This is so on brand for the Big Ten.
Too bad, so sad. Maybe they could leave for another conference.
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UPDATE: This is on brand, too.
Create desperate conditions and then take financial advantage of them. Well played, assholes.
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Make sure you check out the time stamps on these two tweets:
The man is raising stupidity to performance art level.
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UPDATE: You might call this speaking to Tubs in a language he can understand.
Or, more likely, to Alabama folks in general…
As metaphors go, this one’s just about perfect.
Clemson is as Clemson does.
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LOL.
But there was 1 other thing I had to ask Mullen as he enters his second season away from coaching — if Marco Wilson doesn’t throw a shoe against LSU in 2020, is he still at Florida?
“Probably, yes,” Mullen told SDS on a recent episode of The Saturday Down South Podcast. “Now obviously there are so many different things that go into it, but I think there’s a chance of that being the case, which is a tough deal. And who knows … I wouldn’t picture the reason I’m not there was because of that, but I think we win that game, there’s a different mindset. How we play Alabama, how the year shakes out. We might even get into the Playoffs. We get in the Playoffs, I think we have a shot.
The piece goes on to say, “To be clear, it didn’t come across as Mullen blaming Wilson for not knowing that sending an opponent’s shoe into the sky would result in an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and continue a drive instead of giving the ball to Florida’s No. 1 offense for a potential game-winning drive…”, but it sure sounds to me like he’s throwing Marco under the bus there.
I mean, c’mon, if the shoe fits, throw it… er, wear it.
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Matt Hayes tries to explain how Tennessee has a real shot at catching a vulnerable Georgia in the SEC East’s last season. Err, vulnerable, you say? Let’s give Matt some rope.
Especially considering the only time Georgia has looked more vulnerable was coach Kirby Smart’s 1st season in 2016.
The offseason at Georgia was full of drama and tragedy, beginning in January with the death of guard Devin Willock and staffer Chandler LeCroy in a racing/reckless driving accident. Georgia players have since had at least 14 speeding and/or reckless driving and racing citations.
The university and athletic association are part of a $40 million lawsuit from Willock’s estate, and are also being sued by former recruiting analyst Victoria Bowles — who was in the backseat of the car driven by LeCroy.
Losing focus because of speeding tickets? Hmmm. Maybe the reason Richt’s teams never seemed to be able to get over the hump was because of dealing with Jimmy Williamson’s shenanigans. Time to dust off Herbie’s losing control meme, I guess.
Easiest overall P5 schedule: UCLA will play Coastal Carolina (post–Jamey Chadwell), San Diego State (sliding) and North Carolina Central (FCS) in the nonconference slate; does not face either Washington or Oregon; leaves the state of California only three times; and plays the bottom-six teams in the Pac-12 preseason poll (Washington State, Arizona, California, Arizona State, Colorado and Stanford)…
Easiest September: Michigan will open with East Carolina, UNLV, Bowling Green and Rutgers at home before a trip to Nebraska on the 30th. All things considered, a fine month to be suspended. Honorable mention: Oklahoma will open with Arkansas State, SMU, Tulsa, Cincinnati and Iowa State; TCU will face Colorado, Nicholls, Houston, SMU, West Virginia.
Man, the Dawgs don’t even rate an honorable mention there? But I thought Heather Dinich swears the selection committee will twist itself in knots over Georgia’s strength of schedule…
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Grudgingly, I have to admit that one thing Josh Heupel has legitimately accomplished at UT is getting his players to buy into the program. We saw in 2017 here in Athens how big a deal that is.
Then again, there was nowhere to go but up from the motivational genius of his predecessor ($$).
Three seasons earlier, with Tennessee trailing Alabama 42-14 at halftime, Pruitt had taken a different approach in the message he sent to his players.
“I promise you, I will recruit 25 other guys that will play the right way so we don’t have to play in another game like this,” he told his team in the locker room, according to the television broadcast.
It’s hard to believe those players wouldn’t run through a wall for that man.
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Finally, Bill Connelly, of all people, goes there, sort of ($$).
This is my annual “Ifs List” piece — an attempt to see how many “ifs” it takes me to turn a team into a genuine national title contender…
If … Mike Bobo is too. With offensive coordinator Todd Monken off to call plays for the Baltimore Ravens after overseeing outstanding improvement at UGA (Georgia ranked fourth in offensive SP+ in both 2021 and 2022), the playbook is now in Bobo’s hands.
As an analyst on last year’s UGA staff, Bobo is familiar with both the playbook and the personnel — all-world tight end Brock Bowers, wideout Ladd McConkey, backs Daijun Edwards and Kendall Milton, among others. Considering that Georgia will almost certainly have another elite defense in 2023, this might be the easiest coordinator job Bobo has ever had. Still, college football offenses have changed a lot since the last time he oversaw a good one (2014, in his first stint at Georgia). If he’s not ready, neither is Georgia.
Like it or not, it’s a fair question, although I’d argue Georgia isn’t looking for much more from Bobo than it is from the quarterback position; namely, do a solid job and don’t screw things up.
On a related note, Jeff Schultz ($$) chimes in with this “Georgia football’s biggest question isn’t at QB, it’s how to replace Todd Monken” piece.
Mike Bobo, who’s back in Athens as Monken’s replacement, is a good offensive coordinator. I realize that’s a polarizing statement among Georgia fans, but there’s enough statistical data to back that up. The question is whether Bobo can do what Monken did — become so good at his job that he elevates the quarterback to unforeseen heights and Smart leaves him alone. Because if he can do that, new starting quarterback Carson Beck will be in good hands, and the Bulldogs can make it three straight…
“Trust Kirby” only goes so far, when you remember he thought promoting Coley to OC was a good idea. Hopefully he’s learned his lesson from that experience.
Filed under Georgia Football
Holy shit. This Vol fan has come full circle on the Kirby Smart narrative.
Can you imagine any opposing fan suggesting something like this with a straight face two years ago? Hell, I still wouldn’t compare Stetson to Burrow, and I love what Stet did in Athens.
I guess the Urnge hordes have to tell themselves something to get through the preseason.
Shot.
Chaser.
Time to give it a rest, Ohio State. Unless Marvin Harrison, Jr. was playing both ways in that game, that is…
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