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Best for UGA scenario, be the at large team and host a playoff game,
Posted on 9/28/25 at 4:41 pm
Posted on 9/28/25 at 4:41 pm
Team is young and has a long way to go. I think the SEC CG is more trouble than it's worth for a team like this one.
So many things to fix. Could be really good by the end.
So many things to fix. Could be really good by the end.
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Posted on 9/28/25 at 4:51 pm to lewis and herschel
It's definitely still on the table, but our D needs to get it's collective shite together for that to happen.
Otherwise, Arch Manning is going to come back to Athens looking like Tom Brady. Ditto for Ole Miss.
Otherwise, Arch Manning is going to come back to Athens looking like Tom Brady. Ditto for Ole Miss.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 4:54 pm to VoxDawg
The pass rush against Texas HAS to be there. Arch is a deer in headlights when he’s under pressure and is getting better each week when he’s got time.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 9:39 pm to lewis and herschel
A strong argument could be made one way or the other.
Winning the first two SECCGs of the Texas/Oklahoma era would be really satisfying. And byes are supposed to be a good thing and NFL teams fight for playoff byes and no NFL ever wasn't excited to get a bye.
On the other hand, the teams that had byes looked rusty in the first 8 team playoff. Oregon looked like they were playing in ankle weights compared to Ohio State, and we didn't look much better.
And then there's the possibility that playing and losing in the SECCG could knock you out of the CFP. This will happen one day and all hell will be raised after that, and it's a doomsday scenario for the SEC league office.
Winning the first two SECCGs of the Texas/Oklahoma era would be really satisfying. And byes are supposed to be a good thing and NFL teams fight for playoff byes and no NFL ever wasn't excited to get a bye.
On the other hand, the teams that had byes looked rusty in the first 8 team playoff. Oregon looked like they were playing in ankle weights compared to Ohio State, and we didn't look much better.
And then there's the possibility that playing and losing in the SECCG could knock you out of the CFP. This will happen one day and all hell will be raised after that, and it's a doomsday scenario for the SEC league office.
This post was edited on 9/28/25 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 9/29/25 at 9:49 am to lewis and herschel
I don’t see the point of making the playoffs unless major changes are made in philosophy. Kirby saying he wouldn’t change a thing with the Cash Jones fiasco doesn’t exactly give me the warm and fuzzies. In short Im not looking forward to a repeat of this debacle in the playoffs.
Posted on 9/29/25 at 10:08 am to SemperFiDawg
It's hard for me to not be a doomsday Dawg looking at the rest of the schedue and see the possibility of at least 3 or even 4 losses. We still have to play Tx, Auburn, Ole Miss, Florida, and Tech. The defense just looks like it can't stop anyone at times. It is promising that are offense and running game have been effective this year. In this 12 team playoff era, you can lose 2 games if you are in a tough league(SEC) and TN showed that you can lose 3 games and make the playoffs if you have quality wins and strength of schedule. If you look around the SEC it looks wide open.
Posted on 9/29/25 at 10:56 am to SemperFiDawg
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I don’t see the point of making the playoffs unless major changes are made in philosophy.
What does philosophies even mean in this context, or is it just a catch-all and can meean something specific as a third-down package?
Posted on 9/29/25 at 11:00 am to Violent Hip Swivel
If heavy blitz, not getting home, allows a QB to have a quick trigger based on knowing his man beat the db.
Then stopping the run and sitting in zone where you have to worry about throwing thru occupied zones seems to make a QB second guess, maybe after an int or two.
Then stopping the run and sitting in zone where you have to worry about throwing thru occupied zones seems to make a QB second guess, maybe after an int or two.
Posted on 9/29/25 at 11:50 am to lewis and herschel
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If heavy blitz, not getting home, allows a QB to have a quick trigger based on knowing his man beat the db.
Then stopping the run and sitting in zone where you have to worry about throwing thru occupied zones seems to make a QB second guess, maybe after an int or two.
Fair enough. The delayed blitzes have been feeble for a while. The Film Guy showed Aguero blitzing from 15 yards deep. The double A gap blitzes where our linebackers run right up the D lineman's butt also have been sad for a few years now. I know that Simpson was getting the ball out quick, but shite.
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Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:38 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
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What does philosophies even mean in this context
What ever thought process that led anyone to use our smallest, least skilled RB to run to the weakest side our line given our best back was averaging 7 yards per carry running to the left.
Whatever thought process that rationalized continuing to blitz when it continued to prove it wasn't effective.
