Congrats to the 2009 SEC East Champions

And What’s with Georgia?

With a little help from our good friend Lane Kiffin, Florida is the 2009 SEC East Champion. Pencil in your trip to Atlanta.

As for the win that put us there, I’m really starting to wonder if Georgia hasn’t entered the realm of unhealthy obsession of all things Florida. How in the world does it make sense in a season that you are 4-3 to break with a hundred plus year tradition and wear black helmets for the first time? Against a team you are solid double digit underdogs, at that. I thought the black helmets looked very cool, but now they are just a further symbol of Georgia’s futility against Florida. Why not save that for a better year in a game that, you know, mattered?

Moreover what’s with the ridiculous celebration on a TD play that drew Georgia within 4 points at 14-10 early in the second quarter? There was still plenty of game to play, and the Dawgs weren’t even winning. About the celebration Ryan Stamper said "That's a bunch of fake juice, coaches trying to get their players going because it was a pretty close game" And he was exactly right, it looked and felt fake. Not to mention embarrassing.

This was simply an "in-between" year for Georgia, and all good programs have them. There will be years when we are down and Georgia is up, but I’m starting to wonder if our psychological edge is moving towards permanent.