Jason Butt’s game summary is a good a reference place to start for the Appy State game as I could ask for, so here ’tis.
Half the fun of an opening game is seeing where all the new moving parts fit and considering how many true freshmen Smart is threatening to play, today is certainly no exception in that regard. Most of the rest of the fun is seeing if there’s something to all the preseason happy talk.
Winning would be nice, too.
Given how ASU likes to slow the pace down and how Smart’s natural tendency leans towards grinding as well, I’m skeptical there will be a ton of scoring in this game, barring a rash of turnovers and special teams specialness. I also think Georgia just falls short of covering the spread. Not that I’ll be troubled by, say, a 27-14 result that was not in doubt from early on. (Lots of second teamers playing in the fourth quarter, in other words.)
Mainly, as I said earlier this week, just show me that you’re getting your shit together, Dawgs, and I’ll leave tonight a happy camper.
Dazzle me in the comments today, folks. Have at it.
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Here’s to football, a lot of entertainment, and an AU MNC.
Only made better by beating UGA 3 times in 1 year!
Enjoy the day gents.
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Damn Ward, I come back from Summer break and this is the first post I read. To hell with this post and to hell with Auburn.
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11 and 5 last 16 years, UGA. Richt 10 & 5….Smart, undefeated. Boy, y’all gotta hate that.
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LOL. This comment box didn’t like my use of brackets.
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Horns getting punked.
Herman honeymoon over!
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Hook’em
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Nothing like your 1st HC gig at UT and allowing the most points in PROGRAM HISTORY. Worse than losing to KU. #HERMANISTHEGREATEST
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I may have to by some toy turtles to hand out to my T-Sip colleagues on Tuesday as a commemoration of the Herman era beginning (provided they have sobered up enough to return to work after drowning their sorrows). It’s fun watching the Whiney Orange wring their hands. Now if only my Dawgs will kick but this year.
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What are you speaking of, you havent won 3 againt UGA in 10 years!!!
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I haven’t played against UGA in the past decade. However, I read & write fairly competently.
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Benji Rowland???
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I like trucks.
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Breakfast at ADD Drug. Then on to Boggs. I have high hopes for year 2. Dogs.
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Fall temps in the air (at least here, anyway), cooler of beer on the back deck, BGE humming along at 250 with a few butts inside, tv and audio system dialed in….and a hoarse voice from yelling at perhaps the worst officiating I’ve witnessed since the swindle in the swamp in that CU-CSU game last night. Pac 12 officiating strikes again.
It’s Saturday in Athens. As I’ve been saying all offseason, now the fun begins, and this year is the start of some really fun and exciting years ahead for UGA football. 11 win season and a SECC game await us, with even better things to come.
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PAC12 was desperate for that win, and the refs did what they have done before with OOC games (admit I am not sure where the refs were from for that game but those phantom offensive PI calls were really bad.) CSU has a better defense than I thought, they will have a good season based on the first two games.
Today’s game should give your throat a rest. May start slowly, but we will roll as the game goes along. Sure hope so to give some backups a look and make the best decision on the traveling squad for next week.
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Dang!!…”looks good”. Where do U live??
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“Mainly, as I said earlier this week, just show me that you’re getting your shit together, Dawgs, and I’ll leave tonight a happy camper.”
I fit into the camp of this thinking as well. I don’t expect a championship team the first game but I would like to see a disciplined team. Players lining up correctly and well executed plays. As I said before, I want some variety on offense to make it interesting. Even IF we can impose our will in the run game I still want variety. Good use of TEs and RBs in the passing game, etc.
I will not be disappointed in a marginal win IF it is a methodical butt whooping from start to finish…a full 60 minutes. The article you shared about the small, quick Appy D concerns me a little. It brings back memories of Boise St.
I will be happy of the OL shows they can get a push when expected like 3rd and short. THAT’S when I want to see our will imposed…if we need two yards for a first and the whole stadium knows its Chubb down hill…then by all means, let’s show we can move the pile and get those two yards.
I will love to lots of players subbed in and out all game on both sides of the ball.
