How Will Georgia Handle This No. 1 "Mess"?

I'll start by saying that I completely agree with PWD at Georgia Sports Blog.

Plain and simple, an undefeated season is pretty much ruled improbable.  It's the SEC, and especially in this day and age, anything can happen.  We saw it last year with App State.  They shocked the world.

Georgia could shock the world just as much by going undefeated.

I say that because our schedule just plain sucks.  Just when you thought playing Florida, Tennessee, Steve Spurrier, and Georgia Tech every year wasn't enough, you've got to slap on a trip out to Arizona State, a meeting with a revamped Alabama, a trip to the Plains, and a descent onto Bourbon Rouge.

Tack on a Central Michigan squad led by a poor-man's Tim Tebow in Dan LeFevour, and you've got arguably the hardest schedule in the country.

All doubts aside, this team has the potential to do it.

If Matthew Stafford can respond to all the hype, if Knowshon Moreno and Caleb King can form a thunder and lightning-type tandem, if the receivers can respond to all the doubt, if A.J. Green and/or Tavarres King make an impact beyond expectations, if the defense continues to grow with a great combination of speed, athleticism, and power, and if Mark Richt leads the team like we all know and believe he can, it can work.  It can happen.

From here on out, however, all those aforementioned scenarios have to play out to perfection.  The question has moved from the potential to the will of this team.

We know the talent is there.  It just has to blend together methodically and thoroughly.  Mohamed Massaquoi, Matthew Stafford, and Asher Allen are three guys among a handful that I have faith in for leadership both on and off the field.

13-0 sounds mighty nice—almost too mighty.  If this team can finish 12-1, it shouldn't have any problems getting a spot in Miami.

I'm optimistic for 12-1.  I'd be disappointed with 11-2 or 10-2, so there is a fine line where my expectations are drawn.  I don't see a repeat of LSU happening for Georgia, especially with the influence of media darlings these days, which I feel we are not a part of.

It's time for the boys to let their play do the talking.  Give 'em hell, you sons of bitches.

Go Dawgs!