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Posted on 8/29/26 at 9:38 am
Posted on 8/29/26 at 9:38 am
Turns out that it is Georgia at 19.81 years. This year should be interesting. I heard Kirby talking about Indiana and some of the recent National Championship teams lately and how they were the older teams. One of the reasons why everyone is favoring ND this year.
Posted on 8/29/26 at 10:25 am to MikkUGA
When we aren't taking 24 year olds out of the transfer portal and build our team around recruiting, this is going to be a rough average age that we see going forward.
The good news is that we have returned a huge number of starting positions (reported as 16) and snaps.
The good news is that we have returned a huge number of starting positions (reported as 16) and snaps.
Posted on 8/29/26 at 12:35 pm to MikkUGA
Im surprised by this. Nit that we are young. But youngest in the nation? Surprised.
Posted on 8/29/26 at 3:03 pm to MikkUGA
No way to tell before they get here but our portal picks have been hideous disasters for the most part. Hell the stud Rb from ky half kills himself on an atv and rara arrested for how he handled his younger brother that he adopted....
just crazy shite.
just crazy shite.
Posted on 8/29/26 at 3:58 pm to lewis and herschel
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our portal picks have been hideous disasters for the most part.
I don't know about the hit and miss rate of portal players at other places, but it seems like the expectations are high for portal players in the minds of fans for some reason. Maybe because they're older, I don't know. I'd imagine that Texas Tech and Indiana have had more misses than hits too, even though those are model portal program. The expectations are probably too high for fan bases.
But I do know our season goes way differently last season without Zaccariah Branch. Our running back room would've been in pretty deep shite in 2024 without Etienne. And this year we'd be really thin on the defensive line without Josh Horton and Xavier McCleod.
Posted on 8/29/26 at 4:04 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
I am talking bizarre off field incidents thrown at us from the nebuli.
Posted on 8/29/26 at 4:08 pm to lewis and herschel
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I am talking bizarre off field incidents thrown at us from the nebuli.
like just for the 2026 transfers?
Because I think we have a pretty remarkable hit rate on transfers from 2021 to present.
Posted on 8/29/26 at 4:10 pm to lewis and herschel
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I am talking bizarre off field incidents thrown at us from the nebuli.
Ah I gotcha. And Jamarley Riddle gets pulled over going 8,000 miles per hours with a vape pen and the charges get dropped. ACCPD needs to hire whatever bumfrick police chief got that taken care of.
Posted on 8/29/26 at 4:26 pm to MikkUGA
It's a complicated picture. Of the 17 teams (mostly SEC) for which I have data, Georgia's available off/def players (I ignore special teams and players who are declared out for the season) have the lowest average completed years of post-HS football, at 1.38 seasons. Georgia's players also have the highest average seasons on roster at their current school, at 1.13. Georgia has the most (58) freshmen and sophomores (year 1 and 2 players, since there's no such thing as a redshirt anymore), but also has 46 upperclassmen (years 3, 4, 5, 6), which is greater than or equal to 11 of the other 16 teams.
For game experience, Georgia has is on the low end for average Off/Def snaps played in 2025 at 151 (higher than UK and GT, tied with VU), but midgroup for average snaps of the 22 predicted starters with 463, 9th out of 17 teams. Ole Miss is generally highest in the time/experience numbers due to the fact that they have 45 transfers on roster and have spent a lot of money buying highly experienced portal players. As of right now it looks like they'll probably have around 18 starters that are transfers (2026 or earlier), as compared to maybe 3-4 for Georgia.
For game experience, Georgia has is on the low end for average Off/Def snaps played in 2025 at 151 (higher than UK and GT, tied with VU), but midgroup for average snaps of the 22 predicted starters with 463, 9th out of 17 teams. Ole Miss is generally highest in the time/experience numbers due to the fact that they have 45 transfers on roster and have spent a lot of money buying highly experienced portal players. As of right now it looks like they'll probably have around 18 starters that are transfers (2026 or earlier), as compared to maybe 3-4 for Georgia.
This post was edited on 8/29/26 at 4:38 pm
Posted on 8/31/26 at 6:32 pm to MikkUGA
Young and inexperienced are 2 different things.
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