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The second half....
Posted on 10/19/14 at 7:37 am
Posted on 10/19/14 at 7:37 am
I'm happy with the win...know this before I get trolled into oblivion...I am happy to get out of this game with the 'W'....but what happened in the second half?
Why did the offense get so damn conservative? Why did our defense suddenly forget to cover the tight end? I mean...it went from full on boner to soft and receding between the first and second halves...what the frick happened?
My personal opinion is the lack of offensive production (starting with that missed 4th down conversion, kept the d on the field almost the entire second half...it was scary that that got back with in 2 TD's after being decimated so badly. We have got to finish better going forward.
Why did the offense get so damn conservative? Why did our defense suddenly forget to cover the tight end? I mean...it went from full on boner to soft and receding between the first and second halves...what the frick happened?
My personal opinion is the lack of offensive production (starting with that missed 4th down conversion, kept the d on the field almost the entire second half...it was scary that that got back with in 2 TD's after being decimated so badly. We have got to finish better going forward.
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Posted on 10/19/14 at 7:40 am to Sandwich
It's a teachable moment. Can't let up, but fortunately we were up by so much that it didn't hurt us. It helps to have something like that happen to keep guys' focus in the bye week.
Posted on 10/19/14 at 7:41 am to Sandwich
I told the wife when UGA started the second half you could see they had took there foot off the gas. It was like ok we already got this lets not run up the score. That is CMR football
Posted on 10/19/14 at 7:42 am to Sandwich
We were up big and got conservative. We were able to kill the last few minutes with multiple first downs at the end. Pruitt tightened up after the third too.
Posted on 10/19/14 at 7:45 am to LewDawg
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Blitzes stopped in the 3rd quarter. UGA was up by a ton and wanted to keep everything in front of them. Can't blame them.
I think if Richt had to do it over again he'd wait till the fourth to take his foot of the gas if that massive lead was maintained during the 3rd.
Blitzes stopped in the 3rd quarter. UGA was up by a ton and wanted to keep everything in front of them. Can't blame them.
I think if Richt had to do it over again he'd wait till the fourth to take his foot of the gas if that massive lead was maintained during the 3rd.
This post was edited on 10/19/14 at 7:47 am
Posted on 10/19/14 at 8:04 am to Biggen
It is not taking the foot off the gas... It is strategic. The way a team like that gets back into a game like that is with quick strike TDs and by getting turnovers. Arky got neither. On the other hand, UGA got a turnover and caught the Arky safety cheating and scored on a long pass. UGA also had the ball the last 5 minutes of the game and could have scored again if they wanted to. The 4 th down play was certainly not conservative. Our guy did not make the play.
Y'all can keep on saying things until you make it seem real in your chain of logic if you want, but you may consider spending some of your time and energy understanding tackle football a tad more...
Or just cackle foot off the gas over and over again....
Y'all can keep on saying things until you make it seem real in your chain of logic if you want, but you may consider spending some of your time and energy understanding tackle football a tad more...
Or just cackle foot off the gas over and over again....
Posted on 10/19/14 at 8:18 am to Peter Buck
The fact remains our Offensive production was terrible in that 3rd qr...now whether thats their defensive adjustments or our offensive ineptitude is irrelevant. My point was that it was the defense being on the filed so much that allowed Arky back into the game. Had we did what we did at he end of the game the entire second half...it wouldn't have been near as close. Question is...why the hell didn't we?
Posted on 10/19/14 at 8:23 am to Sandwich
It's a combination of taking the foot on the galas and arky's D having something to prove. Notice what happened when we got righted?
Posted on 10/19/14 at 8:23 am to Sandwich
3rd qtr 1st down playcalling was predictable and poorly executed. one thing the coaches knew, however, was that Arkansas was no quick strike team and would take 6-7 minutes on each drive. they would simply run out of time.
Posted on 10/19/14 at 8:31 am to Sandwich
The first drive was 5 plays and 22 yards and should have been a 1st down again but our TE did not make a catch. The next 2 series were stopped at 3 and out in large part due to run blitzes and some good plays by Arky. The next series, we made them pay for cheating up by scoring on a long pass. The next series, we burned clock and pinned them. The final series, we ran the ball for 5 minutes...
