re: UGA fans are the laughing stock

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am saying fortuitous schedule breaks enabled average at best Uga teams to get some wins in the past 5 seasons.

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SOS in '11 was 14, '12 was 15,'13 was 10,'14 was 14 and '15 was 33.

So except for last year we were ranked in the top 15 in SOS.
I'm sure you'll find some insipid way to spin these numbers
but not quite the narrative you're looking for.

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I can't tell if you agree with the point about our recent schedules or not.

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Sorry. I don't make myself clear sometimes.

Yes. I think we took advantage of fairly weak schedules in the past. We were fortunate, and so was Mark Richt. Playing in the East is fortunate the last few years, too.

However, I think Kirby Smart is playing a soft schedule, too. He is playing in the East. We traded Ole Miss (3-3, so far and not looking too swell)and lost the defending National Champions. Nicholls might be the weakest team Georgia has EVER played. Missouri is VERY bad, as is South Carolina and Vanderbilt. It's one of the softest schedules we have played in a long, long time, and we are looking pretty bad.

Don't get me wrong. I STILL think in the long term Smart will be a good hire and be fine. But, we are seeing some of the sloppiest mistakes and coaching decisions we have seen in a lot of years. Clock management has been poor. Play calling VERY suspect. Fundamentals poor. ST play horrible. these are all areas that Smart was supposed to fix, and we seem to be getting worse. It is glaring stuff....we can all see, whether we are all able to admit it or not.

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Sagarin has our 2015 sos at 55th, so I am not sure where you got your numbers.

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To this date Georgia SOS for this season is #50. And we already have the same number of losses as we had all of last year. Think about that. 2015 is looking pretty good, is it not?

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Hold off on this as I may have misread the rankings. I do want to be accurate and fair.

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The point is about the 5 seasons specified by another poster. Do you agree or disagree with what I am saying about those seasons?

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I would have to see the SOS ratings for those years, honestly. My knee jerk reaction would be yes, we have played soft schedules, however, I don't know if my opinion is colored by what I have heard and what has been repeated. let me see if I can find that information. I have no problem debating you.....we rarely agree, but always (or normally) have respectful disagreements.

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Sagarin has our current sos at 27.

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You are correct. I ws looking at the rankings wrong. Here are the correct rankings for the years, I BELIEVE you are talking about:

2011-23rd
2012-27th
2013-8th
2014-8th
2015-55th
2016-27th (So far, but still have Auburn and Florida to play....but also have ULL, Kentucky and GT)

All in all, I would say they are pretty good schedules considering there are 130 or so teams? I did not check to see how we ranked against other SEC schools for those years. Interesting.

And those rankings are (except for 2016, obviously) from end of year.

I think we played 2 ranked teams in each of our 12 regular season games in 11 and 15.

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I think we played 2 ranked teams in each of our 12 regular season games in 11 and 15.

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However, our schedule was still tougher than the vast majority of college teams.

Kirby and co need to be better at strategy and pull the players that aren't playing good enough like chigbu and Davis.

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Kirby and co need to be better at strategy and pull the players that aren't playing good enough like chigbu and Davis.

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I really like what I am seeing from Ridley. I like him....a LOT. I am curious if Woerner could maybe slim down a bit and move outside to WR to give some more physicality to the position. It might not work, but I still wonder about it.

Honestly? My frustration comes from the continued criticism of Richt. Richt was criticized when Trigga didn't knock the ball down at Auburn in 2013, but the anti-Richt crowd can't say the same about Kirby on the Hail Mary with Tennesseee. Shoot....Richt got criticized for Reggie Davis dropping the ball in the end zone at Tennessee, last year, but it is Reggie Davis' fault this year. Sony and Chubb fumbled the ball going into the end zone against GT, but it was the pooch kick that cost us the game. nothing said about the pooch kick at Tennessee. Looking bad against Alabama was a lack of preparedness on mark Richt's behalf against Alabama last season. A poor showing on the National stage. yet, a worse showing against a worse team (Ol Miss) is glossed over.

We can go on and on about how people blamed Richt for stuff that is now going on under Smart, and people called for Richt to be fired, and get upset if somebody criticizes Kirby Smart.

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Kirby and co need to be better at strategy and pull the players that aren't playing good enough like chigbu and Davis.

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It's the mental mistakes. Stepping out of bounds on a kickoff. Not covering the Hail Mary properly. Clock management. Confusion on the field. Wrong personnel on the field causing time outs. THOSE are killers. I think they get ironed out with experience...and I also think Smart is hurt by unrealistic expectations by our fan base.