Georgia Isn't the Only Team That Lays Eggs

The reaction to Saturday's loss from the national media has mostly been along the lines that Georgia laid an egg again. That Georgia always lays an egg. That this is the problem with the Mark Richt era. Here are some examples.

Pat Forde of Yahoo! Sports writes:

As that list of fall-apart games goes on, Georgia eventually must ask itself if Richt’s tenure should go on.
There is an excellent chance that the school would regret getting rid of Richt the same way Tennessee regrets getting rid of Phil Fulmer. You could do a lot worse.

Even the AP jumped in:

Georgia added to its reputation of flopping in the biggest games.

Ok. I get it. Georgia has had some bad games, but you don't need to look any further than Georgia's opponent on Saturday to see that it happens to everyone.

Considering Florida's dismantling of Ole Miss, I have to wonder how good Ole Miss really is. The fact is Alabama handed that game to Ole Miss on a platter with 5 turnovers. Maybe Ole Miss just isn't all that good. Maybe they should have beat Alabama by a lot more when you take all those turnovers into account.

Georgia turned the ball over 4 times against Alabama and gave up a blocked punt for a touchdown. Alabama was good enough to make Georgia pay dearly for those mistakes.

But I digress. Let's look at Alabama's losses the last few years (all as the favorite).
2015 - Home loss to Ole Miss
2014 - Road loss to Ole Miss, and a neutral loss to Ohio State in the Playoff
2013 - Road loss to Auburn in the "Kick 6" game, and a neutral loss to Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl

So what's the difference? The difference is we give Alabama and Nick Saban the benefit of the doubt because they've won 89 national titles (just ask their SID).

Does Georgia fall short in at least one big game a year? Yes. Does Alabama do the same thing? Yes.

The Dawgs just need to put this behind them and focus on the remaining games.