Also, I’m excited about the thought of 11 super fast guys on kick coverage. Well 10 and a good kick 🙂
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Good comments, I also feel what we need to see is more significant than the margin of victory. LAst year’s blowout against Miami was because they had 4-5 plays over 50 yards, I doubt we match that, or even need to. Especially want to see some ability from OC to “hit ’em where they ain’t”, that was really missing in several games last year.
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Finebaum is being a jackass to Les Miles about his coaching career, because of course he is. I don’t see this dynamic lasting the entire year without Miles beating Pawl’s ass.
Les’ entertainment value lies in his inane ramblings, I’m not sure how he’s going to do in this continuous talking role. I sincerely wish they could’ve coaxed Spurrier into that job. That cat may an asshole but he has loyalties to none and throws stinging jabs everywhere.
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I am not in the camp of ‘just show me you are getting your shit together and I’ll be a happy camper”. We should totally dominate a team like this with all the athletes we have. I do not believe they have a single player we would have offered.
Our offensive line is a huge question mark as everyone knows. Why is that with all the highly recruited players we have? I know this year’s class is the best we have had in a while on the O line, but the older guys were highly ranked recruits too and Pittman is consistently touted as one of the best if not the best.
Time for results as far as I am concerned.
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“I do not believe they have a single player we would have offered”
That statement right there is the reason we will get their best shot and another reason why if we don’t make mistakes we should whip them by 20+.
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Agreed. 20+ sounds like a reasonable expectation, and mistake free sounds good too.
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I no longer live in the deep south, but come on people – it’s ‘whup,’ not ‘whip,’ as in, app state is about to get their ass whupped.
Good gosh, some of you sound like northeast NFL fans with this whip stuff. I already hear enough of that crap from Jets or Bills fans talking about how they whipped the Skins or whatever.
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Sorry for not using the Southern spelling. 🙂
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Just a good natured ribbing. After re-reading that I kinda came off like a prick. Sorry about that ee.
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No offense taken. Well played, 3&G 🙂
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I thought it was “whoop.”
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On a side note…my wife comment on Meechegans unis…
“They’re going to look 300lb Hi-Liters”
Bah dump dump.
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Two teams with uniforms made for radio.
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If we’re really the 4th-most talented team in the country (or thereabouts), this shouldn’t even be close. So, if we don’t at least cover the spread, I’ll be really disappointed, and officially worried about the rest of the season. I realize it’s the season opener, and there are kinks and wrinkles and jitters and blah blah blah. But seriously, if this isn’t at least a three touchdown win, something’s wrong.
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P.S. Congrats to all of us for making it to football season. We deserve this.
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Is it me or are Chubb and Michel not getting the credit they deserve? All I hear is about the kids from Penn St, Florida State and Alabama. I don’t get it.
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Not just you. Derrius Guice too.
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Great feature about APP State over Michigan on Gameday! I hate Michigan even more than Tech, Auburn and Florida!
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I caught that too. I hope it does not prove to be a bad omen for us today. I am normally not a fan of the puff pieces they do on Gameday, but that story about the Maryland kid from Liberia was pretty powerful.
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I hate no one more than Auburn. With the exception of Auburn, I hate no one more than Tech. Florida is very nearly one the same level, but since Meyer’s esophagus drove him to easier pastures the Gators have definitely slipped to number three.
Michigan doesn’t belong in the same list, though Harbaugh is very possibly the biggest tool in football. (Lane Kiffen is the only one with the behavior to challenge his title.)
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UT.
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11 and 5 last 16 years, UGA. Richt 10 & 5….Smart, undefeated. Boy, y’all gotta hate that.
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I hope there is a special place in hell for people who schedule weddings on Football Weekends. Boarding a 4 hour flight to Chicago now, followed by a four hour drive to Door county. Hopefully, I’ll be able to stream the game in the car.
Still, I’m so happy for this day to finally get here. Go Dawgs !
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Sister Bay, Ephraim, Egg Harbor and maybe you’ll get a Door County Fish Boil. Great memories!
