Ah, it feels good to be back on the right side of the win column.
Saturday's 42-13 drubbing of Kentucky was just what the doctor ordered after the Auburn game.
It was a great sendoff for the seniors, including guys like Nick Chubb, Sony Michel, Lorenzo Carter and Davin Bellamy, who stuck it out one more season, and it's proving to be a special one.
Let's dive a bit deeper.
(Quick side not before we start: Please bare with me on the brevity today. Lots of folks are out of the office for Thanksgiving, so that means the rest of us are a bit stretched. Ergo, not as much time to write in this blog.)
1) Okay, one quick point about the refs.
Am I blind or something? The Javon Wims non-catch near the Kentucky bench in the first quarter looked like a clear-cut catch to me on the big screen.
(About 92,000 other people thought so, too.)
Heck, even people watching from home all seemed surprised on Twitter that it wasn't overturned. (The original call was an incomplete pass.)
I have no idea what the replay booth was seeing, but whoever was up there might want to get his eyes checked.
2) Chubb and Michel were back to their old selves.
After a relatively quiet game against Auburn, the dynamic duo looked like they were in classic form Saturday, combining for 238 yards and 5 touchdowns on 27 carries.
It's been awhile since we've seen Chubb break into the open field like he did on his final carry Saturday, skipping past a tackler and turning on the jets for a 55-yard scoring run.
The farther he gets from than injury, the better he looks. Here's to hoping he and Michel are fresh for a stretch run, with Georgia Tech and the SEC Championship looming.
3) Mecole Hardman is so darn close.
Once again on Saturday, we saw Hardman's explosive speed on display, as he very nearly got into the clear on a kickoff return early in the game, then later on a punt return.
It seems it's only a matter of time before Hardman finally takes one the distance, but until then, we're seeing him turn into a very reliable return man, and there's a very good reason why.
Hardman doesn't dance.
The speedster from Elbert County gets upfield fast. If he evades the first tackler, by the time the next guys finds him, Hardman has usually gobbled up 10 or 15 yards.
It might not seem as sexy as someone weaving through traffic and juking left and right, but Hardman consistently sets up the offense with at least one less first down to be gained on each drive.
That could turn into something huge in a tight ball game.
(I remember Thomas Flowers doing the same thing in a closely contested, field-position-really-mattered game with Tech back in 2005.)
Speaking of...
4) The look ahead:
I didn't think this could be a reality after Georgia Tech's escape against Virginia Tech, but getting slammed by Duke has put the Jackets in a do-or-die position for bowl eligibility.
We already knew Tech would bring its best shot on Saturday, but now there's even more motiviation.
Early lines like Georgia by 11 in Bobby Dodd Stadium, which I suspect will be more of home crowd for the Bulldogs.
I don't know what to think, because that dad-gun triple-option can make any game turn weird.
