re: In game adjustments

Maybe. However, bama did the same thing as KY did in switching coverages. Did he look like he grasped that? And that safety - what 5th year sr would even think to throw the ball away in the endzone?

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The point is a QB who does that is not “lost”.

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A guy who throws 3 picks, fumbles, and gets an intentional grounding safety is definitely lost. He looked like he'd go undrafted in that 1st half. And a 54% completion percentage was good when Fran Tarkenton played

Our team got straight up pantsed man. There's no denying it. It happens, it'll be OK. Heck, Peyton Manning himself has a 6 int game and 20+ games with 3 or more ints. Beck played the worst game of his young career Saturday, but now he's got a great opportunity to rewrite the story and whup Auburn.

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A guy who throws 3 picks, fumbles, and gets an intentional grounding safety is definitely lost. He looked like he'd go undrafted in that 1st half. And a 54% completion percentage was good when Fran Tarkenton played

Our team got straight up pantsed man. There's no denying it. It happens, it'll be OK. Heck, Peyton Manning himself has a 6 int game and 20+ games with 3 or more ints. Beck played the worst game of his young career Saturday, but now he's got a great opportunity to rewrite the story and whup Auburn

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Yet, he was a few chucks and lucky bounces away from still winning the game. He had a poor first half and overall not a great game. A lost guy doesn’t put up 450 yards and 3 TDs. There are facts as well.

I don’t think you can draw anything from the second half of that game. When you jump up like Bama did the intensity and aggressiveness both on offense and defense changes. We’ve seen this 100 times when teams take a step off when they think the game is won nd start celebrating early.

We almost made Bama pay for this but as soon as we were up…bam. We really don’t know how 2nd half UGA vs 1st half Bama would’ve played out over the course of the game. Beck having 400 yds against a team that was already counting the W doesn’t tell us anything.

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Staff had at least two weeks, likely started studying this game earlier, and came out with an awful gameplan.

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Maybe. maybe not. I mean, you take film and study it and you form a gameplan based around what you saw from the film and throw in a bit from what they did the previous year. The gameplan they came out with might have been perfect based that. If Alabama's game plan was different from what our coaches saw it might have been a great plan to counter what they (Alabama staff) felt we would do. Georgia can't form a gameplan based off something Alabama has not done to that point. I'm not sure if what I am saying expresses it well or not.

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Why aren't these adjustments occurring earlier in the game?

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If you have to make big adjustments (we did) then it is more difficult during a game. There are so many distractions. In order to get a clear message to every player involved (Starters and backups) is tricky. A couple of players getting distracted at all by team mates, what is going on on the field etc. and things can get worse fast causing injuries etc. It is so much easier in a locker room where you have the full attention of the entire offense/defense to draw stuff up an a board and make changes. (I guess everybody probably realizes that when in the locker room you typically have all the defense in one area and all the offense separated...then they come together to finish up and get encouragement and get fired up again)

During a game along the sideline, you can make minor adjustments withing a given game plan, but if you want to overhaul a game plan it is very, very difficult along a sideline. The crowd roars and it distracts players. Other players walking up to say something distracts players.

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And furthermore, if you can change direction and completely revamp a plan within a 15 minute halftime window, how the hell did they not figure this out before the game?

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Because you don't know what the other team is going to do before the game starts.

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My experience is that catching the ball is a moderately important skill set in a receiver.

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It's also one of the hardest. Especially a long pass. That said he should have caught the ball, no doubt. He seems fine on short to medium routes, but has difficulty with the long ball. Odd since his speed is what makes him so valuable. But again...long passes are extremely difficult...especially when you are contending with tight coverage.

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How many receivers has beck hit in stride? I recall maybe one this year...

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I mean, you are right. Why do you think?

My opinion is he, for whatever reason, is not getting the ball out fast enough. There are a lot of reasons that could be,

1. The receiver is not open earlier.
2. He is not comfortable with throwing the receiver open. (Throwing the ball while the receiver is covered and allowing the receiver to break open. This COULD turn into an interception or maybe a TD.)
3. His arm strength just isn't there. (I have not watched to see how far his passes travel in the air, and even if they are going far, how much elevation does he have to get on the ball to make it travel that far)
4. He is under duress with the pass rush and can't set his feet fast enough.

If you watch some of our games with Alabama the past few years, most of the long passes they complete are due to the receiver getting separation and are open. I don't see our receivers getting that separation. Beck is throwing into tight windows a good portion of the time.

And, finally, he just seems to be a bit more jumpy when pressured this year.

Go back to last year, still no one in stride. 84 was legit quick. Although that Humphries kid is no slouch, as are a few others. Looked to me like more than a few were open, yet it's always short rounds.