Why can't Georgia win a Playoff Game in the Modern Expanded Playoff?

Not that its the only factor, but I don't think the long layoff before the game can be ignored.

That's the problem with being good - everyone starts copying what you do that works, and a lot of your coaches get poached.

At least we can take some solace in the fact that the game with Ole Miss was at least competitive, unlike basically every other game in this year's playoffs.

For good or for worse, my guess is one of the benefits Kirby sees in Bobo is that he’s unlikely to leave for a HC position so we have consistency in the OC position.

We may be consistently pissed and/or frustrated but there is consistency.

We did have some critical missing pieces in both losses. We lost our starting QB last year, and this year, we had our starting Center, and several key pieces on defense on the sidelines.

We still almost won last night. Their QB just happened to have the game (2nd half, really) of his life, and there wasn't anything we could do about it.

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This is going to happen every year. When you play 14-16 games in a season and 9 of them are conference games, you're going to lose several important pieces by the end of the year, it's inevitable at this point.

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Did you actually research this, or just saying things that validate your opinion? On defense, every single one of Ole Miss top 20 tacklers this season (by number) played in the Sugar Bowl. On offense, every one of their top 5 rushers played, and every one of their top 10 pass catchers also played. As far as I can tell, they had one OL out, but he wasn't much of a contributor. What important pieces were they missing?

As for Georgia's two playoff appearances, losing your starting QB in game 13 is not a trivial loss, it's a critical loss and most teams will struggle against playoff competition with a first time starter. Losing your starting center in game 12 is pretty important too, and Tolliver made a mental error that may have cost us the Ole Miss game. Nate Frazier was hurt in game and not available for a critical final goal line series. On defense we lost Kyron Jones, who had basically won a starting job, in midseason. We lost starters Jordan Hall in game 8, Joenel Aguero in game 12, Gabe Harris in game 13, Jacorey Thomas just before halftime in in the Sugar Bowl due to a questionable targeting penalty.

I'd say the differential attrition of the two teams played a big role in this year's playoff loss.

That's a lot of excuses. Lost our QB to the future starter..... Game was winnable, bad decisions cost us this game.

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That's a lot of excuses. Lost our QB to the future starter

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Apparently you missed the reason for my "excuses". The poster to whom I responded said missing key players due to injury was inevitable in the playoffs. His implication was that injuries played no role in the outcome because both teams were equally affected. I pointed out the facts to him.

As for 2024, you call pointing out that Georgia had a rarely used backup QB starting his first game in the playoffs an excuse. I call it a reason, because very few offenses would do well in that situation.

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Game was winnable, bad decisions cost us this game.

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Fine, pick and choose your excuses. A very inexperienced center also cost us the game. Missing 5 starters on defense cost us the game. Not having our best RB on 2nd and 3 at the goal line cost us the game. But if you want to join the negadawg rebellion and march on Butts Mehre with pitchforks, be my guest. You and SemperFiTroll can explain Kirby's bad decisions to his face and demand he get it right or face the consequences. He's always looking for feedback from armchair experts.

I believe Kirby has 8 total playoff wins. Most of any active coach in college football . By miles

Next best in SEC is DeBore and Golding with 2 a piece (which is hilarious that dude has 2 , holy shite)

You qualifying it as “the modern expanded playoff era” is dishonest and gay as frick.

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Did you actually research this, or just saying things that validate your opinion?

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What are you asking for here, some peer-reviewed source? It seems like common sense that if you play more games against high level competition, the injury attrition and physical wear and tear is going to increase. Kirby said as much after the SECCG when talking about the upcoming 9 game conference schedule.

That's great that Ole Miss had good injury luck this year. That's not the norm in the SEC and it certainly hasn't been the case for Georgia for however many years in a row. Ole Miss is also technically on their backup QB and had their running back with a gimped shoulder as well.

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What are you asking for here, some peer-reviewed source?

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Did you expect to just spout BS about everyone dealing with the same injuries as Georgia in the last two playoffs and not be challenged? Did you expect nobody to point out that the Ole Miss team we played was missing practically nobody of importance. Did you expect nobody to point out that we're the only team in these two seasons to lose their starting QB in their last game before the playoff? You can make things up to support your opinions, but expect to be corrected when you do. This is a peer reviewed message board.

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That's great that Ole Miss had good injury luck this year. That's not the norm in the SEC and it certainly hasn't been the case for Georgia for however many years in a row. Ole Miss is also technically on their backup QB and had their running back with a gimped shoulder as well.

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FooManChoo said that we've had some critical missing pieces in our last two playoff losses. That's a fact. You explained that away by saying it's inevitable. In other words, you were saying that injuries had nothing to do with our two losses because everyone has them just like we did. That's not a fact, it's just the opposite. I explained why.

You don't like that, having your lies exposed, then maybe reflect on the fact that this is a Georgia board. Side with the detractors of our coaches and our program, expect some pushback from Georgia fans. You don't like the pushback, then deal with it like we've had to deal with the constant trolling from idiots on this board, starting threads to taunt Georgia fans who disagree with their bashing of incredibly successful Georgia coaches and players.

BTW, Ole Miss is not on their backup QB, technically or otherwise. Chambliss won the job just like Jake Fromm won the UGA job in 2017. And half of Georgia's team is "gimped" in one way our another. But we were the with team "missing key players", not Ole Miss. Our missing players didn't lose their jobs, they're unable to play.

You continue with the lying to support your troll buddies and their UGA bashing. They come out after every loss. SemperFiTroll's "Hats off to Bobo" thread was a taunt aimed at Georgia fans. The entire premise of this thread is a taunt. Kirby's won multiple playoff games and he's done it against top 4 teams, not Tulane and James Madison. So, I'll keep on pointing out you and your buddies' BS on this board.