We Should be happy, right?

Before the season I asked if anything short of the Outback Bowl was acceptable, and now that 2011 has played out, the Dawgs are Outback Bowl bound. We should be happy, right?

Aaron Murray and Orson Charles get a homecoming of sorts, and Georgia is back in a January Bowl after two straight late December snore-fest bowls. I guess folks in the Bulldog Nation should be pleased considering the bleakness that was the 0-2 start.

Still though, something feels off. The Outback Bowl is kind of a been-there-done-that situation isn’t it? I was holding out hope that the CapitalOne Bowl would take Arkansas, and the Dawgs would head west to the Cotton Bowl. That would have been fun and a new adventure. The CapitalOne Bowl would have been fun too against Nebraska. The Outback Bowl is against Michigan State. Didn’t Georgia JUST play Sparty in a bowl? Seems like it.

Don’t get me wrong, Georgia got to a fine bowl game but maybe if Tavarres King keeps his feet and doesn’t slip... If he snags the pass that hit him in the hands on the first drive... If Malcolm Mitchell doesn’t turn before he catches the pass... A better showing in the SEC Championship game may have gotten Georgia a better bowl game, but it is too late now. Georgia needs to use the practice to tune up for Michigan State. If Georgia smokes the Spartans, perhaps this is a top ten team entering 2012. If Georgia acts enh like some its fans are acting about this game, the momentum of a 10-game winning streak will be wasted. Hopefully Georgia is more excited about this game than I am.