G-Day Scirmmage and Falcons Schedule Thoughts

I went to the G-Day game in Athens on Saturday and let’s just say that it wasn’t the most exciting game I’ve seen. But that’s just it. It’s was a scrimmage. Not a game, a scrimmage. All week I’ve been hearing fans and media types saying that the G-Day game was a failure because there were not a lot of points scored as the lone touchdown of the game was scored on the final play. Also, according to most people who watched the game, nobody stood out on offense other than A.J. Green who caught the first pass of the game which was a flea-flicker.

Look, there is no question that the Bulldogs have some work to do. But even if the final score was 30-28 rather than 13-3, they would have work to do anyway because it’s April and the season starts on September 5 when they travel to Stillwater, Ok to take on Oklahoma State. There are players that are injured that didn’t take part in the spring scrimmages and there are new signees who are getting ready for their high school prom. I don’t know how this team is going to do this year. They could finish the season 8-4 with a trip to the Music City Bowl, or they could go 10-2 with a trip to the Capital One Bowl. You know, they could very well win the SEC and go to the Sugar Bowl or the National Championship if they can somehow beat Florida. But one thing is for certain, Mark Richt will have this team ready in September and the 2009 season will be more exciting than 2008 because the expectations won’t be as high which means less pressure for the Dawgs.

Moving on to the other team that dawns the red and black, the Falcons 2009 schedule is up along with the other 31 NFL teams and I like the way it’s set up. You can go to atlantafalcons.com to see the schedule but I do want to say this. I’m not going to make a prediction how many games the Falcons are going to win, but I will say that I’m glad that the Falcons have two nationally televised games so the country can see how good Matt Ryan is and why he was named Rookie of the Year in 2008. I thought they were going to have one more nationally televised game, but if they are able to win some games this season, NBC will probably pick up one of the games one flex scheduling starts. Man, all this football talk gets me ready for the season. I’m glad baseball has started, don’t get me wrong, but I’m counting down the days when opening weekend for college and pro football kickoff.