What’s going to happen tonight? Your guess is as good as mine, but I will say that a 25-point spread seems awfully generous considering that regardless of which quarterback is called on to start, Kirby Smart’s naturally conservative instincts are likely bound to kick in.
No, I don’t expect Georgia to run the ball as much as Mississippi State will pass it, but I will be surprised if we see the total number of pass plays Todd Monken calls much north of twenty.
On the other side of the ball, how will Georgia defend the Air Raid? My guess, based on last year’s SECCG, is that Smart and Lanning will be more pragmatic than the way Kirby talked in the presser this week and play a lot of three-man line, supplementing the linebackers in pass coverage with six defensive backs.
If Georgia can dodge the turnover problems that have plagued it of late, this should be a comfortable, if boring, win. We’ll see how it goes.
Have at it in the comments, of course.
Get The Picture 
Zeus goes for a hundy. Total rushing will be over 200yds. JT Daniels will be a statue throwing short and a few intermediate passes that are somehow more impressive than anything we’ve seen this year, going perhaps 10-16 for 140yds or so with one pick.
Defense will get tested in coverage. We won’t cover. Boring late night game. UGA 23-Missy St 13
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Kirby just announced they’re wearing the black jerseys tonight.
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Is hundy short for 10? I mean FFS. This is sad.
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No more public prognostications. Yeah. Definitely got this one wrong.
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WHAT !?! It was a 7-point win. You only missed by three.
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Watching Vanderbilt march down the field and score so easily on Florida Drives home how badly are off fence under performed.
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Thinks they will run the wheel routes until it is stopped….hopes Rice is still not hobbled.
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Mullen out-schemed Kirby on that and by the time the halftime adjustment could be made, the game was out of hand.
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I expect another frustrating win. I’d love to see us get lots of practice in on offense.
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Same here…..
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But who knows, could end up being a perfect day…..Daniels proves he is the player they say, offense takes off.
Vandy upsets UF giving the Dawgs more hope for the SECCG. UF loses another, Dawgs get completely healthy for title game. Davis, LeCounte and numerous others.
Far-fetched, but a dawg has to have hope….Covid year, anything can happen.
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Great attitude, Greg. Refreshing.
GO DAWGS !!
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I agree. this dawg has hope ky tn and lsu the gaters could drop a couple and we turn in to what we all thought. I am a big fan of Zeus think he turns it on tonight.
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Man, I’d love to see Zeus run wild. I really pull for that kid.
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I’ll be disappointed if Daniels throws less than 20 passes. At some point we need to see what he can do with his arm and if our receivers are actually improving.
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Watching true freshman QB completing passes to true freshman TE for LSU just makes me sad.
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TE from Marietta!!!
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Time to bake a cake and pull all the ingredients out of the pantry. Year is over and we may as well just go for it. If Daniels has at least a 65% completion rate then turn him loose. Let the RB’s loose and see what happens. Time to have some fun.
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Watching Fields and Trask is so depressing. And I’m remembering we are wearing those “It was just 40 years ago y’all!” patches…yeesh.
So not to hijack the thread but curious…who takes the over or under that:
Kirby wins SECCG in 3 years (not including 2020)?
Kirby wins NC in 5 years (again, not including this season)?
I don’t see Bama regressing, and see aTm and the gators ascending plus LSU is always a wild card so….I’m not taking the under for either.
Bonus question. If neither happens, is Kirby our coach in 5 more years? That would be a Mark Richt mediocrity territory.
And Florida scores again…. sighhhhhhh
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Over unders don’t really work for your first two questions.
The more interesting over/under is how many little whiny bitches from 2016 and 2020 will I have to suffer with when we do win the natty?
I’ll put that number at an unfortunate and depressing 35,000. The ones who will admit it? Under 5.
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Hehehehehe. Whiny little bitches indeed.
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I have been less than kind to you in the past. Here? When you’re right, you’re right. On the money. I have started with the bourbon, so, this is my last post “for real”, Hat tip. Take is on point.
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You don’t have to suffer with anyone. Who is forcing you? You can move along in your life without any compulsion to respond or react to any perceived contradiction to your world view.
