If things still seem a little choppy on offense with these Dawgs, maybe this explains some of it.
(Honestly, you could say the same thing about the defense. But I digress.)
That said, Georgia’s offense managed almost 600 yards last night, with almost 400 of those coming through the air. They averaged about 7.6 yards per play. They were 10-13 on third down and generated 31 first downs. They went 6 for 6 in the red zone — all six being touchdowns.
In short, if you’re frustrated with Georgia’s offensive coordinator for last night’s showing, you may be suffering from Bobo Derangement Syndrome. If these symptoms persist for more than three and a half hours (including commercial breaks), you may want to consult with a professional.
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Did I just see Beck led the SEC in passing yards yesterday, even after being taken out in the 3rd qtr? 😳
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I was impressed with BVG too. He’s more a a SB4 type of guy that plays balls to the wall, which is different from Beck who plays with caution and measure.
Nothing wrong with either..they both make their particular demeanor work in their favor.
They are great compliments to each other and I think we’ll see a good bit of both.
And despite the rookie interception, Gunner looks good too.
This team seems set-up for years of success!
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Agree on BVG. I wish he’d gotten a few more touches since he’s the clear QB2 (IMO). Dare I say it, but he reminds me of a bigger and stronger Stetson, but needs some experience to refine his style.
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He would have had better stats if the drops and whatever’s were eliminated.
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You could say the same about Beck.
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I was referring to Beck but it applies to both of them.
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My bad.
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I was trying to explain the Bobo hate to my teenage son before the game yesterday…lol. He was telling about a social media post he was reading about score predictions for the game and how it was either like “50-7” or “31-10 because Bobo sucks and Kirby was stupid to bring him back” type comments. He was asking what was up with that…lol?
I told him to post asking the haters who the OC was when Aaron Murray set all the SEC records that still stand was.
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Our offense seemingly made great strides in yesterday’s game. I have absolutely no problem with the play calling. Aside from some receivers and backs that had trouble catching/securing the ball, execution was good.
Having said that, Ask your son how many championships we won with Bobo as OC. For all the gaudy stats we would put up between the twenties, he had a nasty habit of calling genuine head-scratchers in the red zone at crucial points in a big game.
Usually a dive/draw play to the ‘A’ Gap against a loaded box on 3rd or 4th down. YMMV, of course.
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I would ask you to tell me about the defenses in those years when Bobo wasn’t winning championships.
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CTG’s defenses made Bobo’s brain farts all the more costly when we were in a slugfest.
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Right. Grantham sucked because Bobo sucked more. Lol. You people are a real study.
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I neither said nor implied that. You still haven’t proved me wrong.
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Lol. Why would I care about loving anything to you?
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Please continue having a pleasant day, sir.
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We either had a good defense or a good offense- never both at the same time
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I never rber the defense being good after Van Horfer left. It was ok a few years.
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Some bad signs were there, though. I don’t think Willie Mart had any clue about WVU’s offense going into that game.
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Alex I’ll take,
“Who are Willie Martinez and ‘Third and Grantham’ for $1000?”
Do do do!!
“It’s a daily double!”
“I’ll bet it all Alex.”
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“…Must be a peach of a hand.
Call me deranged,
But I’m just gonna have to call!”
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Bobo scored points. Not his fault the defense couldn’t make stops.
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Don’t disturb a meme with facts your mud wrestling with pigs. 😇
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I need to take that advice, scuba.
I’ve got a few posts (some below here on this thread) where I’m sparring with the BDS crowd. My mistake.
Why should I even care what they think?
We went through this for two years with them over SB4 and they wouldn’t see the light..and then had to issue (at least one ) a mea culpa when all was said and so beautifully done.
I’m going to TRY to back off and just let them have the hog-pen to themselves.
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Don’t spar with ’em, jab, jab, jab and step back, before you know it, they’ll wonder how that black eye and bloody nose happened during such a friendly back and forth…GO DAWGS!!
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Or just do like Derek does and rip off one of their ears and show it to them.
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Attorney mentor of mine spoke it this way: “Never wrestle with a pig. Nobody really wins and you both get filthy, but the pig likes that. Still profound 42 years later.
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Or don’t argue with a dumbass – he will drag you down to his level and club you with experience.
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Combination of things. People have short memories. They do not remember how Jekyll and Hyde the offense was last year, particularly early in the season. They miss that dominant run game, which you can hardly put on BoBo, considering how the injuries have just piled up. They remember Oregon and LSU, Ohio State’s 4th quarter, and the perfect game against TCU. And the defense has been far from flawless, and there have been injuries there. McConkey hasn’t set foot on the field, with two new talented WRs seem to be coming into form and somebody finally decided that throwing to an All-American Tight End was maybe a good idea.
