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Re: Why the genius of Kirby Smartâs success at Tennessee is in the simplicity
Yeah Tennessee had their pick of recruits from Georgia back in the 90s, and that was a big part of their success. Kirby has made it even tougher on them. Whew, not to look ahead, but reading all of these losses to Alabama listed by year makes you realize how important it is to beat them in 2025.
Eric_C
Re: Why the genius of Kirby Smartâs success at Tennessee is in the simplicity
Football ain’t hard - more about the Jimmy’s & Joe’s .
Eastmandawg
Re: Why the genius of Kirby Smartâs success at Tennessee is in the simplicity
No, it is the talent gap. Anomalies like the 2019 debacles against South Carolina and Texas and 2020 against Florida aside, the teams that have beaten UGA have had loaded rosters: Alabama 2017; Alabama and LSU 2018; LSU 2019; Alabama 2020; Alabama 2021; Alabama 2023; Alabama, Ole Miss and Notre Dame 2024. Even taking UGA to the wire like Oklahoma in 2017 and Ohio State in 2022 needs a bunch of future NFL players. Example: the QBs for Oklahoma and Alabama 2017, LSU and Alabama 2018, LSU 2019, Alabama 2021 and Ohio State 2022 all started for NFL teams yesterday (Baker Mayfield, Jalen Hurts, Tua Tagovailoa, Joe Burrow, Bryce Young, CJ Stroud) with 3 of them (Mayfield, Burrow, Young) also being Heisman winners and #1 overall draft picks. And that is just QB. They all had future NFL players catching the ball, running the ball, blocking for them and - except Mayfield at Oklahoma - on defense also.
Josh Heupel, for all the hype, hasn't brought that to Tennessee. All the time that he has been there, he has produced a single NFL 1st round draft pick and starter on offense: a right tackle. All of his other draft picks on offense have been in the 3rd round or lower. Defense? About the same: a DT and a couple of pass rushers going in rounds 1, 2, and 3. It is true that Heupel has only been there since 2021 and Tennessee was a mess when he got there, but it shouldn't take that long for a major SEC program to land either big time linemen on one hand or skill players on the other. Heupel hasn't landed either.
Florida and Auburn can't get things turned around for the same reason: they can't or won't hire coaches who can recruit. Ole Miss is getting better players than Tennessee, Auburn and Florida these days. Missouri and South Carolina are getting players that are just as good. Amazing but true.
mitch_earl
Re: Tennessee coach Josh Heupel praises Georgia, Gunner Stockton, notes physicality and turnovers
Hupel's offense is Hupel's offense. Schuman and our D company seem to have it figured out. With our good CB play and run D, we should again stymie their ability to move on us. I don't see their defense as being as good as last year's so we should have some success, especially if our RBs continue to perform well.