Toughest block in the run game for a center is reaching a shade nose that’s not a statue. This is why Payne is elite. Hands to separate & drive. Power to stay square & detach. Athleticism to go make the play. Tough ask for Galliard. pic.twitter.com/ExPNhyd8AU
— Cole Cubelic (@colecubelic) January 15, 2018
… that wasn’t the problem.
Damn. Payne was impressive there, but that LBer blew the play up.
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Yep…heads up and eye on the play. He is a monster, 1st rounder imo.
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That’s just a mismatch. Nice two gap technique by 94.
Baker did a nice job of getting away with a hold.
Sony might have wanted to take that one outside.
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Bama certainly loses something with Payne leaving.
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Would not mind seeing him in a Falcons Uniform.
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Quick…call Arthur Blank!!
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They’ll just slide that Raekwon Davis kid in there: 6’7″ 307.
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He’s not half bad himself.
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Don’t make me get down on Cleveland again.
Mmmmm…nice effort?
Lamont needs to give someone at least a shoulder.
Anyway. We have 4 guys getting whipped by 2. If you want to start beating Alabama you’ve got to at least slow these guys down.
Getting tossed around like dolls ain’t gonna cut it.
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The post-mortem soundtrack.
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I’m afraid he comes back–but probably only for next year.
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Cleveland into the lineup was the one tweak to the o-line after the Auburn game that changed everything for the better down the stretch. It’s unrealistic to assume he won’t lose some match ups as a redshirt freshman making his 5th career start while attempting to block two future first rounders in the biggest game of his life.
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I wish we could see cut ups of every down. That would be a lot of fun.
Maybe Tyler Clark did some of this to them.
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Maybe we can have another argument about whether it was Payne who blew up the play or not. LOL
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Oddly, seeing stuff likes this makes me feel better about the loss.
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If it weren’t for smartassery and sarcasm, this blog would be fine, but with it, it’s religion.
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Tough dude to throw Big Ben around like that.
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Payne was a bad dude. Game wrecker.
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Galliard drops his left foot back on his first step like it’s a passing play. He’s not going to drive Payne back 3 yards on an RPO anyway so I have no clue why he doesn’t step forward with his left foot and try to get his head across Payne’s shoulder.
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He knows he isn’t driving Payne anywhere.
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It’s guys like this that make you wonder why we don’t take a play from the GT playbook and cut the hell out of him the first few plays. Then he would be playing for his future NFL check instead of Bama. Sometimes you’ve just have to be meaner than they are. If Ben Jones could block Mount Cody as much as he did it was because he was as mean as hell. By the way shout out to the UGA centers in last weekends Pat’s Titan’s game. The two best UGA centers of the modern era.
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How does Ray Donaldson fit in?
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Chaney was too busy sending Chubb “right up the middle” of the Alabama front, while making no progress. But that didn’t stop Chaney from continuing to do it! Chaney needs to be replaced. If not, UGA will not win a NC!
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Are you taking into account that Georgia allowed a 40 yd, game losing, overtime TD pass in the NC game just last week, and would have otherwise won the championsip with Chaney as OC? Also officiating.
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