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GaBoi69
✭✭✭✭ Senior
E_Roc, I understand your point, but Fromm is not the Head Coach nor Offensive Coordinator. You just cannot base this game against Notre Dame on how the offense performance is in its entirety. Georgia have never stretched the field in their play calling. Look at the top contenders who Georgia could face in the playoffs.....they throw the ball down field. Georgia have lost high competitive game against great teams because of not throwing the ball down field to open up the offense. It has showed the past two years. Look at LSU and Texas who demonstrated this on the big stage. Only if Notre Dame had an offense like those two, I am sure you would be singing a different tune because Georgia would have been on the losing end of Saturday night game. Lets be 100...
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Paladin33
✭ Freshman
Georgia Coaches are so predictable. Take the offense, when they other teams defense sees Charlie Woerner in the game we're more than likely going to run the ball inside or outside, maybe throw an outside screen. If Eli Wolfe is in the game we're going to throw the ball. Isn't hard for other teams when they watch film and pick up on these tendencies. This will cost Georgia down the road if this continues. Same was true last year and it did cost us.
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AceDawg
✭ Freshman
I do agree with the gist of these ratings. D+ a bit too harsh regarding coaching, but the offense did stay under wraps too much, and Kirby needs to go for the kill down the stretch. It did remind me of the Bama games. At least the team didn't get tired, but we've got to dial up something better offensively once we have a lead. Not a fan of kicking the ball on 4th and 1 to go up 23-10, either. Not when the Dawgs were inside the 30 yard line and in position to put the game away. Kirby has a 1980's mentality sometimes with his in game approach. On the flipside, you don't give coaches a D+ when you account for the effort that is a result of consistently strong coaching year round. You don't give a D+ when your QB is sharp and the defense makes some adjustments. If you merely take away the muffed punt return and Camarda punts 40 yards on his two shanks, this game would look different.
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GBAL
✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
Agreed. Both played tough.... Both had mistakes that were costly. Just what I expected. Media blew it on the late predictions. Classic rat bait.
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Dawg365
✭✭✭✭ Senior
I'm sorry but the "a win is a win" is dumb. You mean to tell me a win by six points is the same as a win by 20 or more? Seriously? A win by 20+ tells me the team and coaches are ready for a better opponent. If not for the astonishing home field advantage, UGA loses this game.
Mike you should have given one more grade to the fans, A++. I agree with you other grading and am glad you gave CKS a D+. How in the world does Zeus not get tin this game? How does Cook get one touch?
I hope the coaching staff did a better job selling the recruits in attendance than they did selling me on their conservative play calling on offense and lack of adjusting to the tightends on defense. When a school as old and talented as ND sets a record for catches by a tightend in a game, THE COACHES FAILED!
I'm sorry, but I just know this style of coaching will not get us where we all desire to be. Go Dawgs!
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E_Roc
✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
If the bulk of the comments on this site are any indicator, we've become the Alabama fan base a lot more quickly than I would have thought.
Obviously there are things to improve upon. I haven't seen anyone suggest otherwise, nor am I interested in doing so myself. But Georgia was faced with a legit opponent that had spent the past week hearing from pretty much everyone that they didn't stand a chance in the game and played like they were ready to shut everybody up. The Dawgs won this game despite a number of significant injuries on both sides of the ball, but to hear many of the fans tell it, one could be forgiven for thinking we lost by 20.
As for all the talk about "turning Fromm loose," correct me if I'm wrong, but does he not have options at his disposal before each play, and the freedom to decide where to go with the ball? Did Smart not say earlier this season that he wants to see Fromm stretch the field more? It's become something of an obligatory trope to criticize Smart's decision making after every big game, usually calling it too conservative. Considering the success the run game was having toward the end of the game, that the team generated something like 70 passing yards in the 4th quarter, and that Georgia's lead was steadily building up until Notre Dame's first successful drive of the second half with about 3 minutes left, I'm still waiting for a persuasive explanation as to why gaining yards and points in the fashion that they did is so richly deserving of criticism.
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GaBoi69
✭✭✭✭ Senior
Georgia makes second half adjustments with the defense, which shows in every game. When are they going to do the same on the offensive side of the ball. The last time Georgia really played loose of offense is when we had Aaron Murray behind center with Todd Gurley in the back field. We had talented receivers with Bennett, Conley, and Mitchell, but we have better talent now with the speed. Wake up Georgia!
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MacroDawg
✭✭ Sophomore
Although there may be more left on the table, at the end of the day, a win is a win. People will still complain if we blew ND like the media chanted about this week. ND is a top 10 team and it is a little bit unrealistic to assume, they'll just seat there and get hammered by ga. They played hard against us and made this game more entertaining. Like Kirby said, his team got tested and glad it happened earlier in the season to get us prepared for what may come. #Go Dawgs
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Dogman912
✭✭✭✭ Senior
It was a playoff game and we won.
plenty to work on but this team will continue to get better.
