I only root for uga when they play the other red team. I've never bought into, "We beat team A (or played them close), Team A beat Team B, so we should beat Team B." I just hope we keep improving. Also, it just feels like we've been bad for the past 14 years, it's not really the case.
I agree. It's actually statisitcally provable that "Team A beat Team B and Team B beat Team C so therefore Team A beats Team C" is not true. I have seen blogs on this subject as well as making my own observations over the years.
I am basing my opinion on Mizzou and USC on the entire season. It's just that going into the game today, my working theory was that Uga is better than Mizzou even without Gurley. I didn't expect the thrashing, but certainly if one team wins in a blowout, I want it to be the one we have already played!
So....whole season. Not only has Mizzou lost at home to Indiana, they just got blown out by a team we almost beat that was sans their best player. AT HOME.
You are correct that it takes more than one game to judge...it's just that this game fits well with the other evidence.