In short continuing to do the same thing over and over with failure but expecting different results and either not realizing it or realizing it too late.
That is exactly why the entire fanbase is incensed over the Cash Jones play calls. Aside from being an absolutely disaster of a personnel decision, even a child living in a mud hut in Nepal knew when Cash came in there was a 95% chance the ball was going to him in some fashion.....and that same child is bewildered by the decision also.
Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:41 pm to lewis and herschel
I think they finally caught on....maybe, but it was 27 points too late.
Posted on 9/29/25 at 6:20 pm to SemperFiDawg
Kirby doubling down on that decision and saying he would 100% do it again is a perfect example of why I don’t think he is an elite in-game coach. He is one of the best in the business(top 5 year in and out) because he does a lot of other things besides game time coaching very well. But when he sits there not even suggesting that in hindsight he would like to have that one back and he should have tied the game , it comes off as he has no room for self- critique. He would 100% change that call if he could. I can’t recall a time in his tenure where he has owned up to a bad decision.
Posted on 9/29/25 at 6:38 pm to SemperFiDawg
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What ever thought process that led anyone to use our smallest, least skilled RB to run to the weakest side our line given our best back was averaging 7 yards per carry running to the left.
I think the philosophy is that they want to go quick after 3rd down on 4th and short so the defense doesn’t have a chance to sub, but the issue is that that means UGA doesn’t get a chance to sub Cash Jones out either.
I would argue that it is to our benefit to sub and huddle to allow every chance for our younger OL to communicate.
Posted on 9/29/25 at 8:07 pm to Crowknowsbest
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I think the philosophy is that they want to go quick after 3rd down on 4th and short so the defense doesn’t have a chance to sub, but the issue is that that means UGA doesn’t get a chance to sub Cash Jones out either.
I would argue that it is to our benefit to sub and huddle to allow every chance for our younger OL to communicate.
That is Alabama living rent free in Kirby's head. He felt the need to be gimmicky because he didn't trust that what he would normally want to do would work, even though it was working all night. He was more concerned about giving Alabama a chance to sub than getting his best personnel on the field.
Posted on 9/29/25 at 8:24 pm to Dirk Dawgler
It's personal growth, the ego of some preach it for all those under them, but not themselves.
The entire game was a repeat of the Notre Dame Sugar Bowl.
In theory he has been out coached in three of the last five games, got lucky vs UT.
The entire game was a repeat of the Notre Dame Sugar Bowl.
In theory he has been out coached in three of the last five games, got lucky vs UT.
Posted on 9/30/25 at 12:05 am to SemperFiDawg
If the right tackle didn't miss his block it's a walk in Touch Down. That's really the crux of his arguement. Which, agree or disagree with the play all, the players have to make their plays.
I still think you take the points there, though.
I still think you take the points there, though.
Posted on 9/30/25 at 10:55 am to VoxDawg
Young team, but we better figure our secondary quickly.
Not sure how this could be a deficiency for us when this is Kirby's specialty
Not sure how this could be a deficiency for us when this is Kirby's specialty
Posted on 9/30/25 at 9:27 pm to lewis and herschel
I think it is better to not get a bye week in the playoffs. It is too long a period to get warmed back up.
How many bye week teams lost the first round last year?
How many bye week teams lost the first round last year?
Posted on 10/1/25 at 2:01 am to Barstools
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Which, agree or disagree with the play all, the players have to make their plays.
I'd take the points too. Imo it's really easy to say the players have to make the plays, but it's also important to think critically about the degree of difficulty on the plays you're asking these guys to make.
I'm a musician & while it's cool to do big flashy pieces sometimes the best piece to play is the simple one that you can sing 100% perfectly.
If we want to run super fancy complex stuff then it's going to be tough to beat BUT also tough to pull off. We're at a higher risk of beating ourselves.
Just my $.02 though - our coaches are finding that sweet spot and have found it many times before. Kirby is stubborn but he definitely sacked up & fired Coley in 2019. He also sacked up and spent big on WRs this offseason. The old Dawg will still be learning some new tricks in his 10th season, lord willing
Posted on 10/1/25 at 5:29 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
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playing and losing in the SECCG could knock you out of the CFP. This will happen one day and all hell will be raised after that, and it's a doomsday scenario for the SEC league office.
Sankey is an ESPN puppet.
My son told me that the SEC is 28.57 percent less likely to put 5 teams into the bracket by going to a 9 SEC game schedule.
Nobody wants a team with a record of 9-3 to win the natty.
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