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Egg Harbor is the destination. My first trip there. I’m looking forward to it.
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It’s beautiful, here it was 40 years, or so ago.
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Very nice. It would be good to get out on the lake at some point, but doubtful.
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After the wedding, just go to Notre Dame and start your tailgate early!
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My 50th high school reunion is the week after!
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In Chicago
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Take a gun.
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If only I could convince by boss(es) 😅
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Had a big all day backyard tailgate planned to kick of the season here in Ohio, but the weather did that in. Glad things cleared up in Athens though for everyone to enjoy the game and pre-game festivities.
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Yes, live in the N. Ga Mountains, we are having northern Ohio-like Labor Day weather. I am about to start my fire at 3 PM so it won’t require much attention while the Georgia game is on. Going to be too cool without one when the sun goes down! Awesome football weather, sorry it screwed up your plans but glad the Dawg fans will be in mid-season form tonight in Sanford, rain would have taken the steam out of our crowd. Should be rocking with energy.
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Wow fall in N Ga. already. Won’t see that kind of weather down here on the Ms. Gulf Coast until Nov. if then. Nothing but rain this year.
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Another northern Georgia resident here. Please keep in mind that some people’s definition of “fall weather” basically amounts to “it didn’t get above eighty today.” There’s zero chance of frost in the morning. (Not even close actually.) Still feels like summer to me.
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No frost in sight, but I started by fire on the deck at 3 PM and needed it all evening.
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Halftime in Texas. Hope they’re enjoying those $10,000 lockers!
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Damn Mizzo is all offense no defense.
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By the way Evil Richt is coaching today.
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Think we could get Tom Herman at a discount price now?
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Most points ever allowed by a Texas HC in his debut….51….at home…to Maryland….in football. The same Maryland that went 3-9 last year. First game and already setting school records. Someone get Don Leeburn on the horn, we need this guy, he’s a real coach who adapts to the strengths of this team.
You think the Texas fans are talking about:
A) the lack of talent Tom Herman inherited
B) the culture he inherited
C) the talent is good enough but he is an overrated product of Urban Meyer D) the talent is good enough but he doesn’t have enough HC experience (only 2 years) to be the head coach at The University of Texas or
E) the talent is good enough and their school is a premier job and can get ANYONE they want and the AD didn’t do enough of a candidate search and let the boosters anoint a no talent ass clown.
Just kidding, I’m sure they are just like us UGA fans and are currently engaged in a rational, level headed conversation focusing on the positives they saw today and that Tom Herman will be fine but requires some patience while he builds the team that he wants to play with as their team does have some major flaws.
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Throwaway season.
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Don’t want him
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South Carolina has an offense but the D ???
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Muschamp already in midseason form. Fired Coachcom live, on air during halftime interview due to headset comms problems.
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OK….. Did one-of the game announcers just call the ladydawgs?
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What did Eason trip over? Something behind the first-down chains, looked like.
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O shit
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No redshirt for Fromm
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Good!
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Not sure anyone wanted to burn Fromm’s redshirt this soon
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Seems to me McElwain had the luxury of leaving the defense to Collins the last 2 years. Now that Collins is gone fu may have a tough time winning 8.
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Defense looks pretty good! And have we found a QB?
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Right off the bat, Fromm appears to be a cool customer.
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He looks like the number one too me. I know it’s early but Eason did not look good.
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Or just same old UGA?
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Chaney shitshow 2.0. You saw it here first.
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You are correct, sir. Looks eerily similar to last year.
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OL still sucks. TD was Chubb by himself
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Absolutely. We can’t block App State. I like Fromm, though.
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Adrenaline will do that
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Knee injury for Eason?
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QB controversy.
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His name is Fromm! Gentleman, we have a quarterback!
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Eason just lost his job.
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Early….but maybe
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“Louisville let’s it sail outta the end of the endzone?”
Hmmmmm
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Fromm really looks good, but they’ve also opened up the offense. It works and I like it.
Punting and kicking look much better.
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Fromm looks energetic.