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HerschelsDailySoup
✭✭ Sophomore
Considering the talent on the O line and in the backfield, and considering that the rush defenses we have played this year are all ranked near the bottom in rush defense (Ark St 112th, Notre Dame 110yh, Vandy 95th) I feel like our rushing offense has underachieved. It is probably too early to really tell, but it seemed like we should have run at will against ND. New mexico rushed for about 70 yards more than us against ND and Louisville 100 more.
Makes me wonder if it is due to Coley's blocking schemes. I was never a huge fan of Chaney, but he did have some creative blocking schemes that moved around the O line and made some massive holes to run through. Haven't had a lot of massive holes this year. Like I said, it's still early, but just venting...
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MontanaDawg
✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
Agree mostly with the grades. We definitely seemed to play more conservative than I expected and did not do much to confuse ND's defense. Why wasn't Pickens targeted at all? Why was Zamir not used at all? I think Coley will be better than Chaney, but I still think in general we tend to rely too much on our run game. It's like we are afraid to let Fromm pass the ball DOWNFIELD unless absolutely necessary. We didn't use our TEs much and couldn't stop their TE Kmet at all. Open field tackling still needs improvement. The final 1/3rd of our schedule is going to be the true test of this team. Luckily we have got (2) OPEN dates this season and one right before Florida.
The FANS deserve an A++++++....never seen such a great home field advantage before in Sanford Stadium. GO DAWGS!!!
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SWDawg68
✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
A win, is a win! That is what matters most!!!
I agree with your grades at every level and I think Kirby needs some help with game management. Hindsight being what it is, I have not seen him progress with his game time decisions, when it matters most! This can improve, but I was hoping over time it would show some results, it hasn't! Maybe give Bill Parcels or Bob Stoops a call or maybe Urban Meyer has some free time, between tv gigs, to mentor our beloved HC, you can bet Nick Saban is not providing any helpful advice to his student! All the great Head coaches have their mentor to turn to in times of need - who is there for Kirby??
The punter, Jake Carmada has disappointed at epic levels. This kid was the #1 punter in the nation at the High School level and from what I hear, he is almost perfect in practice. Game time is another story and his inability to handle pressure is evident. Let him go to a D3 school and grab a Juco for next year, but for this season, you need to comb the soccer team for a goalie who can handle the pressure and boom it. Hopefully I am wrong, but I think this could cost a game when it really matters most, it almost did last night!
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GaBoi69
✭✭✭✭ Senior
Georgia coaches does not coach to take chances, which is understandable. Sometimes you have to take chances to change things up where you don'tbecome so predictable. This is what Georgia have become in their play calling., especially with their offense in big games. They need to let Jake Fromm and the receiver corp loose. If you look at the games when they do show a little glimpse of the sling it around mentality, no one can stop them. Georgia has to do more of that with their running game and no one....I mean no one will be able to stop them.
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chillinn
✭✭ Sophomore
Really inovative play calling almost did us in. ND had the TB screen figured out from the get go. And the TB dive play, too!
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FredBear
✭✭✭ Junior
Georgia just better be glad that wasn't Clemson or Alabama on that field last night, they would have gotten skull dragged. Just like the Texas game, the coaching staff got outcoached and outmaneuvered all night. The coaching needs to mature as much or more than the freshman players do.
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jrmdvm1
✭✭✭ Junior
Notre Dame was better than I expected, and had a great game plan. All those "blowout" predictions by the "talking heads" were probably based on the run defense ND showed in the earlier games. ND coaches came up with a very good plan/scheme to contain our running game. Had they not done that, it probably would have been a blowout. In addition, they found a "soft spot" to get their tight end open so often. We need to fix that. We have more "marquee" games ahead than does ND. We have to get ready for those. I hope ND avoids the "easy" label for their remaining games, and continues to win in convincing fashion. That will not only help them, but make this win look better for us. Go Irish, and GO DAWGS!
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Dawggy
✭✭✭ Junior
Could Kirby of been just getting by and saving most of our secret weapons for the killer November stretch? - DestinDawg
Secret weapons lol? Yeah, Kirby will probably bring back the fake punt and fake FG plays after the bye week...
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Betheredge
✭✭✭ Junior
It's not just big games. Just like the Richt teams, Georgia finds it impossible to step on the field and play a complete game from the opening kick to the final whistle.
After four years of top ranked recruiting and the level of talent across every position, this team should be dominating the teams they have played this year including the Irish along with being ready to go toe to toe with the Bama's and Clemson's of the game.
