@Eastmandawg No, he means that Beck didn't have someone capable of getting open, catching the ball and opening up the field for other players like Zachariah Branch. Jake Fromm wasn't capable of extending plays either. Yet when he had WRs who could get open down the field and 3 future starting NFL tailbacks in 2017, he came one play from winning a national title as a true freshman. In 2019 when he had only 1 effective tailback and no one but injury and mistake prone true freshman George Pickens at WR to stretch the field, UGA didn't do nearly as well. Was Fromm a worse leader in 2019 than he was in 2017? No, the team around him was worse. Also, when Stetson Bennett IV was the QB in 2020, UGA finished 2nd in the SEC East and was benched. When he was the QB in 2021 UGA won a national title. Was Bennett worse at extending plays with his legs in 2020? Was Bennett a worse leader in 2020 than he was in 2021? No, future NFL Pro Bowlers Brock Bowers and Ladd McConkey joined SB IV at WR and TE, plus future NFL rushing leader James Cook was finally healthy. PLUS a bunch of future NFL starters at OL and in the front seven went from underclassmen to upperclassmen. Example: Travon Walker went from 1 sack to the #1 pick in the draft.
Folks, like I told another guy yesterday who was upset at my pointing out that UGA doesn't throw the ball downfield and reminded him about how UGA fans oft mention Bama fans' inability to run the football. Well yes, Bama's leading rusher has 500 yards at 3.9 yards per carry in 14 games of football and that played a huge role in their losing 2 of their 3 games: only 80 yards rushing on 33 carries to Oklahoma and -3 rushing yards in the SEC title game. The games that Bama won this year have been in spite of their running game, not because of it. Such as in their playoff rematch: 25 carries for 28 yards. If we can talk about how bad Bama's running game is this year, we can talk about how Arian Smith and company failed to get separation from defenders, failed to catch well thrown balls and failed to get yards after the catch and often couldn't even get open when covered by nickel DBs and backups last year. Last year everyone wanted Bobo fired. This year Bobo was a Broyles Award finalist. Amazing what having a guy good enough to start WR in the SEC - which UGA didn't have last year - will do for an offense.
And no, Beck didn't abandon UGA or check out. Kirby Smart publicly threw Carson Beck under the bus, blaming him for his own injury that forced him to miss the draft. It was only when Gunner Stockton suffered a turnover on the same play call that Kirby acknowledged that the problem was with the playcall. And to emphasize the point, Kirby and UGA made unusual demands of Beck that they didn't make of other players with season ending injuries and were very equivocal in their efforts to get him to come back. The full court press that UGA went on to get SB IV back, including ponying up big time for NIL, promising him the starting job and a more passing-oriented offense? Beck didn't get any of that. It is like how a coaching staff "slow plays" a committed recruit by stopping communicating with him and not allowing him to take official visits, hoping that he will get the message, decommit and go somewhere else so they won't have to publicly pull the scholarship offer.
Beck isn't the next Dan Marino or anything but he can play. In 2024 he threw for nearly 4000 yards despite almost never having Ladd McConkey and Brock Bowers healthy in the same game and for some of the season having neither of them, leading UGA to a 13-1 record. In 2025 he had 28 TDs and won the SEC East with a bunch of WRs and RBs that wouldn't start for most SEC teams. Folks spent 2024 blaming Beck for Luckie and Delp not putting up Brock Bowers numbers. Well this year Luckie and Delp are putting up even worse numbers and no one is saying a peep. Wonder why that is. Beck transfers to Miami, misses the entire offseason because of injury, learns a new system and supporting cast and leads a Hurricanes program that hasn't done squat in 20 years to a playoff victory, something that the #1 player in the draft failed to do last year despite better players around him on offense. Miami has only one above average tailback - who because of injuries and personal issues has been very inconsistent - and their only real weapon at WR is a 5'11" 185 lb true freshman. Despite this? Almost 75% passing and 26 TDs. Beck can play. If UGA has Zachariah Branch to play in the slot last season instead of Dillon Bell, UGA goes to the national title game and probably wins it.
