Kirby Smart, in a rare PR stumble.
Kirby neglects to remember some folks in ‘Dawg Nation may be still picking up pieces left behind in Helene’s wake. Also, this could be the result of scheduling a key SEC game as your Homecoming game, when folks on Greek row are busy visiting friends and holding socials this past weekend. In other words, the focus on Saturday may have been on anything and everything other than football.
I don’t go to home games often. The price point and four kids prevents me from going often, but I noticed in recent years that the game experience is little different from when I was going more routinely around 13 years ago. Maybe that’s part of the problem. Maybe it’s the fact that it’s October and instead of hints of fall we’re getting hints of planet Mercury. I watched and, yes, it was a rather pedestrian affair to behold, but it’s still Auburn and I was interested to see if they could put it together without turnovers and become the offensive machine I know they’re capable of being. Lo and behold there were no turnovers, and Georgia won by a comfortable 18 points.
Maybe it’s the comfort of being able to win without racking up style points. Maybe it’s because there’s a lack of a flashy playmaker on either side of the ball, or big plays and big scores. Maybe it’s that we’ve owned Auburn long enough to where our younger students who attend (some of them were 9 and 10 years old last time Auburn won) don’t know the joy it brings in seeing anything Orange lose to the ‘Dawgs.
Curious for your thoughts…what’s wilting the experience in Athens?