But he’s floating some balls and underthrowing, even the touchdown to Wims.
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Throwing it up for grabs. Better DB’s would of had a couple of int’s
And Tommy T is stoopid
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The TD pass to Wims???…looked to me like he put it only where the receiver could get it. He probably had 4-6″ on him.
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Throwing a rainbow into triple coverage against power 5 db’s usually ends bad
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How did that one end??
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Is Roquan in the game?
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never mind …finally see him
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Defense is still confused at times. Kirby needs to sub when App State does.
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There’s coaching, and then there’s calling a time out off of a time out with 2 seconds left.
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Can someone please explain why Smart didn’t try to get something going with 1:37 left in the half? Their HC tried with :44 left.
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Because Kirby has a 21 point lead against a Sunbelt team at home with a defense pitching a shutout, their coach has a 21 point deficit against an SEC team on the road and has to get something going before the depth disparity becomes a bigger factor. Not to mention their team has a senior school record holding QB and we have a QB who woke up this morning not expecting to play.
Risk vs Reward
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Great analysis!
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Fromm throwing rainbows but they are catchable. Eason’ throws were too hard and too high.
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While we have found some energy on offense, we probably just lost Justin Fields. He said he did not fear coming in to compete against Fromm for the back up/future starter job UNLESS Eason got hurt early and Fromm firmly established himself. Well folks he did and he has. Oh well, who is out there for 2019 and 2020?
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So Fields is afraid of Fromm as a starter but not as a back up. That makes no sense
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It may not make sense, but that is what he said. In the interview he did with AJC Dawg Nation last month.
Q. Will a strong or a poor start by the Bulldogs matter to you?
A. I’m not really looking at the wins and losses and how the team plays. My main thing is the quarterback position. That’s the position I play. So say if Jacob Eason gets hurt. Of course, now I don’t want him to get hurt. I don’t want that. He’s a great guy. A great guy. But for example, then in that situation maybe Jake Fromm goes in there and lights it up. Just tears it up. Well, for me then Georgia has kind of solidified their starter. I would have to take a good look at that. Now, I’m not afraid to compete. But I feel like if he has that experience then he would have that edge over me. But if Jacob Eason plays most of the whole season, then Jake Fromm doesn’t have that edge [in playing time] on me at all.
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Is this a freaking joke?
Stop watching the games and root for #1 recruiting rankings as your natty.
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Was hoping Eason would come out and look like the number one recruit in the nation that he was. It would have been great to not need Fromm this year AND get Fields so the cupboard would be full for years to come. Alas, even if Eason did not get hurt, it appears inevitable that Fromm was going to take the reins on this season.
As for recruiting as a “Natty” as you say that is what ultimately wins you the true Natty and keeps you in contention for years to come. Alabama did not get there and stay there by having the number 10-12-17-22 etc class in the country. You got to have the Jimmys and Joes to make the Xs and Os work. So hell yes I watch both and wish for the most favorable outcome on both fronts.
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Dude, you’ll get more joy out of watching the games and rooting for the good UGA players.
You would have missed the Herschel phenomenon by wondering if there was a sophomore with better ball control.
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What to you mean if I was rooting for the good UGA players. I was hoping even praying that Eason would come out and light it up. If that was the case we don’t burn Fromm’s red shirt and we are set for years to come.
As for Herschel, “Dude” I WAS there and got to revel in the glory of those wonder years. I just want to get back there AND sustain it again before they plant me in the Texas soil.
Being short sighted and not planning for the future has been the ruin of may great business, teams, etc. How long after Aikman retired before the Cowboys were relevant again? How great has our QB play been since Murray graduated? Lack of planning for the future will lead you into the wilderness of loss that you may be in for years. ONE bad year of recruiting in 2013 set the program back for YEARS. You think Saban just cheers for the players he has and doesn’t worry about recruiting and sustainability of the program (grey shirting, roster management). If you want to be great you have to plan for the long haul, not just revel in today.
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Andrew Thomas is a beast. That is all.
Blankenship is kicking the living hell out of it.