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I think Kirby had some bad luck this year. He’s also still evolving as a head coach. I think we’ll be back strong next season. Don’t want to pick an over/under because it still takes a little luck, but I think Kirby is our best shot and will get us there eventually.
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Russ,
I agree with you Kirby has had plenty of bad luck this year. When he fired Coley and hired Monken I was convinced he knew he had to change and had a clear plan to do so.
For some the question is do we have another Mark Richt comparing the two after five years. With a little luck and a 4 team playoff Richt could have won a NC. Kirby was a play away in year two and like early Richt was usually just outside the playoffs at seasons end. Given the amount of available talent it’s really hard to imagine UGA not winning a Natty in the last 40 years.
I believe Kirby has learned from his many mistakes. Recruiting great players is a requirement that Kirby knew when he arrived. Being able to win a shoot out is now a requirement that he knows is no longer optional.
Kirby now has five years of HC experience. Like Saban he is extremely focused on results not media attention like Cousin Eddy at FU. Mullen was really lucky Trask was on the self when needed.
Here’s my prediction for the next five years.
I expect Kirby to put it all together and win a NC.
By then Saban will probably be retiring, Ryan Day and Lincoln Riley in the NFL and Dabo takes an obscene amount of cash to coach elsewhere. FU will realize they have a HC that’s never won a championship as a HC and he never will.
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It’s funny. I’ve been critical but also have a feeling Kirbs will figure it out. He didn’t have a smaller school to test drive the waters of head coaching, and got his dream job off the bat. Which I think made the pressure crazy.
But I’ve been complaining. Why? Because we’re so damn close. So damn close. I was born Feb 1980. We haven’t won one in my lifetime. 2012 and 2017 were heartbreakers. I think we will get there but it’s frustrating because I want it now, damnit.
And I’m aware of how dumb that is. But it’s still there.
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Actually we did win one in the 1980 season; that season was fall of 1980, after you were born in February 1980.
But your point is well taken, it’s been too damn long.
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Absolutely gotdam right, Russ and scuba.
Go Dawgs!
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How is Marc Curles still officiating anything above a Pee Wee football game? He has been incompetent for years. Seems like he should move to the PAC-12.
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Indeed Arkansas got screwed by the refs again. Mark Curles is horrible when I heard his name I knew it was going to be bad.
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Here’s a comment . We aren’t as good as Indiana. INDIANA!
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Not very often you could say that and be correct. Today I wouldn’t disagree.
The only thing that gives me pause is how good or bad is the B10 this year.
Look at tOSU schedule, today is the only team with a pulse they play.
The normal solid teams Michigan, PSU and MSU are just bad this year.
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Do we add 4-0 Northwestern to the list?
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Watching LSU use Arik Gilbert makes me wish we would just turn Washington loose and see what we can do with him.
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Hopefully, we see some of that tonight, but I’m not holding my breath with Mr. Manball and potentially a new QB.
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It’s been since last year’s Tennessee game that we have actually looked good on offense for most of a game.
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I hate late games.
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7:30 ain’t late.
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Depends on when you start drinking.
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Almost chocked on an ice cube when I read that one.
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Yup. Start early on football Saturday’s. None other though. Lol
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Night games are the best especially when it’s 92,000.
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Your so right about that. Hopefully once the CBS contract is over all good home games move to 7:30.
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“Kirby Smart’s naturally conservative instincts are likely bound to kick in.” Feel the excitement!
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For the sake of the student-athletes, i hope none of these kids are injured permanently from COVID-19. Today has been garbage to watch. One of the longest days of my life. Cannot believe i am watching PAC whatever for my entertainment.
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Er. Wut?
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Do your part and stop watching and stop commenting.
It will illustrate you are true in your concerns.
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I guess we’re just going to give them short throws all night. Recipe for disaster.
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Well, the qb looked poised, took what the D gave him, made some good throws, sustained a long drive, and put points on the board. Unfortunately that was their offense. Lol. Our turn!
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Wow. Going to be a long night.
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Geebus H Cripes.
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We are an ordinary team. No more or less. Mediocre. Average. Talented but underachieving.
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That was just ugly.
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There it is Devil Dawg.
