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[thekimmer]

Very satisfying win yesterday. Imposed our will against a top 10 team on the road. Very UConnesque if I may coin a term. If we can continue to play like that I don't see anyone beating us.

The UGA win on the road is looking better and better by the week although the faux dogs have only beaten one ranked team and have not yet faced Mizz, USC, or UT.

Will be #2 this week and I would hope start garnering some first place votes.

We need to stay focused this week vs a couple of outmatched opponents then get ready to take it to Mizz in columbia and then stomp a mud hole in USC at the hump.

 

[Cooterpoot]

Projections today show we're the 1 seed opposite UConn. We've beaten a 2 seed OR, 3 seed TN, 4 seed UGA, 6 seed GB, 7 seed OSU, 8 seed VA, 8 seed ASU, 10 seed SYR, 10 seed LSU, & 15 seed ALR. Hell, I may have missed one, but either way, we've played a good schedule and we're destroying these teams.

 

[patdog]

The key to getting on the opposite side from UConn is to be the #2 or #3 overall seed. Right now, we're the clear #2. It would take 2 losses, maybe even 3, to drop us to #4.

 

[klong-dog]

Yesterday's W really impressed me. I had doubts picking up a win @UT especially coming off a tough loss. Plus going back to last year and how they had their way @ the Hump against us on senior day. Defense was tenacious yesterday and Blair, VV, RoJo were great. Big T was big at times and everyone was solid. Very impressed.

 

[patdog]

Yesterday's W really impressed me.

Me too. I've thought this game was probably going to be the toughest game of the regular season and we won it going away.

 

[coach66]

I honestly thought we would get ambushed up there but we never lost our

composure and never took our foot off the gas which is what it takes. We have some other teams that might want to try the "never take your foot off the gas" mantra.

 

[DudyDog]

#1, I was worried about the refs going into the game yesterday. At times, Tenn. and fouls reminds me of the Patriots and penalties. They don't seem to go together.
#2, I was worried about a solid Tenn. team playing at home on Pat Summitt day.
#3, I was worried about Tenn. being more focused than usual after dominating their last game, then limping to the finish line in that game.

We overcame all of that and dominated all but about 5-6 minutes of the game. This team, along with just being talented, is mentally tough. A team that is not mentally tough to withstand the adversity that they will face in a long season and demanding tourney, will never make it to the top of the mountain. This team has it all; talent, physical toughness, and mental toughness. You think about it....if we could have pulled off that last one last year, we'd be challenging for back to back national championships. That my friends, is pretty strong. Still a long way to go, but I like where we're headed. Our focus will be challenged these next few weeks. We can't overlook these next two to get to Mizzou, and we definitely have to be focused on Mizzou and not look past them to Carolina. Then, once we get past Carolina, we'll have to stay focused on the one after that. A non focused team can easily get tripped up through that stretch. I don't see a non focused coach however, which will bleed over to his players. Hail State.

 

[tired]

I wasn't worried. I thought we'd win by at least 10. We are the best team in the country when we are playing at our best. You guys need to get used to that & quit with the worrying. If the refs don't get us, we'll wax SC's ***.

One thing that concerns me a tad bit, is when we play Uconn, the revenge factor. Vic will have them ready though.

 

[BiscuitEater]

The UGA win on the road is looking better and better by the week although the faux dogs have only beaten one ranked team and have not yet faced Mizz, USC, or UT.

First things first. Vic has the team focused on winning the next SEC game .. to get to their FIRST EVER SECC and SECT.

This post got me to look at the remaining SEC schedule going forward. With 6 of 16 played, MSU (6-0) is in 1st by a single game over UGA (5-1) and Mizzouri (5-1). MSU owns the TB over UGA and plays #11 Mizzouri on 1 Feb.

I ranked the contending SEC teams based on current SEC records (MSU @ 6-0 = #1; Vandy and Auburn @ 1-6 =13) and with 10 remaining games, MSU has the 'easiest' remaining sched (8.80) playing UF twice, OM, UK, and Vandy, etc. Toughest remaining games are back-to-back games .. @Missouri and USCe in the Hump.

But, Georgia's schedule is not much harder than MSU. They have Vandy, Auburn and OM twice. Toughest tests remaining are Missouri, UT, & USCe.

USCe (5-2) has the toughest remaining schedule even though they have already played 7 SEC games. They still have to play Missouri & MSU (back-to-back) and Georgia.

1	Mississippi State	6-0	8.80
2	Georgia	5-1	8.20
2	Missouri	5-1	7.20
4	South Carolina	5-2	5.78
5	Tennessee	4-2	6.80
5	Texas A&M	4-2	7.30
5	LSU	4-2	7.30

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[She Mate Me]

USCe (5-2) has the toughest remaining schedule even though they have already played 7 SEC games. They still have to play Missouri & MSU (back-to-back) and Georgia.

USCe also closes the season @ UT and plays a pretty good UConn team** in the midst of all that. On top of the fact that we are really really good, this schedule has laid out beautifully. I don't like playing @ Mizzou and USCe back to back, but then realized SC is playing Mizzou and UConn leading up to us and Mizzou is playing @UGA and @USCe right before our game.

We also only play the other top 5 SEC teams once each this year. It couldn't be laid out more perfectly for us to win the league. Honestly, with this team, it lays out as a schedule you can finish 30-0 against at this point. That would be a really great accomplishment. @Mizzou is the key. Win that one and I think we have it locked up because even if we slip up vs USCe, I think 1 loss wins it outright and I don't think we lose to TAMU at home. We won't lose to anybody else on our schedule.

Mizzou is good, but we're 10+ points better than them most nights. Just gotta hope that game qualifies as most nights.