Happy Saturday, scamps. Here we are again, pining for Georgia football in the quiet times of February, so we’re going to run with another mystery game from days gone by. I’ll give a broad and vague set up of the game, and you do your best to guess which game we’re referring to.
Ready…here we go (note: the image is not a hint, but it’s kind of close).
Folks, I gotta be honest I’m not feeling good about this one at all. This should be a more celebrated game and we’re here in hostile territory, but given the forty point walloping we just took in our last game, and that our opponent still has the SEC Championship game in their sights, I’m not confident about this one at all. It’s our head coach’s first taste of a game in this series, and it isn’t for the weak. Given what just happened to us two weeks ago, we’re going to need to toughen up for this one, and quick.
Our starting quarterback has struggled so we’re going with the backup, and even our starting running back is being replaced because of a bad case of fumblitis. On the other side of the ball, they’ve got a great, agile quarterback who can do great things with his arms and his feet. They’re tough as nails on both sides of the ball, as they always seem to be, but let’s face it, in this series, anything goes. We’ve had some strange times over here and have seen stranger things happen, but we come in to this game a ten-point underdog and we haven’t beaten a team with a viable pulse all season long.
And to make it worse, if this turns out to be another bloodletting like we had last game, it’s there for everyone to see on CBS. in primetime. We could be in for a long, long game. Let’s just hope it’s a long one that ends in the good guys’ favor.
Take your best guess in the comments, gang.
Overtime at the barn?
1996 Auburn
Feels like 1996 at the barn. My recollection is that Bobo was the entrenched starter all year. Was Brian Smith given a shot while Bobo was recovering from the broken leg from 1995? Am I forgetting someone?
I blame bobo for this one. Auburn sucks and ………I like trucks.
Remember bobo took the sack with no timeouts but the auburn DT picked the ball up to celebrate resulting in a delay of game penalty. Clock stopped for one more play. Bobo can be awesome but he always has a bag full of awful plays that tend to come out at critical moments.
To be honest. I am not pinning for college football. It is February, courts are awarding seniors 6, 7 and 8th years of eligibility, NBA players are somehow returning to play college hoops even though the conference commissioner disapproves, and college baseball and lacrosse just began. Some time way from college football is needed…we are on a break.
https://youtu.be/5oHG-nWE2k0?si=qYny4N-0LVmfLEV5
1996 game vs. All-barn. First OT game in SEC history and on a personal note a very fond memory as it was the first game I ever watched wire to wire with my then 1st grader. Also one of Munson’s all-time best calls. A bright spot in a dismal time for Dawg fans!
The Dawgs’ wilderness years. Not a great time. Glen Mason dumped us (which turned out to be a blessing in disguise) and Donnan had a rough first year. Not so fun fact: From 1993 through 1996, UGA was 22-22-1.
Anyway, beating Auburn in multiple OTs was as fun as it was unexpected.