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Until we get an elite QB, we will never NEVER compete with elite team like Bama and Clemson. Stetson did the best he could, but the fact that the 3rd best team in the country is starting a 4th/5th string QB is on the coaches. If Kirby doesn't get us better QBs (and keep the ones we're fortunate enough to get) and get some elite (not good but elite) WRs, then we'll be no better than we were in the Mark Richt days. I love Kirby but he has to continue to evolve as an offensive coach or we are doomed to be a good team with great recruiting....and some those days will be in danger if something doesn't change.
There's Clemson, Bama and maybe Ohio State.....and then there's UGA and a bunch of other good but not elite teams. We are going to live in that world until we get an elite QB and elite WRs. Kirby better wake up and make even more of a move to a O-minded team or we'll start to see our recruiting impacted in the next few years. I'm tired of wasting years of top recruiting classes just to be good. I'm not a fair weather friend....I just see no urgency to change. SICK OF IT!!
NO answer for Devonte Smith. He beat us single handedly, again.
Stetsons height finally caught up with him. Every team going forward will just try and batt his passes down. At least half a dozen. It was a decent run for pint sized guy. If he was 6'4" we just might have won.
Game really showed where we lack in exceptional receivers, LSU had them, BAMA has them.
Shame we didn't(couldn't) have a smooth transition to a top notch QB. Fields situation wasn't handled right. Only allowed in games to run out the clock. Matt Corral whom everyone in the media is high on(lit up BAMA with arm and legs) if I'm not mistaken wanted to come to UGA, but wasn't shown much love so picked Florida, then transferred to OLe Miss. Lawrence, Fields, Corral.
Kentucky slobber knocked Tenn, THey weren't that good but we made them look decent. BAMA will trample them next week.
Smoke and mirrors D_backs
I am disappointed with how that turned out. It was just very deflating. Not sure if there is any one thing to pinpoint but a few thoughts:
1) Kirby definitely trusts experience/knowledge of the system over talent/upside, and while it has come to fruition on defense, it is what kept him from playing Fields over Fromm and anyone else over Stetson. I loved Fromm and think he and Stetson are really great guys, but that strategy has really limited the offense. It’s almost like Fromm/Stetson both played well enough to be in the game and not get pulled but not nearly well enough to be as good as we can be as a team.
2) Defense played pretty well I thought, but was anyone else completely shocked with our lack of pass rush? I figured we may dial it up in the second half like last week but Mac had all day on almost all of his 32 attempts. That was my one key to stopping their fast wide receivers. We had to get to the QB. We’re our guys getting held or was the bama line impenetrable.
3) To the guy who even considered hiring Urban Meyer, I think I speak for a lot of us and we would have to take a break from being Georgia fans. Anyways, he’s just waiting for that USC or ND job to open up and then his tummy will feel better miraculously.
If Bennett is the best we have, we’re hurting really bad at QB. Kirby is too loyal to his starting QBs and too arrogant to make a change.
A friend told me all of our goals are still ahead of us. Yeah, win out, earn a rematch with them and another chance to implode. Great goals!! Just like all of our other teams in this state. Whoever put a curse on our state teams, please remove it.
Bennett is a great feel good story, but he does not have the arm strength or accuracy to deliver the ball to his receivers when they are tightly covered. Kirby was reluctant to give playing time to Fields which might have shown that Fields had more up side than Fromm. I hope he doesn't make that mistake again. If you continue to bring in highly rated QBs they must be given a chance to play. There is a reason Bennett came out of High school without a rating. Hard work and determination can accomplish only so much and Stetson is demonstrating that.
Sorry to say, but Saban played Kirby and the media like fiddles. How bad is this Ala defense? WAY better than Ga's. It's just like last year, against everybody else that are not great teams, they look dominant. But against a team with a great offense (LSU anyone), that defense gets exposed. Almost 600 yards of offense.
I agree with a previous comment, how much longer until Ga starts losing recruits?
Even if Saban didn't get to coach, it would not of mattered. Sarkisian proved he too is Kirby's daddy. Just sad.
I worry about 2 weeks, this offense has to play what might actually be the best defense in the SEC.
Nothing from me that hasn't already been said. I do find it interesting that Burton is the hot receiver and Pickens is hardly in the picture. When a supposedly "elite" team has a former walk-on qb throwing a high percentage of passes to an unknown entity at receiver in the clutch, in an air-raid offense, something isn't right. Either Monken doesn't trust Picken's or Stetson doesn't. But Picken's should factor in more and he was no where to be found. He looks like he's going thru the motions when he is in. Also, Bama's receiver's just made a lot of draft money tonight whereas UGA's vaunted secondary lost it. Exposed. Kirby kicking a field goal down 17 with 6 minutes to go? Might as well as waved a white flag. No balls. That's a problem. Hope the Dawgs get another chance but I doubt there will be a different outcome.
At least good to see James Cook interested for a minute.
Well, Saban figured Bennett IV (aka Dave Archer) out pretty quickly. I was afraid of that, but it does give us a chance to see what Daniels can do by the SECC game. Having a qb that can throw the deep ball will keep bamas defense honest.
We shouldn't have these problems against the rest of the teams we face. Disappointed with the secondary play. bamas receivers are good, but not putting hands on them and playing physical is inexcusable. When did Kirby start teaching them to grab jerseys? They've been doing it all year.
Our D is good enough to beat bama and clemson, but we need the offense to step up. You're not holding either of those to 20 points, but their defenses are not elite. Bama scored 21 pts off turnovers. Reduce those and you have a game.
Let's not all forget what fundamentally changed the game. It started with the atrocious pass interference in the end zone. That gave bama the ball on the 1 and instead of a field goal and being up by 6 gave them a 2 score lead. From that point on we imploded.
Bennett is a good story and a good qb, but we need a great division 1 qb to beat bama and the refs
I agree with what others are saying, but I have to add the intangible: momentum. In the 3rd quarter (I think), UGA was moving the ball. Then, Bennett threw a long pass to Jackson, and the AL defensive player pushed him in the chest, causing Jackson to miss. Another time, UGA was moving the ball, and Bennett threw a side pass to Burton, and the AL defender was climbing on Burton's back and he missed the catch. None of these blatant pass interferences were called. But then, shortly afterwards, an "iffy" pass interference was called against UGA in the end zone. At that point, the momentum was changed.
Awful coaching ... predictable play calling (for the most part) ... and a coaching genius (Saban, that is), unlike Smart, who was able to quickly make adjustments at half time to burry the Dawgs once again. That was the summary from the Alabama game.
Where was the "air raid" that the new hyped-up offensive coordinator was going to create? Let me guess, it's COVID-19's fault. How do you create an air attack when the quarterback is 5'10" and is trying to throw over a mammoth defensive line?
The coaching ... The fact that not one Alabama assistant coach, who has become a head coach at another school, has been able to beat Saban, is astonishing. Kirby Smart is just another statistic. On another note, those seniors such as LeCounte who chose to stay and play one more year for Smart instead of going to the NFL, I'm sure are questioning their decision. The expectations at Georgia have somehow become the National Championship ... wake up ... you MUST be able to beat Alabama not just once, but consistently ... and Georgia is not there yet. I forgot ... Georgia has been "rebuilding " for the past 40 yrs.