I totally agree with Kirk H as well. With all of the above along with the atmosphere and crowd, Georgia should have turned the Irish fifty shades of black and blue.
For whatever reason they just can't get out of their own way. With the games coming up in Jacksonville and especially on the Plains, if Kirby & crew do not get this put to bed once and for all, we will be looking at another Auburn game from two years ago or the LSU/Texas games from last year.
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BobRodes
✭ Freshman
This was a heck of a game, a good old-fashioned slugfest. We lost, but not as badly as everyone expected us to. If y'all want to say that that is because your team didn't play as well as expected, rather than because Notre Dame is a better team than anyone expected, then fuss on. But I'm here to say that both teams played a great game, and we can expect that to show out over the rest of the season.
Now go whip the rest of the SEC and win the division. Help us to look good. Congrats on a great game.
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BobRodes
✭ Freshman
If that's true, then Notre Dame didn't play like the number 7 team in the nation. I'll disagree with you on both counts.
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Louis8478
✭✭✭✭ Senior
The crowd was the MVP of the game. That's what home field advantage is all about. This is the same Notre Dame team that went undefeated last year and played Clemson better than Alabama did in the CFP. Give the Notre Dame coaching staff credit for coming up with a great game plan for keeping the game close and giving themselves a chance to win at the end. They wanted respect from the media and college fans after hearing all week that this should be blowout and they got it. It seemed as though the Georgia coaching staff drank to much to the media cool-aid or ate some rat poison. They seemed surprised by Notre Dame play and game plan but give them credit for halftime adjustments. James Coley has to be more creative with the play calling. We have the talent to win a championship but in order to win a championship it has to be better prepared. Great Win. GO Dawgs!
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BobRodes
✭ Freshman
If Jake Fromm says he really didn't accidentally elbow Asmar Bilal in the eye, I'll buy the second one. But it sure looked like he did. As for "atrocious officiating" being "important," not so much. Everyone says the officiating was terrible when it goes against their own team, and fabulous when it doesn't. Routine is one thing, important is another.
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Jaydawg67
✭✭ Sophomore
Mike. Best summary of a game I’ve read ! As I’ve commented earlier Kirby’s inabilities to finish teams is his glaring weakness. You hit the nail on the head when saying kelly coached to win and Kirby coached to not loose! Absolutely spot on. This going to cost us if he don’t change
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ShoottheHooch
✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
Lesson learned! We should not schedule out of conference top programs to come to Athens. We need to schedule like Clemson, Bama, Oklahoma, and Ohio State. It's just no fun having to watch the Dawgs have to compete against a top 10 team in the fourth quarter. On the other hand, we are not at the point of the season where people's opinions matter whether it is Griffith, DN commenters, Herbstreit, AP writers, coaches, or anyone else! My guess is that when the committee meets, if the Dawgs take care of business, the ND non conference win will be a feather in Kirby's cap when compared to wins over Directional U of the teams we will be competing with to get into the playoffs and also for seeding purposes.
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rhbatch
✭✭✭✭ Senior
Left off one very important thing, the officiating was atrocious!! Several uncalled PI and holding calls on ND. ND using a fake injury at least once and probably twice. They did, at least, make it look ligit on the sidelines on the second one.
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rhbatch
✭✭✭✭ Senior
It''s hard to accurately judge this game. If ND goes undefeated the rest of the way, they were underated from the start and this game looks a lot better for us. Too many mistakes and that is on us, regardless of what happens the rest of the year. The fans in attendance truly were the "12th man" tonight and that is as it should be at every game. It's a win on national TV against the number 7 ranked team, I'll gladly take it and look forward to the rest of the season.
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DestinDawg
✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
Love the W but I agree with you Mike. Could Kirby of been just getting by and saving most of our secret weapons for the killer November stretch?
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Vetdawg
✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
Fairly accurate grades imo. This was our first test and we passed. Thought there were too many weird penalties in this game and why Notre Dame was never called for pi is beyond me when they never looked for the ball.
hats off to Cager! Welcome to the show! Woerner missed some key blocks ( cook sweep for example). Pickens has to bring down more of those 50-50’s.
When the coaches let the defense loose they were incredible!
All in all let’s take the lessons learned and build
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kirkhilles
✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
The week off is definitely well timed as we need to make some revisions. Congrats to the Dawgs for pulling it off and bigger congrats to the fans in the stadium. Never before have I felt that Sanford really was a home field advantage but we couldn't have won without you. It was well worth the money you could've sold tour tickets for.
From was indeed extremely impressive especially when he was being chased and still managed to get off impressive throws. The OLine certainly didn't seem like the best in the nation.
Beyond the poor special teams (other than rodrigo of course) I'm not sure what to feel. Notre Dame played hard as hell but I think we did too. We need to make a lot of improvements though if we are going to make a run at the NC.
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