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Speaking of adding WRs as part of this extended conversation….

BREAKING NEWS:

" Texas receiver Parker Livingstone, Arch Manning’s roommate and the Longhorns’ third leading receiver this season, announced Saturday he was transferring in a move he called “out of my control.”

Texas is in the market for an upgrade at receiver through the portal, with former five-star recruit Cam Coleman reportedly the primary target. Coleman had 56 catches for 708 yards and five touchdowns as a sophomore this season for an Auburn offense that dealt with quarterback struggles all season. "

Sounds like Livingstone might be being forced out to make way for Coleman or possibly Texas didn't want to pay Parker as much as he wanted…

Many like to rag on Bobo and the screen pass plays but they had what they needed with a little over a minute to go when Stockton pump faked to Branch and tossed a timing pass towards Colbie Young, who was initially the lead blocker in front of Branch. Colbie was held before he could get to the ball in the endzone. Liked the play designed off the screen pass setup and if it had of worked we might've been singing a different tune today.

yeah I was wrong. Although I don’t think their defense was greatly improved but more we had terrible play calling an execution on offense. If we come out of half time with a six minute touch down drive and go up 28-12 they probably quit and we win going away. Our offense couldn’t keep their defense on the field and wear them down like they did the first game. We didn’t play complimentary football last night. Gunner played like hot garbage. He either has some serious injury they aren’t telling us (wouldn’t be surprised if he played that game concussed) or he just isn’t good enough.

If the offense was better it would’ve helped the defense. Chambliss also played like the second coming of Johnny Manziel last night. Tip of the cap to him.

OK Brother Montana I readily concede that I misread the Intent of your comments Here and on other threads and for that I apologize. Nothing I said was Ever meant to be personal to you.

@ randomsportsfan points out the Quality of our TEs and he uses a once in a generation Bowers as a measuring stick. I Agree with You we Don’t and Didn’t need a Bowers like performance from our TEs. Their sheer Size would defeat most man on man players in the secondary. Just being “ pretty good” would be more than sufficient. Of course we’d Love a reincarnation of Bowers !!

You’ve stated Gunner needs to improve I fully agree, HE fully agrees. I think you can agree that this season was his First real year at starter ? The “ being in the system” though holding some value does Not measure up against Real game snaps. If practice was Better than real game ( something Kirby touts) then we’d have probably beat Ole Miss.

I’m Not as you said throwing Kirby and Bobo under bus. But You, Me, Countless Dawgs fans are calling for Gunner and the rest of the team to improve. Coaches shouldn’t be exempt from that ideology.

There’s NO other HC I’d want at UGA than Kirby. But Even He needs to be flexible. Needs to be Wiling to take on fresh ideas and at least test them. Trying to be a carbon copy of Nick Saban in today’s football Might not be enough to win at high levels consistently any more.

If Mike Bobo a very DGD in my book is Willing to adapt his philosophies and at least Try fresh ideas perhaps we can win more with him. BUT if there’s a Very high caliber unemployed NFL guy out there willing to come to UGA why not change Bobo’s title let him keep the same pay and move the NFL guy to OC ? That way it doesn’t bust up the very obvious friendship between KS and Bobo.

Not saying you but I’ve read Allot of Gunner can’t do this and Gunner can’t do that and Gunner will Never be Elite. And pray tell How do we Know that when he’s Not been Allowed to play to his capabilities ?

Numerous QBs through out CFB are Allowed to change plays at the LOS but Not Gunner. He stated that very clearly earlier this year. But in order to not make his OC look bad and the fierce loyalty he has he said “ I trust Coach Bobo’s plays completely”. In my view Gunner is playing under a handicap. YES he plays himself when plays that were called in break down. And on Countless of those plays on third down and even fourth down Gunner picked up the First down by HIS play. Many of the so called Elite QBs might Not have made those broken but Critical plays out of fear of taking a wicked hit.

The Elite QBs are playing for their future in the NFL. Gunner plays for his Team and the here and now.

The Elite QBs are going to Demand big NIL $$ And might even Demand that they start. I’ll never forget Justin Field’s father making the Demand that he start. In fairness to Justin I never heard HIM say that. It was his father.

An Elite QB very well might leave us high and dry if things don’t go his way and not only leave us for More big NIL but actually play Against us.

Some will say Well look at Gunner he went to SC. On this first part I could be very wrong but I’m not sure he initially got an offer from KS and UGA. So correct me if I’m wrong on that. But Gunner wasn’t chasing $$ he was Following the Bobo name out of Loyalty to his HS Coach George Bobo, Mike’s Dad. Gunner is a fiercely loyal person. SC was NOT his first choice !! He has said Many times he grew up dreaming of being an UGA Dawg !!

Though it’s not something worth raising a pennant at Sanford Stadium . I Do think this is important. In the season prior Dawgs had to go to OT to beat both GT and TX in the SECCG. But This season there was no need of OT and Both of those teams had supposedly improved. YES we did have to go to OT vs TN but that was Very early in the season and the Dawgs including Gunner were green as grass !! The first loss to Bama ( Still Very early in the season) could just as easily be attributed to bad in game decisions by Kirby. So in my view there Has been improvements made.

Last thought of this Novel Lol !! The Bye time in my view was a momentum killer !! But Kirby said he has “tweaks” that he was gonna employ to off set that. What ever those tweaks were they were not enough. So it was in my view a Team loss including Coaching and game management. Coached and managed Properly Gunner Stockton might Be an Elite QB !! You can bet he will study his mistakes like a finals exam in school !!

If Kirby, Bobo, Gunner and the rest of the team Embrace getting better and that also means some Changes in ideas and long standing philosophies then the Dawgs might advance to winning the Ntl. Title next year. STOP trying to drive a square peg in a round hole when it’s obviously not working. One full year as starting QB with a 12-2 record does Not indicate to Me that Gunner is a failure and that we Can’t win consistently at high levels with him at QB. Many of the Same people said the Same things about Stetson. And Stetson with Much respect had a Far better supporting cast than Gunner. We’ll see……….. P.S. If I offended you on a personal basis before I apologize I consider you a friend. Sorry this was SO lengthy but I feel necessary.

Not to be technical, but the offense didn't score 30. The defense scored 7. You are right, the defense couldn't get pressure. It's because they were tired. That was one the offense. First 2 drives, 3 and out. I believe they had 5 three and outs. Including the 1st one in the 2nd half. Total offensive failures. Poor clock management. Last drive by UGA when it's 1st and goal.

1st play- 4-5 yard run up the middle (maybe slight left side). Timeout by OM.

2nd play- (bone-headed play) send a 240 lb rb out wide. Had ZERO chance of out running anyone. Loss yards. Timeout by OM. (Last one) 58 seconds left.

3rd play- another bone-headed play. Throws a low percentage pass that ends up incomplete. Stops clock with 50 seconds or so left.

If they run the ball, since they had no play with high success chance, they eat 35 more seconds. OM gets to start their drive with 20 seconds left. They would of had to probably try a 65 yard fg to win. Maybe/ maybe not. That is all on an OC and head coach that had total failure in the flow of the game. Period.

Did the defense fail too, yes. But there is one fact that should be understood. If the offense has the ball, without turning it over, the other team CAN NEVER SCORE. As the saying goes, the best defense is a good offense. And UGA just doesn't have that. Or at least the ability to make adjustments.