Evil Richt Radio rocks 790theZone

Evil Richt rocks the airwaves

Mark Richt spent several minutes with the 790theZone morning crew on Wednesday. During the interview, Richt ditched the "Awe Shucks" routine that he learned from Papa Bowden. Instead, the humble coach went straight for the Evil Richt Black Hat, and he gave an incredibly entertaining interview covering topics such as:

-- The BCS
-- Playoffs in college football
-- LSU and The Ohio State University
-- The media
-- Sugar Bowl Match-up with Hawaii
-- "No Win" nature of the Hawaii game (he blows that idea up)
-- The Hawaii offense
-- His expectations for the 2008 Pre-season Ranking
-- Caleb King

I think he did a great job of recapping his positions on the final weekend of football without sounding bitter or defensive. He comes off as very impressive and credible. Most importantly, he doesn't shy away from calling the Hawaii Game exactly what it is....we are auditioning for the 2008 Pre-Season Pollsters.

The 790theZone guys asked him, "Do you think you should be ranked #1 next year?" Normally, Richt would poor mouth and awe shucks here and say something like "Well...I don't know about that. There are lots of good teams out there. We just have to take care of business, and that will sort itself out." Not this interview. This time he says (paraphrase because you can listen for yourself) "We should start somewhere between #1 and 3."

BOOM! That's how you embrace the expectations without heating the flames to new heights. Every UGA fan will be expecting us to be pretty damn strong next year so why run from that? Embrace it. I about wrecked my car when he said it because I wasn't expecting him to be so blunt.

I felt more confident that we're showing up ready to ball in New Orleans than ever after listening to the interview.

Here's the Audio.

See Also:
-- 2008 Sugar Bowl Tickets -- Stubhub
-- Douche bag Falcon player picks Hawaii to kill UGA - AJC

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