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I do. 🙂
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.
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...
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!
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.
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!
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.
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!
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!!!
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...
It was a playoff game and we won.
plenty to work on but this team will continue to get better.
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