I watched Auburn, who has an anemic offense; but the defense is pretty good. Not hard to see what they will do. I think they will stack the box, and dare us to hit the big play and mix in a heavy dose of blitz packages. If we can get back to running the ball, that’s a different story. The game is more dangerous than it should be, but this team hasn’t fielded its starting lineup once all year – it is what it is.
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Beck and the excellent receivers, including Bowers, are clearly good enough to throw first to loosen things up for the run. It worked in the 3rd vs SC, and it worked right out of the chute last night. Hoping they can get better at the long ball.
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Edwards being back and being able to consistently gain 4 yards cures a lot.
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And you better listen to Blutarsky, because he’s in pre-med!
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I thought it was pre law ?
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In defense of the mentally ill there was plenty to rant about in the first half. The Dawgs were hell in the second half.
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Classic Bobo was when we had 3rd and 4, and the WR caught the ball for a 1 yard gain. We didn’t send the WR 4 yards out!
That play brought back a lot of memories.
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Sometimes, Monken called a play that didn’t work too.
Monken…the man is a human just like us believe it or not. He isn’t divine.
This sitting around and ignoring the great plays (the game was rich with them) that Bobo called while waiting to jump upon and dwell on the one or two plays that were flat is sad. All in all, it was a great offensive game.
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I’m not complaining about the entire body of work, only pointing out one play. Get a grip.
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What great calls do you wish to point out?
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“Sometimes, Monken called a play that didn’t work too.”
Difference being, Monken’s misfires never outright cost us wins!
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Bobo hasn’t cost the dawgs any wins.
Don’t mistake your Librium and take Viagra, BB.
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He did during his first stint as OC.
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Yeah. Scoring 40-some points and one bonehead call cost the game? Perhaps the D allowing 40-some more points was the real culprit. But what the fuck do I know?
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Self deprecation is indeed a valuable skill, RR!
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If that’s the play I’m thinking of, we had Bowers streaking down field and it was the same side of the field where the throw went, so I’m not sure why Beck went with the short throw. Maybe because we only needed to gain a few for a first down.
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We started out with a beautiful drive and then farted around. Not sure I agree with Kirby’s decision to go for it rather than kicking a field goal, but maybe Kirby is trying to protect the young kicker now.
We then went to work – 5 consecutive TD drives … that was Monken-esque.
Without the special teams snafus and the lousy 2:00 defense at the end of the half, this game was exactly what we needed to happen.
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I kind of thought that Kirby would look for an opportunity to test the kicker.. All of the PATs seemed squeeky from the admittedly poor view on the TV screen. I think the kid needed some pressure put on him because if it comes down to a much needed FG in a place like the barn, it’s going to be tough.
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Hitting a few of the deep strike passes in stride for a quick six was all that was missing. I’m picking nits here by saying I wish Beck would put more air under those long passes. Allow your playmakers to run under your throws.
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Beck hit AS in stride early – it hit him in the hands even though he pulled up a bit – if AS runs instead of pulling up it’s an easy TD, but that’s not Beck’s fault.
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Your correct AS should have hauled it in stride. He did sail an earlier one flat over I think it was Rara. Not complaining he’s still getting used to playing again. Just spoiled and I know it. Bennett was really good at putting air under a deep shot allowing his guys to find it easier.
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Yeah, if it hits you into the hands, there’s zero excuse as a WR not to bring it in.
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Semi related, I think…I just can’t get over what a drag the beginning to this season is. Waiting 8 months for it to start, and then just a slate of completely uninspiring matchups for a whole-ass month.
I’m thinking and hoping that the players are feeling this too, and as competitive young men are just finding it hard to dig deep and compete.
The good news, I guess, is that this will be the last season we have to endure something like this with the conference shake-up, and as for this season, the “preseason” is now over. If going on the road to vile Auburn doesn’t wake everyone up and get them focused (fans included) the bad habits may have set in and it might be too late
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Agreed. I was honestly hoping that after 4 games, all the bugs would be worked out and we’d be back to being a well-oiled machine. I know the scoreboard indicates that’s the case, but I’m still not feeling great since we haven’t seen the team out down a full 60 minutes of football.
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At least with these uninspiring matchups this season, I haven’t been looking for something else to watch halfway through the first quarter.
