The most infuriating one is that Carson Beck is 2-0 in CFP games, Stockton is now 0-2.
So it goes.
Go Dawgs.
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Let all the Bulldog faithful rally behind the men who now wear the red and black with two words, two simple words which express the sentiments of the entire Bulldog Nation: Auburn Sucks.
That game was stupid
And so is the fact I got logged out? –prosticutor
Me too
Vectordawg
I see you
I do now. Idk what happened. Earlier I commented and Derek responded and I responded back and it showed “anonymous”.
There was a lot of stupid going on there. I was watching Skycast so I never heard commentary on the targeting call, but I couldn’t see the justification for it. That little razzle-dazzle thing to give up a safety was stupid. Nothing has a great chance of working there, but if you’re going to do some lateral thing at least start on the 25.
Our OC cost us that one. Just damn.
Maybe his son gets drafted he retires and we can move on.
He’s 51 if I recall correctly. He ain’t retiring.
If Kirby wants something different, he’s going to have to relieve him of his duties or encourage him to become an analyst.
I would support doing whatever is necessary to bring Todd Monken back to UGA. If he doesn’t want to recruit, don’t make him recruit other than in Athens. If he wants total control of the offense, do it.
He does have serious health issues. A buyout could be persuasive.
That’s firing him. Kirby isn’t going to do it unless he knows exactly who he is going to get and that coach is going to be an upgrade.
You don’t hire your college drinking buddy and childhood friend at this level.
The fan base deserves what they get for making excuses convincing themself it will somehow change. Bobo is what he is. Good but not great regularly enough to win it all.
No thoughts on the defense, especially giving up a 40 yard completion with 30 seconds left?
I blame bobo
I do too. Explosive prolific offenses arent just shut down. Have to score points. When a touchdown is good enough, Bobo will get you a field goal.
34 points is not enough! We should hire all of the oc’s who scored more!!!
28? A ball control offense that cant do that most of the time isnt all that awesome.
I have a couple. Obviously, it is a team loss but all the three and outs didn’t do the defense any favors. Seeing the defense winded at the end of the third is never a good sign. YMMV.
I’ve said it often this season and stand behind it still: The coaches have forgotten more about ball than most of us will ever know. That said, whatever CMB had drawn up for this one wasn’t working and to my untrained eye he didn’t make any adjustments. You know what they say about insanity…
It was a good season. We put one on Alabama and won the SEC. Still stings though.
Defense looked like hot garbage for much of the game, too.
true the D did give the offense chances to score with field position but the offense didn’t capitalize. Missed long FG.
Clock was also mismanaged going into the give Ole Miss extra snaps which on one of those snaps a defender was ejected.
In terms of errors the offense had more.
Iron sharpens Iron, crayons don’t
If you read my final comment, I said there was plenty of blame to go around for that crap. Coaching and execution tonight were subpar (the comment about week 4 is right).
Kirby prides his defense on not allowing explosive plays. They failed miserably at that tonight.
On offense, there were very few explosives as well.
Even Smart said we need to do a better job of possessing the bad. The D held up well considering the Offense was in a coma when they allowed FGs.
The defense cannot fail. It can only be failed. Got it.
We did not play complementary football tonight.
We had the ball for 32:30 minutes tonight and gave up 2 sacks and 9 TFLs. The defense gave up 362 yards passing. No sacks and only 3 TFLs.
That is absurd and a fail in reading.
The D made fewer errors and set up the offense for success more often than the offense sset the offense up for success. The offense gave up 7 with that botched 4th down play multiple short possessions to start both halfs.
The defense made fewer errors, sure. It seemed every damn one of them resulted in an explosive play. The offense looked bad tonight for extended periods for more reasons than just play calling.
That’s what complementary football is.
I get it. You blame everything on the offense and on Mike Bobo in particular. I’m sure Bobo coached Gunner to throw the ball right into a player’s face mask, for an offensive lineman to miss a block, for a misread on an RPO or for a running back who attempts to bounce a play outside rather than getting the yards the play is deigned to get.
I also see a defense that that got beat on multiple occasions and a stupid decision to do that send the punt team in there and then the offensive rush.
It was a TEAM loss. Coaching wasn’t great on either side, consistent execution was lacking, and players didn’t make plays when they were presented.
Good night.
