the year 19 and 77: the year the wheels fell off the veer

coming off of a great 2 year run in '75/'76 we uga students were ready to go for it in '77! it did not go exactly as we had hoped for! we lost probably the best option qb of all time (ray goff) and a whole bunch of other great stars from the roster. yet, being the always hopeful dawgs of the 'old days' that we were, we were going up to #1 in 1977! expectations were higher than i had ever experienced in the classic city. the '72-'74 seasons were average, to be very kind! all of the sudden, here come the '75 dudes! what a great season, topped with a trip to the Cotton Bowl where the #hogs kicked our asses (will post about that another time,great road trip)! then along come the 1976 SEC CHAMPION JUNKYARD DAWGS! I was lucky to get to see every game live, in person, that year except one! i could not get out to #oxford for what turned out to be our only regular season loss. i, to this very day believe, if i had gotten out there we would have won! #mybad! Erk's D showed up every game to GATA and the offense, led by Goff, was fairly unstoppable! then came the #sugarbowl v. pitt (that's another post for another time/space). so...here we were standing at the edge of the abyss, do we fall into the pit or do we keep rolling on? well that question was answered in the year 19 and77. that is what i will always remember as: "the year the wheels fell off the veer!"