Georgia looking for 'Turning Point' this Season and this Game

Georgia (1-2 overall, 0-2 in the SEC) has two very different fates awaiting its result at Mississippi State on Saturday: A loss, and the team would officially be reeling, with more state-of-the-program questions awaiting Richt upon his return to Athens. Although, a win could be the start of a turnaround, especially with an easier stretch of games ahead. "It definitely has to be a turning point," cornerback Vance Cuff said. "We definitely have to take this and build off it. We’re in a position where we’ve gotta win." Mississippi State (1-2, 0-2), which to this point arrived in the same position; a win over a weaker opponent, then two straight league losses. MSU coach Dan Mullen pointed out this week that between his team and Georgia, all the losses came to teams ranked in the top 15.

Ouch, that has got to hurt, Georgia which is: 91-29 the past decade, to be compared to the 'other' Bulldog team, which is 35-76 over the same period.

Well that’s the way it is, fans, around the Georgia program, which started the year with hopes of winning the SEC East, and is now alone in last place. So Richt told his players this week to adopt a 'day one' mentality. Act like the past two weeks didn’t happen. "Let’s get the same feeling that we had for the first game of the year," Richt said. "Because what I don’t want to happen is for the last couple ballgames to affect this ballgame. So we need to put it behind us and move forward, and get that same feeling we had when we played the very first ballgame. It’s just more for everybody’s psychological attitude, I guess."

Georgia has not lost in Starkville since 1951, and hasn’t lost three straight games since 1990.