re: Post your most unpopular Georgia opinion in this thread

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To me, it looks like the OL was responsible for the LB coming from the side, and Chubb was lead blocking the defender in front of him.

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Maybe...but Chubb did try to block the guy after he slid down the LOS, and just missed. However...the O-line in 2016 wasn't very good, either with all their ole' blocks like bullfighters, so it is likely one of them missed an assignment, too.

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Don't forget bubble screen.

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Oh christ!...thanks for reminding me. Yeah...run that more too

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UGA/FL game should not be played in Jacksonville.

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I am way more receptive to this opinion than most UGA fans, but with a few caveats. I have gone down there for a game a couple of times and always had fun, but have also always thought: I would rather be in Athens for this game. That said, I have never done the whole St. Simon's thing along with the WLOCP and imagine that makes it better.

Also, I am sure that one guaranteed UGA game in Jacksonville is more important for people who live in South GA, but I have always lived in the greater Atlanta/Athens/North GA area so I can't relate.

And finally, it is going to really suck when one year we are NC contenders and lose to UF because the game's in Gainesville. We saw in 2017 what a difference a crazy, hostile environment can make when we lost by 23 to Auburn in Auburn, and then beat them by 21 a few weeks later at a neutral site.

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Moreno cost Richt a championship by entering the draft early.

Stafford was torn, but when sophomore Moreno declared, he did too.

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even with stafford and moreno back in 2009 I'm not sure it would have won a championship. UF and Bama were head and shoulders the cream of the crop that year.

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even with stafford and moreno back in 2009 I'm not sure it would have won a championship. UF and Bama were head and shoulders the cream of the crop that year.

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I agree. We weren't stout on the OL. In 3 draft classes (09, 10, and 11), only Clint Boling was drafted from UGA's OL. We had as many fullbacks drafted in that time.

Even a great QB and great red zone RB can't make up for average OL play against the opposing elites.

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2008 should have been our year but our team's heads got too big and they got thumped by Bama, then never mentally recovered.

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Losing Sturdivant before that season began was a death blow that we didn't realize because of our shiny skill players

Widespread Panic sucks

My most unpopular opinions:

1. Richt should have been fired in 2010 - It did work out well that we got Kirby when Richt was fired so I enjoy that. Folks can point to 2012 but I don’t see that as something a competent replacement couldn’t have repeated.

2. Georgia should wear black more and play around with the uniforms every now and then - I don’t think we should go full Oklahoma and Ohio State and wear something outlandish every year but I also think too many of our fans get too damn sensitive about changing looks up. Doesn’t hurt to try new things. I personally like the variety and for recruiting I do think it helps. I also don’t think our look is timeless as it has changed over time. We’re not penn state or Alabama.

3. Scott Howard isn’t great - he’s grown on me and he’s a loyal Dawg but I’d have loved to have gotten a Wes Durham or someone else

4. Aaron Murray is overrated - outside of 2013 I think Murray damn near defined anti-clutch. I am aware he didn’t always have complete teams but more often than not he wilted under pressure.

5. Georgia fans are some of the most obnoxious folks on the planet - I’ll begin this by saying I resemble this remark. However, our fans may piss me off as much as any other fan base not on the plains, flats, or the swamp. Everyone has their assholes but our shite mostly certainly does stink. My main example is the Richt era and the transition to Kirby. A large portion of the fan-base clung to the notion that Georgia was the “city on the hill” and that Richt nor the program did nor ever should stoop to cheating. Our fans used that stupid idea to help mask their insecurities having seen our program and beloved coach continually fail to live up to its potential. Now fans, some of the very same, are the ones who claim every year we’re going to go 12-0 and everyone cheats and that’s ok. I have no problem with Georgia slipping 100s and Dodge Chargers, I’ve advocated for it even, but the hypocrisy is obnoxious.

Again, Georgia isn’t alone with this as I think Florida fans have done inverse of this mindset. I do get irritated hearing all this bluster of 12-0 and that Georgia taking over for Alabama is not an if but when. Kirby nor Georgia have done nearly enough to prove any of that. The program has still yet to live up to the billing and some folks crow like they’re Christ-incarnate. What leaves me happy, though, is to finally see the program trend to where it should be.

I died for this.

I would have been tempted to fire Richt in 2001 after the brain-fart first down call that ended the game at home against Auburn. Inexplicable.