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Just a few miscellaneous questions I have about this team.
Posted on 12/17/24 at 8:23 am
Posted on 12/17/24 at 8:23 am
1) I have heard no talk of '"bloody tuesday" practice and before the season started it was alluded (either by Kirby himself or some journalist paraphrasing him) that practices wouldn't be as intense given the extended season. Any confirmation of this as it's often crossed my mind as a possible reason our tackling has not been as aggressive nor as clean as previous seasons.
2) Our defense has looked a step slow all year, but seems to be improving. Still lacks the speed/recognition the 2021 team had, but that's a high bar. In short the defense "appear" to my eyes better than the numbers reflect. Your thoughts?
3) Watching Boise State's Anton Jeanty, he's special. He has the speed and power reminiscent of #34. He get's his carries with the rock and appears to get stronger as the games wear on. That said, so does almost any RB or even running game. It's almost a universally accepted truism. Make's me wonder why we don't try to establish a dominant RB during a game instead of splitting carries between 2-3. Seems that would especially suit our current situation with Stock and our suspect receivers.
2) Our defense has looked a step slow all year, but seems to be improving. Still lacks the speed/recognition the 2021 team had, but that's a high bar. In short the defense "appear" to my eyes better than the numbers reflect. Your thoughts?
3) Watching Boise State's Anton Jeanty, he's special. He has the speed and power reminiscent of #34. He get's his carries with the rock and appears to get stronger as the games wear on. That said, so does almost any RB or even running game. It's almost a universally accepted truism. Make's me wonder why we don't try to establish a dominant RB during a game instead of splitting carries between 2-3. Seems that would especially suit our current situation with Stock and our suspect receivers.
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Posted on 12/17/24 at 8:28 am to SemperFiDawg
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Make's me wonder why we don't try to establish a dominant RB during a game instead of splitting carries between 2-3.
It's a lot more realistic to take 30-35 carries a game in the MWC than it is in the SEC.
Also, I think talent in general is down at the RB position. They're seeing what is happening with RB contracts in the NFL and switching positions at younger ages.
Posted on 12/17/24 at 8:29 am to SemperFiDawg
1) I've seen them talk about it on their youtube videos - the Players Lounge. Don't ask which ones though.
2) I truly feel we are missing Muschamp on the sidelines. He was there for the SEC, though.
3) One would think that splitting carries means fresher legs. ETN got most of the reps in the SEC. Can't be one dimensional, though. That doesn't spell good for when a team gets behind the sticks
2) I truly feel we are missing Muschamp on the sidelines. He was there for the SEC, though.
3) One would think that splitting carries means fresher legs. ETN got most of the reps in the SEC. Can't be one dimensional, though. That doesn't spell good for when a team gets behind the sticks
Posted on 12/17/24 at 8:48 am to SemperFiDawg
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Our defense has looked a step slow all year, but seems to be improving
I've heard elsewhere, and have absolutely no idea how much merit it has, that Schuman has a bit of the same problem Grantham had which is being too detailed and complex to where players are thinking too much instead of just GATA. Muschamp was a master at simplifying thigns and letting players ball out. Remmeber this is the first year the defense is truly all Shcuman's. Lanning was the guy for our all-timer of a D in '21 and Muschamp was "co-DC" in 22/23.
Posted on 12/17/24 at 9:03 am to VADawg
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Also, I think talent in general is down at the RB position.
I wonder about this. Does the philosophy make the back or does the back make the philosophy? I tend to think it's the former, but not sure there's a set in stone answer. I do believe that an offense that is heavily run oriented will produce a more productive back. I look at Auburn this year and how Hunter was such a beast. I think he was a beast, because Auburn had no choice but to run him due to their poor QB situation. The more they ran him, the better the o line became at blocking, the more productive he became and it became a positive feedback loop. Seems that happens a lot, but I've never seen it happen in a pass first offense. I'm not sure it can happen in that type of system. Just my .02.
Posted on 12/17/24 at 9:07 am to SemperFiDawg
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Make's me wonder why we don't try to establish a dominant RB during a game instead of splitting carries between 2-3. Seems that would especially suit our current situation with Stock and our suspect receivers.
I think CFB in generally has gone away from that model, not just us. Nowadays when you could potentially play 17 games in a year you don' want to wear your workhorse down. Malzahn always ran his studs into the ground and it cost them later in the year. Plus with NIL if you feed 1 RB 30 carries the rest are probably gonna hit the door.
Posted on 12/17/24 at 9:08 am to WG_Dawg
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Remmeber this is the first year the defense is truly all Shcuman's.
That hadn't occurred to me, but it's definitely a plausible explanation. Is it just me or do they look a step slower at recognition and reaction to any of you?
Posted on 12/17/24 at 9:09 am to Spaceman Spiff
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1) I've seen them talk about it on their youtube videos - the Players Lounge. Don't ask which ones though.
So bloody tuesday is still a thing?
Posted on 12/17/24 at 9:19 am to SemperFiDawg
I can't imagine Kirby would allow that, that is what creates the physicality he is so proud of and makes the games simple compared to practice.
Posted on 12/17/24 at 9:42 am to SemperFiDawg
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So bloody tuesday is still a thing?
According to what the players said it is
Posted on 12/17/24 at 9:46 am to SemperFiDawg
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So bloody tuesday is still a thing?
Kirby has talked about using common sense when weighing the importance of conditioning versus the mental fatigue of an even longer season.
I ran into Truss at the post office yesterday. They are working on individual skills this week more than on game prep.