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Seth Emerson had a good point, as he often does, one day last week. Something to the effect of it taking time for everything the gel properly with a new OC, QB, personnel changes, and so many injuries.
Looking at the halftime score against SC, he said if we get to a point late in the year where we have a similar score, then to be concerned. Like say, if we’re up 10-7 at the half against Tech. And then he pointed out that was the score at the half against Tech last year.
In other words, people forget that not every opening half last year was SC, LSU, Oregon, or TCU.
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^This. Bobo called a good game against an overmatched foe. We don’t have our best on the field, many are banged up and Carson is still being careful. His worst throw was almost a pick six when Delp missed his blocking assignment on a quick out to RJS. His best throws were dropped! He’s directing drives and making safe choices. He’s also getting better.
The D is a bit of a mess. Dan Jackson looks lost more than he makes plays. OCs are going to keep going at him but I’m sure Kirby is on the mother. If there is a unit that need to gel, it’s the D more than the O. That said, still don’t think anyone goes over the 21 point mark on us. Each week we’ll get tested further. That’s a good thing. I’ve seen no other SEC team that steps on the field and be favored over us right now.
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Actually I thought Beck played with considerably more confidence this time. Saw and hit receivers down field more consistently.
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There you go making sense, Dawg Vegas. You’re gonna upset the patients and we’ve almost expended the basic load of Thorazine already this season.
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Good points
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To the guy who was watching GT and posting how much better their OC etc. is than ours.
I have some questions.
Was Bobo the OC at UGA against GT in the first half of that game last year?
Was Bobo the OC against Mizzo last year?
Kent State?
Because it couldn’t have been Monken.
Unless you deal in reality and fairness…which you don’t.
(not to diminish Monken…he was the greatest at times…but to call out the BDS infected nutjobs that think he was perfect and sit around waiting for any opportunity to point out that Bobo isn’t a god.)
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Joe Dawgfan’s hate for Mike Bobo is surpassed only by his love for whoever that backup quarterback is.
The good news is, all it take is one title to make people immediately change their minds, accept a winner for who he is, rally behind him and pray he never leaves.
Right, Stetson?
Oh. Shit.
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Ben, what’s going on with Bennet? You’re closer than we.
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Inside Rams Intel says rehab RR.
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I assumed alcoholism when it was deemed a personal matter and after that weird drunken arrest in the offseason. I hope he gets past it.
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I’m hoping alcohol was not his chosen method to deal with all the crap he put up with at UGA.
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I’m not close at all… just live here. I’ve never met him – tried to reach out via regular channels, to no avail. Can’t imagine how tough it is to reach the ultimate heights of your dreams at such a young age and have a not small group of people still act like that accomplishment (and you) still aren’t good enough.
Then to have friends die in a tragic accident.
Then the immediate ups and downs and stresses of the Pro game.
Hope he gets through it ok.
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UGA is still missing McConkey and Milton has been hampered by injury. Edward’s missed 2 games. When Monken was “calling plays with a purpose” he had a first round left offensive tackle and an NFL right tackle. Our best starting tackle has missed 6 of out 16 quarters with an ankle injury. We replaced a Heisman finalist at QB.
Yet, no SEC offense has scored more touchdowns than our 22. We are third in scoring in the SEC and Bobo’s offense put our kicker in position for 3 short field goals that he missed. If he made those 3 field goals Bobo would be the OC with the most points in the SEC.
We are second in the SEC at 496.5 yards per game. Unlike some SEC teams our starting QB has only played three quarters of each game.
Monken is a great OC. Bobo’s real standard is how he compares with the OCs we play, not OCs in the NFL.
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Monken was the most successful OC in Georgia history. Bobo is the SEC record books best. I’m good with either one.
This team is riddled with injuries and a QB that hasn’t started a game for years until this month. We have the best coach in CFB driving the train. If anyone can navigate all the land mines it’s CKS. Get a dam grip on your panties and appreciate the greatness that is right now Georgia football.
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I have a standing appointment with Dr Johnny Walker every Saturday for help
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Myyyyyy Daaaaaawg Anon!
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I watched this one completely sober. It was weird.
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Be careful, Got. Sobriety can be habit forming. Next thing you’ll be a grouchy asshole shooting squirrels & chipmunks and texting homophobic Gifs rapidly to your soon to be ex-friends.
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Aw hell, RR. I’m a bonafide, tree hugging, friend of fur and a documented Bobo skeptic.
CMB called a good game last night. Beck’s got balls. Bobo has a good defense to help and Carson Beck ain’t Joe Cox. Bring on aubrun…FTMF.
