re: "Let's take 'em to the deep end and let's see'em tap out."

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You are kind of splitting hairs here. UGA has become a powerhouse, and Bama has dropped off. We essentially switched places.

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You aren't a powerhouse. You are 1-2 against Alabama just in the past 2 years.

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It feels like you don't see the contradiction in these two sentences you strung together.

UGA vs Bama is just one game.

But here's the total of what has happened post COVID.

UGA - 65-6
Bama - 55-13

UGA - 2 NC's
Bama - 0 NC's

UGA - 3 SECC's
Bama - 2 SECC's

UGA - 5 SECCG's
Bama - 3 SECCG's

UGA - 4 playoff appearances
Bama - 3 playoff appearances

Compare that to the 5 years prior to the COVID year (yes, I'm skipping 2020 because it was an oddball season)

Bama - 66-6
UGA - 54-15

Bama - 2 NC's
UGA - 0 NC's

Bama - 3 SECC's
UGA - 1 SECC

Bama - 3 SECCG's
UGA - 3 SECCG's

Bama - 4 playoff appearances
UGA - 1 playoff appearance

If you can't look at the 5 years after the covid season compared to the 5 years before and see how the two teams have basically swapped places in the conference, I'm not sure what to tell you.

UGA had some good moments from 2015-2019. But we were not dominant.

Bama has had some good moments from 2021-2025. But like UGA. was then, Bama is not dominant anymore.

UGA was not horrible from 2015-2019. Bama's not horrible now. But neither UGA then nor Bama now would be called great.

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Alabama had the GOAT coach retired and is in it's 2nd year with a new coach.

And you sure as frick haven't been dominate against Alabama. You can't even go a season without losing to them unless you don't play them.

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5 championships in 5 years is irrefutable evidence proving you wrong, but your insecurity is too strong for you to admit it

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So 1 more than Alabama over the past 5 years while Alabama is supposedly no longer a powerhouse or relevant?

And during this time you are 2-4 against Alabama, only winning rematches against injured Alabama teams.

I look at those numbers and don't see the massive decline that UGA fans are claiming is happening. By the adjectives y'all commonly use to how far the program has fallen those numbers don't support it. The greatest of all time coach retired, we have a new coach in his second year. A "drop off" was fully expected by Bama fans. In the new coach's second year he won ten games, made it to the conference title game and made the playoffs. He's brought in two top five recruiting classes in his first two years. I think it's a bit early to be rubber stamping Bama's fall to mediocrity. But go ahead, y'all can't help yourself.

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The present state of the programs is you are 2-4 against Alabama this decade.

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Just what I said. Alabama fans used to care about winning titles. Now they care about beating Georgia. Thank you for proving my point.

Like I have said many times,and will continue to say...Georgia has won two National Championships since Alabama last won theirs.

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Oh, so you don't really want to talk about the present state of the programs.

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Sure I do. We have won back-to-back SEC Titles, 3 of the last 4 SEC Titles and have won two National Championships since we got into the 2020's.

That is the state of the Georgia program.

Nah, but it’s Iincredible to see someone so insecure about the bama decline and uga rise that you are trying to argue 2020 was part of these past 5 seasons:

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Congrats on your Covid title though.

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I look at those numbers and don't see the massive decline that UGA fans are claiming is happening.

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You're hearing "massive" when it isn't being said.

UGA and Bama have essentially swapped places from where they were the 5 years pre-covid to the 5 years post-covid.

UGA took a step forward. Bama took a step back.

It wasn't a quantum leap for either team in either direction. UGA was still very good from 2015-2019. Bama has still been very good the last 5 seasons. But UGA wasn't as good the 5 years pre-covid as they are now... and Bama isn't as good now as they were the 5 years pre-covid.

Let me be perfectly clear for you.

I think Deboer is a good coach. But I don't think he's elite. I think he's a Mark Richt level guy. Keep in mind, Richt is a hall of fame coach and in his second year at UGA had them at 13-1 and won the SEC, finishing 3rd in the nation. He finished in the top 10 in 6 of his first 8 years with 2 SEC titles and 4 title game appearances.

That's not bad AT ALL.

It's just you had the GOAT before Deboer while UGA had Jim Donnan.

I personally can't see Deboer turning into a coach at the same level as Saban. I can see him winning a title or two in the next decade (if you let him stay). But unless he takes a step that he hasn't shown signs of yet... he's topping out at the hall of fame but not elite level of a Mark Richt, not a "mount rushmore" level of Bear Bryant or Nick Saban.

And yeah... I do think Kirby Smart has the potential to reach that level. Especially if he wins a third title in the next couple of seasons.

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UGA and Bama have essentially swapped places from where they were the 5 years pre-covid to the 5 years post-covid.

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Georgia isn't even remotely as good as Alabama was. Alabama never had a losing record to Georgia and still doesn't.

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Nah, but it’s Iincredible to see someone so insecure about the bama decline and uga rise that you are trying to argue 2020 was part of these past 5 seasons:

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Congrats on your Covid title though.

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See, 2025 is what people would call the CURRENT season. 2024 was the most recent PAST season.

And you're of course cherry picking dates to get your stat rather than looking at the current decade just so you can exclude Alabama's.

if you were that much better as you claim, why do you need to cherry pick and distort stats?

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The big issue with the covid year when comparing historical results is the huge discrepancy in the number of games played for teams. Alabama played 13 games in 2020. UGA played 10 games. Ohio State played 8 games. Michigan played 6 games. Washington played 4 games.

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Exactly why it has a big asterisk next to it, but I didn’t want to point that out as it’s going to give this insecure bama fan an out from the discussion about how things have gone since then over these 5 seasons is 2021-25.