The Georgia Season, The Mid-Point Report Card

Halfway into the season, one in which we had many questions. Well, we don't have many answers to date. I'm not going to cover stats, just my observations. SEC: 2-2 Overall: 3-3 To grade it out, I say a 'C+'. The plus is only because of a few great players and plays. I know many will say that it's the coaches, the players, or too touch a schedule. But look at it from the eyes of someone not at Georgia. Someone that is not a Georgia Fan. That is truly the only way we can judge or rank our team. If we let heart influence the mind, then we tend to miss the hairy mole on the end of the nose.

Let us look at what we do know about our team:

The Good

• AJ Green is everything we knew he could be and then some. Glad we get him for at least one more year.
• Drew Butler has been one of the bright spots. Leads the nation in punting with near 50 yard average. Just wish we could capitalize on that field position.
• Blair Walsh seems to be one of the few consistent scoring methods. One more 50+ yard FG ties Rex Robinson and others for second place.
• Promising young talent, From Brandon Boykin (2 100+ yard KO Returns), Orsen Charles, AJ Green, Bacarri Rambo (Great name BTW) and Washaun Ealey to name a few.

The Not so Good

• Play calling on all three sides of the ball have been questionable to say the least.
• We don't have an answer at RB. We have seen glimpses of a great runner, but nothing that gives us a go to guy.
• At QB, we have had great games with 5 TD passes, then we have the game with nearly that in interceptions and turnovers. Joe Cox was to be the guy to guide the ship, but the ship is slowly sinking.
• Coach Richt is adament about not kicking deep. He's afraid we can't cover it. Although many other teams don't have that issue.
• Special Teams coverage has been like watching a train wreck. It all goes back to fundamentals. Tackle, tackle, tackle.
• We have been reminded that we can't cover the screen pass or stop an option. This doesn't bode well for our up coming games.
• We have a TE, or at least he is on the roster. Couldn't tell by the number of times he touches the ball. Is this play calling?

So where do we go from here. With six games left on our schedule, with a few that look real ugly. Such as Florida, Auburn and Georgia Tech to name a few. With our final six games, I laid out what I hope for (Don't think we'll go 6-0 no matter how hard I try to convince myself) and what I expect. So I came up with 8-4 and 6-6. Leave a comment on what the last 6 games look like for you, Do we go 3-3, 4-2, your call.

Date	Team	Location	Hopeful Outcome	Predicted Outcome
10/17/09	Vandy	Nashville	Win	Win
10/24/09	Open	-	-	-
10/31/09	Florida	Jacksonville	Loss	Loss
11/07/09	Tennessee Tech	Athens	Win	Win
11/14/09	Auburn	Athens	Win	Loss
11/21/09	Kentucky	Athens	Win	Win
11/28/09	Georgia Tech	Atlanta	Win	loss
		Totals	5 Wins	3 Wins

I'm not an expert, but I know what I see. So what I would like to see. Ideally we gather ranks and go on a nice winning streak. Four or five wins out of six would make a lot of folks happy. Downside is that it may mask what is wrong, again. In the past years the same schemes and actions have been masked by highly talented upperclassman, that could overcome poor play calling and execution by others. It's season's like these that we find out who we are, not from a player perspective, but from a coaching perspective.

There have been lesser talented teams across the nation that have good coaches and they seem to win or at least show that they can become highly ranked in regards to defense or offense. For example:

• DC Dick Bumpas at TCU - Ranked 17th
• DC Joe Tresey at USF - Ranked 5th
• DC Justin Wilcox at Boise St - Ranked 13th

So from this few I showed above, these teams don't play the greatest schedules, but they do play BSC teams and in looking at the teams listed, I find it hard to believe that they have more talent than Georgia.

I'm writing this, still a bit upset after back to back losses. One we should have won against LSU and one that we were run out of the building, yet we should have won only because I feel we have a better team with more talent. I actually started after the LSU game, hoping to a turnaround against the Vols. I have applied some edits, removed some harsh words and tried to play it down the middle, as hard as that is, I still thought I tended to play the down card.

Here's hoping that the next six games are an improvement, otherwise it will be a LONG few weeks and a LONGER offseason.

What's your grade for the season?