https://twitter.com/jontweetssports/status/1573745120599592960
And before you try to blow that off, keep in mind something Weiszer pointed out.
The Golden Flashes entered the day as the third highest rated opponent that is on Georgia’s home schedule, according to the Sagarin Ratings.
Kent State was No. 86. That’s ahead of No. 88 Vanderbilt, No. 113 Georgia Tech and No. 150 Samford.
On a related note, can I say that I find the meltdown about the game prevailing on message boards and the comments section here to be a little funny? I mean, some of the same folks who have been assuring one and all that when it comes to where to play the Cocktail Party game we should defer to Kirby’s infallible judgment in all matters are out there beating various drums today about his misguided faith in some of his assistant coaches and players.
As much fun as we have mocking other fan bases, maybe we should take a look at ourselves sometimes.
Get The Picture 
Davin Bellamy said it best… ‘humble yourself’
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We had a wake up call yesterday. I believe it’s a good thing for the team. Re focus and get ready for Mizoo. Take nothing for granted Dawgs.
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Searles was soft at Trion, soft at auburn, soft wherever he’s been
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Someone should tell him to quit fumbling the ball so much.
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Nice Except I’m not basing opinion above on 1 game. Thought it was Awful hire from beginning. Time will tell
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No one was saying that after we trashed Oregon and South Carolina. By the way, Oregon is now 3-1 and will be in the top 15 in the new polls probably. Anyway, takeaway a few turnovers and some dropped passes and a lapse of focus on fake punt and that game yesterday would probably have been around 40 something to 10+ something and no one would be saying anything about Searles today either. I don’t think Searles is as big a problem as some think. just saying….
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No. I didn’t say that after the Oregon game. It’s been my option in for years. As I said in original post
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You do realize we are averaging 42 points a game and 531 yds a game, don’t you? We have given up 2 sacks all year…TWO!
Uh, I think most any team in the country would loooooove to be putting up O numbers like that. Don’t sound like our OLine is doing too bad. Sorry, bro….but the math don’t lie.
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If it was easy Got Cowdog would be HC with FrozenDawg as D coordinator and Double E as O coordinator.
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Give me a good buyout and you’re on. 😉
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Man, you’d have to talk to Uncle Got about that over a cup of joe in the mornings. He’s one of them kind bosses that will commiserate with you in the AM.
Me? I was a kind boss also. The kind who’d put a boot up your ass if you didn’t get to work directly.
🤣
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Sounds like there’s fixing to be an opening at the joke by Coke. I’m not sure that I couldn’t do a better job than Geoff, what with my experience coaching middle school baseball and all. ee knows a lot about football and Froze, I’ll keep a bottle of Jameson handy at all times. The press conferences will be epic.
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You and Ogeron must be kindred spirits
“They said ‘Coach, you got $17.1 million dollars on your contract, we’re gonna give it to ya.’ I said, ‘what time you want me to leave and what door you want me to go out of, brother?’”
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After watching Kirby’s press conference where he was totally calm and composed, I reached the conclusion that he got exactly what he wanted from this game. He wanted to see his team humbled a bit, and that happened. He seemed almost happy, or as close as he gets, to be able to say “I told you so” to everyone. I think he knows that he still has a great team that, when focused, can dominate the competition, but now they know that focus matters and hopefully won’t lose it again this season.
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True or not, we all want to believe that.
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A win is a win.
Ask App State, Miami, Arkansas, and Tejas!
Who had a good loss????
MIZZOU???
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Once Texas and Oklahoma get to the SEC, everything for them will be fine.
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Yeah. K-State just said Hasta la vista, baby! to the Okies.
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The game came down to turnovers. We come out and score immediately on a beautifully blocked Bowers around (I guess Searles coached well on that play). We immediately get their offense off the field. Then, boom, Ladd muffs a punt that he should have fair caught. They go backward and kick a FG. We immediately start driving, and SBIV makes an awful throw that gets picked. We block the punt for a safety. We take the free kick and drive the ball until SBIV takes a deep sack to kick a field goal. We get the ball back and drive for another Ladd fumble in plus territory. At that point, they had 2 yards of offense and 3 points while we had 12 points and a ton of yards.