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The return game hasn’t looked this electric since Logan Gray was back there.
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Smartest OL move so far: take out Pat Allen, who seems to do nothing & put in Baker.
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Lots of fans disguised as empty seats.
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Man, this is the glummest game thread I’ve ever read when we’re up 31-0 (and I’m trying the think of the last time we had a 31-point lead on anybody). You’d think everybody here had been sprayed with shit mist.
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App State is an attitudinous bunch. Chippy as hell. For them, penalties have told the tale of the night. Glad we’re beating the hell out of them before their punk asses go home.
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Except for Eason getting hurt, this has been the perfect first game. Defense has been strong, offense got to try out a lot of players, kicking/punting has been awesome.
Hope they close it out solidly.
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Oh, and Ears is a terrible announcer. Does he even try to pronounce names correctly?
Still, better than Mowins.
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Naw, dude, the shit crew we had calling it today was the worst, much worse than Mowins. I actually felt bad for the sideline guy. He looked/sounded like he was actively shitting his pants every time he was on camera or on audio. And Tuberville? Even worse, but I don’t feel bad for him. To hell with Tuberville.
I think we’re going to see ESPN in a “rebuilding year” of their own this year after they jettisoned all that on-air talent in the offseason.
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My late father used to call him “Turdville.” I wish he could have lived to hear this one tonight. I would have loved to have heard the abuse he’d have heaped on him.
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Mowins is better. At least she seems prepared.
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“Does he even try to pronounce names correctly?”
You mean like that apparently new running back wearing #35 “Brian HENERIN” after he stumbled over trying to pronounce it 2 or 3 times
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I know it’s a cliche to rip the announcers, but holy lord is Tuberville awful.
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I would hope that if he really works at it hard, he can IMPROVE to just being awful. I pray that he gets better because I’m sure we will be stuck with him again before the year is over.
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yes he was………
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Has McBride played on defense?
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Redshirt
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Really? Thanks, hadn’t heard that.
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McBride played the last two defensive series and on ST all night
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yes he did….#22.
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Okay, wasn’t looking for a number like that. Was he on the punt return team?
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When I saw him, he was on defense….didn’t see him line up, just after the snap. Probably at inside LB.
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Poop.
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Swift may be great but we can’t tell since no one blocks for him.
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Well at least Ramsey has not changed 🙂
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Bobo chose him over Watson dontcha know
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Bring back Bobo!
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Man, I really hope Fromm doesn’t get hurt.
But Ramsey is 2 for 2 right now, so there’s that.
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They better get Stetson Bennett ready in a hurry.
How ’bout telling Ramsey to throw it to the other team and then maybe when he is so off target our guys would have a shot at it.
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Now that made me laugh. But I was hoping BR had improved….wrong.
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Thinks Ramsey will get better, just needs some playing time….been rusting since he has been there.
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Brice Ramsey … damn. What’s his lifetime pick-to-reception (or hell, just pick-to-pass-attempt) ratio? I really wish I hadn’t seen the few minutes of this game now. If he’s the best behind Fromm, that’s a bad problem.
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Yes Dolly, that is indeed worrisome.
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Chaney and another freshman starting QB is worrisome….
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I don’t know, OD. Fromm looked great to me, all things considered. He’s not my worry as much as if HE goes down. Far as Chaney goes, after a 31-point win to open the season against a team that was supposed to be something to take serious, I’ll give him a pass until next week, when he’s on the big stage.
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Beat UNC on the big stage last year and looked what happened. All Chubb last year anyways. Fromm threw some passes that better db’s would of defend or picked. Chaney and Fromm equals 8-5/7-6.
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We may very well see if you’re right, depending on Eason’s knee. I didn’t see the first quarter — ESPN made me watch the death throes of the USCe/NC State matchup — so I can’t say how he played. Y’all who saw it will have to tell me. The announcers talked like he looked like shit, but those announcers … hell, I’d take y’all’s word about it over Turdville’s.
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He was just like he has been high and inaccurate. Really more of the same as last year only he actually had time to throw and still couldn’t do it. Jeff George reincarnated.