Timing is always an issue after a longer layoff between games.
Posted on 12/17/24 at 9:54 am to Spaceman Spiff
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I truly feel we are missing Muschamp on the sideline
This ^
Posted on 12/17/24 at 1:17 pm to Dawg4Life47
Making a blanket statement that the defense is a step slow is not valid. We played some teams that our defense is not really built for. Note that few of those type teams are in the playoffs. We also played a tough schedule on the road. I feel like this defense was built for the playoffs.
Posted on 12/17/24 at 1:22 pm to Peter Buck
The data shows we are a step slow. 7pts per game to be exact vs the last 3
Just because you don’t like dealing with facts doesn’t mean it isnt true
Just because you don’t like dealing with facts doesn’t mean it isnt true
Posted on 12/17/24 at 1:26 pm to Dawg4Life47
That has nothing to do with being slower as a team.
Posted on 12/17/24 at 4:06 pm to SemperFiDawg
Since we're doing miscellaneous questions, why can't we get Nike to come off some silver football pants? Ten years later, we still can't get Nike to mail some silver fricking football pants!!! I refuse to believe that it could be that difficult.
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We also discussed a subject that fans regularly have raised when McGarity does online chats: when the football Dawgs might return to wearing shiny “silver britches” like they wore in the late ’90s and the early years of the Mark Richt era, rather than the matte gray pants they’ve sported the past decade or so.
That might not seem like a major issue to outsiders, but I’ve gotten more mail about it regularly over the past five years or so than any other single topic, including a couple of recent notes from readers asking for an update.
The story so far: Back in April 2013, when he was announcing some uniform tweaks, McGarity said UGA would like to return to football pants with a sheen to them, kind of like the Dallas Cowboys were wearing at the time, but it depended on when Nike could supply a fabric that suited what the school wanted. “That’d be the goal, to get it back to the silver britches. That’s the overall goal,” he said.
Then, in March, 2014, he said: “We are working with our partners at Nike to create a more ‘silver’ silver for the Dawgs’ silver britches”
A couple of months after that, I checked with Senior Associate Athletic Director Claude Felton, who said: “Uniform design and production is quite a lengthy process these days, but the new ‘silver’ should be good to go for the 2015 season.”
As the 2015 season approached Felton again said, “we are hopeful they will be closer to the original silver britches.”
It didn’t happen, though. After that, I’d check in periodically on the subject and was told they’d get back to me if there was anything to report on that front. They didn’t.
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We also discussed a subject that fans regularly have raised when McGarity does online chats: when the football Dawgs might return to wearing shiny “silver britches” like they wore in the late ’90s and the early years of the Mark Richt era, rather than the matte gray pants they’ve sported the past decade or so.
That might not seem like a major issue to outsiders, but I’ve gotten more mail about it regularly over the past five years or so than any other single topic, including a couple of recent notes from readers asking for an update.
The story so far: Back in April 2013, when he was announcing some uniform tweaks, McGarity said UGA would like to return to football pants with a sheen to them, kind of like the Dallas Cowboys were wearing at the time, but it depended on when Nike could supply a fabric that suited what the school wanted. “That’d be the goal, to get it back to the silver britches. That’s the overall goal,” he said.
Then, in March, 2014, he said: “We are working with our partners at Nike to create a more ‘silver’ silver for the Dawgs’ silver britches”
A couple of months after that, I checked with Senior Associate Athletic Director Claude Felton, who said: “Uniform design and production is quite a lengthy process these days, but the new ‘silver’ should be good to go for the 2015 season.”
As the 2015 season approached Felton again said, “we are hopeful they will be closer to the original silver britches.”
It didn’t happen, though. After that, I’d check in periodically on the subject and was told they’d get back to me if there was anything to report on that front. They didn’t.
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Posted on 12/17/24 at 7:51 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
I don't know where that article comes from, but sounds like a weak excuse to me. If UGA wants silver britches, they can get silver britches. If Nike says they can't do it, then UGA could say "no problem, we'll get them elsewhere".
Oregon gets a different uniform from Nike every week. I find it hard to believe UGA can't get silver pants.
Oregon gets a different uniform from Nike every week. I find it hard to believe UGA can't get silver pants.
This post was edited on 12/17/24 at 7:53 pm
Posted on 12/17/24 at 8:00 pm to Spaceman Spiff
Remember the year we got our stamina up after the SEC game? Hope the defense makes some progress and offense just executes.
Posted on 12/19/24 at 9:18 am to SemperFiDawg
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He get's his carries with the rock and appears to get stronger as the games wear on. That said, so does almost any RB or even running game. It's almost a universally accepted truism. Make's me wonder why we don't try to establish a dominant RB during a game instead of splitting carries between 2-3.
The RB doesn't get stronger, the defense gets weaker. Run plays cost a defensive front 7 more energy than passing downs, it's also a much more physical interaction. And tackling a lot of super strong workhorse RBs is no walk in the park either...those hits hurt.
We're very fortunate to have the depth we do on the DL. Most CFB teams don't. NFL teams can't afford to fill their DL and LB 2's with really talented guys. So you've got a defense getting worn out and a lesser amount of talent coming in to give them breathers. We can accomplish the same thing with the 2-3RBs we run out there as Jeanty does at BS (though clearly not as talented as that freak).
Posted on 12/19/24 at 9:28 am to mmmmmbeeer
Quick passes that are enhancements of the running game wear down the D Line arguably even more.
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