re: Who the hell did Kirby sell his soul to?

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This isn't popular, but Sturdivant was over-rated by UGA fans

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This is absolute BS. TS was phenomenal and all you have to do is go back and watch film from 2007 to see it. He was a damn near dominant left tackle and would be at any class level, but the caveat "as a freshman" only adds to the lore. But don't let that diminish the actual on field play. And he played against some excellent DEs that year as well.

If it weren't for his tragic knee injuries he could have gone down as one of the best tackles we've ever had.

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I distinctly remember Cordy Glenn being a 3 star recruit, despite the fact that he became a great OL. Am I mistaken on that?

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He wasn't as high as I remembered. I thought he was a high 4 star (0.9400). He was a mid 4 star (0.9108).

he learned some of Sabans shady recruiting tactics. all it takes is a willing car dealership.

sorry but this is just ignorant. Justin Fields will have a shot at starting NEXT YEAR at Georgia. YES, Jake Fromm is playing very well within the parameters of Georgia's defense this year, but he is not being asked to do too much. COMPEITION.

Kirby was with Nick Saban and his #1 assistant for what, 8 years. Saban is "two-three deep" at every position year-in and year-out. Kirby was Saint Nick's #1 recruiter.

There is better high school talent in Georgia than any state in the nation not named Florida, Texas and California - and UGA is the only complete big-time University in the state.

This ain't hard folks. UGA has underachieved for 25/30 years because they haven't had the right head man running things - also, boosters got fed up w/ McGarity and past ADs - Kirby has ALL THE POWER in Athens - just like Nick in Alabama.

It's on - get used to it.

What you have here was/is "the Perfect Storm" for Georgia. Since UGA has always managed to sabotage itself when about to catapult to the upper echelon - somehow losing to UF when we had a better team on paper many times in Richt era - and then losing a couple of big games to Bama - once w/ Stafford(blowout) and once in SECCG when the win was their for the taking - the narrative for UGA just being an "above average" program has taken hold nationally and among our closest rivals.

Mark Richt was a very good coach and a decent recruiter - truth is, he never was willing to be RELENTLESS in recruiting the way Saban and Urban were.....Kirby is RELENTLESS - he doesn't stop when he has a "top 10" class - he is like Saban, he wants the best talent and he wants depth - the first thing Kirby said when he took the GEORGIA job was that UGA was a team with no depth.

As others have pointed out, the state of Georgia is #4 in the country in HS football and #1 per capita - for those UT fans, that means the best ratio of 4-5 stars per state population.

Even with successes of Richt, Georgia has underachieved for decades across many coaches. I know this is going to frustrate other SEC teams, even Bama - as you think it is your birthright for GEORGIA to be underachievers.

Well, that time is over. There is a new sheriff in town, he came to dominate the SEC and College Football - and his name is KIRBY SMART.

Saban!

What the hell do you base this assumption upon? That 2002 team had to go through the East when it was still in its prime. That 2002 IMO would have beat this team.

Are you getting 2002 mixed up with 2012? That East was quietly very good in the top 4, 3 teams finished top 10, and a good version of Vanderbilt.

Kirby is turning out to be a lavish hire for UGA. Im personally more interested in seeing if he can titles. It will be good for the conference and CFB if another team from the sec other than Bama win it all.