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Tuned 2 ESPN news just in time to see Eason get hurt. Was 3 and out on first 2 drives I think. But OL was cold and not making blocks as we had ZERO yards rushing in the first 3 drives. Eason was hurt scrambling out of the pocket trying to make something happen.
If Eason is out Fromm is it and like last year it will be hope for the best because Fromm will have a lot harder time completing passes like the ones he did tonight against power 5/SEC cover d00ds.
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Don’t we have a couple of walk-on QBs? They gotta be better than Ramsey.
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Sam Vaughn is the scout team QB and based on his HS record should be pretty good. I vote make Sam the backup and Brice the scout team QB.
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Right on Mayor! Let Vaughn have a shot!
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Concur….it appears that he now has a QB that can execute his offense. ASU were on their heels when Fromm came in, that is why the running game (and passing) also begin to work….got the O’ in a rhythm. Seemed like he took his foot off the pedal too soon though, can understand though…but wished he had not of. Fromm is gonna make some mistakes, but I think he is the better of the two right now.
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Ramsey throws a very catchable ball!!
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20+ point win with points in garbage time … I’ll take it. On to South Bend, Dawgs!
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Sorry but Ramsey was an embarrassment, and he cost us the shutout. Why on earth he decided to throw such a horrid pass as a 5th year senior is beyond me. To make matters worse, as he was coming off the field he had a smile on his face and then was laughing about it on the sidelines.
IMO he should not make the trip to ND.
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That never happened.
Just ask the AJC on Dawgnation. And I quote:
“The opening week victory in Smart’s second season began with a major scare, as Jacob Eason suffered a knee injury in the first quarter after he was pushed out of bounds on a play that led to a penalty. Jake Fromm played the remainder of the game – save for UGA’s final snap – and guided the Georgia offense with some help from Nick Chubb and Sony Michel.”
Ramsey could not have thrown any interceptions, since he never threw any passes.
And yes, yes I did save that particular web page…
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Damn – the Whistle Pig hit me harder than I thought. I must have dozed off and had some wicked dream.
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Feel for the D that has to come in with the opponent having good field position to score for each interception thrown. They work their ass off for the entire game and Ramsey throws a couple of shovelfulls on their efforts, like maybe the D was taking great pride in how long they could prevent scoring this year.
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Absolutely. They no doubt were going for the shutout, yet Ramsey clearly either didn’t care or has the worst decision making skills ever. As a 5th year senior no less. To make matters worse, he wasn’t even pissed, but instead was laughing about it on the sideline.
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If the coaches know the same things about Ramsey as the fans, let him practice after the game, not during. Can’t fathom the reason why any coach would put him in on any series of downs that isn’t beyond the 50-yd line into the opponent’s territory.
Will have to say he had a shell-shock look about him as he went through his motions, decision-making, when coming off the field and actions on the sidelines.
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Jeez…our 2nd string punter comes in for mop-up duty and everybody yells at him over a couple of picks?
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Please tell me you are kidding. You are being sarcastic, tight?
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i HAVE ALWays been a Fromm Fan. We have 2 QBs. Go Dawgs.
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Eason is far and away a better QB. Fromm threw several balls that would have been easy pics for SEC defenses, and his arm strength is noticably weaker.
We better hope Eason gets better quick or we are in trouble.
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100% agree 3andG
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Me too. He got away with some iffy throes..by Eason has no confidence..he holds it too long. Better get Stetson some work running the wild dog. And the O line still can’t block much. Happy for the win but more than a little worried about ND and MSU. Defense is super, though.
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We are in trouble. 8-5 maybe the up side. If Eason doesn’t come back we will be screwed. If he comes back and plays like he did the time he played we are screwed too.
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You’re kidding, right?
Do you really think you’d favor Eason if it weren’t for recruiting rankings? One commands the huddle, one doesn’t. Move on. Eason is Chris Simms.
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I favor Eason because he is the better QB. Recruiting rankings be damned.