Without our mistakes, it should have easily been at least 17-0 at that point. Game is likely over.
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I knew I was gonna take heat when I said I would have benched Stetson in the first half, but I didn’t mean for it to be the typical “he’s not good”. I was thinking that Beck might get Ladd and the O in general back on track.
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Because if there’s one thing that’s sure to settle the team down, it’s yanking their leader off the field.
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Glad someone understands! A like isn’t enough for this post.
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No doubt.
Literally one of the dumbest things I have read in days, and I was on twitter last night.
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My thoughts exactly. I didn’t get to watch the game live so I’m just now going over the replay. Ladd had a dreadful game. The muffed punt and dropped TD pass costs us 9 to 14 points. Then Bennett under throws a ball a bit and it turns into a INT. That’s another TD we probably miss out on.
A team that turns the ball over is akin to someone using a knife in gunfight. The odds really get stacked against you fast. We did it three times!!
The defense looked ok in the first half except for some WR screens. Those look like leverage problems on our end. We had guys there to make plays but were out of position.
I’m not too worried about anything I saw. We know Ladd can catch. He just had a bad day. We were moving the ball all over the field before the turnovers. It’s not like we were going 3 and out and punting over and over again.
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Wonder who needed more humbling. The football team or the fan base? No I’m not. The fan base. That was made clear after beating a team by 17, where the score could have easily been by 35.
They will travel to Missouri and finally play at night next week. Georgia by 40 or more.
Then come home to an Auburn team that might have a new head coach (they get LSU, who has figured out how to play football again). Georgia by 40 or more (unless it’s after Harsin’s is fired – where it will be 28 or more). Then Vanderbilt, where they will win by 35 or more and then the break.
Oh the humanity of it all…
Go Dawgs!
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I’ll admit I was disappointed to see how much of the stadium emptied at halftime. There weren’t that many young families at the games with their toddlers or babies (why do you bring a baby to a college football game?). The student section looked like Vanderbilt after the half.
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I would say half of my section showed up an hour in and left by the third quarter. I don’t know why they would bother at that point.
I left early because I wanted to get back to Section HD/AC.
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At the expense of sounding like captain obvious, yesterday was either a wake up call or a canary in the coal mine.
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I’m guessing a little of both:
Wake-up call – we have traditionally been lousy and unmotivated against inferior opponents in noon start times. We realized (I hope) that we can’t just roll the ball out there and win.
Canary in the coal mine – the defense between the tackles in the run game has had suspect moments in all 4 games. KSU saw something and began to exploit it. They don’t have a Tank Bigsby that can use it.
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Good news is Tank doesn’t have much of an offensive line to exploit it.
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Ha. Was wondering how long it would be before the cocktail party controversy made it back on here.
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Controversy at a cocktail party, this can not stand, Margarita’s for everyone….#SUNDAYFUNDAY!
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There are some people who will never be happy every fan base has them. Social media gives them a platform for their stupidity.
If you agree with Mike Griffith often you might be the problem. Leave the game in Jacksonville tradition matters.
Kirby’s lucky all he has to do is line the team up and have them look in a mirror to see their problems. – 3 in turnovers and you still win going away. Very lucky it was against a team incapable of making it hurt really bad.
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Bennett looked from section 319 that he was going to that WR no matter who else was open or whether the WR was open.
I can’t get too anxious about the results because I knew that this defense couldn’t be as good as it was last year and this was not so much a close game as it was not the parade of ass kicking that we’ve seen since the first week of last season from the UAB game to now save the two games against Bama.
We’ve got three bad teams scheduled the next three weeks then a bye, Florida (who looked good on offense but maybe because they played) Tennessee (who looks solid on offense but can probably only beat us if they score 60), Miss State, Kentucky (who were in a dog fight with Northern Illinois) and Georgia Tech.
It sets up well to work on a lot of issues and peak in December and January.
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I saw the same thing from Section 106. That and the sack he took were the two Questionable Stetson plays I saw yesterday.
At least the pick was an air punt that led to a safety.
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It wasn’t Joe Cox level yolo but I’m sure he’ll get “coached up.”
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It was on 1st and 10 in plus territory. You air punt on 3rd and forever in minus territory not on 1st and 10 in what was likely going to be a score of some kind. It took at least a point or 5 points off the scoreboard.
