wdhalgren
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It's because they do. Have you seen what LSU is doing to them? That team is awful. Probably the worst team Kirby has lost to in his entire tenure here.
Auburn is an awful football team, but outcomes like last weekend are an established trend now in cfb. Every game is potentially an upset. The quality and consistency of play has taken a hit. Players don't get developed. Locker rooms are full of guys who think they're underpaid. Depth players on the roster become disenchanted and start planning their next move about halfway through the season. Starters are constantly gauging their market value. I'm sure their "managers" are constantly talking to other programs during the season, and relaying those conversations to parents and players. Coaches are afraid to criticize very much because the player will get mad and quit.
Take all together, it's not conducive to any degree of consistency. People who think this is a Kirby problem can't see the forest for the trees. Nobody has this figured out because it's unmanageable.
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re: Who are we pulling for ??
Posted by wdhalgren on 10/24/26 at 12:42 pm to ParkRanger
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Georgia could easily lose 2 more games, yet everyone here beats their chest at how good we are. wtf are yall smoking?
As the self appointed, sober expert of the GSB, who are the good teams? What qualifies as "beating your chest at how good we are"?
re: Injury Updates?
Posted by wdhalgren on 10/24/26 at 12:32 pm to Peter Buck
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You can call the play to be option or hard hand off or hard pass. If they crash the DE first play and we gain 15 on the keep, it sets up the run game. Does anyone know what play was called?
People routinely overestimate their understanding of just about everything. As a result, every day we make bad assumptions with confidence, sometimes with attendant bad outcomes. Football fans, myself included, do that too and fortunately our welfare is not normally dependent on these message board ramblings.
re: Some of us are really dumb
Posted by wdhalgren on 10/19/26 at 4:48 pm to Dawg4Life47
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Kirby looked and acted hungover for that game and the team took on the mentality as well
Somebody's jealous that he didn't make it to message board genius.
re: Didn't Know We Had this Many MDs In Here
Posted by wdhalgren on 10/18/26 at 11:36 am to AlaCowboy46
As with most things in medicine, the presentation of a concussion isn't cut and dried. Signs and symptoms may not appear immediately, can even take days to become obvious. I'm sure that Gunner did not initially show signs of a concussion on the sideline or they would've held him out. That doesn't necessarily mean he couldn't have been experiencing cognitive issues as the game progressed. Maybe they checked him throughout the game too.
I do know that Gunner's suffered a lot of hard hits during the last two years. His quarterbacking style is sort of dependent on his threat to run, but he's not an elusive runner so he gets hit hard on a regular basis. It's part of the game, but he seems to take more blows to the head than your average quarterback. That has a cumulative effect on his body and his brain. I respect his dedication to UGA and his teammates, but as a parent I would be concerned.
I do know that Gunner's suffered a lot of hard hits during the last two years. His quarterbacking style is sort of dependent on his threat to run, but he's not an elusive runner so he gets hit hard on a regular basis. It's part of the game, but he seems to take more blows to the head than your average quarterback. That has a cumulative effect on his body and his brain. I respect his dedication to UGA and his teammates, but as a parent I would be concerned.
re: Kirby and Excuse Making
Posted by wdhalgren on 10/18/26 at 10:50 am to Peter Buck
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Can someone please step in and explain to me what she is saying?
Kirby bad coach, we need good coach. It's a common theme from that account.
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They all make way too much money to play the fatigue card.
I didn't listen to Kirby's comments but I doubt he was making an excuse or playing the fatigue card, just making an observation that the team was worn down and it played a role in their performance.
Making money doesn't stop people from getting worn down and tired. Georgia was coming off four conference games. Auburn was coming off a bye week. Auburn also had a bye preceding UGA last year while UGA was coming off Alabama and Kentucky. That was a tough game for Georgia too. Kirby should discuss the bye scheduling issue with Mr. Sankey.
I don't believe bye week scheduling is irrelevant, which is why I've previously noted that UGA is getting way more than our fair share of SEC opponents with a preceding bye week. We've had 9 of those over the 3 year interval of '24, '25, and '26 regular seasons. Auburn's had one, Vanderbilt's had two, Tennessee, South Car, Ole Miss, Miss St, Kentucky, Ark had three. The SEC average (# of SEC opponents with a preceding bye, 2024 through 2026) was 4.5, so we doubled it.
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rabbits got the gun
Ah, the troll's feeling his oats now. Carry on, troll boy.
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Other boards have several threads on this topic.
I'll hang up and listen
I believe Kirby was being honest. I've read that Georgia broke protocol and practiced some without pads this week, which would attest to what he said.
The fact that you led with your assertion that Kirby is making excuses suggests you aren't here to listen to opinions anyway. How many of those other boards did you start some variation of this topic?
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I know Jones is not Great in past coverage but seemingly does pretty well at run coverage so I was surprised he didn't get a single play in relief when the time came.
In the NIL/transfer portal era, every team has players who mentally check out in mid-season. I don't know if that's the problem here, but if a player shows signs they've stopped trying, they're not likely to get meaningful snaps. We have at least two on defense that are questionable, IMO.
re: What is the logic behind not putting Puglisi in?
Posted by wdhalgren on 10/17/26 at 10:38 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
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Must-win is a metric that weighs the fact that you better not lose another game, or else your arse is going to the Citrus Bowl and not the College Football Playoff.
You have officially lost your marbles.
