At What Point Should Fans of the Georgia Bulldogs Resume Hope?
by T Kyle King on Apr 16, 2010 4:30 PM EDT
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PrintI know you noticed that Trey Thompkins announced he’s staying and Christian Conley committed to the ‘Dawgs, but did you notice that Georgia athletes could claim a share of the SEC title in men’s tennis this weekend, are competing in the SEC Beach Volleyball Championship, won the College Bass East Super Regional (hat tip: David Hale), have advanced to the semifinals of the Varsity Equestrian National Championships, improved to 33-8 in softball with a sweep of Mississippi State, and are in the running for SEC championships in men’s and women’s golf?
These are favorable signs, but Bulldog fans must be wary of anything that might cause us to slip into a positive mental attitude. What we perceive as the light at the end of the tunnel may, in fact, be the headlamp of an oncoming train. Sometimes, even asking whether matters might be getting better presents a temptation to Fate that guarantees we are just hours away from epic disaster of historic proportions. It is better to treat any hope-inducing indicators simply as part of our 13-second daily allotment of happiness.
At what point, though, must a string of encouraging occurrences be taken as cause for hope rather than further evidence of impending doom as whatever cruel destiny has befallen us sets us up for further crushing disappointment? Please enjoy the music of Great White while casting your vote in the poll below.
Go ‘Dawgs!
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All those small things are nice
But my criterion for serious forward progress is going into Jax with a chance to wrap up the East. Hoping to actually beat Florida is the kind of sunny, gooey optimism that we aren’t quite ready for yet. But at least having the opportunity to punch a ticket to Atlanta at the end of October is what it’s going to take to convince me.
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UGA athletics are doing well on most fronts - basketball and baseball being the exceptions
If we had a returning starter at QB – we would be very confident about the football program right now. We are obviously doing well in many sports – just not the ones that garnish much attention.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
well on most fronts?
Not well enough. I tend toward the optimistic, but our gymnastics squad failed to advance to the NCAA championships, I believe for the first time since 1983. Our men’s tennis team has a losing record against top-25 teams, including the first home losses since 2005 and a home loss to Ohio State. Granted, there’s no shame in dropping a match or two (or four?) agains the best teams in the country, but this is UGA tennis, dammit. Tennis and gymnastics are, arguably (perhaps undeniably), our two strongest sports, and this hasn’t been a good year for either.
i am willing to give a pass on Gymnastics this year
they just ended an amazing dynasty and have a new coach. There was no way for that to continue at that level for that long.
My intent was the Athletic Department is not at some type of upheavel level. Several strong sports for us have simutanously fallen far from what we are used too. Sucking at basketball really shouldnt be a surprise really – its just that we have hope for once.
We have done so well in so many areas that most people dont follow that when all of these amazing runs come to a natural end – it looks like the sky is falling. I am very happy about the football program. I fully expect all other areas to improve in the upcoming years. I am surprised about the baseball program.
Again – the sky is not falling. Its just a new start in many areas. When our Defense shuts down SC in week 2, the sky will look much brighter.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
While I'm at it ...
I left out men’s golf. If I’m not mistaken, our 27 SEC championships is more than any other SEC program in any sport except Kentucky basketball. Right now, we’re ranked, I think, 14th nationally. Through yesterday’s first round in the conference tournament, we’re in second place, five strokes behind the Razorbacks. But I’m not going to hold my breath.
They really aren't
Georgia is currently 31st in the Director’s Cup standings, which is an aggregate of how well a school is doing in all sports. Until recently, we’ve been a regular in the top five, top ten at worst.
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