O-Line got dominated by Ole Miss. Gunner couldn’t do a goddamn thing because he was constantly pressured all night.
Hate to say it but Miami’s defense would’ve had a field day with our oline.
Maybe but they ain’t getting to 30.
Disagree – he throw it over the arms the guy standing right in front of him. But it’s not all his fault. LSU had to be pulling for us.
Two guys got dominated in the interior.
Freeling is going to get the blame for the 4th down sack, but Josh Brock said the ball was never supposed to be snapped unless Ole Miss jumped offside.
Except for the drives where the Oline mashed them.
FUCK!!!
Great season. Terrible end. I want to pile on, but I think I will sleep on it for now. Peace out.
Frustrating for sure but the recriminations are bullshit. We got whipped by their interior dl and their qb made ridiculous plays. We didn’t make enough plays.
Shit happens. Move on.
27 got abused all night. Georgia has no edge rush/contain again and the offensive play calling is either brilliant or horrible. I’m back to wondering if Gunner can throw the deep routes. It looks like 15-20 is his limit.
Btw – the Freeling whiff reminded me of last years sugar bowl.
That 4th and 9 throw was sublime.
The comment about Gunner’s arm is totally off-base. Go back and watch the perfect throw in the Alabama game that Taylor dropped. Oh yeah, that 4th down throw to Humphreys in Knoxville.
The 4th down throw to Branch was spectacular, and the TD to Branch was well thrown.
Agreed I don’t put this on Gunner.
Gunner made some poor throws tonight. The batted balls throughout the season are troublesome. I don’t know enough about throwing mechanics to know what should be different, but Beck had the same damn thing.
Gunner plays hard. I love that about him. He also has limitations. He’s a more mobile Jake Fromm.
Even with getting whipped on O line, still had chances. Kirby mismanagement is hard to take. Flash back to the Fields fake punt. The entire internet was yelling for Kirby to not throw that ball on 3rd down. And he did it.
The internet is stupid
2 more thoughts – the difference in FG kickers lost us the game.
It was the same game as Oct, the teams are even.
True but if your D holds on 4th down at mid field, the offense should get a TD or a chip shot FG at the least, not a 50+ yarder.
I just wnat to clarify my comment on Woodring. You can’t deny Ole Miss’s kick was on fire and Woodring missed on a play that has major implications on how the game plays out. So Ole Miss’s kick wins the dual.
Woodring is still a great kicker, and I’m glad he’s kicking for us. One 55 yarder doesn’t change that.
My point is Woodring shouldn’t be kicking from 55. He shouldn’t be kicking to tie the game up with less than 2 minutes to go.
The OC should have had TDs on both at mimimum the first should be a chip shot at worst. You’re an OC with one of the most talented rosters in the sport, 2 minutes to go National title on the line you go get the TD.
BTW the D got the stop to go get that final score by forcing the 3 and out.
Good grief. Peyton Woodring has been money the last 3 years, and we complain when he misses a 55 yarder. You could tell he didn’t get all of it when you watch it in slow motion.
Wait! What? We lost? But we won the middle eight!
Well, we won the first 4 of the middle 8…
The second 4 it was 0-0. So we still won.
It still matters. We had a chance to blow the game wide open in the middle 8 and didn’t do it.
Definitely pissed about losing, but kind of interested to see what happens this week when the transfer portal opens, and the Ole Miss coaches are in the awkward position of coaching the Rebs for the semifinal, while at the same time proably recruiting their players to transfer to LSU.
When we won back-to-back, it really was at the end of college football. Now we have this shitshow, and I’m about over it…
I have zero interest in the health or sustainability of college football.
I watch my team and that’s it.
Frustrated but i think this team gave us all they had,
On to September 2026.
“When we won back-to-back, it really was at the end of college football. Now we have this shitshow, and I’m about over it…”
I said something similar to my wife tonight before the game. It was weird. I told her I hope we win, and I expect us to win, but I’m just not as into it as I used to be. Part of that is good, but part of it is really bad.
The transfer portal and the resulting age of free agency with NIL is killing my love of the game. The way some people on South Campus take all of us for granted grates on me.
I’ll really glad I sold my tickets and didn’t go.
I said basically the same thing to my wife.
It’s hard to get too excited win or lose..