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Aaaaaaaaaaaarfggghh! Bobo! Fweakin Mongorians!
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The fact is the people with Bobo Derangement Syndrome have their minds made up. Nothing that actually happens like six hundred yards of offense will dissuade them. They don’t care about that. They will the handful of plays that didn’t work and proudly present it as proof. These same people were screaming all last season and looking for “concerns” until the final seconds ticked off the clock against TCU. They will bitch no matter what and can not be happy. They love complaining and they refuse to admit they’re wrong. Ever. These are the same people that wanted JT Daniels. And if you’re reading this and it makes you mad, I’m glad.
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They had their minds made up before Bobo called the first play of this season.
There’s a word for that mindset.
Prejudice is a tough pig to ‘rassle with.
(see akascuba’s post above @ 10:33 am)
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I’d like to respond to these comments. When Bobo was announced as Monken’s successor, I was encouraged by the fact that he had watched, listened and learned how to route receivers open and when to call a play that had the defense off balance. It remains to be seen if he can be a playcaller like Monken. So far, I’d say it’s unknown. I don’t care as long as our play calling isn’t predictable. Tell the truth, hasn’t his play calling been rather predictable? Yes, injuries have tied his hands to this point. We will know soon enough if he learned from Monken or if he is, like lots of us, “set in our ways”.
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Graham Coffey texted that his analysis from the game films is that Bobo is calling the same plays Monken called.
The plays generally get some receiers open short and some receivers open downfield. When you and I saw Bennett throw to the downfield receiver and Beck throw to she short receiver we think that Bobo called a different play than when Monken called it.
I noticed that in the last 6 quarters Beck is throwing down field more.
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I am just hoping against hope that we were just holding our walking wounded out for the first 4. The upside is the second string line blocked like veterans when given a chance late. UAB just practiced their dink and dunk for the whole game. Our edge guys are having trouble picking up the late swing passes. We will keep seeing this until we jump one of those and take it to the house. Our defense better strap it on because Auburn will short pass us to death.
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If this past Saturday was any indication, I’m not worried about Auburn scoring unless the Offense turns it over. They are a shit factory on O.
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Monken had the cajones to say “I think this 4th stringer kid actually gives us the better chance to win.”
Bobo’s instinct was to go with Grayson Lambert.
While I’m generally a supporter of the guy, I think Bobo is too loyal to guys just because of time served.
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I have definitely had my share of criticism of Bobo, but Bobo didn’t pick Lambert in 2015. Bobo may have picked Lambert but he wasn’t here, he was the Head Coach at Colorado State. Schottenheimer picked Grayson Lambert and it was inarguably the best choice out of Lambert, Bauta and Brice Ramsey.
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Greyson Lambert was not the QB in Bobo’s final season at Georgia prior to this. It was Hutson Mason, and the offense that year holds the single season scoring record at Georgia. Though I’ll also note that even if it had been Bobo’s decision to go with Greyson Lambert, the other two QB options were Brice Ramsey, who was awful, and Faton Bauta, who was probably worse.
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You realize that Grayson Lambert transferr6to Georgia AFTER Bobo left to go to Colorado State, don’t you?
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Y’all all have good points but why let facts get in the way of a good story.
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You also remember that Monken himself said he tried everything he could to not play Stetson.
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Not only that Monken had the chance to start the season with an eventual Heisman finalist and NFL draft pick as QB1 but started the season with Dwan Mathis as QB1. Grayson Lambert, who never played for obo, was a better QB than Mathis.
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Wasn’t Lambert under Shotty?
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That was Schottenheimer, not Bobo.
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You managed to botch both examples here, just astounding stuff.
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Such is the essence of the Bobo Derangement Syndrome crowd. That post about Lambert sums it up. They probably all think Bobo played Lambert and probably think the year Coley had that awful offense was Bobo too.
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“time served” LMAO
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To whom on the University of Georgia 2023 football team is Bobo too loyal?
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We won’t know if Bobo was a solid hire until it’s late in the game and we have to drive the field and get points. Right now there are a lot of injuries, a new QB, and the opposition is not of the highest caliber.
People need to relax.
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I agree with this post. I would only add that I think BOTH sides of the Bobo debate – supporters and detractors – need to chill. Myself among them.
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Dude, you’re right. I’m chill. It IS however, a discussion.
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YMMV, but I’d say the first couple drives of the second half against SCAR fit that bill. No TDs there and UGA’s not winning.
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It is similar to this logic.
