bought in.
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Having said that, look for us to reopen the eyes of the College Football Playoff Selection Committee after the ‘Cocks removed the Georgia Bulldogs, temporarily, from their Top 4 ‘Holy of Holies’.
Winning over a team like Tennessee, who has not yet made any national noise, will not necessarily put a feather in Georgia’s cap, but the manner in which they prevail, will!
Tennessee is just too young, all over their roster. New offensive and defensive lines with their OL too complacent and still trying to shed their baby-fat, While the Dawgs defensive line should be reminiscent of the ‘Fearsome Foursome’.
The Vols have pedestrian pigskin-toters, with the wide receiver screen serving as their running game. When they do hand the ball off, everything is to the edge. They’re not burley enough to run up the gut.
In the aerial game, their quarterback is too inconsistent, and considering the UGA crowd and magnitude of the game (after all, it still is Tennessee-Georgia), he should be battling the quivering sphincter factor all afternoon. Thank God, ‘Rocky Top’ should be a rare hillbilly interlude, Amen.
The Tennessee backs and return people have no speed. In sum, it is safe to say, Tennessee is rebuilding, not reloading. Remember, this is the Vols second season in succession with 36 freshmen on the travel squad. Looking down the road, Georgia Tech will have better personnel than what Tennessee will get off the bus with tomorrow (OMG!).
It’s not all doom and gloom for the Vols, though. They do have one receiver who will play on Sunday – so, here is the key matchup in a nutshell; one wide receiver versus the Bulldog Nation.
Tennessee will emerge feisty, holding up fingers for each quarter, and generating all that boola-boola nonsense until the bell tolls four times (Gurley, Michel, Chubb and Douglas). Normally, we’d gong ‘em five times, but Marshall’s taking a day off to heal.
Go to your Tennessee co-workers, they’re the ones chewin’ on straw and wearing overalls, and spot ‘em 21. As we pass that mark in the 4th quarter, ‘Rocky Top’ will begin to sound like ‘The Tennessee Waltz’ (Now, that’s better; not much, but better..!)
Go buy Loran Smith’s new tailgating recipe book and give it to the little woman; Saturday will be a day for food, toddies and general revelry and mayhem!