It was a bad play caused by a boneheaded decision where he didn’t even appear to check down (where I believe he had guys open).
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You guys act like Marcus wasn’t open. He was open.
It wasn’t a bad decision. It was combination of not a great ball, and a piss-poor execution by Rosemy-Jacksaint in the route.
Sometimes the other guy makes a play.
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The DB was in position and the ball appeared to be underthrown. Maybe if the ball was thrown further, it’s a score.
The only thing MRJ could do based on seeing it from my seats on the other end was to interfere and take a 15 yard penalty.
It wasn’t a Malaki Starks play from the Oregon game.
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Agreed. The pass wasn’t that bad and Jack-Saint let the defender undercut him. Good play by the defender.
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Stet threw the ball on a line when it needed a little more “up and over.”
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The scoreboard was simply a direct reflection of when one team literally dominates the stats but loses the TO margin 1-3. Even the best of QBs are gonna throw picks, as well as the best other players occasionally fumbling the ball. If you remove those 3 TOs and/or add them to any or all of the first three games you’d have gotten similar results, a sloppy win that was never really in doubt. In addition, we saw a similar lackluster 33-0 win two weeks ago against another opponent that was hard to get up for, without the TOs I might add, followed by an outstanding focused performance on the road in a hostile environment against a more formidable foe. These are college kids who the coaches have to continue working with all season to stay focused and execute. The talent level and coaching skills we’ve undeniably seen are still there.
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Great comment, Senor. You are exactly where I am.
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I will add however that some of the defensive breakdowns caused me some concern. Yet, relative to last year, this is still a rather experientially young D who was missing it’s best player upfront. Fortunately, when the O gets back to peak performance, the schedule should allow for some further development prior to post-season tests.
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I think a lot of people confuse “hard to get up for” with “Coach uses these games to work on things and develop the players as opposed to trying to go out and show off against inferior opponents.”
I’d be interested in the snap counts and the play design. The end-around to Bowers… we’ve seen it a few times. We’ve done it from different formations, doing different motions into it… Every time it goes on tape, it reinforces the idea that another team has to prepare for it. This time, it scored from 75 yards out… the question is – what’s the wrinkle that comes down the line, that breaks the back of a better team?
The gashers in the run game – do we know the run fits were bad, or that the players simply didn’t play with enthusiasm? I don’t know that either of those things are certainly true ATM. Maybe they were.. or maybe the play calls put us in a disadvantage, because Kirby wanted to force those guys to fight from a disadvantage, and grow. I dunno.
That game was literally never in doubt, despite what the commentators had to say. “Kent State is giving Georgia all they can handle.” Yet, the offense moved freely up and down the field, scoring on seven possessions and one of Kent State’s possessions.
There was some poor play. And there was a game plan that was never going to fully exploit our advantages over them. The result was a 17-point easy win. Sorry if you lost money on the spread. I did.
Go dawgs.
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Good initial counterpoint. And all of the rest of your points is why I don’t bet on sports, especially games involving college kids and the unknown intentions of their coaches.
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Talk about choke and panic artists. We coughed the ball up, and dropped passes, and threw the ball behind folks – and that kept them them in the game. So we came out flat for once – it happens. Dont sweat it. From what I saw, ToothNation and the Handbags have zero defense, Missu and the Barners both stink – and the season stays the same – Bama at the end of the year. Take a chill pill.
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I was not particularly impressed with either team in the meteor game and this Georgia team should beat everyone else in the east by at least two touchdowns. That being said, if we play like we did yesterday against Tennessee, Kentucky or Florida we’re gonna lose. If the team understands that we’ll be just fine.
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I just watched the highlights on YouTube. Watch Kirby talking to Lewis after the game. Kirby seems honestly impressed and shakes his head after the handshake and not in a disgusted way but rather like he enjoyed the competition. So I don’t think his presser postgame was a lot of coach speak and puffery.
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Stinker of a game, primarily because of a large number of mistakes in addition to a lack of excitement. Kirby was about as laid back as he gets. If I noticed that I am sure the team did. The fake punt failure is something that needs work. Perhaps Kirby or one of the other coaches noticed. If not, surely they will pick it up from this blog.