Hank Aaron failed to get a hit or walk in 8,768 plate appearances. Ray Oyler failed to get a hit or walk in 1,089 plate appearances.
Obviously Ray Oyler entered the batters box with a purpose but Aaron was just swinging.
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I watched the game with my sister. She said she didn’t like it when we punted. I said, “Do you mean you don’t like our punter?” And she said ‘No, I don’t like it when we have to punt.” Not sure she follows the Bobo haters, but she has the logic for it.
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This is almost like my job. We can nail all kinds of metrics. Cost, On time delivery, etc. But there is something they always got to complain about.
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There are many things to work on within the offense, the defense, and special teams. Of all the coaches to worry about, it is still CSS. The inconsistency of our blocking in space is very concerning. The rushing game success rate is 66%. Daijun Edwards ran it 33% of the time and he has excellent vision and strength to make unsuccessful plays successful. If we assume Edwards accounted for a full 33% of the successful plays, then the remainder of our rushing plays hover around a 50% success — which means CSS needs to figure out how to help our OLine play better or find out how he can help Courson keep Edwards healthy.
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It’s more first half performance than anything for me. But I will ask the question- why are we running Cash Jones on runs up the middle and on goal line plays when we have bigger and more consistent backs early in the game?
I don’t care who gets reps in garbage time. But in key moments in the first half I’m a little confused.
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I don’t have the answer, but probably for the same reasons we did it with James Cook.
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I haven’t gone back and looked at last year’s play by plays UT I expect that the Monken and Faulkner team ran Cash Jones up the middle at least once.
Your answer would apply to that, too.
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The personnel section is Dell McGee’s. I think on those plays we didn’t substitute to keep the defense from substituting. Jones was in the game. You couldn’t take him out for a bigger back without giving the defense the opportunity to get their short yardage personnel in.
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Selection not section
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Good point
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The downnfield shots were there & wide open for likely 14 more pts on the board with 100 more yards.
Explosive runs are typically 9-10 yards which we can create with Delp and Bowers & the WRs blocking more downfield. Bell is certainly there & Dajun is getting back
It’s Beck that needs to dial in his passes & timing down with the WRs. Oline gave him limited time as well as UABs pass rush forced a few early throws fraction of a second earlier. Practice practice practice.
Bobos play calling is fine. It’s the young talent needing to Gel with the experienced leaders on O needing to step up.
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Some of us seem to have turned into Alabama fans. And it’s not pretty.
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I struggle to imagine Monken yielding significantly different results without our best route runner and a RB poised for a Chubb-like breakout season going out in fall camp. Losing Darnell and Kenny and breaking in a new QB was always going to result in teething pains. Not to mention I don’t think we’ve ever been this thin at RB in the Kirby era. Still think our best offensive performance is ahead of us.
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Beck has taken a noticeable step forward since halftime of the South Carolina game. There’s been a decisiveness and willingness to attack downfield that was lacking, or at least inconsistent, prior to that point. I wouldn’t at all be surprised if he’s the best QB in the SEC over the remainder of the season (not exactly the stiffest competition this year, I know, but still).
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With all the starters and 1st line backups out, we still don’t know fully what we have, but it’s looking pretty damn good. Still my biggest concern is how often we failed to set the edge on defense. Sooner or later that is going to be very costly. Maybe I just got spoiled over the last couple of years where it was almost impossible to get to the outside. Maybe we have regressed from being all world to just being really, really good and it looks subpar based on that previous super high bar.
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Bobo is doing a damn fine job.
We are suffering from dropsies from a few players. Blocking is improving both at the line and perimeter though which is good news.
I don’t think any OC could do better than what Bobo is doing considering the patch work offense we are putting on the field every week. I like how we attacked down the field more this game than we did vs USCjr.
I still have a few complaints on the offense though. Counting on Delp to block is like playing Russian Roulette. He nearly caused a pick 6 on his own. I get we are thin at TE but, damn man, hold your block. And I don’t know about Arian Smith. Is he just a track star in a football Jersey? Because being just fast isn’t enough.
This team will be hell once we are full strength. By my count, we have 10 – 12 contributors out right now on both sides of the ball. We will be stronger as the season rolls on which is counter to most teams.
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Bobo and Beck smile and point to the scoreboard.
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This 1000 times.
There are ZERO perfect Power Five teams. We have better players than all but maybe 4 of them. We don’t have to meet the impossible standard of perfect to win a CFP . We have to be less imperfect than them
I seriously wish that the doom and gloom critics would analyze LSU, Alabama, OSU, Michigan and Oregon on a micro play by play level. We could have context as to whether OSU or LSU or Michigan et al cannot beat us until they clean up certain matters.