All you've done is explain that you don't understand probabilities. If you did, you'd know that every decision has risk and reward. What you're calling a "Must-win" is not a actually that because we still get to compete for a championship again next season, and a more seasoned quarterback will improve our odds of success in 2027. When our odds of winning a championship in 2026 get low enough, then the future reward of making a change outweighs the current reward of the status quo. Stated differently, the risk of doing nothing becomes greater than the risk of making a change. Your inability to understand how that works is a sign of not having any marbles from the outset.
re: What is the logic behind not putting Puglisi in?
Posted by wdhalgren on 10/17/26 at 10:23 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
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If we lose again, every game after that would be a must-win.
Thinking about 2027 in a must-win situation would be an interesting strategy.
What you're suggesting is nuts
"Must-win" is not the metric that counts when weighing a change (unless a loss means permanent termination). Likelihood of winning is what matters, both now and in the future. Fans always debate about when to replace a more experienced QB with an inexperienced QB. The hypothetical I've described is a scenario where that is most logical; replace an outgoing quarterback with declining prospects for success with a younger quarterback who needs game experience to improve. For those who don't have the ability or inclination to consider those odds, their bad outcomes are a result of inaction.
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Another loss isn't going to knock UGA out of the playoffs.
Like I said above, if you don't like that add another loss. Everything is a probability. Losing to Auburn is a big hit our championship odds and it raises the odds of another loss. Losing to Ole Miss or Florida, or Missouri, or South Carolina will be another hit. Every planner eventually considers re-allocating assets for the future, preferably early enough to make a difference. If Gunner struggles again and we lose, I would personally "re-visit" the quarterback depth chart. That's not to say an automatic change, but an evaluation of where we're headed.
re: What is the logic behind not putting Puglisi in?
Posted by wdhalgren on 10/17/26 at 9:14 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
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If you are suggesting there might come a time when the coaches give Puglisi a look so they can get a glimpse into the 2027 future while we're still in the middle of the playoff race, we would have to agree to disagree and think that's nonsensical.
I thought it was very clear what I was saying. If we lose another regular season game to the teams left on our schedule, the odds of winning the national championship are not good, meaning low and not "in the middle". Auburn is a bad team; that's a significant data point. Ole Miss or Florida are okay, but neither is anywhere close to national champion caliber, IMO. If we lose to Auburn and one of those two, or Missouri, South Carolina, etc., and Gunner's play is a factor, then yes, I'm suggesting they may revisit the entire quarterback depth chart and think about 2027. Not to "get a glimpse of the future", but to start actively preparing for the future.
If that sounds outlandish to you, then add another loss and see how it sounds. Because when you lose at home to an Auburn team with a brand new scheme and coaching staff, a team that returned only 29 off/def players from 2025 (we returned 67), and filled out their roster with a bunch of G5's, then every future game is in question. At some level of failure, a strategic re-evaluation would be due. How long you wait before doing that is a very important decision because game experience for quarterbacks is very important.
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There is no QB question. Gunner is the guy. Period.
However, his bell got rung, and he was in a different time zone for a while. It's legit to question whether or not he should have continued in this game, but unless it's a persistent injury, he's the guy.
You're arguing something that I didn't address. What you just said is that if Gunner plays championship level football, then he's the guy. What I said was if we lose another game on our regular season schedule and Gunner's play is a contributing factor, then the coaches might make a strategic decision to think ahead.
re: What is the logic behind not putting Puglisi in?
Posted by wdhalgren on 10/17/26 at 7:50 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
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But any fan who tries to tell us that that Kirby should open up the quarterback competition in the next two weeks of practice before the Florida game, that person is a clueless lunatic.
The problem with fans calling for depth chart changes is very simple. Fans have no idea how good the backup might be. If Puglisi had half a dozen games on record, at least it becomes a debate. As of now, it's pure speculation. And the coaches have made their choice clear.
But, I can make an argument that the coaches might eventually revisit that decision. If we lose one more regular season game, maybe Florida or Ole Miss, where Gunner's performance could be considered a contributing factor, there may be a point where you give a younger QB take a live tryout. Because we, and maybe the coaches, won't definitvely know how good Puglisi (or somebody else) can be until he's seen a reasonable amount of live action. Some QB's hit that steep learning curve and thrive, others don't.
We lost to a bad Auburn team; it happens. If we lose to another team on our regular season schedule, I think it would be prudent to ask if it's time to better assess our QB options for next year because the odds of winning a 2026 championship are declining at that point. It's would still be possible, or course, but losing to this Auburn team is meaningful data.
re: Other games
Posted by wdhalgren on 10/17/26 at 2:21 pm to KirbySmartass
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very meh Gator team playing their back up quarterback.
Their backup QB looks better than their starter.
Kyron's hardly seen the field since Arkansas. I watched him during that game and there were some plays where he looked either out of shape, injured, or uninspired.
All those Manning football geniuses, and they really though Steve Sarkisian was the guy to develop Archibald into a pro-style QB? A few years sitting the bench at Georgia would've done him a lot of good.
re: Other games
Posted by wdhalgren on 10/17/26 at 12:58 pm to Jefferson Dawg
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The one I'm most interested in though is #18 The Pokes vs #20 Houston. Should be a high scoring, team with the ball last wins kind of game.
I can't remember the last time I took time on a football Saturday to watch a Big 12 football game. Don't see that changing now that it's a glorified G5 conference.
It's not whining, it's propaganda. ESPN has done this to UGA before. In 2023 they talked about UGA's "weak schedule" all season long. Fact is, we played a tougher schedule than playoff teams Michigan and Washington, but ESPN didn't have much to say about that.
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