How’re we feeling this morning? Yesterday was a head scratcher on defense for the home team, but some things remain as certain as the sun coming up and going down. Like this:
Some other interesting observations from another strange day in this, the 2024 chapter of college football:
- Florida is either not really bad, or Tennessee is really overrated
- Texas is good, but they still haven’t faced a team with an offensive pulse to date. Next week should be a barn burner of scoring if we don’t crap the bed on offense. Don’t have as much hope for our defense unless Robinson gets much more play.
- LSU is suddenly good again? Or was that just a good game between hyped up teams?
- Colorado looks suddenly competitive.
- Vandy is 4-2. That’s not a typo.
- Alabama is the most undisciplined team in the SEC.
- Lanning got his signature win.
- Syracuse is 5-1. The Kirby tree is strong, wish we had some of those branches back.
What in the world is going on here? What’s your thoughts?
What’s going on in my mind is that I’m spoiled fucking rotten.
Bobby Hill and Nico are seriously overrated. Sun Belt Billy is still completely in over his head (that overtime possession was the worst I’ve seen until later in the night when Junior said hold my beer).
When do the Rebel transfers start heading for the exits?
Oklahoma is just putrid. I’ll admit I missed on them this year.
I think we’re seeing a return of pre-Saban college football. Sure, there were some dominant programs in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. But nobody won the natty 3 or 4 or 5 times a decade before he got to Bama. Now we all react as if not being the top dog year in and year out is some inexcusable failing. Or at least, spoked Bama fans feel that way and I think some of our fans are trending that way too. If we end up going 8-4, I’ll definitely be disappointed. If we lose to Texas, go 10-2, and don’t win the natty, so be it.
As long as Bama doesn’t somehow win it.
Alabama won three (3) national championships in the 1970s. Alabama won three (3) national championships in the 1960s, too. That guy Paul Bryant was pretty good.
Yep, you got me. I knew I should have only written “4 or 5” except then you would have pointed out that nobody has won 5 in a decade. So rather than respond to my broader point, you merely corrected my error. Kudos.
Got a home sec “W”, let’s move on to UGA footballs next opponent, that could be UGA football injury list, might be UGA football secondary or is UGA football in the middle of it’s own success rate, UGA football standard is a bit higher than others, hence a small dip here or there and the narrative goes off on another course…if you’re trying to find out who you are, look in the mirror, film study don’t lie, two titles in three years isn’t a fucking lie (might 3 titles be asking to much), take a minute to back off the ledge, breath in, breath out, move on…rankings/ratings mean less today, will mean more in December…GO DAWGS!!
I think that we’re seeing the effects of the Transfer Portal and NIL bribery money. Everyone’s on a mostly level playing field compared to the Pre-TP / NIL years. Yes, some programs can pay more for talent, but that doesn’t buy you a cohesive team or a stable locker room. As for UGA, I wonder if the coaching turnover is finally showing it’s ugly face (i.e., we lost great coaches and maybe the replacements aren’t as good?). It happens to everyone from time to time. Didn’t the DB coach come from Southern Cal? How was that defense when he was there?
“(i.e., we lost great coaches and maybe the replacements aren’t as good?)”-They aren’t.
Don’t forget that the GOAT had some down years when he had massive turnover of the coaching staff. Unfortunately, that’s the curse of a winning program. I think the loss of Lanning, Boom, Brown, and Pittman/Luke, is starting to show. I’m a little worried because Kirby is not as ruthless as the GOAT when it comes to staff. Saban would fire his own mother if he thought it would result in more wins.
Ryan Day just lost his job. So will the BigX commish for chasing expansion and adding teams with a pulse that can beat the Big 2. Florida cannot matriculate the ball downfield passing. Tennessee was and is overrated. Same for Ole Miss but Nussmeier (sp?) sucks yet has a little of that Stetson Bennett in him to pull off a broken play. The world of CFB needs Vandy to be in the SECCG. Bama is big and fast but so one dimensional on both sides. Our coaching staff did a putrid job of being prepared for that game. Everyone else will figure them out but still needs enough talent to matchup against what Bama is doing. They can win the rest of their games, but can just as easily see 2 losses. Didn’t get to see the RRR…will watch this afternoon to get a better opinion of Texas.