Posted on 10/19/14 at 8:34 am to Peter Buck
The most important thing is we had no turn overs and made Arky play on long fields in the second half. They didn't have enough time.
Now, if we stayed pass and blitz happy and they got a few turnovers and quick scores, I bet the same people here would be bitching about the play calls...
Now, if we stayed pass and blitz happy and they got a few turnovers and quick scores, I bet the same people here would be bitching about the play calls...
Posted on 10/19/14 at 8:47 am to Sandwich
It's not all on the play calling, there were some missed opportunities by our players, but there were definitely times where I feel like we were way, way too conservative. They had 9 in the box on occasion and we still ran a dive or ISO right into the teeth of it. There are times when, mathematically, you're flat out beat up front and you need to give your 5th year senior the opportunity to check out of that play. A PA pass with Hicks slipping into the flats would have likely resulted in at least 8 yards instead of the inches that Chubb gave us on those plays. All those 3 and outs killed our pass rush in the 2nd half because everyone on D was gassed.
I'm still real proud of guys for picking up a W on the road against a much improved Arkansas team. They all played tough today and I liked our coaches play calling for the most part. I'm not trying to bitch about it, there were just a handful of plays where they knew what was coming and killed us.
I'm still real proud of guys for picking up a W on the road against a much improved Arkansas team. They all played tough today and I liked our coaches play calling for the most part. I'm not trying to bitch about it, there were just a handful of plays where they knew what was coming and killed us.
This post was edited on 10/19/14 at 8:52 am
Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:02 am to crispyUGA
I got drunk and salty the second half and while it's still within my MO to get angry before being happy I gotta say that this team has shown a shitload of heart. I think Peter Buck has some points in how they called the game but I also agree that both Bobo and Pruitt got conservative. I think if what is said in this thread is blended and we can go down the middle that's the truth. UGA went with a gameplan making Arkansas come back and UGA wouldn't help but UGA's mentality wasn't what it should have been from an intensity standpoint and they got sloppy. I also think Richt and co have to do a better job of keeping them motivated at half. In their defense idk if any of them expected to be up 38-6 at half either.
These have been a fun 2 weeks and I don't think I have been more gleefully surprised by Georgia performances than I have this year. Only times that come close would be how UGA ended 2006 (primarily Auburn) and how Georgia ended 2012 (primarily UF, thought they'd get the shite beat out of them that game). Dawgs have a nice thing going with the media doubting them and feeding off of that. I also think that, in terms of superstition, my continued doubt of victories clearly has an impact. I have expected a loss pretty much every game this season that wasn't Clemson, Troy, or Vandy.
So, I will stick with that and say I worry about the hapless Gators. UF looks like a puddle of shite but their defense is still incredibly potent. I mean, shite, even in a loss they only gave up 100 something yards. 20 passing. These games they are turnover happy like a mofo. If they play just one super conservative game they can give UGA all they can handle especially without Gurley. Really want that dude back for JAX.
These have been a fun 2 weeks and I don't think I have been more gleefully surprised by Georgia performances than I have this year. Only times that come close would be how UGA ended 2006 (primarily Auburn) and how Georgia ended 2012 (primarily UF, thought they'd get the shite beat out of them that game). Dawgs have a nice thing going with the media doubting them and feeding off of that. I also think that, in terms of superstition, my continued doubt of victories clearly has an impact. I have expected a loss pretty much every game this season that wasn't Clemson, Troy, or Vandy.
So, I will stick with that and say I worry about the hapless Gators. UF looks like a puddle of shite but their defense is still incredibly potent. I mean, shite, even in a loss they only gave up 100 something yards. 20 passing. These games they are turnover happy like a mofo. If they play just one super conservative game they can give UGA all they can handle especially without Gurley. Really want that dude back for JAX.
Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:05 am to Sandwich
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Why did the offense get so damn conservative? Why did our defense suddenly forget to cover the tight end?
It was frustrating for sure; I was getting pissed off thinking that the Hogs were going to come back an win the game. But as others have stated, the conservative play calling made sense with us up by so much in the first half.