Fromm throws soft passes and against better competition would of been picked at least twice tonight
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He is BIG, looks good. Gotta great arm, looks good, #1 recruit in entire nation, looks good & makes some feel good………..but Fromm just gets the job done, the offense responds…everyone gets involved. Doesn’t hold the ball too long, checks down, does not lock on (primary target), leads and has a hell of a lot more confidence…teammates respond to that. I hope Eason is okay, but Fromm is the better of the two. I thought so in the Spring game and he l thought so was last night…..not sure what some think they see.
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We’ll, actually he does stare down his target ,but that’s a common rookie mistake. He also floated some passes. But the upside is he’s quick to get rid of it and also can make the good throws.
I’d prefer Eason to get well as he’s our best shot, but Fromm certainly looked capable last night.
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1 play…..and Tuberville could not wait to announce it. Would like to see the play again. He is going to make some mistakes, but the offense definitely moves better with him in there…he gets them all involved. I hope Eason also gets well, we need him.
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One play almost bit him. He did it frequently.
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Watch the game….the offense moved when he was in. Fromm had the defense backing up when he was in. The running and passing game started to click….offensive line started to look better, the kid is a winner. He brings a lot of energy and confidence. The team feeds off him. Again, he will make some mistakes, but the offense moves better with him in there….he gets everyone involved. No QB is going to be perfect, but we certainly seem better off with him in there….it has been a while since the ‘O has moved like it did last night.
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I watched all of it, from the beginning. Fromm hit his early passes which opened things up. Eason started out like young Murray, too amped and over throwing everyone.
Fromm is good and will be even better but better teams will take advantage of him.
Either way, we should be set for QB as long as they don’t both get hurt.
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Agree
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Totally agree.
Fromm’s touchdown was an up for grabs pass into triple coverage that only worked out because it was so miserably underthrown.
The interference call stemmed from his underthrowing a receiver that was 10 yards behind the defense.
The swing pass to Swift….well that was just a pick six waiting to happen.
From did look okay on a few seam passes though and that was encouraging.
Yeah Eason looked bad but he only threw 3 passes. I’m aware of what he is capable of based on last year. Fromm is definitely a step backwards.
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Eason would have thrown it through the uprights haha.
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Now we won’t know how badly Eason is hurt until kickoff next week.
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Hated to see Eason limp off, but Fromm juiced up the offense, IMO. He’s got leadership skills, even with those off-target throws, and the team seems to respond to him. The defense seemed to be as good as advertised– should’ve been a shutout. Our two senior RBs did an amazing job rolling up yards behind an O-Line that didn’t look much different than last year’s edition. If you want to worry about something, the offensive line is a worthy candidate; this was App State, and we couldn’t manhandle them. Florida got beat, but it has men up front. Bama and FSU have a serious trench war going on as I post this. Will our line get there? How soon?
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If Eason is indeed seriously injured we are in deep trouble.
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Good grief. I just got back home, and you would have thought we stunk the place up with the comments here. The defense controlled the game. The offense did what it had to do. The special teams were a thing of beauty I haven’t seen in a while. The starting 22 pitched a freaking shutout on a Group of 5 team that’s likely to win their conference. I’m not drinking the Kool-Aid. We could get knocked off next week, but tonight was pretty darn encouraging as many thought we would struggle to put them away.
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Kicking and punting were fantastic. Return game was stalled. Hope Eason is okay. Fromm did some good things, and it seemed they opened the offense for him. He did stare down his receivers which will bite him in the future.
Defense was solid. I think we’ll ride that D for a while, which is fine by me.
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The App punter was pretty darn good himself, and they had some really quick guys on their punt team. Mecole had a pretty good return on the one kickoff with the first team return team.
I hope Eason gets healthy quickly. We need him for this season to meet expectations. The positive was Fromm didn’t wilt in the moment. On the staring down of receivers, you can’t really see that in person (or at least from my seats). In the running game we seemed to struggle going left, but when we went right behind Thomas and Sims (?), we knocked people back (another thing to see on the DVR).