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@Eastmandawg No, he means that Beck didn't have someone capable of getting open, catching the ball and opening up the field for other players like Zachariah Branch. Jake Fromm wasn't capable of extending plays either. Yet when he had WRs who could get open down the field and 3 future starting NFL tailbacks in 2017, he came one play from winning a national title as a true freshman. In 2019 when he had only 1 effective tailback and no one but injury and mistake prone true freshman George Pickens at WR to stretch the field, UGA didn't do nearly as well. Was Fromm a worse leader in 2019 than he was in 2017? No, the team around him was worse. Also, when Stetson Bennett IV was the QB in 2020, UGA finished 2nd in the SEC East and was benched. When he was the QB in 2021 UGA won a national title. Was Bennett worse at extending plays with his legs in 2020? Was Bennett a worse leader in 2020 than he was in 2021? No, future NFL Pro Bowlers Brock Bowers and Ladd McConkey joined SB IV at WR and TE, plus future NFL rushing leader James Cook was finally healthy. PLUS a bunch of future NFL starters at OL and in the front seven went from underclassmen to upperclassmen. Example: Travon Walker went from 1 sack to the #1 pick in the draft.
Folks, like I told another guy yesterday who was upset at my pointing out that UGA doesn't throw the ball downfield and reminded him about how UGA fans oft mention Bama fans' inability to run the football. Well yes, Bama's leading rusher has 500 yards at 3.9 yards per carry in 14 games of football and that played a huge role in their losing 2 of their 3 games: only 80 yards rushing on 33 carries to Oklahoma and -3 rushing yards in the SEC title game. The games that Bama won this year have been in spite of their running game, not because of it. Such as in their playoff rematch: 25 carries for 28 yards. If we can talk about how bad Bama's running game is this year, we can talk about how Arian Smith and company failed to get separation from defenders, failed to catch well thrown balls and failed to get yards after the catch and often couldn't even get open when covered by nickel DBs and backups last year. Last year everyone wanted Bobo fired. This year Bobo was a Broyles Award finalist. Amazing what having a guy good enough to start WR in the SEC - which UGA didn't have last year - will do for an offense.
And no, Beck didn't abandon UGA or check out. Kirby Smart publicly threw Carson Beck under the bus, blaming him for his own injury that forced him to miss the draft. It was only when Gunner Stockton suffered a turnover on the same play call that Kirby acknowledged that the problem was with the playcall. And to emphasize the point, Kirby and UGA made unusual demands of Beck that they didn't make of other players with season ending injuries and were very equivocal in their efforts to get him to come back. The full court press that UGA went on to get SB IV back, including ponying up big time for NIL, promising him the starting job and a more passing-oriented offense? Beck didn't get any of that. It is like how a coaching staff "slow plays" a committed recruit by stopping communicating with him and not allowing him to take official visits, hoping that he will get the message, decommit and go somewhere else so they won't have to publicly pull the scholarship offer.
Beck isn't the next Dan Marino or anything but he can play. In 2024 he threw for nearly 4000 yards despite almost never having Ladd McConkey and Brock Bowers healthy in the same game and for some of the season having neither of them, leading UGA to a 13-1 record. In 2025 he had 28 TDs and won the SEC East with a bunch of WRs and RBs that wouldn't start for most SEC teams. Folks spent 2024 blaming Beck for Luckie and Delp not putting up Brock Bowers numbers. Well this year Luckie and Delp are putting up even worse numbers and no one is saying a peep. Wonder why that is. Beck transfers to Miami, misses the entire offseason because of injury, learns a new system and supporting cast and leads a Hurricanes program that hasn't done squat in 20 years to a playoff victory, something that the #1 player in the draft failed to do last year despite better players around him on offense. Miami has only one above average tailback - who because of injuries and personal issues has been very inconsistent - and their only real weapon at WR is a 5'11" 185 lb true freshman. Despite this? Almost 75% passing and 26 TDs. Beck can play. If UGA has Zachariah Branch to play in the slot last season instead of Dillon Bell, UGA goes to the national title game and probably wins it.