Aggressive offense has more potential for scoring but it comes with higher risk. We simply mitigated our risk in the 2nd half and it worked because we did not turn the ball over giving them additional opportunities to get back in the game.
Posted on 10/19/14 at 1:32 pm to Peter Buck
I just rewatched the game...after a night to reflect and a rewatch, I think I have to agree with Cracker on this. Its frustrating to watch live because you just want them to keep going balls out but, it was the right call.
We were a little conservative but, Arky made a few plays on D and we just didn't execute well in the 3rd on O. On D, we gave them a lot of help in sustaining drives with stupid 15 yard penalties all over the place. The final score makes that game look a lot closer than it actually was. We kept it all in front of us and didn't give up huge plays.
Bottom line, when we HAD to have something, we got it, timely score, timely turnover, timely stop, and then ran out the clock.
We were a little conservative but, Arky made a few plays on D and we just didn't execute well in the 3rd on O. On D, we gave them a lot of help in sustaining drives with stupid 15 yard penalties all over the place. The final score makes that game look a lot closer than it actually was. We kept it all in front of us and didn't give up huge plays.
Bottom line, when we HAD to have something, we got it, timely score, timely turnover, timely stop, and then ran out the clock.
Posted on 10/19/14 at 2:01 pm to DawgHolliday
But why didn't we just do game managing drives like the end of the game...we were capable of that all game...I realize we shouldn't have passed...I get that...but I just wanna know what happened to our run game during the 3rd qrt? Considering how easily we ran the game out for 5 mins towards the end.. it's not like the hog defense was winded...The we're on the bench the whole 3rd qrt
Posted on 10/19/14 at 2:07 pm to Sandwich
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We have got to finish better going forward
St. Richt called off the dawgs...literally...we came out vanilla on O and backed into a zone on D...he knew we would hang 50+ on them if we kept going like we were and he wont do that...he is too nice...we didn't just stop dominating cause they adjusted so well...we basically gave them a moral victory and let them back into the game...i love CMR but it was very obvious that he wanted to slow the bleed and not crush their spirits cause thats not "the right thing to do"
meanwhile, saban ran the score up....just sayin'
Posted on 10/19/14 at 2:18 pm to SthGADawg
I actually got the feeling that the coaches knew Arkansas' offense isn't built to come back from a 38-6 lead and that the only way they could win is if we let them get a bunch of quick strikes. Therefore, we went more conservative on D and left the underneath stuff more open while focusing on keeping the ball in front of us, and made them drive longer for the scores. And while it was frustrating to watch, it worked. It was also aided by some penalties (some I thought were a little ridiculous but some were definitely legit).
On offense, it definitely didn't seem like the blocking was near as good as it was in the first half, especially not on running plays. Mason also seemed like he didn't trust the blocking as much in the second half and I'm sure that, along with the big lead for most of the half, led to the lack of big downfield attempts.
I'm honestly not taking too much away from the 2nd half performance. If you'd told me last week that the team would go in and do what they did yesterday and that the main complaint would be going too soft in the 2nd half and letting Arkansas come back to a 13 point loss, I'd take it every day of the week.
On offense, it definitely didn't seem like the blocking was near as good as it was in the first half, especially not on running plays. Mason also seemed like he didn't trust the blocking as much in the second half and I'm sure that, along with the big lead for most of the half, led to the lack of big downfield attempts.
I'm honestly not taking too much away from the 2nd half performance. If you'd told me last week that the team would go in and do what they did yesterday and that the main complaint would be going too soft in the 2nd half and letting Arkansas come back to a 13 point loss, I'd take it every day of the week.
Posted on 10/19/14 at 2:32 pm to TMDawg
If you don't think UGA let its foot off the gas than you need glasses. Zone D and no blitzing describes the 3rd quarter.
Posted on 10/19/14 at 2:33 pm to Biggen
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Biggen
this guy gets it...i was livid...it was like they changed unis with another team when they came out at after the half...i looked right at my wife and said..."Richt called them off"...and promptly went to the fridge for another ice cold bud light platinum...
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