I blame the TV $$ driven CFP for a lot of my waning interest but NIL and the transfers are the biggest wet blanket.
I suspect a lot of people feel the same way…and CFB and TV’s answer to fewer eyes will be more playoff games and round and round CFB goes circling the drain.
Need elite QB talent. Need a talented OC. Next year will be more of the same. Bobo cant string together enough good games to win in this format. But, whatever. Let’s just be proud that we’ve owned our rivals.
Kirby is the best recruiter and NFL prepper. He won’t pay enough to get a game changing QB. He wants you to sit and learn for 3 years like our last 3 quarterbacks. Problem is he got lucky with Stetson. Beck is blah. Gunner is a DGD, but not elite.
D improved and then shit the bed at the end. We all know what those elite QBs do to a Kirby defense. It’s not Schumann’s fault. He didn’t know they could pass on that down!
Maybe Ole Miss will win it all. Pulling for them now. But not watching. I feel like this season started 3 years ago.
Richt owner our rivals.
UGA had more talent and talent kept an OC in the game that 2 of our rivals had and don’t want back.
I was being a little sarcastic on that point.
Pretty narrow take.
Thanks for commenting!
Should have recruited beck. He’s still playing..
I sure hate it when we f@ck around and piss away a playoff game. We could have easily won but we did stupid sh!t throughout that cost us a rare opportunity to keep playing when there wasn’t a powerhouse program in our path to a championship. Such a damn shame. What a dumbass ending to an otherwise really good season. I still love everyone and everything UGA though!! Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!
Submit your resume,
What we need to do is get a low seed and not try to win the SEC next year. Apparently failing in the regular season is the secret to success in the playoffs.
I didn’t want to say it but I secretly wanted the aggies in the seccg and then we get the #5
3 of the final 4 teams are teams that didn’t even play for their conference’s championship.
Last year there were 2 teams who played in their CCG (and lost), 1 that isn’t in a conference for football, and 1 that didn’t play in its CCG (that team won the whole thing).
Let that sink in for a minute, and then tell me why the regular season matters. Why should I keep donating and buying season tickets?
Yep. Its a series of qualifying exhibitions followed by a tournament.
Slash your wrists if it suits you but there will never be another “National Champion.” Shit is far too random now to gaf about anything except having a chance to pull a ticket.
If you’re holding on tighter than that you’re a fool.
Im glad I went to Indy and LA and saw it won as intended. This new path?
Come on! OM isn’t even supposed to be here.
Don’t ask me to get overwrought.
I feel bad for those kids who put everything into the mission. Wish it had worked out for them.
It didn’t.
New exhibitions start in September. Can’t wait.
What you’re saying is enjoy the exhibitions and then check out when the tournament starts.
Not “check out” but understand it for what it is. Sometimes the 9-7 team wins the thing and the 16-0 team doesn’t.
The system we have is not designed to reward regular season success. It is a means to determine a tournament field.
I hate to “Like” this but I certainly agree with it. We’re all just playing an exhibition to get ready for a tournament.
I’m happy we won our conference. Beyond that, it’s all made up and flagellant.
Hell yeah
I’ll add the Playoff Committee says teams won’t be punished for playing a conferene championship game.
Bama lost, giving them 3 losses, they’re still in. They weren’t punished but weren’t rewarded. IMO Bama was a flawed team UGA exposed and Indiana confirmed those flaws.
UGA won but wasn’t rewarded by moving up to #2 not that it matters.
However, UGA and Bama has that many more chances to have season ending injuries in a game whose only benefit is making money for the SEC.
I think that if UGA and Ole Miss played in the SECCG, the game would look much the same coming down to a few big plays. So, I don’t put much weight in the layoff.
College football is becoming college hoops. Regular season titles and conference tourneys once mattered in hoops. Not so much today. The college football regular season still matters, just not as much as it once did. As for conference championship games, well, they are meaningless except to fans.
“College football is becoming college hoops.”
I watch very little college hoops from November to March (and not much then either now) and no way would I buy a Georgia basketball season ticket and make the necessary contribution to get said tickets.
My comment still stands. Why make a contribution and purchase season tickets when the games don’t really matter much any longer? It’s only going to get worse when this thing goes to 16 or more.
