re: UGA and CLEMSON reactions to beating us

I really enjoyed hanging with the lsu fans that made it to Athens. I was having brunch with a restauranteur on Sunday and he was also saying how much he appreciated lsu fans because they were out and about in downtown both Friday and Saturday nights. As someone mentioned, the Paul Oliver suicide obviously really affected Richt. He isn't a saint, but he obviously really takes to heart the criticism any of his players take. I think it has truly irked him that Murray has taken so much crap about big games, when the losses usually have a am overall team component. Those circumstances, plus the whole mett situation where he obviously also wanted him to do well, and the fact it was the last big game of a pretty brutal opening salvo all combined to make the win extra special and the emotional dam to burst. Add to all that a perfect CFB afternoon in Athens and you get the perfect storm.