At this point, who cares? As long as the people who matter understand what happened (SEC, UGA, our fans), I don’t really care anymore.

UGA cannot win in this situation for a couple of reasons:

First, it’s Vandy, so the ‘Dores are going to get most of the national support merely because they are a perennial doormat of the SEC. A lot of people feel that top teams should view Vandy as a mere gnat and not respond to them, for, once again, they are Vandy. UGA players shouldn’t be taunting Vandy players, and UGA coaches should not yell at Vandy coaches, since, apparently, Vandy is beneath us and can do no wrong. (I don’t agree, but some people do.)

If UGA were playing Alabama and this exact scenario happened, things would be different…

Second, Richt can’t win in this scenario at all. Richt keeping his calm and cool is, oddly enough, exactly what people are saying Grantham should have done; however, many view his demeanor and listen to his comments and equate this with agreement with Franklin. Richt was merely trying to let Franklin, the instigator, mouth off and let off steam. Richt didn’t know all the facts, so he let Franklin vent and walked off the field to deal with it as he saw fit. What’s wrong with that? Just because Richt didn’t fly off the handle in support of Grantham, Williams, or anyone else doesn’t mean Richt thinks what Grantham did was terrible and/or expected.

But had Richt flown off the handle…

See my first reason above…it’s Vandy. Had Richt become irate and incensed, he would have been lambasted for the same reasons Grantham is. Plus, what good comes out of Richt sticking up for Grantham at that point? Nothing, for, as we all know, Franklin was trying to push buttons to make a statement that Vandy won’t back down from anyone, and a confrontation between Richt and Franklin would only have escalated into something worse. Thus, Richt did all that he could to calm everyone down…and he’s getting raked over the coals for it.

Beat Florida, and no one will talk about the Vandy game anymore…