Please stop referencing or basing anything we've done, will do, might do...off the Samford game. Defensively, we held them to 7 points and 238 total yards. Offensively, we were without 2 of our best weapons and played as conservative a game as I've ever seen....in a pouring rain. And yes, it rained from the opening kickoff to the 4th quarter. It was a let's just get through it, senior night win.
Everything that's been going wrong for this team the past few weeks is simply a matter of focus. Concentration. Fumbles, dropped passes and penalties have nothing to do with talent. It's all about focus on every play. Granted, we don't match up well with the wide open, spread clubs that fling it around. We're not playing that type of team Saturday night. I've seen people say Georgia ran roughshod over Auburn. Yeah, they got theirs. But not like USCe or A&M. They got theirs because all those lapses in concentration....dropped passes, roughing penalties, muffed punts...meant our offense never got in sync.
The bottom line for me is I'm not going into this game feeling like we're going to automatically continue that trend. I'm going to expect every player on this team to pop a 5 hour energy every single play. I'm expecting Gus to come in with a nothing-to-lose attitude and open up everything he's got. I'm expecting Nick Marshall to give a big fuck you to all the naysayers and put this team on his back. Whether he's pro QB material or not, I'm expecting him to believe he is and want to make a statement Saturday night.
I'm expecting 35-30 no matter who wins. I'm expecting jmar to call his friend back and tell him to shove it up his bammer ass.