Maybe we could discovery Brian Hartline isn’t calling plays with a purpose but instead is calling off of a spreadsheet. It would affect our collective level of concern.
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The 2023 Georgia Bulldogs… a team so great that they suck.
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2023 UGA offense: 41.5 average points per game.
2022 UGA offense: 41.1 points per game.
2021 UGA offense: 38.6 points per game.
Monken’s average: 39.9
2022 UGA offense through its first 4 games: 42.3 average points per game.
2021 UGA offense through first 4 games: 42 points per game.
Monken’s average: 42.2 points per game
I didn’t compare Monken’s first UGA season since it was the out of the ordinary Covid season with the quarterback .
2023 UGA offense: 496.5 yards per game.
2022 UGA offense: 501.1 yards per game.
2021 UGA offense: 442.9 yards per game.
Monken’s average: 472 yards per game.
2022 UGA offense through the first 4 games: 531.5
2021 UGA offense through the first 4 games: 455
Monken’s average through 4 games: 493.3
The goal on offense is to gain yards and score points. Monken did great and was a vital contributor to back to back championships. He was great.
Although the 2023 offensive production is almost the same, Bobo sucks.
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Aside from a couple series in the first quarter that seemed like good old fashioned Bobo man all stubbornness, the only real frustration came watching him run Cash up the middle twice on the goal line ……..forcing our QB1 to go over the top to score. That was straight Boneheaded play calling. Otherwise the offense was really good. Can’t fault Bobo or Beck for a couple of big drops by the receivers, and the run blocking in the first half was pretty bad. Hopefully the changes made to the line at halftime will stick. They seemed to open much bigger holes in the second half. Is that because they wore down USBs front, or was it a change in technique? Either way it would be great to see that kind of success in the first half.
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I thought a big criticism of Bobo was that he tries to force a balance between number of running plays and number of passing plays. I was curious about your comment that “aside from a couple of series in the first quarter that seemed like good old fashioned Bobo man all stubbornness…” I looked the UGA play by play for the first quarter. Bobo called 10 pass plays to just 3 running plays. I counted the sack as a pass play call because that is what it was.
Of the 10 passing plays 5 different receivers caught passes. I do not see evidence of “good old fashioned Bobo man all stubbornness. “
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Don’t confuse someone with BDS with facts and statistics.
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See below for facts and statistics. I don’t have BDS, and I never had anything but support for and belief in SB4.
I do have some concerns about his stubbornness and hope that he’ll improve…..because everyone has room for improvement.
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So here’s where I’m at, understanding the Kirby stated that the screen and swing pass game is a substitute for the running game right now.
The he first series they came out and destroyed UABs secondary. It’s worth noting that they ran the ball once for a holding penalty and one swing pass that, if not for a terrible missed tackle, would have been a TFL.
The hen you come back in the second position and start with a great pass to Bowers…..followed by a short gain up the middle and a pass behind the line that, if not incomplete would have been a TFL and a punt.
Then he comes back in the third possession and starts with a solid 6 plays, including a pass behind the line that if not incomplete would have been a TFL. Getting the picture? Then 2 straight runs up the middle against 8 in the box for very little gain and ending with a pass short of the line to gain. Now Beck had another option there but the receivers was hidden being the red.
So I short, UAB was 7 or 8 in the box for the entirety of those first 3 drives. Bobo could have continued to call quick passes over the middle or to the outside and LIKELY rolled up a 21-0 first quarter. But he didn’t. He insisted on calling passes behind the line of scrimmage and runs up the middle against a stacked box and a secondary playing close to the line.
Did he get it figured out? Yes. Was he stubborn as hell in trying to establish the run and quick pass game when he could have continued to throw downfield until USB softened up? Yes.
And this is the stubborn man-ball Bobo to whom I refer. In those first 3 drives they had an 80% success rate in forward passes compared to a 30% success rate in runs and passes behind the line.
My hope is that he continues to get better at simply taking what the defense is giving him. My concern is that he’ll be stubborn for a few possessions in a game in which the Dawgs can’t afford that.
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Nothing like coming home from a nice week cruising the Caribbean and listening to bitching Dawg fans..some of y’all are crazy.
Folks in the sports bar asked me if we would ever lose again…my answer, yes. Be thankful for what Kirby has done.
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That proves Corch wasn’t on a cruise ship last week.
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The long snapper completed 100% of his attempts!
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