Welp, here we go!

It's here. As our beloved coach says, "Talkin' season is over!" 

IT'S GAME WEEK ‼️

🏟️: vs. Clemson
📅: Saturday, August 31 | 12 PM ET
📺: ABC/ESPN+#GoDawgs pic.twitter.com/jaZp2KMMpl

— Georgia Football (@GeorgiaFootball) August 26, 2024

The 2024 college football season is among us. There are so many changes (rules, conferences'  landscapes, coaches, schedules) my head is spinning faster now than that time I first saw my future wife walk through the lobby of Russell Hall!

But...it is well!

Remember, I'm not promising much. Certainly nothing is being posted here on the daily. I'm enjoying our new lifestyle deep, deep in SE Georgia a lot, as well as semi-retirement. Suffice to say, I have more time on my hands, but am busy filling it with...getting old. I had rotator cuff surgery last month, so the golf clubs are tucked into a corner of the garage and Kirby has me down as out indefinitely.

All that aside, here are a few thoughts on my mind before our opener against Clempson:

• I hope we beat them good, because if not my tiger family is gonna text and call like it was 1981, the year Clemson first got telephone service.
• Ahh, injury lists and late August, a power couple since well before BradJolina. Still...not great, but getting better.
• Can't wait to see Beck and this offense do work. It's hard to believe we could lose Bowers, Ladd, Milton & Co. and may be even better offensively.
• (insert second offensive bullet point) I hope this OL is nasty good!
• I think the defense will be great...eventually. We may have to be patient, but hopefully not too long given this gauntlet of a schedule. Let's pencil circle that first off week in September as a time that maybe the coaches have enough on tape to make adjustments and fine tune this talented but young defensive roster.
• Over/Under on number of punts Thorson has this season? I'll set that line at 31, one less than last year.
• Who's the new name you're most excited to see? I'm hearing Nate Frazier (RB) is the real deal.

As Groo recalled, Kirby said "We built a program to be sustained." Time to go get after it!