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2023 was a successful season on so many levels. Undefeated regular season with wins against rivals Auburn, Florida, Tennessee and a good Missouri team, while dealing with more injuries than I can recall. Losing only 1 game by 3 points against a top 10 team with 2 of our best players limping around the field. Maintaining a culture that makes players like Carson, Tate and Smael want to come back, when each had decent draft prospects. Landing the number 1 recruiting class, including the number 1 corner back, number 1 line backer and number 1 safety in the country. It's amazing to me to note how strong a program Kirby has built that makes a 13 and 1 season even up for discussion on whether it was a successful season.
3 of 4 in 24. Go Dawgs
To those who are advocating that the refs lost the SECCG for the Dawgs, I beg to differ. The game wasn't anywhere near as close as the score hints. Both our lines were pushed around with ease the entire game. We committed multiple unforced turnovers. Bama ran at will against our defense. We never got a leash on Milroe.
We lost the game all by ourselves and did not deserve to be in the CFP. Period dot com.
The biggest problem with the SECCG for UGA other than the general defensive line play was the OC's conservative play calling in the first half following the first TD possession. Bobo reverted to his tired and old predictable "run it up the middle again and again" with no gain each time. It absolutely snuffed out the momentum of the game. Once we fell behind, after halftime he opened up the game again and we started scoring. Amazing. Perhaps we could sign a contract with Todd Monken so that he gives Bobo some refresher training once a month to avoid future relapses.
All said, we had a fantastic season, undefeated during the regular season in the toghest conference in NCAA. Not perfect, but absolutely fantastic!
GO DAWGS!
Would have loved a 3peat but it did not happen, too many injuries. Think it was a very successful year anyway. Team played hard but usually a had a quarter or two that was below par. That is true for most teams. One can never disparage a record that UGA put up this year.
“There’s a culture at our place of work ethic and the job is not done,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said......GOD Bless Texas and The 2019 Sugar Bowl.....the day after was the birth of the strongest, most resilient culture in college football....then on January 15, tragedy struck with a blow that would have destroyed any lesser culture....but the memory of Devin and Chandler was the strength needed to over come the lose of 15 players leaving for the NFL, 7 player leaving for the portal, the lose of coaches, the introduction of a new OC and the first start for a new field general......If not for the culture established by Kirby Smart after that Sugar Bowl Debacle, The Georgia Bull Dawgs would have faded away, just another footnote, in college football history. Successful.....Ya D--- Skippy we were Dawgs Fans.....I'd say the most successful in that we notched 13 wins and only one lose by only three points.....is there any other team in the history of college football that can match or exceed that mark given what WE have overcome? 2024 promises to be an even better team....."Because Better Never Rest".....GOD Bless KS and The Culture that won't be beat!
If given only two choices to characterize the entire season, "success" or "not success", unless you're Ricky Bobby, you'd have to call it a success!
Proud of this team.
What's done is done, but if we're reflecting(hence the title of the article) I feel like BA does, we sort of let one slip away. A couple of uncharacteristic mistakes were made in the SECC game, not to mention an egregiously bad no review on a throw ruled a completion on 4th down and we could be playing for the NC and a chance for the elusive 3 peat.
Could we have beaten Michigan where BAMA couldn't? I like our chances with the passing of CB over JAalen Milroe's.
Maybe the bottom line is we made Milroe look like a pretty good passer and Michigan made him look like a guy that will never be a good passer at the next level when you can't hold the ball for 3-4 seconds.
Unfortunately, the blown corner was on the opposite side and far end of the field from the Georgia bench and coaches in the booth and the ball hitting the ground was shielded from their view. Otherwise, they may have challenged the call before Alabama could quickly get off the next play. They knew it was questionable because it was on their side.
There has never been a bad Georgia Bulldog's team. Some have just been better than others. The past three were clearly the best. Georgia is the premier college football program in the country thanks to the leadership of Coach Smart. The future is so bright we gotta wear shades!
Go Dawgs!
If there are no expectations, then Coach MArk Right would have never been fired. 10 win seasons and Orlando bowls would be the bench mark. Not too shabby!
I’m as hard a judge as anyone, but while the season was overall a disappointment given what was in play - I mean, it is frustrating to still be unable to solve the Alabama riddle in the SECCG and be that close to playing for a historic 3-peat - I’d say we did amazing. 13-1 with all the injuries we had, keeping the Tennessee blowhards in place, topping last year’s record for most lopsided bowl victory, 4 points shy of a conference championship, AND knowing Alabama won’t win it all either (or even Texas and their championship birthright b.s. for that matter), AND signing the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation before the college football season was done-done… yeah, definitely a successful season!