A 10-1 record, a spot in the SEC Championship secured, Georgia fans should be very excited about this Bulldog football team.

In just his second year, Kirby Smart led the Bulldogs to an undefeated mark (6-0) in the SEC East, something Georgia has never done since the league divided way back in 1992. Sure, one can make the argument that the division is down, but give credit where it’s due. Sweeping the East is a big deal.

However, as well as Georgia has played in its 10 victories, there’s not one of those games where you can’t go back and find at least a couple of areas that the team will need to address if it hopes to wear the conference crown and join the four-team field in the playoffs two weeks from now in Mercedes Benz Stadium.

Saturday’s 42-13 win over Kentucky was no exception.

Admit it. How many of you were just a little perplexed with the way Georgia’s offense schlepped its way through much of the first half?

Hand raised.

Kentucky came in ranked dead last in the SEC in pass defense, yet for the longest time, you had to wonder if Jim Chaney got the message as Georgia’s first 10 first-down plays were all runs. When Jake Fromm was finally allowed to throw on first down, viola, a nice completion to Terry Godwin before coming right back and zipping a 27-yard strike to Javon Wims.

This comment isn’t to pile on Chaney.

It’s seems a tad absurd to question a coach whose offense just scored 42 points, but in deference to what happened last week at Auburn and what faces the program in Atlanta (both at Georgia Tech and the SEC Championship), there would seem to be a need to become less predictable, especially against competition the likes of the Tigers and Crimson Tide.

Defensively, Smart has been lamenting his team’s tackling, and he’s absolutely right.

We saw it last week against Auburn’s Kerryon Johnson, and we saw it at different points against Kentucky’s Benny Snell.

Georgia has to start doing a better job of wrapping up, especially at the point of attack, and defenders must to a better job of shedding blocks when backs bounce to the outside.

Again, it might seem silly to find fault with a defense that allowed just 262 total yards, but when you’re talking about possibly winning a championship, it’s areas like these which are going to have to be addressed.

Fortunately for Georgia, there’s still time to get it right.

Although the Bulldogs have yet to play what Smart considers a complete game, effort has never been a problem for this group of Bulldogs, and that fact alone offers hope that perhaps the best is still yet to come. At least it won’t be for a lack of trying.

The presence of Nick Chubb and Sony Michel cannot be underscored, either.

We all know what these young men mean on the stat sheet to the Bulldogs, but what they mean at practice, and during the week to their teammates at the Butts-Mehre Building, may mean even more.

You’ve got to go way back to find a pair of Bulldogs who take their leadership responsibilities as seriously and are respected as much as Chubb and Michel.

To put it simply, Michel is the heart and Chubb the soul of this Bulldog football team. Relish them while they’re still here.

When they, along with Lorenzo Carter and Davin Bellamy decided to come back, it served notice that these players believed this could be a special year.

Despite last week’s loss at Auburn, it still can be.

Georgia goes into this Saturday’s battle at Georgia Tech knowing it’s of championship ilk, that it’s in a position 122 of the other 129 teams playing FBS football wish they were in.

Yes, these Bulldogs still have some fleas, a perfect team it’s not. What it does have is fight and resiliency to spare.

Its those attributes, coupled with a well-designed and executed plan, that gives credence to the notion that there’s no reason Georgia can't ultimately make all of its dreams – and those of its fans – come true.