1. Tennessee Tech plays at least one Division I-A opponent per year. This year, they played two, and Georgia was the second one. Their head coach, Watson Brown, was a Division I-A head coach for over fifteen years. They’re unlikely to get rattled, particularly when facing the plain vanilla schemes we broke out against them.

2. The bulk of those penalties came in the second half. I recall being impressed when the halftime stats flashed up on the scoreboard showed only four penalties against the Red and Black. Most of those eleven flags were thrown against inexperienced backups. The first team did just fine with penalties.

1. “Played better” is not synonymous with “more talented.” We’re significantly more talented, but our defense isn’t better coached. Fire Willie Martinez.

2. Although it’s been obscured by the Bulldogs’ uniforms, Florida broke out the blue pants in Jacksonville. The Gators treated their game against Georgia as a big deal and treated their game against Vanderbilt as no big deal. They’ve done that for years; in the 1990s, Florida routinely beat Georgia by wider margins than the Commodores.

I was actually pretty impressed with how full the stadium was under the circumstances. Tennessee Tech brought no fans—-the visitors were confined to that small sliver in the northern corner of the west end zone—-but the student section was full and the only noticeable empty patches were in the north upper deck, where the visitors usually sit. All things considered, it was a pretty good turnout. It wasn’t a loud or enthusiastic crowd by any means, but folks were there in much better numbers than I expected. I was pretty proud of us as a fan base after expecting a much emptier house.