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It’s “pre-whining”. A freshman comes in cold, leads the team to a win and throws a couple of iffy balls. Memories are short around here.
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We looked just fine..
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I’m just waiting for the buffet to open. Oughta be good.
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Tubberville, you ignorant slut!
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He was terrible. As a former SEC coach with years of experience, I was expecting him to be at least decent. Instead, he brought no insight whatsoever.
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Whoever the sideline guy was … my God. If that’s all ESPN has left to do that job after firing all those people, they have WAY worse problems than UGA does.
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The firings were about money. They fired people who were high salary and kept the low salary bums. Get used to second eaters at ESPN because aside from a few faces of the franchise that is who you will get from now on.
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It was pretty obvious that Tubberville had never read our lineup until he was in the booth. “David” Bellamy, “Gilliard” at center. Other times he just called a number. I wish he just stuck with the numbers rather than mangling the names.
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About the only thing Tubs got right was GILL-yard. There was an article last week saying that’s how it should be pronounced.
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Seriously? Well I stand corrected. Sort of like Mauger being “Mau-zhay”.
I guess it is “Henerin” at tailback, too. 😉
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Any word on the “hiring process” at Texas and how it worked out?
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I always judged Gene Stallings career at alabama on the first three games. He was 0-3 and after that who knows or cares what happened?
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Just ribbing The Senator….he can take it…
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For the life of me, I can’t understand how a Charlie Strong team has such a terrible defense.
Hermann has a lot of work to do there.
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Did they do a ‘national search’, too?
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I like how Chaney changed the tempo of the offense with Fromm in the game. Give credit where credit is due.
Fromm executed it well, but we are not ready to suffer another ‘throwaway’ year with a true freshman QB. Hope Eason’s OK. Need another option at QB when the true freshman gets the inevitable interception bug.
Aside from the usual first-game procedure penalties, the team played disciplined football and so far we look better in the red zone. OL was decent on pass blocking but needs to get better with its drive blocking.
Wims and the tight ends looked good. Swift looks like a threat to catch the ball out of the backfield.
Can’t complain about a shutout from the first ream defense, but they need to do a better job of getting the QB on the ground. ND’s QB ran for over 100 yards in the opener.
I like our grad transfer punter Nizialek and it is safe to say Rodrigo deserves a scholarship.
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Interesting to read that about Chaney.
I wasn’t in a very good environment for critically watching the game (one of my college-age kids had a bunch of college-aged guests over), but I felt, while I was watching it, that Chaney changed things up when Fromm had to go in and simplified things and called passes that were designed to get the ball out quickly before the freshman had too much time to think about things.
It seemed like this line of thought (1) worked well the first half, and (2) somehow went away over halftime. I’ll have to re-watch the game to get a better handle on it, though.
If Fromm has to start next week, I hope they go with more “check with me” (even if it is annoying to watch) to deal with all the multiple fronts you know Notre Dame will be planning to throw at him.
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Tempo was purposefully changed to run clock after the big lead in the second half, and just about everyone on the travel roster (who wasn’t suspended) got some game experience.
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It seemed to me that they were ready for Fromm to play…good job by the Coaches.
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I thought the same about the offense, but then read where Kirby said they didn’t change things. It could have been that Fromm hit the easy early passes that Eason over threw. From there, the offense opened up.
Whatever the cause, I was glad to see them open it up. The first few series of running into a stacked box frustrated me.
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GILLyard is actually how he wants it pronounced, was the only thing Tubs got right. . . .
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If you have superior depth and talent, sometimes it takes a little while to show. I think we started to see us gashing them late in q2 and q3. We also saw some fairly astounding talent on the field, especially our safeties and tight ends and of course running backs. Chubb seemed to have the quicks. I saw enough to be confident we will beat Notre Dame soundly. The game may well be close in the first half and then we will pull away. I hope Fromm is our starter, he plays w/ confidence and is good enough to get the ball where it needs to go.
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Wish I had your confidence. I’ll be there but will be happy with a one point win. Just don’t see ND as a pushover at home. It’s a big game for them, too.
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