I'm not sold on Georgia

Georgia will be fine if Kirby can adapt, and might not even lose a beat despite missing so much experience. I think Kirby kind of got rolled in his first year and so he might understand that he needs to retool a few things.

I could see it going either way, though, and all is predicated on Kirby being able to adjust.

Dude, they won the SEC and made the title game last year, where they were beating Alabama handily until the end, and then added arguably the greatest recruiting class in history afterwards.

And you're not sold?

I think those are fair concerns...we have to convince others that we can perform year to year. The interesting thing with this year is our offense will have to carry our defense until the younger players get more experience. There is a ton of talent on the D and it will only get better as the year goes by.

We do lose the RBs, but return 4 of 5 starters on the Oline, the QB, 3 of the top 4 WRs and both TEs. The cupboard is not exactly bare for RBs, but I expect this offense will be more versatile than last year.

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I thought they were slightly overrated last year

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Not sure what would lead you to believe that based on our on field results but ok.

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were exposed by Auburn

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was bama overrated? We ran into the same buzzsaw they did in JH. Before the rematch we changed our OL to get more physical on the interior, we completely revamped the offensive game plan to go outside more and get players to the edge and in space, we revamped the defensive game plan to bring more pressure right up the middle instead of rushing primiarly from outside, and they no longer had a home field advantage. They completely got our goat in the first game, but we equally dominated in the second. Tip your hat to both sides for each game.

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The mulligan in Atlanta set up perfectly for them; Auburn had been worn down with the emotional win over Bama the previous week

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oh please, when the ball was kicked off in atlanta the bama game was entirely irrelevant.

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we all know that historically the loser of the first game always has an advantage in SEC rematches

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I suggest you go back and look at SEC championship games that have been rematches. I don't think you'll find the results you expect.

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They don't return much experience from that 2017 defense

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Our defense will absolutely take a step back, but not a ton. We lose a handful of guys that had played a lot but weren't as talented as the guys replacing them. Roquan is the biggest irreplaceable loss but the others we can figure out.

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lost their RB studs

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We have a stable that are fully capable. Count me as not worried about RBs at UGA. QB should improve, OL should improve, WR should improve. Our offense is gonna be fine.

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The media ranking them preseason top-5 nationally gloss over that fact by talking up the talent level of the guys replacing the starters. But most teams in that situation don't get that benefit of the doubt.

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where should we be ranked? Like 15th? We are more talented that anyone on our schedule and will almost surely be favored in every game we play with AU being the possible exception. It's not unfathomable that we could legit be a top 5 team.

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I just think you'll take a step back this year.

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so do we. Is that really your main point?

Man, they will be just fine.


(insert the "are you not entertained" Gladiator gif)

What Georgia did last year was special. Congratulations. To take it to the next level they need to do so consistently. Time will tell but I agree that I wouldn't be surprised if they took a step back. Alabama is the only team I can think of in the last 10 years of CFB that has proven over and over that they shouldn't be doubted. Other than Bama, you gotta prove it...

We could have a step back and still finish top 5. We return a ton of talent and more experience than many are willing to acknowledge.

First time we have returned a qb since Aaron Murray.
Return 3 of top 4 wr.
Return 5 of top 6 OL.
Return our 2 best DL.
Return our 2 best Db.
Return our best pass rusher LB.

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I thought they were slightly overrated last year

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Last year UGA was ranked 15th preseason while LSU was ranked 13th. At the end of the year which team turned out to be overrated? I'll give you a hint, they lost to Troy at home.

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Return our 2 best DL.

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This is news to me. Who are you counting as our two best DL from last year?