2010 gt was just as bad as uga and that game was at uga with our backul qb. No way 2010 was as easy a shot as this year. Yes uga was bad. But so were we and an away game. This year its home etc etc
I agree 2009 was our other easy shot.
I'm not talking talent levels or how good our team was. We had an excellent shot in 2010 and shot ourselves in the foot repeatedly.
Opening kickoff fumbled by UGA on the 27. GT drives down to the 9 and fails to convert a 4th and 2.
UGA gets ball back, has to punt. GT again drives inside the 10 (5 yard line) and fumbles.
As a result of not scoring there and taking a few more minutes off the clock, UGA scores right before halftime to make it 21-14. If we don't kill ourselves on those 2 drives we are up 28-14 at the half (at worst 28-21) and the entire game changes.
Second half we tie it up coming out of halftime (potentially 35-21 GT now) then force a UGA fumble on the 9 yard line. We proceed to drive 15 yards, punt, UGA muffs the punt, we recover. We drive 20 more yards and fumble it right back.
UGA scores, then we get the ball back and fumble it yet again, allowing them to score a TD. At this point we are down 35-21, but it easily could have been 35 all or even a GT lead if we didn't continually shoot ourselves in the foot.
4th quarter we score, kickoff to UGA, they fumble and recover, proceed to go 3 and out. We score again, Blair misses the PAT. UGA gets the ball and fumbles AGAIN on 4th down. Rest of the game is GT 3 and out, UGA allowed to score, Tevin picked off to end game.
The number of opportunities UGA gave us to win that game will never be equaled. Ever. They fumbled like 5/6 times and we just could not capitalize. One of the most brutal displays of ineptitude I've ever witnessed.