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Kirby Smart shares back-up plans for key starters missing bowl game
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Kirby Smart shares back-up plans for key starters missing bowl game
Georgia football coach Kirby Smart sounded very concerned on Saturday about the pending Covid-19 tests, and he also shared some young players will get some opportunities in the bowl game at key positions
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I just hope there are no covid problems after Christ-Mas break.
If covid don’t hit us and everybody we have now will be available, then we should be in great shape. I’m not to concerned about the offensive line or tight end position because we rotate so many and plenty of depth is there. The Peach Bowl Oline may be better with what we will play with anyway. Middle linebacker is a concern because Monty is not easily replaceable. Plenty of snaps have been taken especially by Walker so hopefully we will be ok. Stokes at corner will be a hole that someone will need to step up to the challenge. In my eyes our secondary was the weakest link and without Richie LaCount back in their at safety, Cincinnati is going to try and exploit them. Cinci thinks they should be in the playoff and they plan to make a statement by embarrassing the Dawgs.
I am excited to see the first game of ‘21! From the sound of it, pretty much everyone that plays in the game will be back next year. The experience will be invaluable for the young players regardless of the results of the game. Preparing for Clemson which will set the tone for ‘21 championship aspirations is much more important than an exhibition game against Cincinnati.
Indeed. While I'm still not really on board with the whole idea of opting out, it does make for a pretty significant silver lining that all of these would-be backups are getting more reps in preparation for next year. So I guess it's kind of a wash from this fan's perspective. It also is kind of heartening to be reminded of the injuries most of these guys have been playing through, that it's not just out of lack of interest that they're deciding not to participate in the bowl game. All in all I'm starting to get over it... assuming it doesn't get much worse going forward.
I strongly disagree, though, that this is an exhibition game. Actually, it's simply a fact that it's not.
Exhibition games do not count in the season records. Bowl games do. If we had beaten vandy and when we beat Cincinnati, would you say the seniors did NOT set a record for wins?
Please stop with that “exhibition game” comment.
So how are Dawg fans supposed to perceive this game? If we lose to this team that we consider inferior to ours ( at full or near strength) should we accept it as a legitimate sign of our strength of our team? Because all of our haters are sure as Hell going to. I hope our players Dawg-up and kick some ass in this game!
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