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Reminds me of last year. They sell out to stop the run because we can’t pass if we can’t run.
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Let’s run the ball or let him throw some bombs. Air it out!! Or don’t. Lol. And Derek thinks I’d make a bad coach.
I do feel a lot less stressed with nothing on the line. I know you’re all happy to hear it.
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Somebody remind me of the last year we started 3 different QBs…..
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1984 or 85
David Dukes
Todd Williams
James Jackson
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2006: JTIII, Joe Cox and Matt Stafford
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JT just got here. Let him get his feet on the ground.
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Attaboy.
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WOOF!
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And just like that, we don’t have a running game.
But we can surely see how we’ve missed Pickens.
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Sweet
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Ten minutes of commercials for every minute of football.
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It’s the ESPN ratio.
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A t least they aren’t those political commercials.
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True.
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I mean, I’m no expert, but it looks like the Bizarro Dawgs are just sending a receiver to the first down line and having him turn around to make the easy catch. And we’re doing nothing about it.
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Apparently everyone since LSU was able to figure it out, but Lanning can’t.
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Halftime adjustments? That or high proof liquor.
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Thing is, it’s as effective in running clock as a great running game. We’ve only had three possessions in this half with five minutes left. That 25 point favorite thing is looking like a cruel joke. State is wearing our defense down offense on the bench. And with all those players absent.
Thing is, we’re just getting beat. It’s not a bizarre alignment of the stars like it was against South Carolina last year. We’re just being outplayed. Maybe the second half will be better, I hope so.
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Everybody happy?
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No
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Fuck no!
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Also not surprised.
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A depleted, awful MSU team is wearing us out. Depth? They have none and we’re plum silly with it and yet, they’re outplaying us.
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Brock is scared shitless and is talking to Mullet!
Way to go Kirby!
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This defense is a fucking joke!
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Never thought I’d be asking this about our defense, but what the hell is going on, and how can it be fixed?
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Here’s an idea. Let’s go with 3 defensive linemen and have the other 8 defenders back off 10 or 15 yards from the line of scrimmage. Havoc indeed!
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I’m glad we have an elite defense or we’d really be in trouble.
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Yeah, lets rush 3 slow guys who can never get the QB, and drop everyone else in to a soft zone 5 yards off of the line of scrimmage. Should work.
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We are just lining up 5 yards of th damn ball and they take it. Our defenses is in the bend but don’t break. It’s not working.
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Yeah, enough of the bend but don’t break. And, enough of the “toss it to pickens”. We need to run the damn ball AND throw it a little bit. This is way too predictable.
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Oh yeah, lets play some defense while we’re at it, please…
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Under throw the open receiver works better than over throwing him.
In this strange season special teams have been rock solid. Maybe Kirby can let Cochran whisper into Lanning’s ear. STOP GIVING UP FREE 10 YARD PASSES.
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I do not think we know how to play zone. You can actually approach potential receivers…you don’t need to leave them alonr
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Georgia will make defensive adjustments at halftime…to take away that short pass stuff. Guess what? Leach knows that and will have a completely different scheme in the second half .
Daniels looks like Bennett. He’s had a pass batted down, thrown short passes to deep open receivers and like Mathis, he panics under pressure. I’m not down on him. He’s made some good throws and done some good things, but he’s not a huge upgrade yet.
Dammit, I want to find something positive. But State gets five to eight yards on every ……screw it. State just scored on a long one as I typed this….
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Yeah, 13–17-204-2 TDs in a half looks just like Bennett and Mathis.
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^^^^ Thank you
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I’ll admit he’s looking a lot better.
(but if SB had played the first half and had three batted balls you’d be all over it. He also took some bad sacks and threw short on some bombs. I agree he’s looking pretty good now)
He seems to be really getting stronger as the game goes on. I think he’s going to be fine.
it’s great to see the long ball.
Andhas also benefited greatly from the return of Pickens.
Burton is killing it too.
Now, after that first drive of the second half, I’ll say he’s looking good.
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Jesus, we suck. Nobody can defend when it really counts.
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What in the hell is going on. We are like Vanderbilt. Forget it. Damn it to hell.
