I apologize, half-heartedly, about the thread title. My thought was, yea this'll get a rise, and then hopefully folks will see how ridiculous the title is in light of the subject matter.
Let's be real. This announcement today was a show by UGA, Kirby and its players. The facts? Four marginal NFL talents got on a stage, presumably because their egos have been barked up ever since their 4 and 5 star labels in HS, and sought attention/felt it was warranted to hold a press conference to state their intentions to return. It was a failed spectacle in an attempt to energize the fan base.
Don't forget, these are the 4 and 5 star talents that made up the dawgs "bare cupboard", that in turn lost to a bunch of 2 and 3 star players at GT. And we're not their rival. Let's be very clear about that, despite the now outward anxiety in the fan base, there is still an absurd amount of rationalization about their place in college football and an undeserved sense of entitlement across the program.
On the other end of the spectrum, here's 2* Clinton Lynch (and 3* Qua Searcy, 3* Pat Gamble, 2* PJ Davis, etc.) who went toe to toe with greatest talent since sliced bread, because SEC, measurables and speeeeed. 5* Lorenzo Carter, a HS teammate of Clinton Lynch, made an announcement today. In it he implied, along with Chubb and the others, that his decision to come back is at least partially driven by the desire to hopefully get to .500 against GT for his career. Think about that.
I'm not getting ahead of myself about next year. Realistically COFH will be another 50/50 shot as it's been for most of its recent history. For now, we run this state. And our guys have done more than win 2 of 3 against the mutts. The greatest outcome in my mind and in my life is that our guys have re-instilled fear and anger across the entire dawg program and fan base.
With that I am going to tweak and troll away. And when the dawgs hold press conferences that are more in line with a comedy routine, and one that juxtaposes against everything GT stands for, they are going to get called out. I don't expect everyone to agree with it, but for the next 11+ months I'm going to take advantage of the opportunities when they're served on a silver britches platter.
