re: Blackout for Tech very possible

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Richt could have two on his resume if he'd beat the teams that he should and stop shitting the bed against underdogs.

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During Florida's 2000 SEC Championship season, they got pummelled by underdog Miss. State. In 2003 when LSU won the SEC/MNC, they lost to an 8-5 underdog Florida team. In 2007, they lost to 8-5 underdog Kentucky and 8-5 underdog Arkansas. In 2008, Florida's SECC/MNC lost to an underdog Ole Miss team that was coming off ugly losses to Wake Forest and Vanderbilt. They also beat South Carolina in 2006 due to a blocked field goal by Jarvis Moss, one of several players who would never have been on the field under UGA rules.

Those are just a few of many examples of conference/national champions that lose games everyone thought they should win. It's especially common in the SEC because every team manages to get some very good athletes. Everyone thought Florida was a gimme this year, but they were loaded with athletes who could have gone anywhere in the country. A bad game, a slight letdown after several tough games, or just a bad break/injury, against a schedule full of great athletes can cause a loss, except in some ideal world you have constructed in your head.