Or is he simply the one most willing to put his stupidity on display?
The Air Raid was introduced to the SEC over twenty years ago (by Mumme and Leach!) and Texas A&M ran it under Kevin Sumlin. Other than that, as takes go, it’s perfect.
Monthly Archives: September 2020
After yesterday, is your UGA glass half empty, or half full?
You can make the case either way.
Not great, Bob. The offense looked completely out of sync. The o-line couldn’t get out of its own way and the quarterback was the epitome of the proverbial deer caught in the headlights. The defense, while playing better than the offense, gave up a touchdown on a busted coverage.
While things did stabilize come the second half, it’s not crazy to believe right now that Georgia has some real issues on the offensive side of the ball that need fixing if this team is going to win its fourth straight division title.
That all being said, it was the first game coming out of an abbreviated practice schedule, with a new quarterback and a new offensive coordinator. There were always going to be kinks that needed to be worked out; it’s just that more of those will have to be addressed in live play rather than practice.
Also, this.
Before you dismiss that, warts and all, based on the level of opposition, let me be the first to remind you that the bottom of this conference is as weak as it’s been for a while. Texas A&M, playing at home, struggled with a Vanderbilt team that Bill Connelly projected to lose every game on its schedule by at least 17 points. Missouri and Ole Miss are playing with rosters that have been crippled by NCAA sanctions. (Mizzou had a COVID bonus on top of that, too, yesterday, with 12 players out.)
The point here is that Georgia isn’t exactly alone in needing to improve. Is there a reason to believe the coaching and talent are less up to the task than the other programs in the conference?
Filed under Georgia Football
Nice victory lap you took there.
If there’s anyone who knows something about talk being cheap, it’s Spurdog.
Dan got burned.
Gotta admit there’s something satisfying watching the man turn his innate dickishness on one of his own.
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TFW you’ve got what your team needs
Knowing you’ve got a lot to fix, any satisfaction this kid from South Georgia got to rally his team from a victory…
“I wouldn’t say satisfaction because I’m disappointed in our performance, you know what I mean? I’m proud and happy for Stetson. I wouldn’t take that moment away from him. No way in the world. He did a great job and he rallied the guys around him and they saw his competitive spirit on some of those scrambles and the two-point play. That’s the juice we needed. He gave us the juice we needed. He’s a great competitor. I spent a whole year with him on the scout team the one year he was here and I got to see the guy. Very composed. Very good poise.”
I was looking for a great quarterback story yesterday, and I got one. It just wasn’t the one I was expecting.
I have two thoughts about Stetson’s day. First, and I’m not trying to be a shit here — he’ll always have Fayetteville, no matter how the rest of this season plays out — it reminds me of the way Joe Cox pulled Georgia’s nuts out of the fire against Colorado in 2006. I’m sure everyone remembers how that played out the rest of that particular season.
That being said, right now, Stetson Bennett is Kirby Smart’s security blanket.
“I would just say the No. 1 thing is experience. Experience at that position is at a premium. I think you see that across the SEC when you see the quarterbacks that are here and those that are not here. Stetson has played in a lot of football games. Everybody forgets he went to Mississippi and played in I think 10 games and got to play in a whole season. That value of playing that season is immense in terms of getting reps than he came here and took every single rep for an entire year behind Jake Fromm as the 2. So we knew and we felt comfortable with what we had in Stetson in terms of all his reps he had taken. Stetson unfortunately did not get a ton of reps in minicamp leading up to the first practices. He has not gotten a ton of reps but we understand he prepares himself the right way without taking the reps and he did a good job today when he went in and was able to execute the game plan.”
There is real value in that, especially with one quarterback who wasn’t ready for prime time yesterday and another who is yet to be cleared to play.
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It’s Georgia time.
Yeah, that works.
As Bill depicts, this is a good football team. All it needs is a little successful tweak on offense.
It’s also a program that should have more to show for itself this century than it has.
As far as today goes, it would be a major, major shock for the Dawgs to lose. (It already sounds like COVID won’t be a factor, so all that’s left is my usual caveat about turnovers.)
The question, then, is will the Dawgs cover. My guess is yes, albeit barely. I know Sam Pittman has a lot of good will built up with the team and staff, but business is business, and in this case Job One is getting the offense in sync, something I expect will take more than one game to achieve.
I don’t think Smart intends to run the Hogs out of their own stadium, but a final score of, say, 38-10 doesn’t look outlandish. Do that and stay healthy makes for a successful road trip.
Along the way, there will be a lot of things to track: the offensive line and Luke’s general approach; the makeup of the receiving corps; explosive plays — myth or reality; how Monken uses Cook; D’Wan Mathis’ first start. And that’s just on the offensive side of the ball.
Defensively, I just want to see if a loaded group has the ability to improve beyond their stellar 2019 season.
Then there’s special teams. There is no doubt Georgia is going to miss Blankenship’s consistency; the question is how much. And while on the topic of consistency, it would be nice to see Camarda take that next step. He certainly has the skills. One other area that could stand improvement is the punt return unit.
Lots to see and lots to figure out. What are y’all wanting to learn about this team?
Filed under Georgia Football
Your 9.26 game day post
Here’s a list of today’s games.
Have at them in the comments.
Filed under College Football
TFW you can’t find a Waffle House
You’re at Georgia Tech! You can do that!
Members of the Georgia Tech equipment staff were spotted at Jimmy John’s restaurant off Carrier Circle Friday night.
Being from Georgia, a state on the New York travel advisory list, they’re supposed to follow strict health and safety protocols, which includes quarantining at the team hotel.
NewsChannel 9 reached out to Georgia Tech, and the assistant athletic director got back to us, saying the people at Jimmy John’s were members of the football team’s equipment staff and, “were not going to make it back to the hotel in time for the team meal, so they had to stop at Jimmy John’s to pick up dinner.”
The spokesman says they went into the restaurant with masks on, picked up food and brought their meals back to the hotel.
(h/t Marc Weiszer)
Filed under Georgia Tech Football, The Body Is A Temple
Close, but no ceegar, Mr. CW.
Shot.
Chaser.
Filed under Don't Mess With Lane Kiffin, Mr. Conventional Wisdom
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