I don’t understand our defensive woes. Plenty of talent but just not meshing. DL can’t push. LBs misreading plays and reacting late. DBs have the speed to be in position but then don’t play the ball. Safeties having cleanup to much. Schumann and Kirby look lost trying to signal adjustments. Just one big OL’ Hot Mess. Bobo haterz going to blame him for Beck’s regression in passing (to many interceptions and poor choices) and why 40 points can’t be more. We’ve enjoyed 4 years of confidently knowing most teams couldn’t score more than 20 on us. If we can just back to that standard we’ll look like and be a championship team.
This season will rival 2007. There is no dominant team, and the national champ will have a loss or two. If you stick 12 teams in a bracket, it becomes a crapshoot where any of those 12 could win it. The team that gets hot and stays healthy the longest will win it.
There is something missing at Ohio State. They have more talent than anybody, and yet they can’t put it all together. I don’t think Ryan Day can fix it, but maybe the chips will fall his way in the CFP. If it doesn’t, they may have to move on from him, which is crazy.
It’s funny hearing the announcers say Team X is not playing up to the standard they set against the four or five nobodies they’ve played until now. You mean Tennessee/Ole Miss/Ohio State is not going to dominate when they actually play someone with a pulse? What a wild thought.
The COVID super seniors had a huge effect on 2021-2023 seasons making some teams over-experienced (Wash, Mich last year), but they stunted the growth of young guys on teams across the country who had their playing time taken by 6th or 7th year guys. It shows. Lots of inexperience compared to the past three years on lots of teams. Combine that with the transfer portal, and it feels like teams are all trying to figure it out as they go.
UGA will be fine. They aren’t elite, but no one else is either. They could win the next four, they could lose the next four, but they’ll probably win two or three. Too many holes, not enough playmakers, bad OL play, defense is too predictable, but they still have a lot of talent out there. It may be enough to win 10 games and make the CFP.
I came here to write all of this, so thanks.
I’m think the rest of our schedule just got a lot more interesting. With the exception of UMass, I’m not counting any guaranteed wins left on the schedule.
Florida and GT suddenly don’t seem the be the laughers that they once were. On the other hand, 10RC and Ole Miss don’t seem as daunting.
Never thought I’d say this, but glad we’re not playing Vandy this year.
Ryan Day is a really good coach. I think he would make a fine addition to Kirby’s staff.
Obvious our defense and OL have massively underperformed what we thought they could be. But somehow we’re still in the hunt going into Texas week. The newbies from Austin will hang a big number up on us if they can. I don’t know what it will take for these coaches to get our guys playing loose, confident and with reckless abandon again. But if there’s a week to flip some type of switch, please let it be this one! Most unlikeable opponent in the conference, maybe worse than the handbags, if that’s possible……
If Colorado loses Hunter and Horn for a few games they wont look competitive anymore.
Agree, but they played most of that game and came back to eventually take the lead without either of them.
We ran the ball for almost a buck fifty, but 52 of those yards came on AE3’s ‘run.’ Despite the two OL injuries, we’ve got to be better on the ground in Austin. Each of our two leading rushers (i.e., the guys w/ the most carries) is averaging over 5 ypc. That’s better than Texas’s two leading rushers, each of whom is under 5 ypc.
Even if we run the ball well, though, I’m not convinced that Carson can avoid another multiple-INT game. Nor do I think our DBs can stop Texas’s WRs. Bottom line: Texas is averaging 10 ppg more than we are (43.2 to 33.5). Seems to me that Kirby still can’t accept that you gotta light up the scoreboard (i.e., score 40 or more) to beat top teams.
Fans gotta up our game. Let’s face it, the crowd gave up at least 21 of those points.