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15-Year Team Ratings for Georgia

Posted on 7/16/22 at 4:55 am
Posted by djsdawg
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 7/16/22 at 4:55 am
LINK

UGA FEI comp (national):

21: 1.65 (1st)
18: 1.30 (3rd)
17: 1.28 (2nd)
14: 1.05 (4th)
19: 0.98 (6th)
12: 0.96 (5th)
07: 0.78 (9th)
20: 0.67 (12th)
11: 0.60 (16th)
13: 0.59 (22nd)
08: 0.50 (20th)
10: 0.48 (26th)
15: 0.47 (26th)
09: 0.36 (28th)
16: 0.17 (50th)

Some observations:

- Kirby with the top 3.
- Kirby with 4 of top 5.
- 2007 was overrated.
- 2010 was better than the record suggests.
- 2014 underachieved.
- 2016 was flat out terrible.
Posted by DawgsLife
Member since Jun 2013
58902 posts
Posted on 7/16/22 at 6:20 am to
Interesting.

Before many on here come on and criticize....click on his link and you will understand better what this is showing.

(I say this because I couldn't tell what this was until I clicked. It might say more about me than anything, though.)

Thanks for sharing.
Posted by BranchDawg
Flowery Branch
Member since Nov 2013
9830 posts
Posted on 7/16/22 at 6:54 am to
Some observations:

-Holy shite we squandered that 2014 season. That was the beginning of the end of Richt.
-You could look at these ratings and say the 2007 team overachieved, but you have to remember that that season was basically two different teams. If you were only rating from the Florida game and beyond, that number would look much different.
-Wow that roster situation was awful by the time Kirby got on campus. Richt was really letting things slip as time wore on.
-Each place in the list is separated by anywhere from .02 to .23 - the 2021 team is .35 higher than any other team. Wild how good we were last year. Historically great roster.
Posted by SCDawg95
Fayetteville ,NC
Member since Oct 2019
5631 posts
Posted on 7/16/22 at 6:57 am to
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2010 was better than the record suggests.
didn’t we have a ton of injuries and a really raw Murray? God if I could erase that season I would that liberty bowl was horrendous and no reason to lose to UCF
This post was edited on 7/16/22 at 6:58 am
Posted by diddlydawg7
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Posted on 7/16/22 at 10:54 am to
I’ve always told people that the 2018 team was better than 17 and everyone acted like I was crazy
This post was edited on 7/16/22 at 10:59 am
Posted by diddlydawg7
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Member since Oct 2017
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Posted on 7/16/22 at 10:58 am to
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2016 was flat out terrible.


2016 had some fun moments. Chubb’s return vs UNC. 4th & 10 vs Mizzou. Beating Top 10 Auburn without an offensive TD. No need to mention the shitty moments

This post was edited on 7/16/22 at 1:13 pm
Posted by GaBassFisher92
Dublin, Georgia
Member since Nov 2012
3145 posts
Posted on 7/16/22 at 11:09 am to
The 2014 team would've beaten any team in the country when they were clicking. The Florida loss was the most head-scratching Georgia game I've ever watched.
Posted by Buzz Killington
Member since Nov 2019
1477 posts
Posted on 7/16/22 at 1:55 pm to
2014

-Beatdown a really good Clemson team week 1
-Lose to a 6-6 South Carolina team after a bye
-Win 6 straight games in dominating fashion
-Get beatdown by a terrible Florida team after a bye
-Beatdown Auburn
-Lose to GT after Mizzou wins the East

Overall, 2014 was a summary of Mark Richt's career.
Posted by grey
Member since Aug 2015
3344 posts
Posted on 7/16/22 at 9:43 pm to
Agreed. The loss to LSU was a blight, but that team ended up being pretty good the next season. Still bitter about that SECCG loss...
Posted by djsdawg
Member since Apr 2015
32800 posts
Posted on 7/16/22 at 10:10 pm to
quote:

I’ve always told people that the 2018 team was better than 17 and everyone acted like I was crazy


Amazing job by Kirby after losing 37 seniors.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86438 posts
Posted on 7/17/22 at 6:51 am to
quote:

I’ve always told people that the 2018 team was better than 17 and everyone acted like I was crazy


ehhhh, they're pretty close but I can't give '18 the nod.

-OLs were both good but I'd take senior Wynn at LT with Thomas at RT compared to Thomas at LT and freshman wilson at RT
-Run games were both good but I'd take chubb/sony/Swift opposed to Swift/Holyfield
-Passing game goes to '18 for sure. Excellent passing attack that year.
-Defense I gotta go with '17 simply becuase of roquan. When he left I think you could make a case he was in the top 2 or 3 linebackers that have ever played here. Just like we'll be good on defense this year but won't simply be able to plug in another nakobe, '18 was fine but you can't just replace roquan.
-Up to the last game of the year, the only team we'd lost to we also beat later on (kinda like this year!). That LSU loss was head scratching, one of the biggest WTF games of kirby's tenure. We were completely outplayed and outcoached by a fricking mongoloid who would barely be fit to be a water boy. I don't harbor ill feelings about the bama loss. That bama team was elite and was MUCH better than their '17 counterpart. Looking back I'm honestly surprised we punched em like we did and had the lead like we did. Then the inexucsable texas loss. I'm well aware of the off the field headslines and our mental state and how half hte team didn't want to be there. Whatever. That was a flat out embarrassment getting thrashed for 2.5 quarters by a team we should have beaten by 3 TDs if we wanted to. You saw what happened 12 months later when we played int eh same game wiht a team full of people that actually wanted to be there.

Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86438 posts
Posted on 7/17/22 at 6:57 am to
quote:

2010 was better than the record suggests.


perhaps, since the record was garbage. Similar to how someone above said 2007 is essentailly 2 different seasons, I think you can kinda make the same case for 2010 since AJ was suspended the first 4 games and we started 1-3.

Even when he got back though, we lost his first game to a pathetic CU team that we had no business losing to. Looked solid in our next 3 games/wins against teams that would combine to finish the season 14-24. Lost to a mediocre UF team that went 8-5. Beat a scrub. Lost to an elite AU although we gave them more of a fight than anyone would have expected I think. Beat a tech team that had a losing record. Lost to a shitty UCF without scoring a TD.

I mean...it's hard to really claim we should be "better" than what the record shows. We played 3 of our toughest opponents early int he season without AJ so I'm ok just completely wiping those from the equation. But even when he returned, the only teams we beat were either mediocre or downright awful, and we lost to every team that was remotely good (plus a loss to a team wiht a losing record).
Posted by meansonny
ATL
Member since Sep 2012
25556 posts
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:38 am to
quote:

You could look at these ratings and say the 2007 team overachieved, but you have to remember that that season was basically two different teams. If you were only rating from the Florida game and beyond, that number would look much different.


The 2 team mantra is real.
In 2006 and 2007, we lost consecutively to every East opponent. 0-7 from the 2006 tennessee game to the 2007 tennessee game.

What happened? We were relying on an 18 year old QB. Not just a true freshman. But basically a high school QB with a great arm. If he couldnt rely on the run game, place kicker, and defense, we couldnt win.

Eventually, the run game (knowshon) and defense (washington and johnson) came into their own. And stafford had the game slow down for him as well. Coutu no longer had the hammy (2006) in 2007 and we didnt have to rely on Andy Bailey in the tight games.
Posted by meansonny
ATL
Member since Sep 2012
25556 posts
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:41 am to
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mean...it's hard to really claim we should be "better" than what the record shows. We played 3 of our toughest opponents early int he season without AJ so I'm ok just completely wiping those from the equation. But even when he returned, the only teams we beat were either mediocre or downright awful, and we lost to every team that was remotely good (plus a loss to a team wiht a losing record


We lost AJ for half of the game against colorado. He went to the lockerroom for oxygen. Insult to injury that he was out of shape and struggling at the altitude when he came back.

UCF was without Caleb King (academic suspension). But Bobby Ross controlled the line of scrimmage. Not much will go right when you lose in the trenches. I think it was a noon game in awful weather. But i dont know why the OL was so piss poor.
Posted by meansonny
ATL
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 7/17/22 at 9:05 am to
The defense in 2018 was very close to 2017. The defensive backfield was probably better by seasons end.
The defensive line was better by seasons end so long as Jordan Davis was on the field (nic'd up against bama and academic suspension against texas).

The biggest drawback to the 2018 was significant, though. Linebacker play. We basically needed an entirely different scheme without Roquan. And through the length of the season, we never solved the problem of mobile QBs.

We gave up 10 rushing TDs to QBs alone in 2018.

Burrow converted 4 fourth downs with his legs. And even worse, punched the ball in 2 times on the ground.

Tua didnt beat us in the air. Hurts beat us on the ground. He won the game on a QB draw after eluding us the entire drive.

Ehlinger basically just duplicated the Burrow offense converting 2 fourth downs with his legs and 3 rushing TDs.

For all of the things that made 2018 better, the lack of our linebackers ability to neutralize mobile QBs pissed all of that away. 10 rushing TDs by QBs alone. I dont see the 2018 defense as better than 2017 because of that flaw.
This post was edited on 7/17/22 at 9:07 am
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86438 posts
Posted on 7/17/22 at 9:27 am to
quote:

Not much will go right when you lose in the trenches. I think it was a noon game in awful weather. But i dont know why the OL was so piss poor.


I was there and yes it was a crappy atmosphere. We flew down tbe field on our first drive and had a 4th and goal at their 1. If memory serves, Bobo wanted to go for it but richt kicked the field goal and we didn't do shite the rest of the way. No idea why we had so much trouble with them
Posted by dawgski
Member since Mar 2021
32 posts
Posted on 7/17/22 at 10:20 am to
quote:

Tua didnt beat us in the air. Hurts beat us on the ground. He won the game on a QB draw after eluding us the entire


losing d walker to injury was the culprit here. b cox was trash
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86438 posts
Posted on 7/17/22 at 11:49 am to
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losing d walker to injury was the culprit here. b cox was trash


Another in a long line of reasons why I chuckle and couldn't possibly give less of a shite when bama people complain about their WR injuries in the title game. Walker was a beast all year for us and as soon as he left we could no longer contain them. And the year before chubb was ineffective but Sony was doing very well before suffering a hip injury and barely being able to walk the second half. Or 2012 when abry Jones was out and our DL ran out of gas in the second half and couldn't stop anyone.

Posted by meansonny
ATL
Member since Sep 2012
25556 posts
Posted on 7/17/22 at 12:06 pm to
quote:

quote:
Tua didnt beat us in the air. Hurts beat us on the ground. He won the game on a QB draw after eluding us the entire


losing d walker to injury was the culprit here. b cox was trash


It didnt help.
But Burrows and Ehrlinger combined for 6 fourth down conversions and 5 rushing TDs. It is typically the ILB responsible for that aspect of the offense. It was Crowder still learning the position and sophomore Monty Rice growing up with Juwan Taylor/Natrez Patrick trying to fill Roquan's shoes.
Posted by VADawg
Wherever
Member since Nov 2011
44723 posts
Posted on 7/17/22 at 2:03 pm to
quote:

- 2014 underachieved.


That was Richt's best team when they were on. They beat the shite out of Clemson, Auburn, and Missouri.
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