re: Who will finish with a better record in 2017 UGA or UT

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Georgia fans itt pounding their chests for firing their best coach of all time just to replace him with Dooley with bangs lol.

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"We fired Richt because he underachieved with his talent level"

"Kirby did bad this year because he had no talent to work with"

Well where was all that talent that was Richt underachieving with?

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TN will beat UGA in Neyland to extend the streak to 3.

But I think with TN's West draw we have the same number of L's at the end of the season.

3 or 4 each.

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A horrible non call of offensive pass interference is the only thing that saved UT last season vs a very young UGA team. With Chubb and Michel back, a better oline, and more seasoned QB, plus piss and vinegar, I think UGA throttles UT and wins the East going away.

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"We fired Richt because he underachieved with his talent level"

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That's not why Richt got fired. Your average fan thinks that, but UGA's talent level has been way down the last several years.

UGA likely has the better record. With the way Butch has been coaching and the talent the Vols lost they will be competing with the little 6 schools in the east for 3rd.

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You should be more concerned with the fact that Miami is a tier 3 or 4 school in your state

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I'm quite sure he's not a miami fan.

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mizzou

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You misspelled South Carolina.

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"We fired Richt because he underachieved with his talent level"

"Kirby did bad this year because he had no talent to work with"

Well where was all that talent that was Richt underachieving with?

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Are you really comparing a coach that was here 15 years with one in his first head coaching job ever? In case you forgot Richt only won 8 games his first year too..


I hate to get involved in dumbass arguments like this but I'll try to answer your question. As a whole (as in, over FIFTEEN YEARS) we should have won more than we did with richt. Although it's been repeated ad nauseum, but our talent was grossly overstated. We routinely had top 10 level talent, and typically had around top 10 results. The UF/LSU/Bamas of the world that had top 2/3 recruiting...well you get the idea. Anyways....towards the end of Richt's tenure, our recruiting was a disaster. The '13 class was one of the worst we've ever had considering injuries/departures/dismissals/busts, and the '14 class was only marginally better. Guess what? Those 2 classes make up what should be Kirby's upperclassmen in his first year. And as such it showed on the field. Would you say that's inaccurate or unfounded? Kirby did have some great pieces to work with, but they were all inexperienced underclassmen for hte MOST part. And similar to that story, we just signed the #3 class which is good for our "overall talent" but those guys are all true freshmen, so how much should they really be expected to do?

The whole Kirby/talent thing will really payoff after a full recruiting cycle when Kirby has a roster full of his own guys. And no, that's not me saying "we won't be any good until 4 years in", it's just sayign that the indisputable black and white fact is that kirby inherited a roster woefully lacking experienced talent at some VERY key positions.

If we're going 8-4 3 years from now then I'll admit kirby is a bum, but I just don't see that happening. Hell even Richt, who most people say was overrated and sucked, won 13 games in his 2nd year. I think people somehow overlook the fact that last year was kirby's first year as a head coach, ever.

UGA:
vs. App St- W
@ ND- TU
vs. Samford- W
vs. Miss St- W
@ UT- TU
@ Vandy- W
vs. Mizzou- W
neutral vs. UF- TU
vs. USCe- W
@ Auburn- TU
vs. UK- W
@ GT- TU

7-0-5

VOLS
neutral vs. GT- TU
vs. Indiana St- W
@ UF- TU
vs. UMass- W
vs. UGA- TU
vs. USCe- W
@ Bama- L
@ UK- W
vs. SMU- W
@ Mizzou- W
vs. Vandy- W
vs. LSU- TU

7-1-4

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A horrible non call of offensive pass interference is the only thing that saved UT last season vs a very young UGA team

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Aww that's cute

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With Chubb and Michel back

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Neither ran for over 100 yards in a game last season EDITED this is completely wrong. I misread the article

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a better oline

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What makes you say that? You lose 3 starters from a line that had the 12th most rushing TDs in the SEC, 9th most ypg, and 9th ypc, and 8th in total yards. Yes you got some good recruits but SEC lineman is one of the toughest spots to step in a play as a young guy.

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more seasoned QB

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He will be a very good QB, no arguments here. but whos he gonna throw to? Can Ridley stay healthy? Godwin didn't score a TD last year. Wims doesn't produce much and Chigbu is a blocker. The rest are freshmen.

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plus piss and vinegar

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Does that mean Kirby? Cause he really looked over his head a few times last season. Hes still not a sure thing.

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think UGA throttles UT

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The last 6 games in this series have been decided by a touchdown or less...so I doubt anyones getting throttled

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wins the East going away.

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No one wins the east going away anymore

It's not. He's wrong.