Good morning. It’s Friday, let’s throw some things out there and see what lands…
Chip Patterson at CBS Sports compiles a list of the Best QB-WR duos for 2024.
Carson Beck and Dillon Bell: Though there is not an established go-to guy among Georgia’s pass catchers in the wake of Brock Bowers’ departure, Beck’s performance in Year 1 as starting QB sets up for someone to emerge in that role. All the talk of a Georgia three-peat and the Bulldog fatigue left many fans overlooking a passing attack — and an offense in general — that transformed with Beck’s ascension. The 2023 season was the first since 2013 that Georgia averaged more than 300 passing yards per game (305.3), a figure that was second only to LSU in the SEC. The offense as a whole ranked in the top five nationally in yards per game (496.5) and yards per play (7.26) yet rarely got mentioned alongside their peers in those categories for having one of the best offenses in the country. If Beck can stay on course, look for Bell to emerge as a new star for the Bulldogs. Bell is a multi-purpose threat who got moved all around the offense in his sophomore season, where he showed not only unique athleticism but the ability to make tough catches against quality competition.
Mark Schlabach presents to us The season-defining games for college football’s top 25 teams. His take on UGA:
Any regular-season matchup between SEC heavyweights Georgia and Alabama would be circled on fans’ calendars for months. But with the Crimson Tide retooling after Nick Saban’s retirement, Georgia fans will spend the summer dreaming about the Bulldogs’ Oct. 19 trip to Texas. The Longhorns might be the most difficult opponent this season after winning a Big 12 title and reaching the CFP for the first time in 2023, and it will also be Georgia’s first trip to Austin in 66 years. Georgia hasn’t played at Texas since a 13-8 loss on Sept. 20, 1958. In fact, the teams have only played once since 1984, when the Longhorns won 28-21 in the Allstate Sugar Bowl following the 2018 season.
Nope, I don’t buy it. Saban or not, until we slay the Bama dragon, it will always be there. Time to put them down.
Over at DawgsHQ, Palmer Thombs has a run down on some UGA spring sports. A good, early review of the Diamond Dawgs and some comments on a sport I won’t talk about.
I started to do a MPC for this one. Please tell me that UGA doesn’t pump techno crap like this during practices? I kept expecting to see The Roxbury Guys from SNL suited up with them.
I don’t care for Auburn. So, this Graham Coffey tweet hits just right:
It’s nice to have goals. Clemson Sucks.
50 years ago today, I was 7. How many of you participated in this? No pics please!
Go Dawgs!