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“Mal”: Latin root, prefix meaning “bad” or “evil”
“Practice”: perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to improve or maintain one’s proficiency.
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Eh, now things look better. Whatever….
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Eh, never mind, penalty on us. Go figure…
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Wait, these batted balls were just because SBIV right? Wasn’t it because he is too short? Huh?
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Kirby’s fault.
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Luke’s fault actually.
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Wink.
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CKS laying down the wood there, “you better lock these fuckers down” lol.
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JT Daniels has talent. Thank goodness.
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I like our quarterback. I don’t like our defense.
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Nice pass!
When Bennett and Daniels stand side by side they are the same size. No way JT is 6’3”.
Making my second half adjustment leaving the Spaten beer starting the single malt island scotch Isley in the second half. Brown liquor for the win.
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Bennet was standing on a box.
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When standing beside James Cook they look almost the same size too. I’ll grant I my vision could be affected by alcohol.
I really don’t care if he is a munchkin and a member of the lollipop gild keep throwing TD passes without interceptions and I’m good.
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Eh, too late, but I respect the choice, I bought my dream car today so I celebrated early. Figures that my team would be sluggish tonight, lol. FWIW, my dream car was a ‘98 528i with a manual transmission. I found one with 160,000 miles and I will rebuild the entire suspension/driveline/engine quickly.
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Not fast from the line, but a well balanced car and in a long turn… you can step into the throttle and it’ll look for the other side, it’ll push the driver out the other side …
Great cars. I used to race Miatas..
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I also have a cherry ‘89 325i. My son has an ‘87 325 and a ‘99 328i. We have six of them in the driveway. Got to cull at least one of them….. great cars though. As you say, not muscle, but damn, great driver cars…..
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Got damn, another pass given up….
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7 yards rushing… RBU baby!!
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Yeah, I think we may have seen the last of the smug, “football is a simple game” Kirby during interviews. Hey Kirby….explain why every stops these guys except you an Bo? WTF are you doing?
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I need an answer to this!
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I do think Daniels is our QB of the future. He should continue to improve this season.
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Another SNAFU.
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Err, 3rd down after the half…….
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These kids are trying really hard. Love the effort. Will take a while to gel.
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Yeah, that right there, solid first down effort and team mates making sure. That’s good stuff.
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At this point I wonder about kirbys stubbornness. He needs to play a 3-3-5 and have the MLB sit eight yards deep. Just like the wheel routes two weeks ago you don’t have to have locker room coaching session to figure it out.
JT is the man, tho. Got damn!
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Nice.
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Funny thing is, it never looks like Daniels extends his arm? They all look like short arm throws? Maybe not….I dunno, but it looks funny to me.
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QBs combined 43-52 into the 3rd.
We all saw that coming, didn’t we?
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I’d have at least expected the Dawgs’ RBs to have gained 1.25 ypc….
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I’m digging that one cheerleader’s stripper vibe. Ain’t digging this loose D.
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Ehh, aren’t they all? It’s all good my man, right there with you.
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Shame on y’all. They’re someone’s daughters.
The cheerleaders? Shame on y’all…..
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Where is our damn defense?!?!
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Soft.
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Jeebus
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What the fuck, over?
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No impact no idea.
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Out. Carry on my man…..this is crazy stuff.
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Roger that.
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WTF!! We send seven people and get no pressure. Wide ass open receiver. Can’t pass defend shit. This is Kirby’s D. Miss St is whipping us up front and through the air. This is Kirby’s D and it is not good.
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Our defense is pathetic. This is a team with 49 scholarship players and a true freshman backup QB.
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Russ,
Clear concise good evaluation of where we are at present. Carry on.
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Getting pushed to the brink by a team with the numbers of a AA high school. SMH
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When was the last time we had a defensive lineman who could actually create pressure?
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2 rushing TDs for Mississippi State. Let that embarrassing stat sink in.
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I love Mark Webb, but he’s a serious liability in coverage.
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I’ve seen his number a lot today. The side with his name on it.
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He is limping when he runs.
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It hasn’t just been this year. Teams pick on him. He needs to be playing safety rather than corner/star.
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Agee, just pointing out that our defense is so bad we have a guy with a limp out there.
