(Weiszer’s matchups to watch here.)
I can only think of two issues about today’s game.
The first is whether we’ll be treated to Nicholls, The Sequel. Samford certainly has the resume for that.
1 Victory for Samford against an SEC opponent: The Bulldogs beat Ole Miss 7-6 on Oct. 20, 1934. Samford has a 1-34-1 record against SEC opponents. The Bulldogs tied Alabama 7-7 on Sept. 28, 1935. Since that tie, Samford has lost 30 consecutive games against SEC opponents. The Bulldogs visit Georgia on Saturday.
It’s hard to take Samford’s chances seriously today. Add to that what would be an understandable emotional hangover after last week’s thrilling win in South Bend, and it’s not hart to extrapolate another struggle against a lower division squad. I don’t think it’s gonna happen, but I’m not gonna lie and say I won’t be watching carefully to see if this team’s learned how it needs to approach every game.
Second issue: does Georgia finally get off the under-40 points scored schneid? The Dawgs haven’t cracked the forty-point barrier in a game since beating Southern 48-6. That happened on September 26, 2015. I had to look it up, but, yes, that is currently the longest such active futility streak in the conference. When you consider the production from some of the other SEC offenses, that’s pretty embarrassing.
That one, I’m not so sure about.
Consider this your invitation to a game day thread in the comments.
Wonder how many offensive sets we see today…thinks he needs to cull it down and work on perfecting what they may be good at. Hope I never see the “Wilddawg” again, that ain’t fooling anybody…everybody and their brother knows it is going to be a run. Would like to see the power I more, we have the backs for it.
Would also like to see Fromm get some freedom today (changing plays and etc). It could turn out to be an improvement versus Cheney.
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That is what I feel too, let the offense do their thing. I feel like Chaney/Smart have their foot on us and won’t let us become what we are capable of. Whether you like, or have concerns about, Jake Fromm, he has shown he deserves to be given some rope. Let’s go fast throw the ball vertically and mix in the slants and seam routes. Stop interrupting the flow of the offense with the predictable Wild Dawg, I am sure we have a pass play off of that but it does us zero benefit as long as continue to butt our head into an 11 man wall. I have little confidence they will do that so I expect us to win easily, but look constipated doing so. Defense will lack the intensity of last week so I doubt UGA will cover the line this week. Most interesting part of this game will be seeing the young RBs get a chance to strut their stuff.
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Yep…this would be the game to do it, he has to grow sometime.
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^^this^^^
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CKS isn’t going to run it up at least not with first teamers. If the second and third string guys do it, these guys are friends enough to where that will be ok.
I’d like to see the offense click in the first 20 minutes. Id like to see rhythm in the passing game and big gaping holes to run through.
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This will Not Happen but it would be neat to have the current
second string QB start the game for one series & 1 series only.
Then back to the Bench.
After 5 years of being a DGD, the record would show that He
did start one game as a UGA Dawg. Nothing gained, nothing lost,
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Would be cool to see Ramsey play eventually, but Fromm needs the game day experience for now imo. Would also like to see Stetson Bennett, dude has sprinters speed. I also believe he is 5th on all-time yards in passing (HS). More of a curiosity, I believe he can play…
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Would be cool to see Ramsey play eventually, but Fromm needs the game day experience for now imo. Would also like to see Stetson Bennett, dude has sprinters speed. I also believe he is 5th on all-time yards in passing (HS). More of a curiosity, I believe he can play…
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I believe Bennett can play also. Still 1 series with Ramsey will not
change the output of the game. Just 1 short series as a reward
for a job well done.
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Would love to see him run the Wild Dawg..with his arm and quick decision skills he could make it work.
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One series would be a good idea, but starting him would be a disrespect of Samford, imo. If we have a good lead, he can start the second half. Starting the game with him would be the equivalent of hitting a home run in baseball, and then standing at home plate and admiring it.
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If it was rec league, I would agree..
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Hopefully, the only reason to be under 40 points is that we have a comfortable lead early in the 3rd quarter, and Ramsey/Bennett/? get some live game snaps for practice. I’ll be very disappointed if Samford scores on the defense/special teams.
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Overlooking Samford and his Son.
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Don’t get it..
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How’d you like five ‘cross yo lip?
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Don’t be a dummy
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golf clap
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They went to join Elizabeth.
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UT v FL….Irma missed her chance.
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Watching ND and they are not good at all. Boston College is stopping them.
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LOL
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Boston College is running at will against them. I’m afraid we over rated our win over ND.
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LOL
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ND looks like a bag of shit. Instant and justifiable return to normal pessimism. BC, as in Boston College, just walked the dog with that defense.
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ND…”winning”
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Yes, 14-10. Stellar observation. Only took another quarter to be able to make that response. This may go down as a statement win for ND if they can hold on.
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Hope they lose’em all. Dawgs control their on destiny….
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They just look bad. No way around that. It was a big win for us, but if this is a let down for ND, it’s an ugly one.
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If Tennessee & ND played…..hope they both would lose.
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LOL
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Nice statement. 45-20. 515 yards rushing. ND is averaging 468 yards on the ground against teams not named Georgia. Against teams named Georgia, they are averaging 55.
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Generally a good idea to watch the whole game before you draw too many conclusions.
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LOL
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UT v UF two mules fighting over a turnip.
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Lack of Muschamp recruits on defense is finally showing. Their run defense looks mortal.
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First and goal from the 1 for UT after a penalty bailed them out…
– First down, false start and then an incompletion.
– Second down complete loss of 1 yard (although should’ve been offsides on Florida)
-Third down interception.
