Greg McGarity, Georgia's newest athletic director, announced on Friday evening that the team would open their season in the Georgia Dome—against Boise State.
Boise and Georgia have met before, but any Boise fan will be quick to let you know that this Boise team is nothing like the one the Bulldogs annihilated in 2006. No, this Boise team is likely to arrive in Atlanta sporting a Top 5 ranking and, very likely, will be favored to beat a Georgia team that will be coming off another disappointing season.
That said, will 2011 be the year that Mark Richt finally puts it all together?
If his staff can come up with a gameplan to defeat the Broncos in what promises to be a heavily red and black skewed crowd, then the rest of the schedule looks promising.
Georgia will have six true home games (South Carolina, Coastal Carolina, Mississippi State, New Mexico State, Auburn, and Kentucky). Two of those games are wins—no question. The others present a challenge but, in year two of the 3-4, one would hope that the defense is able to fix what ails them—starting with their propensity towards missing defensive assignments.
That factor alone might have cost them at least 1-2 wins this season.
Even more, road games against Ole Miss (who will be looking to replace Jeremiah Masoli), Georgia Tech (who will be replacing both Josh Nesbitt and Anthony Allen), and Vanderbilt, should present less of a challenge for Georgia than either Tennessee (who seems to have found their quarterback in Tyler Bray) or Florida.
One thing is for certain, Georgia fans will be looking for something big from Richt in 2011, as this could be his last year to prove his worth as Georgia's head coach.
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