One other thing our bloggers need to make Kirby and his coaches aware of is that we had trouble adjusting to the hurry up with a dual threat quarterback. I hear Kirby has incorporated that some in his practices, but going live against a team that actually does it a lot can help down the road.
I couldn’t see the first half on that crappy SECN plus, which was probably a blessing in disguise. But in the second half it looked like Bear Alexander played a lot. He played well for a true freshman but that may be damning him with faint praise. I have to wonder if injuries besides Jalen Carter impacted the defensive line, which generally had a bad day.
A 17 point win is disappointing, but that shit happens. It isn’t exactly the end of the world. Georgia will grow from it and Kirby has a history of getting the team better as the year goes along.
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This is an extremely ironic comment from someone with the username “realitycheck”
Do you really think they aren’t aware of such things and need BLOGGERS to help them?
You realize we just won a national title, right?
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Ironic you say? Try facetious or tongue in cheek.
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Alabama struggled last year for a goodly portion of the season. They shaped up by the end of the year and we saw what happened there. They still didn’t have enough to pull it off in the end, but their road was rocky also. I’m not very concerned about this. I’m sure the cupcake was a wake up and not red velvet.
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I say this with total disrespect to Alabama but they were totally lucky not to be 8-4, then played way above their talent level in one game to catch the best team in the country on an off day. That’s it, that’s their 2021 resume. We should not be happy being 2021 Alabama, because we’re better than that.
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Yesterday Kent State played the #1 team in the country. Our victory was never in question, as Bama’s was last year in those questionable games of that Alabama team last year. YES!!! I agree, we are better. That is why I’m not concerned. GO DAWGS!
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Well from this senior citizen, my Munson was on full throttle after the Ladd muff, fumble and dropped passes. If our good little white boy is going to screw up that much, heaven help us. Kent obviously game planned for our outside game and it showed. Seriously, the only thing that got me going was the line of scrimmages. Let’s face it our Dline is not as great as last years. They are movable on running plays but seem better on pass plays. After a couple of adult beverages I calmed down. Ugly win but I’ve seen uglier.
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Perhaps, and I’m just spitballing here, Ladd deserves more than being called “our good little white boy.”
https://giphy.com/gifs/office-space-7OvOIVoNdP8yc
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As fans, we like to pick the fly shit out of the pepper. Remember when we would lose this kind of game?
We will get better with every game. Our offense will score 40 points regularly against all on our schedule.
I am one happy fan.
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Well, to be fair “no”, I don’t remember losing the Kent State-type games. I remember losing to Vanderbilt a few times, and Tech, but not Kent State. But I get your point.
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We never punted….
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I came away no less convinced of the talent on our team or the potential. The benefit of playing a cupcake like Kent State is that you can see areas to work on. Kirby‘s right there. As an amateur but long-time watcher and fan, the issues I came away with are run-blocking and stopping the run. I’m sure those will be addressed this week. But they have been issues for a while. And, Florida and Tennessee, for all their deficits, have some strong interior players on both sides of the line.
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We r the greatest team ever, wait we suck and all the assistants need to be fired. Too funny.
AR was the best, the worst and now in the back in heisman conversation. Temper the emotions. The truth is usually somewhere in the middle.
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Jalen Carter hardly played. Saw him in at FB, I think.
AD Mitchell didn’t play.
Arian Smith dressed but didn’t play.
Ladd played like the body snatchers got him.
Dillon Bell played like Matt Landers.
Milton played like he’s still recovering from his injury.
Dawgs won by 17.
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To my Madden-trained eyes (not a claim of expertise but the opposite), it appeared that scheme and play variety were dialed back substantially leaving the players with the challenge of executing a more basic offense and defense. I took Smart’s halftime comment of not needing to change the game plan as an allusion to that. Can any real football gurus tell me if I’m correct or not?
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Last thing I am is a football guru but it looked the same to me. Kirby wanted to see who wanted to play football.
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I tried to warn my mom before the game kicked off that it wasn’t going to be a cakewalk, although I also told her we were going to win. She was nervously texting me the entire 2nd half, but my response was “I’d rather have this game against Kent State than against Florida or Tennessee.”
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