Keeping the faith in everything DAWG

Finally football season is just a few days away! Now that we are getting close I find myself in multiple conversations everyday about the upcoming season. I truly believe that 2009 will be a good year for the dogs. I continue to hear and read bad things about the football team, what we are missing, we lost this guy, Willie Martinez can't get it done, etc. I just can't see why we are a bad team now? There were huge expectations for the dogs last year and we didn't make it happen. In 2003 we lost to LSU in the SEC Championship, so in 2004 of course there were huge expectations again. We didn't get it done and that's when the transformation happened. We lost a helluva squad after the 2004 season...

Squad - David Greene, David Pollack, Odell Thurman, Thomas Davis, Reggie Brown, & Fred Gibson.

After losing our "superstars" the dogs marched on to the field in September of 05' and began a SEC title run. None of the "experts" thought we could reload and play well with an unproven QB. The 2005 Georgia football team believed in DJ Shockley, the same way this 2009 team believes in Joe Cox. To catapult the 2005 season we started out with a tough Boise State team that the "experts" thought would have an explosive offense - they scored 13 points that day. Behind our "unproven" QB the dogs fired out 48 points between the hedges. I am keeping the faith this year, I thought we could do it last year, and the years before - I will always believe.

As I did some research on the 2005 team I discovered that the 2009 team has some key pieces that experienced that Championship. Wide Receiver Brian McClendon was on that team - he is now the running back coach. Our freshman quarterback learning from the side lines - Joe Cox. We also had another freshman on that team that started - Jeff Owens. This video from Noops Dawg fits well for the message.

Read about Georgia's return to the basics and what pressure Richt could be feeling from Meyer on this piece by Weiszer.

Just how good are Charles and Lynch?

The "experts" are saying that the Big 12 is the strongest conference this year. UGA vs Ok State will only add fuel to the fire.

Dogs begin preparation to stop the cowboys in season opener.

Breakdown by position - QB - WR/TE - RB - LB - D-Line - O-Line

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