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Anyone else noting the batted balls and wondering if it’s Luke’s OL coaching and not as much Bennett now?
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This defense is a total embarrassment! Continue to drop LB’s 10 yards deep and give up easy 7 on first down. Then there is the man coverage…WTF!!
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It’s the Willie Martinez defense bend then break.
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Looks like we are Georgia again….
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Yup, lots of brawn, not so much anything else.
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Yep. Talent everywhere except where we need them to be. Can’t win the LOS. Can’t defend a pass. Can’t pressure the qb. How did we get here? This is Kirby’s D.
Good grief. How’d he drop that pick?!?!
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Leach is using the short passing game to wear us out. We can’t get to Rogers at all, and when we get close he’s always got a wide open receiver. It’s really a good way to attack Georgia’s defense. If we don’t find a way to get a couple of stops, we’re in trouble. Go figure..where in the heck is the running game (I suspect we’re doing something to tip off the defense when it’s a run)…and where is the D?
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Good job, JT. I wish we made it as tough on other QBs as they make it on ours.
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About to see if this gets ugly. Punt was a good indicator it is.
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Gets ugly?
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Yeah, this is fun…..
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Lol, repeat…
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There’s no pumping sunshine up anyone’s ass now. This team has problems.
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Oh there’s a few people on this blog who will be here soon to pump some sunshine. Or tell us to STFU. Or both. Anyone seen Derek?? 😂
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I just don’t get it Ranger. I was perusing 247 today and saw where we have the #1 ranking in the team talent composite. WTF is going on?
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Injuries to key players and defection of the starting QB led to a couple of losses which seriously affected the team’s morale. Only two games played in the last month threw off their rhythm and lack of in-game adjustments allowed a motivated team to over achieve against a listless, limping D. Seeing a starting QB hit long passes accurately and halftime adjustments seemed to light a fire under the team’s ass giving the Dawgs and fans renewed hope.
But those are lame ass excuses. The most talented team in the nation almost got their ass handed to ’em at home by a depleted, 3 star squad. That’s on the coaches. Let’s hope that the emergence of Daniels and time to heal injuries will be enough to restore confidence and competence by September 4.
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Roger’s is un-sackable it seems. He’s good.
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pardon the misplaced apostrophe
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Where in the hell is the run game? This team is a damn mystery!
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MAYBR STOP FUCKING RUNNING! This is the best deep passing game this team has had in who can remember how long, so of course go run/run/screen!!!?!?!? WHAT THE FUCK???
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Can we finally retire the $%#@ black jerseys?
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I second that.
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Scott Cochran said they were our funeral wear or something along those lines. Maybe he’ll remind Kirby to burn them or put them in the MSU bus.
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They look damn good. Cloth ain’t our problem. Cloth don’t block. Cloth don’t cover.
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Once again you state The Truth.
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Neither did anyone in a black jersey.
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That’s right. The jerseys are to blame. 🙄
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This is a game the coaches are going to deserve to lose.
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Cool, nail biter at home in ‘20. Perfect…..
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Nice drive. Bobo, is that you?
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What percent of the time does Georgia run the ball on first down?
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It takes a very poor performance to get me down on the Dawgs. Well here it is.
Just dammitman.
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Yeah, I’m into the courvosier now….lol
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Drink up, pal. It’s only Saturday.
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JT Daniels and Jermaine Burton are the lone brights spots in this game. Anyone see that coming?
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Pickens has done his part, too.
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I’d say Pickens is playing well.
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The passing is great, but damn, we need to ru the ball too. WTF. Run the damn ball, OL.
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Nope. At this point I’m throwing every down. It’s obvious we aren’t run blocking tonight.
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My current theory is that the O-line hates either Luke or the entire RB group, becuase they ain’t run blocking shit tonight.
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What in the hell are we seeing? Christ…..
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DIME
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“We just need a QB who can hit the open receivers.”
JT Daniels: “I’m right here”
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https://twitter.com/brandonsudge/status/1330361369200357376
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Holy shit! Dropped TD/Dropped TD/Hold/DROPPED THE TD IN THERE ON A DIME!!!
