#49 with a Bullet! Dawgs Enter Basketball Poll

There's a new record soaring up the charts and gaining a push from the underground scene. The tune only whispered about until now. A little tune that seemed so impossible only nine months ago. This is a little song called

"Georgia Might Not Suck in Hoops This Year After All."

It's a catchy little number that has worked its way up to #49 on this week's Associated Press Basketball Poll. While it's too early to call this tune a crossover hit or a sensation, it is safe to say that it's exceeding the expectations of the Georgia Fan Base.

The optimists in the Bulldog Nation will see this single vote as the first step in long climb back up to the level that Tubby and Harrick brought us to. They will see the Top 25 and find only 2 SEC teams listed. This will lead them to say "The SEC is really down this year. That's good for us."

The pessimists will see the rankings and say "We haven't played anyone. This vote won't matter after we lose our next three to Nevada, Oregon State and Clemson. Besides, when Felton gets us ranked he'll just bolt because the administration doesn't support hoops."

What does this single vote mean to me? It means that somewhere, somehow, someway, there is a member of the media that felt sorry for us thinks we're good.

Or alternatively, it could mean that Casey Kasem was accidentally given an AP vote and put us at #25 as part of some sort of wacky "Long Distance Dedication" mix-up involving Coach Felton's wife and the tune "Stand by Your Man."

[Photo: Casey Kasem. Hoops Pollster]

Either way, it's a start. The Dawgs next 3 games are critically important because the SEC Schedule opens tougher than usual. UF (Home), UT (road), SC (road) and UK (home). We need all the confidence that we can muster going into that 4 game stretch.

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