agentoranj1990

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On defense, I like our secondary and top 3 or 4 linebackers. If healthy, those guys can play championship football by the end of the season. The DL has a lot of potential, but still has to prove themself against a great OL. They need to stay healthy too, goes without saying but very important at that position so we can rotate. Edge rush, I have no idea. Losing Amaris Williams and now Chase Linton is a continuation of a long running crapfest of luck at that position.

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I agree. We have to see if our D can shut down explosive offenses; especially offenses w/ dual threat qbs. If you look at most of the games Kirby has lost it has been against dual threat qbs.

I think a lot has to do with our loss in the playoffs last year and the fact we're bringing back the same QB. Gunner doesn't get a lot of respect because he isn't dynamic or flashy. Either way it's good we aren't getting a lot of hype. Kirby likes playing the underdog.

Interesting take on Puglisi. I guess maybe he isn't the heir apparent to Gunner and will have to work. Hopefully he's not the next Joe Cox, Hutson Mason, and Brock Vandergriff.

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I don’t get it. Suck it up and play hard for a few more months, do well at the combine, and you suddenly have more $ than most people will make their entire life.

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yah, this doesn't add up. Seems like his is healthy enough to play and I assume he has some kind of NIL deal. So if he sticks it out he gets paid. Seems like he would disclose if it was injury related but who knows. He may sit out and transfer to another school and come back next year.

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I look at Kirby's record (the rich one) and the 2016 season is such an outlier. It is crazy to think how bad the OL and QB play was at the responsibility of an offensive head coach like Richt.

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Yah, 2015 was really a head scratcher. Richt seemed to mail it in when he started Batou at QB. I don't know what was up with Richt that year. Maybe he was burned out. I remember the Dawgvent was saying that he and Pruitt weren't seeing eye to eye and that Pruitt though Richt was too lax. The fact that he didn't have a QA recruit to come in after Mason was odd and we had to go get a sub-par transfer like Lambert. Just my thought, the 2012 SECCG seemed to kind of break Richt's spirit. There had been talking about firing Richt after 2010 and 2012 would have been his redemption. We would have played ND in the BCS title game.

I don't want any more SEC expansion, but if they did, would want Tech, UNC, and Clemson. It would likely be UNC, Clemson, and FSU however. FSU/FL is a traditional rivalry and we are traditional rivals with Clemson.

These conference expansions are killing a lot of good regional rivalries.

UNC coming would be the end of the UNC-Duke hoops rivalry however. I guess nothing is sacred any more.

I think someone will need to step up. Gunner heavily targeted Colbie(before he was injured)and Branch. There were several games last year he really leaned on Branch and it's because he always gets open. Murray had issues in 2012 not having a go to receiver after some receivers got injured and Gurely got suspended.

We haven't beat Bama in Tuscaloosa since 2007 and haven't beat Ole Miss in Oxford since 2011. Those places have some juju going against us.

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But it's not like the competition is real stiff. It's like being the tallest midget. Offensive line play in college football is atrocious – too much roster turnover and then all of these lineman coming into college having played in spread offenses since the 6th grade and never really learning how to block.

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I miss the days before NIL when we would stack up 4 deep at all the line positions. I guess those days are over for good.

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Based on what I’ve heard, I’m pretty sure Pat Dye was the choice had Dooley left.

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I had to look it up. It says he declined the offer in December 1980. It would have been interesting if he would have staid to coach the Sugar Bowl. Crazy to think we could have had Pat Dye at UGA vs Dooley at Auburn. Maybe Bo Jackson would have gone to UGA.