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I cannot believe what this offense can look like! Just need to fix the left side of the line for run blocking and hey, next year might look pretty good!
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It’s really strange to me to see the QB throw with a kind of half arm. No extension at all, its wild. Great play though, actually, great 4 plays in a row.
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LOL JT…just gonna chuck it till somebody catches it
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401 yards passing. He’s chucking it somewhere alright.
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Wow. Two straight TD passes dropped by our receivers, than a terrible holding penalty, and then somehow Daniels throws a strike for a TD on third-and-20. Haven’t seen that in a Georgia uniform in a long time.😋 This boy’s got it.
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Time for that costly turnover…
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You’re the one.,…
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So are all of us internet couch coaches justified in our criticism of CKS? Does he get it? If only our 5 star veteran D could stop Miss St. That’s more Kirby’s specialty. Let’s see…
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You can say that, but these kids are really playing hard, all the time, and you cant say otherwise.
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Yikes, now our D….
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Finally!!!!
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Gutty performance by the Bizarro Dogs — I think they win with SBIV in there.
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No doubt.
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… Which is still slightly bizarre. To be fair.
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Adjustments were made on D obviously.
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Got slightly more aggressive with the LBers…
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Now this offensive series should be interesting. Manball when we can’t run or let JT let’er fly? In Pickens I trust.
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I never thought moving up to the twentieth century would feel so bad. Our stat line looks like a Big12 team. Gonna take a lot of getting used to.
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Run outside. Keep doing itl
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‘It’
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‘It” is less scary than this game.
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JT Daniels looks like he’s being played by James Franco.
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Dafuq?
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Got dammit. We NEED to run the ball a lil bit. Got dammit
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Is it just me or does it look like the OL are just standing around while McIntosh is trying to get around them to find running room? They got to the 2nd level and took a break.
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Schaeffer has been running uphill in mud ALL game long.
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Get ready for OT
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I am.
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Except I’ll bet the Pirate goes for 2.
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Did Kirby jump in a Delorean to get to the game? This looks like us 10 years ago with Marty McFly at QB.
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pick
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I hate this late game one score BS.
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Chickenshit PF call.
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Chickenshit refs.
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Kirby is right, got damn it.
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This certainly looks like Mark Richt coached team. It’s the first time I’ve felt a KS team was not ready to play.
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SC last year.
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You are correct. I’m tried to block that out.
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Ole Miss and Vandy in 2016. It’s happened.
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SEC refs for the loss, but it would have been over sooner. What a mess.
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Watch. The. Deep. Ball.
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AFT.
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Jake Fromm with over 30 attempts?
0-6.
JT Daniels with over 30 attempts?
1-0.
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When was the last time any UGA team rushed for 12 yards and won?
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I don’t know but my guess would be never.
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Interesting fact.
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28 – 38, 401 yds, 4 TDs.
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8 yards rushing.
Yeah…all is well.
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It’s 2020 ……………………………….
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That was some gutty shit by the kids from MSU.
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Indeed! Props to MSU.
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One thing I think this shows is we have the WR talent. That has not been the problem. QB matters so much
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8 total yards rushing for UGA 22 for MSU.
I’ll always take a win that was just ugly. Please burn those black jerseys.
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I love the black jerseys. Put them in the rotation once a year.
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We have a QB. For you folks who thought JT was just a USC castoff, you saw the kid who was the #2 pro-style QB behind Trevor Lawrence.
I don’t think teams are going to be daring him to beat them. Guess what? Pickens, Jackson, Burton and Robinson looked really good tonight.
If JT is a bridge to Brock Vandagriff, I’ll take him all day long next year.
While the offensive line looked awful in run blocking for the entire night, I’m looking forward to seeing what this offense does the rest of the season with #18 taking snaps.
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Maybe. I want to believe but remember MSU brought 49 scholarship players to Athens. And it was still a struggle. On both sides. I am cautiously optimistic.
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I look at JT’s stat line. With as many balls as went down the field, it’s hard to complete that many down the field against air. On the last TD, he threw 3 beautiful throws into the end zone.
The Pirate had a good plan. The freshman QB played well, but after the first drive of the 2nd half, they didn’t do anything.
