With all due respect to this team, there was also no reason to think they would overlook Appalachian State, until they did. Let's hope that was a lesson learned. If Tennessee wants to win the East and go to Atlanta, this game is a must-win. I don't want to pin our hopes on beating Texas A&M on the road or Alabama at home. Either can happen, but neither are as probable as a win in Athens. There's no reason for UGA to win this game if Tennessee is on its game.
Agree about appy state, but so far the lesson does appear to be learned.
My opinion is that there has been continual improvement this season. On paper, the Va Tech win is more impressive than Ohio, but Ohio didn't give us 5 turnovers, and had Va Tech not done so I think we likely lose that one. Appy State was horrible. No excuses. Va Tech we started slow but took advantage of their miscues and put them away. Ohio was lackluster, but we never trialed, and it was the first game I never really felt threatened in. The recent game speaks for itself.
If what I percieve to be the week to week improvement continues, we will be fine.
Having said that, the team does need to work on getting off to a better start.
But if forced to choose, I'll take a slow start and strong finish over the opposite any day.