GTg8r
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So I'm sitting here watching UF-SFKUGA from 03?
Looking "objectively" at what Richt has built in Athens, georgie is built on smoke and mirrors. Unless they have a talent advantage, Richt is going to chew up yardage and kick field goals. How else is Billy Bennett the NCAA field goal leader?
Back to my point...more than anything Georgia has built a mysticism around their program. Are they good yes, are they great no(or at least they haven't proved it, yet)
Still, They attract a signficnat following.
Are there concrete reasons why? They don't have 12 national titles, great intimidating traditions(what's the difference between UGA and Bully or Eli Yale).
I'm sitting in North Central Florida and the only thing I can point to is that Georgia markets itself so well to the media. The 2002 SEC championship was won against one of the weakest opponents in the games history. Last year, they go to Atl, because the AD's chickened out and didn't reward the SEC head to head...they relied on a flawed BCS formula.
I can only point to the Road win streak that Richt has developed, and the sheer amount of good recruits in the state.
So what is georgia's attraction to the average sports fan, other then thats whom you read about in every newspaper.
It just seems that georgia mostly outmarkets us to attract fans, yet we're the ones offering multi-game packages...
I'm just pondering...
Looking "objectively" at what Richt has built in Athens, georgie is built on smoke and mirrors. Unless they have a talent advantage, Richt is going to chew up yardage and kick field goals. How else is Billy Bennett the NCAA field goal leader?
Back to my point...more than anything Georgia has built a mysticism around their program. Are they good yes, are they great no(or at least they haven't proved it, yet)
Still, They attract a signficnat following.
Are there concrete reasons why? They don't have 12 national titles, great intimidating traditions(what's the difference between UGA and Bully or Eli Yale).
I'm sitting in North Central Florida and the only thing I can point to is that Georgia markets itself so well to the media. The 2002 SEC championship was won against one of the weakest opponents in the games history. Last year, they go to Atl, because the AD's chickened out and didn't reward the SEC head to head...they relied on a flawed BCS formula.
I can only point to the Road win streak that Richt has developed, and the sheer amount of good recruits in the state.
So what is georgia's attraction to the average sports fan, other then thats whom you read about in every newspaper.
It just seems that georgia mostly outmarkets us to attract fans, yet we're the ones offering multi-game packages...
I'm just pondering...