Daniels is the most talented QB on the roster and he proved it tonight. As I’ve said since September, the only reason Daniels wasn’t first off the bench in Fayetteville was that he wasn’t physically ready.
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I agree with you. I believe Daniels wasn’t ready until last week/this week. I was just trying to point out that there is a lot of excitement around a player who has played one game in the SEC. Tape is going to get out on him fast — will he be able to continue to deliver against teams with better depth.
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Admire your optimism, left kind of apt on the rest. Yeah, this game was way off the typical “charts” for us, the run game was seriously off schedule, and that was not the plan. It should have been more even and the QB throws should have been more “outside the lines”. We won a squeaker. No doubt about it. Talent won the day, but, they “the kids” did it on their own is my opinion. That was just back yard talent that won that game.
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ee, didn’t JT look poised tonight. In addition to his accurate passing he looked to be very comfortable on the field.
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After that first possession, he looked pretty much in command. With any semblance of a running game, we run them out of Sanford tonight.
To me, one of the best plays of the night was the flea flicker. JT saw it wasn’t there and checked down for a short gain to Pickens rather than heave it down the field into coverage.
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That was smooth.
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All of the anxiety that I had about the QB situation has now shifted to the defense.
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They looked MUCH more buttoned up in the 2nd half.
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Glad to see the Dawgs win and JTD perform competently. That’s all the sunshine I got.
Oh, and I hope all those refs get lice and fleas. Sorry muthafukas.
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There were many questionable calls tonight against us. It’s just unexcusable.
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400+ yards, 4 TDs and no INTs was a little more than competent. Especially compared to what we’ve seen so far this season. Hopefully we can learn to run the ball again.
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I’m not taking anything away from JTD on his first start. But, it WAS just MSU. Shiiiit man. That level of competence in the previous five games and the Dawgs are 6-0.
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I hope Matt Luke goes home to Mississippi over Thanksgiving and gets quarantined there. He sucks. That was a historically bad showing for an O-line. So bad I have to believe that they were either horribly hung over – a la Varsity Blues, – or were just out to get Luke fired.
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Standing around and giving up on plays. That’s what I saw.
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Agreed.
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I’m not too down on the run game/blocking. MSU ran cover zero and blitzed 2 or 3 LBs almost every single snap. A successful running game just isn’t happening against that. They made the QB coming off a torn ACL and meniscus and his WRs beat them, which they did. They sold out to stop the more more than any team I remember doing against a Georgia team. I was most surprised by the fact that Monken didn’t try running outside earlier if he so was insistent on running.
Defense? Idk. Some of it was the offense they were facing and Leach had the better of Lanning and Kirby, which was obvious when we finally went man and got beat for a 50 yard TD to a RB out of the backfield. I told my dad that Leach was baiting us to go man by hitting all that underneath early and often. Sure enough.
Also, the defense seems night and day depending on whether or not Jordan Davis is out there, though, I don’t think he would have mattered against that offense. We really ran some Joe Kines bend-don’t-break shit until those last two or three possessions.
In fine Georgia can fashion, I’m really excited about the future of the offense. Big shoes to fill at both OGs. Defense- they lost a lot but still are loaded with talent. Again, Jordan Davis will be huge imo.
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Thanks for that explanation on why the Dawgs couldn’t run on MSU, jaboo52. I couldn’t make such a cogent description as I was drinking, cussing and commenting like a moronic mouth breather in addition to being an ignorant fuck. ‘Wonder what the Dawg’s staff have for an excuse?
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Note; Mullen is a dick. Period.
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What did he do this time?
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Kirby is too stubborn to win a game with 400 yards passing and 8 yards passing.
I bet Saban has won dozens of those!
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Why wasn’t Daniels made ready for the Florida game?
Kirby has some fucking explaining to do.
Kirby is too stubborn. He’s too damn stubborn. That dumbass three and out in the third quarter where we went run-run-pass has Kirby’s meddling fingerprints all over it.
There is no reason why Daniels couldn’t have been ready to play the Florida game. No, I don’t believe Kirby’s bullshit coachspeak.
The man is too arrogant and too stubborn and he has absolutely no reason to be. He has ZERO rings as a head coach. Kirby cost us a chance to play in the SEC Championship Game this season because he stuck with the play-not-to-lose option at QB because that’s the coach he is.
