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Congradulations, I wish each of you a successful coaching career.

Great article Connor. I've been saying much of the same kind of thing for weeks now. As resilient, tough, gritty, and talented Gunner is, he needs to become a better passer, reader of defense, and overall player. Most of Gunner's completions come from screen passes and short dunks. He definitely needs a better suite of receivers around him. And we've got one of the best TE groups in the country, but the last 2 seasons, our TEs have been almost exclusively used for blocking rather than catching passes. Other the the first play of this Ole Miss loss, and during the first Ole Miss win, our TE threat has been almost nonexistent.

The SEC had the weakest field of teams in years. Oklahoma couldn't beat Bama but played them pretty competitively. Indiana destroyed Bama like they were a scrimmage team. The Dawgs schedule this season was easier than last season, so one certainly would hope we would do better. But we struggled in too many games.

Georgia went in with a plan to physically dominate the Rebels. It didn't materialize. When Dawgs had 1st and goal down three, I thought they had Ole Miss checkmated. The following sequence typified the game for Georgia; missed assignments, yet another TFL and unable to move Ole Miss front. For stretches it looked like Ole Miss knew what was coming. Stockton never looked comfortable the entire night. And poor coaching decisions cost us points. Chambliss was clearly the more effective passer and his play made a difference.

Just like last season, every game this season you never knew which Georgia team would show up. Dawgs played some great games, but overall we've lost our dominant edge. We're running in circles and not really moving forward. Sure, blame injuries or whatever on this final loss. But, believe me, for Kirby to not make it past the 1st game of the playoffs for a 2nd year in a row is killing him. And it should. We're not finishing the drill. We're playing too much school yard football to survive and win games.

Something has to change moving forward. We need a better offensive game plan and ultimately that means a better QB and a more effective passing attack to compliment our strong running game. It's not my job to find a new QB or better receivers. That's on Kirby. Maybe it's just Stockton growing and playing more. I don't know. But this team is stuck in neutral.

I still can't find a logical explanation for the ncaa rule not allowing Pearce to return to UGA….the rest of the guys, never DAWGS at heart.

Probabably off topic but does anyone else find it hypocritical that the administration at Ole Miss wouldn't allow LK to coach his team in the playoffs because he's leaving for LSU post playoffs but would allow several offensive assistants to coach in the playoffs even though they're leaving for LSU most playoffs? JS

Coach Bobo has done an outstanding job this year worked magic with a beat up injured offensive line, a rookie quarterback, and one reliable back. He got us within a hair of winning it all with a very young inexperienced team. Coach Smart supports him as do most knowledgeable fans who have mabe strapped on th pads a time or two. Some Dawg fans have shown themselves very fickle when things don’t go your way.

give the kid an offensive line in front of him and it’ll all work.