2007 SEC Football Thread

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From Jaguars.com Ask Vic 10/29 Link to article

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Greg from Atlanta, GA: I was saddened to see Mark Richt pull a classless Bill Belichick antic and tell the Bulldogs “if they didn't get a penalty for celebrating after the first score, he would be mad at them,” and I am sure you were, too.

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Vic: Coaching college football is very different from pro football. Money is the motivation in pro football. Money is the ultimate motivator in life, right? College coaches have to access other means of motivation. In Richt’s case, he was attempting to sell the all-for-one and one-for-all theme. He was trying to get his team to dedicate itself to winning and nothing short of winning. Georgia had been dominated by Florida in recent years and Richt needed to establish a new mindset. I think his celebration idea was genius. It was the best 30 yards he ever spent. He lit a fire under his team that Florida couldn’t extinguish.

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Edit: The reason I posted this I am curious to how you guys will react to reading this. Was he right? or was he wrong?

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Personally I think the idea that celebrating a 1Q TD "lighting a fire" and "leading UGA to the win" is ridiculously asinine. I guess if UF wins, Richt is a moron for giving UF 1/4th of the field on the next possession. There are plenty of reasons why UGA won the game, and none of them are "team celebrating a TD on the field".