He better fucking learn his damn lesson this time. He didn’t learn after turtling the offense in the 2017 National Title Game. He didn’t learn after doing the same thing in 2018 against Bama AGAIN. He didn’t learn after promoting Coley. He even still didn’t learn after hiring Monken and still trying to make the offense play-not-to-lose. Next year better be better than this year. If not, the natives have every right to be restless.
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I was more concerned about him with our defensive approach to tonight’s game. It’s clear that a coach and not a recruiter can beat Smart, who is hoping that talent outplays scheme. Even in the after game presser he still tried to make excuses for SBIV. What crap. Quit promoting the po boy Georgia player and promote the guys who can win. Stupid defense tonight and stubborn run calls. We are fortunate that Leach didn’t throw more.
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Kirby REALLY has some fucking explaining to do.
All of you here who continues to believe his bullshit prepare for this JT Daniels truth bomb to ruin your day.
Kirby could’ve used the two weeks between Bama and Kentucky to get Daniels ready and instead stuck with Bennett. Daniels was ready to go. Stubborn and arrogant Kirby Smart decided to continue to play not to lose against Kentucky and Florida like it was 1985 and you don’t need a good QB to win games.
https://twitter.com/brandonsudge/status/1330361369200357376
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And the next words from JT put context into it….https://twitter.com/brandonsudge/status/1330362028234477569?s=19
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NO NO NO, no context. We are mad and WE DESERVE an explanation!!!!
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He said he was ready to play. Period.
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Well, we won but what a painful to watch win. WTF was going on out there? There’s a lot to unpack but at least we now have a QB that can throw!!! How exciting is that? Hey receivers – you know what to do – so do it! All the rest – wake the fuck up and play like your lives depend on it. I saw a lot of half ass effort being displayed.
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We lose that game without JT playing. Late in the first half, he began to show his talent. Yeah, it was MSU, but again..we lose without JT.
This is just crazy.
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What was your first clue?
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This oughta piss ya’ll off!!! ““The decisions were made were on who we felt gave us the best opportunity to win, and a lot of that had to do with mobility and Stetson’s play,” Smart said. “The kid played pretty good against Florida without George Pickens until he took the shot.”
Bennett put directed a 6-play, 61-yard TD drive that gave UGA a 14-0 lead against the Gators but was injured on his scoring throw.
“Then it kind of all went downhill,” Smart said. “As Stet struggled, we had to look for other options.”
Smart said the real story is how Daniels handled things when he was relegated to third string behind Bennett and D’Wan Mathis the first six games of the season.
“Let’s make the discussion about how well JT handled it in a world where nobody handles things very well when they don’t get what they want,” Smart said. “What he did is he said, ‘Coach, I want to come down to the scouts and I want to throw and I want to be part of the game plan.’
“And he came down with me and went every day against what I think’s a pretty good defense … he made plays, he moved around in the pocket, and he started showing us that, ‘hey, I can do this thing.’ He took the bull by the horns and he took advantage of it tonight.”
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Seems reasonable to me.
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Yet again our first half D looked like Lanning already has an HC job offer in hand, College D coordinators’ stocks are falling fast, so maybe hes gonna cash in before it’s too late. The last drive before the half by Monken & Daniel was absolutely incredible. By the way, game ball goes to Burtons two HANDs- he snatched a bullet out of the air I haven’t seen by a UGA WR since AJ. Overall, hard to imagine Vandagriff beats out JT, so hope he’s OK grooming 1st year.
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The problem with the defensive scheme in the first half was that everyone seemed to dropping to the sticks or beyond and a receiver or back was just going to sit down 5 yards from the LOS. Easy pitch and catch and it was allowing MSU to play in from the chains on early downs. After the first drive of the second half, we started squatting on the five yard route. Once we did that, they struggled to do anything on early downs (it’s the Air Raid version of 8 in the box). Why we didn’t make that adjustment earlier is beyond me.
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So that is what a competent skilled quarterback looks like. Daniels played well and gives me hope for the offense going into next season.
Now, about that run game and defense…
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