Let's just say that we don't have the six turnovers, and they have a few more, and it either goes right down to the wire or we win, and maybe we even win by two TDs.
Well...we would still be the same team with the same issues, but just not have played so careless and sloppy. And I get that wins build confidence and the kids buy in, making it easier to win in the future, but psychology aside, here is something that occurred to me.
At least now I have seen how truly bad it can be when the "wheels come off", and we not only have a really below average to bad team but also everything that possibly could goes wrong.
Thus I have no illusions going forward. what happened against Florida was just about as bad as it could possibly be.
Therefore I have no false hope or overly orange glasses going forward. This team remains where it was at the end of last season. At the rock bottom of as bad as Tennessee has ever been.
So from here on out, the chances of improving are incredibly good. We already shat the bed about as bad as it could be shat.
Odds are....good....that we will play much better from now on, final score aside. I mean uga may well blow us out by 50 but we still play better than against UF. Thats HOW BAD it was against Florida.
But odds are....good....that if we play a lot better against uga...say we don't turn the ball over at all and avoid stupid false start penalties (Drew Richmond I am looking at you!), we actually will keep it relatively close. It's like maybe all the "bad game" toxin is out of the system, they can just relax and play loose and try to have fun cause they really truly have nothing left to lose at this point, and just do and look a lot better.
Notice that I am not predicting we will, or even overly stating how likely it might be. That's because due to the beatdown I am looking through things in non-orange shades now, and staying realistic.
I know this is long and rambling even for me, but let me sum it up: Having played about as badly as they could against UF, all the pressure is off. Expectations are zero, they might as well play loose and if they do good things might....just might....happen.