re: Georgia will lose to OM

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And still pummeled UTx and gifted you 3 TO’s

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Yes. If Texas plays like it has over the past 2 games, we won’t make it past the second round of the playoffs and definitely won’t win a championship. With that being said if UGA plays like they have all year, they won’t either.

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But Smart and Saban DID use it as a tactic to slow down HUNH offenses so they could disrupt the flow and make substitutions.

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Sort of.

They did it once or twice a game just like everyone else who faced a no huddle offense since the 1980's had. They didn't do it multiple times a drive. They didn't invent it by any stretch like you suggested. What Kiffin did is take something that nobody could prove was not a real injury and make it completely obvious that the coach was gaming the system.

There's a reason why complaints didn't happen for Alabama doing it... because they did it rarely enough for people to notice.

I really don't care that much about fake injuries. For the most part UGA goes fast only when they need to conserve clock, not to catch teams off guard (with the exception of an occasional 4th-1 quick snap to sneak for a first down).

What's different now is the frequency which makes watching the games worse. If it happened once a half when the defense was gassed like it did in the 90's NFL, nobody would care.

Here are two news articles about Saban and Smart in 2014. Looks like they clearly manipulated the fake injury method way before Kiffin did. Maybe Kirby Smart taught Kiffin how best to utilize this tactic when they both were on Saban’s staff.

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“ We do a good job of telling our players how they need to play and how to stop what they do, and when you play against a no-huddle team, you can't do as good a job of that."

“The Rebels ran only three plays (all in the same possession during the 3rd quarter) within 10 seconds, and a fourth if you count the officials slowing down their tempo by not setting the ball quickly enough. They were able to produce 9 and 11 yards on the first two "warp speed" plays; however, defensive lineman Brandon Ivory went down with an injury after the 11 yard gain (he returned to the game soon after).”

Read More: How Has Nick Saban Defended the HUNH on the Field? | LINK

If Ole Miss beats Georgia, the talk of Kiffin to UF will escalate, especially if UF goes to Texas and gets boat-raced.

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They did it once or twice a game just like everyone else who faced a no huddle offense since the 1980's had. They didn't do it multiple times a drive.

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faking injuries once or twice = ok.

faking an injury a third time = JAIL THAT MAN.

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Florida got 10 points in retarded TOs that Beck gifted them.

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I always enjoy when posters completely ignore the other side of a stat.

Florida gifted you 14 points off 2 turnovers.

You were tied until 4:01 left in the game. It was absolutely a close game...which was the original point.

I merely pointed out the fallacy of your argument.

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Just as a hypothetical- what if Beck doesn't throw three picks?

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Its gonna happen against someone before the end of the season, the odds are against Beck throwing 12 INTS over the next 4 games LOL.

Its equally unlikely that UGA is capable of winning 4 more games during the regular season IF Beck does throw 12 INTs over the next 4. If it happens against anyone other than UMass UGA is likely to lose by double digits to everyone left on the schedule including Georgia Tech.


What's really concerning about the picks is there are at least a couple of more over the last 5-6 games that were simply dropped. It could be far worse than it is. There is also the spectacle of passes being behind receivers who have shown a tendency to drop passes thrown perfectly to them. The upside is it can be corrected. The down side is it has not been corrected yet.

Let’s take the Bama game through UF, because those are the interception games. UGA lost to Bama because the Defense decided to take 20mins off to start the game.

Now for Beck , we are gonna remove the ints, because for arguments sake it’s just 11 plays. While they definitely took points off the board potentially for the Dawgs, UGA has still been out scoring its opponents in those games by double digits , excluding those first 20 mins against Bama.

So without those 11 plays Beck is 134/197 that’s 68% and 10 Tuds. Abg 325 yds pg and avg 34 points per game.
That’s pretty dang good. Actually it’s so good it would put him in the top 10 if every passing statistical category. That’s against, Bama, Miss St, Auburn, Texas, and Florida. Say what you want that’s not bad.

Now do I want the ints to stop, HELL yes! However there is a difference, most of the time when a QB throws 2 or more picks they disappear; Beck has risen to the challenge every time. That’s encouraging to say the least!

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Let’s take the Bama game through UF, because those are the interception games. UGA lost to Bama because the Defense decided to take 20mins off to start the game.

Now for Beck , we are gonna remove the ints, because for arguments sake it’s just 11 plays. While they definitely took points off the board potentially for the Dawgs, UGA has still been out scoring its opponents in those games by double digits , excluding those first 20 mins against Bama.

So without those 11 plays Beck is 134/197 that’s 68% and 10 Tuds. Abg 325 yds pg and avg 34 points per game.
That’s pretty dang good. Actually it’s so good it would put him in the top 10 if every passing statistical category. That’s against, Bama, Miss St, Auburn, Texas, and Florida. Say what you want that’s not bad.

Now do I want the ints to stop, HELL yes! However there is a difference, most of the time when a QB throws 2 or more picks they disappear; Beck has risen to the challenge every time. That’s encouraging to say the least!

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Not only did UGAs defense get off the bus in Tuscaloosa late UGA actually had a lead in the game with what, 90 seconds left? 2 minutes? This is the unbelievable stat - UGA has played a tough slate. In the last 5 games they have turned the ball over at a blistering pace....and managed to win all of those games and a turnover late in the Alabama game cost them a chance to complete what would have been one of the most impressive come from behind wins in the history of CFB. The odds of a team, regardless of how good it is, going 4-1 against the teams UGA has beaten with multiple turnovers is highly unlikely. Beating Texas in Ausin after turninig the ball over 3 times (4? I have tried to forget it) is HIGHLY improbable...yet it indeed happened. It is more unlikely that any team prevail in that circumstance than it is that Beck continues to make horrible decisions AND those decisions turn into INTs (it is not uncommon for defensive players to simply drop passes thrown directly to them LOL). If it does contiue to happen though UGA is vunerable to anyone on the schedule but UMass.