A regular season loss removes your margin for error in the old game. 2 losses pretty much made you hope for a good bowl trip because you’re out of the national championship race. 3 losses and you’re looking at a trip to Charlotte in December.
And if it hadn’t been said enough, at least we didn’t give one to that tool bag Kiffin. I take some solace in that. I really hope Ole Miss goes on to win it all, without Lamo. Sorry, probably too soon to turn the page.
Nothing would be funnier than if OM won the thing and Laner never does.
That would be irony.
I’ve been saying this for years:
We will not with a natty with Bobo.
It isn’t just the fact he’s not an elite OC (not trash, just “good”). It’s the message it sends to the entire team.
Do you think they don’t know Bobo is Kirby’s nepo-buddy hire and that there is no fucking way he has his job on talent and ability?
So when Kirby preaches all that coach-shit, about being elite, and working hard, and how hard working is what matters for getting on the field, it rings a little hollow when they are looking at Bobo sitting there with one of the most important jobs in college football and he’s a mid-tier level OC at best.
It’s Kirby’s one glaring blind spot:
HE DOES NOT HOLD HIS COACHES TO THE SAME STANDARD HE HOLDS HIS PLAYERS.
He’s way too sentimental about his coaches.
This is the #1 difference between him and Saaban.
It’s a shame, because I believe Kirby is a superior coach at motivating, making his players care/buy in, and his understanding of football.
But Saaban knew how to run an organization and an operation. He knew he had to demand the highest from EVERYONE (himself, his coaches, his players).
I am glad we won back to back when CFB was still CFB. The current situation and model is fucking garbage. This playoff iteration is almost worse than the old 2 team BCS nonsense.
But we won’t win again until Kirby hires coaches based on ability and not fond memories of his college days.
If only Kirby knew ball like you know ball.
> If only Kirby knew ball like you know ball.
Derek, which is it?
1) You find it easier to argue against straw man arguments you make up out of nowhere?
or
2) You just don’t read.
I didn’t say a THING about knowing ball.
In fact, if you took 2 seconds to READ, I specifically said the exact opposite: I said I believe Kirby knows ball even better than Saban.
But Saban knew he had to hold his entire team to the same standard.
Kirby apparently doesn’t.
Everyone can have blind spots. This is Kirby’s.
He keeps his buddy on the staff even when everyone knows he is not elite. That’s a major problem. He can’t seem to cut coaches loose when he needs to. Saban didn’t have that problem.
I’m not saying its easy. I’ve only had to lay off 2 people in my entire life of owning and running companies. It fucking sucked. But that’s why the boss gets the big check.
2023 40.1 PPG
2024 32.6 PPG
2025 32.1 PPG
Can the ball knowers (or people who went to the prom with BOBO) here explain to me how this is better? Im just some dumbass that barely knows what a punt is, so Im obviously not capable of making judgement.
Also, I know being a Broyles finalist means you are immune to criticism, but two of them from last year got fired this year. So I dont know if that bar means jack squat.
It means go for a low probability pass play on 3rd and goal with under a minute left and the other team with no timeouts left so you can try to win in regulation instead of running it and kicking a field goal to make sure no time is left for the other team who has a kicker who can kick an 80 yard field goal, I guess?
Thank God for all those OPI flags so we could get into position.
Damning stats, for sure.
I’ll add these for a little more context. Not sure they are related, but together, not a good combination.
2021 points allowed 10.4
2022 points allowed 15.3
2023 points allowed 16.3
2024 points allowed 21.9
2025 points allowed 18,5
Bobo always gets his stats. That’s not the issue.
If you watch the games, you know.
Bobo offenses disappear when you need them most. Always.
The consistency is garbage.
But over a long enough time, he always pads his stats.
Imho, a major difference was our play calling on first down, especially in the second half. We were consistently behind the chains. It seemed to me that Ole Miss coaches decided that Gunner wasn’t going to beat us down the field and knew that he would check down consistently. Other than the final drives our WRs had very few catches.
This. Gunner can’t take the top off a defense. Chucking it 50 yards and throwing it 38 to a spot only your receiver can catch it are two different skill sets. Those DPIs on the final drive were legit but the first one wasn’t going to be caught by Luckie and Colbie’s guy won the game for OM because Colbie had him beat. Gunner is great on his feet and throws a good ball to a soft zone spot. Useful but limiting when the D is playing up.