Comes from Bill Connelly ($$):
The Blazers were, for all intents, purposes and occasionally limited offensive output, the Georgia of the Group of Five. Now they get to face the real thing.
Sounds like we’re gonna be treated to back-to-back grinders, Dawg fans.
And what Bill means by “occasionally limited offensive output” is this:
UAB almost certainly doesn’t have the offense to scare the Dawgs for 60 minutes; the Blazers haven’t finished better than 92nd in offensive SP+ since their return to action…
Get The Picture 
Every game from here to December is an opportunity to get tuned up for Alabama in the SECCG. Maybe work on some downfield passing tomorrow? Cause UAB ain’t gonna score.
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Exactly…experiment, open up the playbook
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Well…I would counter you don’t want to show your hand if your opponent is holding garbage. Let them fold and don’t show your high cards until the big showdown. Get it out of reach and get the young bucks in as early as possible, that’s what I’m hoping to see.
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I think Monken is creative enough to open it up and still have plenty he is not showing.
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If # 18 is the starter, book is open…if # 18 isn’t the starter, book might be limited to a few easy pages, or heaven forbid…full frontal “manball”…
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I love your thinking here Gurkha, but deep down you know this will not happen under Kirby. We will see less and 20 pass attempts this weekend and north of 40 rushing attempts. Kirby will play things close to the vest in an attempt to control the game, which in turn will lead to a closer scoring game than necessary. And that is if we are able to actually score touchdowns…something that our offense apparently struggles with.
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And then all the high flying WR recruits will yawn and change it to the OU/OSU games. Le sigh.
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Skeptic, I think based on past games you are probably correct. Saban made a comment several years ago, I think after Bama lost the NC to Ohio State in a shoot out. In effect he said: Instead of winning with ball control all year, we should have run a more wide open offense more often. We would then be able to execute better when we needed to. Again, that’s not an exact quote but it is what he was getting at. Kirby would be wise to follow his mentor’s advice.
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On paper: Old fashioned battle of field position and turnovers. Reality: I think they have no one to keep up with Cook and tackle White/McIntosh.
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UAB is a good football team that wins its G5 conference regularly. This will not be a walkover by any means.
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If this game is not a walkover, I would question Georgia being ranked #2. Backups or not – we should have significant athletic advantage across the board.
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In other words – “You’re either elite, or you’re not”.
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Keep choppin’ wood, keep the main thing the main thing…
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Dash, we are not an elite team at this point. Our defense appears to be out of this world elite at this point. Our offense? Not even close. We have seen this play out time and time again over the years…a world class defense paired with a plodding offense equals games closer than they should be and an untimely loss to a lesser team. In short, Georgia football.
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“Not even close…” ?? Huh?? Not sure how you can say that after one game. Especially when that game was against the #2 team in the nation with 10 starters back on a D that was one of the best in the nation last year. Watch what that D does to the rest of the poor ACC over the next couple of months and you’ll understand what a monumental task we had.
You better reserve judgement on this O for a few games…JMHO.
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Darin, you are 100%. Lots of season left to play and improve. In my first sentence I stipulated at this point. That being said, I do find it strange that our offense could not scratch after practicing against our incredible D all spring and fall. It’s possible that 1) our D is 85 Bears great or 2) our offense is what we saw last weekend or 3) Clemson is not as good as we thought.
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It won’t be a a walkover, rest assured.
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This game concerns me but I don’t think that the team will play down to UAB’s level. I think that this will be a close one at least for a half and as long as we don’t have multiple turnovers we will win by a score close to the closing line. That being said, UAB is a well-coached team with a great defense and Coach.
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I’m already drinking. You can never been too sure.
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You can’t drink all day if you don’t start in the morning.
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As UGA fans, we need to hope Bill Clark finds a big time job somewhere else. If he ends up at Tech or Auburn, that could present some problems down the road.
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I’m surprised Auburn didn’t go after him last year. Tech is possibly a worse job than UAB at this point.
