re: Is the gap in talent between UGA and Alabama getting larger than the other SEC teams

I do not understand the knee jerk reaction to UGAs recruiting bump last year? They were in the playoffs because of the previous staffs recruiting, and teams like Washington were in the playoffs with far less talent than UGA has gotten in the past 20 years. Fact is Tennessee was lighting up recruiting in butches first couple years with top 5 classes and they were horrible. There’s correlation between Top 10 classes and playoff and BCS appearances but inside the top 10 there’s not a lot of separation, it comes down to coaching and development. UGA is not scary because they brought in a top class in 2018 they are better coached, same as Alabama and that’s what got them there last year. They aren’t any different than a team like LSU who pulls top 10 classes they just have the coaching and development to make the difference. That could all change year to year and they may lose 4 games in 2019 there’s far more factors at play.

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understand the knee jerk reaction to UGAs recruiting bump last year?

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Uga became the 5th program to win a playoff game last year and THEN signed a crazy good class and it doesn’t look like a dropoff in the field or in recruiting, so no need for confusion.

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They were in the playoffs because of the previous staffs recruiting,

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No. We started 3 freshmen on offense last year.

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Fact is Tennessee was lighting up recruiting in butches first co

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I think They had one top 5 class that wasn’t close to anything smart has recruited.

Love us or hate us. It doesn't matter.

We are stacking talent in the trenches.

Our preseason all sec left tackle goes down on the road at BWS? And we plug in a 5 star true freshman who was a tennessee legacy. We score on the next 3 drives. And we run off the last 10 minutes of the 4th quarter.

If you can't see the difference in the trenches, then your homer-hate is showing. The trenches are where we will be able to compete week in and week out. Running the football and defense travel.

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UGA's defense was flying to the ball because they have confidence in their scheme and the other 10 guys on the field

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Confidence in the scheme plays such a crucial role. When know you are going to be in the right position if you do what you are told it make s huge difference.

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My point is UGA isn’t some Dysnasty school just because they are hitting top classes.

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No one's saying that.

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We’ve seen it done before with teams like USC, and Michigan. Your coaching is what is putting you in the playoffs all of a sudden, and it’s only happened once anyway. Sure I think UGA is a playoff contender and I’m not taking away from the program at all, I just think this is turning into one of the most exaggerated recruiting national championships I’ve ever seen.

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Having more talented players is always an advantage.

A good argument could be made that UGA's big improvement from 2016 to 2017 was significantly aided by the least productive recruiting class in modern UGA history (2013) being replaced on the back end by a far more talented one (2017).

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My point is UGA isn’t some Dysnasty school just because they are hitting top classes. We’ve seen it done before with teams like USC, and Michigan. Your coaching is what is putting you in the playoffs all of a sudden, and it’s only happened once anyway. Sure I think UGA is a playoff contender and I’m not taking away from the program at all, I just think this is turning into one of the most exaggerated recruiting national championships I’ve ever seen

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If it were one year, you might have a point. But we have had the #3, #1 and are currently at #1 this year. You add talent with coaching and things happen. And with Kirby being from UGA, he likely isn't going anywhere.

The big question is how he will handle losing other coaches, and handling entitled kids.

You can win in the SEC if your 1st 55 players are really good. Having even more good players in that last 30 even better.

20% of the 25 you sign each year will never play a meaningful down for your team.

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You guys have never had a real shot at winning this conference. Your 2013 team was a really good team, but you were fighting tooth and nail with everything in you to stay in that championship game and still couldn't do it.

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The 2013 team could have won the conference.

The DC (with Pinkel's blessing I assume) changed the entire defense scheme for Auburn and imploded.

It would have been interesting to see what would have happened had played it straight.

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I don't think many of them had a great grasp on how talented Georgia is. They had high hopes largely based on the idea that UGA was probably similar to the late-stage Richt teams athletically. Their beat writers played that up a good bit.

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This, I hate to beat a dead horse here, but Richt shite the bed so many times over there with more talented teams, especially in 2012. The 35-7 fiasco was beyond inexcusable with the team Georgia had. Times have changed though, the ship is being righted, and we have more than enough instate talent to become dominant for decades.

Also, if I were a South Carolina fan, I would have been a little aggravated with Spurrier. He had no excuse not to win the east at least one of those years.(2011-13) He always prepared for Georgia like it was his personal super bowl, then shite the bed against Auburn, Tennessee, and Florida to lose the east.

Kinda crazy when you look at the PAC.

All that Talent in Cali, it’s like they only go to USC

Who has been shitting the bed since Carroll left (besides that one year they were damn good but couldn’t go to the post season)