Really, the most amazing part of it all was the fact that first and goal from the one, Tennessee was still in the shotgun. A QB under center raises all sorts of possibilities. A QB starting on the five, running back on the seven makes it a lot more difficult
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This is necessary to make sure UF continues to haunt me in my nightmares. UF must win. We are better than both of these teams but will be fortunate to take 1 of 2. That’s my Debbie Dawg Downer take.
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Let’s hope neither team changes QBs before we get to them. Butch must have nothing behind Dormady, or he would already be on the bench. Painful to watch.
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Tennessee is terrible and Florida isn’t much better.
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Whatever happened to Zaire Florida’s preseason Heisman candidate?
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Same thing as Stidham’s
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Why do the Refs never call taunting on Florida when they Gator chop the opposing team?
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Never mind my question above the refs just let UF get away with two holds to let them score. SEC must love them some Gayturds.
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KARMA stikes Tennessee!!!!! I love it! Those hillbilly’s just got it broke off in them on the last play Hail Mary!
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I was pulling for the meteor…but I’ll take this. CJM is a truly nice guy.
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Reporter: “What did your freshman quarteback show you today?”
McIlwain:” He showed me he can throw it a long way.”
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BTW…Tennessee had no players back at the endzone goal line to defend it.
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Hot seat 💺 doesn’t adequately describe where Butch is sitting.
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Can you imagine how tight his sphincter was when Felipe Franks avoided the rush and got the pass off..and then while that long ball was in the air?
Win by the horseshoe, lose by the horseshoe.
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He’s building it brick by brick.
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I don’t often pull for Florida. I’ll be honest, I pretty much never do.
But watch them rip the guts out of Tennessee fans that way is quite enjoyable.
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I agree. If they had to beat someone this way, I’m happy for it to be TN.
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Let’s hope the Dawgs do the same but by a wider margin.
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Both teams’ offenses came alive late..but I think it’s because both defenses were gassed. Florida couldn’t tackle a small child.
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For all of those who were downgrading our win at Notre Dame based on a couple of nice BC drives, note that ND scored 49 points today and rushed for over 500 yards.
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Yeah Wimbush had over 300 yards himself. We held their team to 255 and gave the 100 yards of penalties.
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Thoughts on the goofy turnover gimmicks?
(i.e. Trash cans, cannons, shoulder pads, etc.)
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Anybody trying to listen to UGA broadcast via the georgiadogs app or website? 2 weeks in a row Incant get it to work.
LOL UT #fthegators
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It’s working on the TuneIn Radio app.
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FWIW, I listened via the website most of the game. It cut out once or twice but upon reloading it was fine.
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So we can’t get a push on 4th and 1 against Samford! Wow!
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Swifty B Shifty!
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Coach Smart is crawling someone’s tail every single play so far. He’s letting them know last week was last week.
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Fromm seals the edge!
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If Eason takes the QB job back, there may be a fullback controversy!
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Isaiah Wynn’s beard is glorious!
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I’m surprised Godwin didn’t hurt himself on that TD dive! Damn! Seems like it may have rung his bell for a second.
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Yeah..I wish he wouldn’t do that.
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Fromm doing pretty well, but staring down his receivers..O line is still kind of weak. Mississippi State is handling LSU pretty well so far. Swift is going to be a super star.
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Good first half performance until the last 5 minutes … which were hard to watch.
Damn, do we have some special teams?
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LSU is getting rolled right now.
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Miss St. scares me for sure.
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Yeah and U.K. Is beating the Cocks. Plus Vandy is tied with K-State in the 4th quarter. Georgia’s schedule just got a whole lot harder.
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The Dawgs schedule Is already rated as the toughest in the nation.
Besides Miss. State, the away games all concern me. If they win
the East, they will definitely deserve to play for the Championship.
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Vandy in Nashville. And the Dores have beaten the Dawgs 2 out of the last 4 games already. Can you spell trap game?
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Brice Ramsey completes a pass…to his own team!
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Ehlinger reminds me of Murray….lol
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Texas defense has finally shown up. Where were they the last few years?
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Maybe they’re saving Nauta as a surprise for MSU.
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I wonder about Nauta myself. Is he dinged, or in the dog house, or what?
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Of course, box score says only 9 completions all game, none to TEs.
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Announcers mentioned Kirby said he wants to see Nauta ‘practice like a champion’, or some such. Must not be happy with him.
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Swift is going to be something else! He is so damn quick. If Chubb/Michel had gone pro, he would be the starting running back right now.
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So, I guess Notre Dame doesn’t suck as bad as everyone said.
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They will always suck.
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I just watched Georgia win their third game in a row. It was against an inferior talent. You play who the schedule presents itself. I am not going to criticize anything. They beat Samford like a rented mule. Bring on Mississippi State. Now that will be a test to measure this team against.
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Ugh. I’ve been telling you guys for months that MSU is going to be tough. I’m full Munson this week.
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Me too, Irwin. Going back to the Spring, I’ve been saying MSU, not ND, would be the true test of where this team is. Looking scary right now, huh?
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Come on you guys, hunker it down one more time…
The Kharmic Bitchez…still giggling from their efforts in Gainesville, took Georgia-MSU off their board for “further study.” This does not bode well.
Word is the ladies are not sure at all that Georgia is ready for an actual SEC caliber team.
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We’ll find out soon enough.
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Gus Johnson is glorious. I don’t usually care for Fox Sports, but that Texas game last night was a thriller and Gus made sure I didn’t miss a single big play.
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