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Supposedly Clark was interviewed for the Auburn job before it went to (now) ex-Boise guy.
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So they went for New Age Minister rather than guy that knows the market? Makes sense. Yes I know Harsin coached at Texas and AR St. But Clark has serious bona fides.
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If Clark interviewed and Auburn didn’t offer, they are dumber than I thought … that’s a really low bar for the mental acuity of the leadership of those on the Plains.
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And perhaps some route jumping, by… take your pick.
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We will give up more points than expected…and perhaps score more as well. Because, well, that’s how CFB generally works.
Dawgs on top: 31-13.
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Hope we cover.
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I can see us giving up an early score or two before waking up. It’s happened a lot in the past. I know this defense is different but I have seen us show up with an apathetic attitude way too many times after huge victories. I hope they prove me wrong.
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methinks kendall milton goes off this saturday. we shall see.
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I’m looking forward to a mostly stress-free game. Grill some chicken and sip some brews.
I have set my phone to remind me to text my Clemson buddy at 2:50pm and ask him what time it is in Charlotte.
10 to 3.
WOOF!
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Your klempzen buddy is lucky UGA football didn’t win by 61-13…you would really be fucking with him…
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Dawgs control the lines of scrimmage. Dawgs win by 3 TDs.
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Yeah, I mean I know they’re supposed to punch above their weight, but if we’ve really “joined the club,* the game should be out of their reach by the end of the first quarter. I’d we don’t roll over them early and often, I’m going to be seriously concerned about our offense.
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Ask OU about Tulane.
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PTC, I don’t see UAB generating 400 yards against this defense unless Saturday night was a total mirage.
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I agree with both of y’all regarding our D….^^^vvvvvvv
Just pointing out, shit happens.
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Oh, sure. If we can’t move the ball consistently or start turning it over, the Blazers can stay in the game. If they can’t hold up against our lines of scrimmage, we’ll beat them soundly. They won convincingly last week but were only ahead 10-0 at half against an FCS team.
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It especially happens at UGA.
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If we had OU’s defense, I might entertain that comparison, but nah.
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Win. Lose, lose. (in other words, UGA wins, but the press explains how we didn’t score enough, let them score too much, or should have played a better opponent.)
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Same balance, less opposition, more points, really pretty simple. Plays that Clemson could stop, UAB proly wont.
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Much ado about nothing.
We kick their asses.
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It’s UAB. On talent alone Georgia will win the game comfortably. If the offense clicks at all, they’ll easily cover.
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It’s good to read from you again, Rickus.
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Aw, shucks.
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HAHA…..
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The only thing missing in all this fear-mongering about UAB is the quality of their long snapper.
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On the bright side? If UAB plays UGA tough and actually scores a touchdown or two, Clemson can forget about the playoffs….
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The best part of the Mason “played Clemson with a rib injury” jab is that JTD played Clemson with a lingering oblique injury (Supposedly sustained in the preseason). So what was the point of that? I know he has to have “Hot takes” to be interesting on the radio – both He and A. Murray have figured out that riling up the UGA fans gets their names blasted across twitter more than anything else they say. Pretty annoying actually.
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The last time I got riled up by Hutson Mason was the intentional grounding against South Carolina. Come to think of it, You’re right. That was annoying as hell.
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I actually think this is a very telling game for UGA. As much as I like Monken and JT Daniels, I feel like they have not had much success together against a good defense. This game reminds me of Cincinnati last year. If UAB has a good defense, albeit less talented than Clemson, I hope to see Daniels perform well anyway. If not, I will wonder whether he can play like a big time QB when we play teams like Alabama or even Florida.
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UAB is a cut-blocking team. Watch out.
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“Don’t open the playbook” is loser talk. Saban doesn’t do that. NFL teams don’t do that.
When you open the playbook enough and have enough options, there are so many things to prepare for it doesn’t matter.
It is better to open the playbook and get GOOD at things than hold everything in secret and then fuck it up when the time comes to execute in a game.
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