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You are not looking at the view from the top. You are looking at the view from the Top 5. Do not kid yourself.
I'm right there with you. College football has become much more unpredictable with the changes taking place in scheduling, NIL, transfer portal, and the CFP expanded playoffs we don't know what the top of college football will look like. The conference expansion has made it much more difficult when before the top teams really had one or two games a year where they didn't have the clearly superior talent. This is a new era and the thing that coaches have the least control over, injuries, may have the biggest effect on the championship. The coaches job has gotten a lot more difficult having to get a team up for big games and difficult opponents week after week instead of once or twice a year. Florida State is the perfect example of a team that dominated their season but loss the most important player and the one they couldn't replace at the wrong time.
OK I confess I speed read the article For Now. I’ll go back and read it again later. I also speed read through some of the comments. I was kinda surprised at Some of the bleak comments I read. Here are some of my humble views and opinions, I’m Just a fan not a coach or expert.
1) We’re not gonna win a Ntl. Championship Every year, with NIL and the TP now we MIGHT be very fortunate to win it on average of once every Three years. But I would Hope and I Believe Kirby can do better than that average.
2) Kirby has done Really, Really well in his tenure at UGA. Don’t just look at Nattys Only, though I know that’s the Biggest Prize, but look at ALL of his body of work.
3) Yes I would Normally agree that bringing up injuries is excuse making, BUT 2023 was the worse year in Kirby’s whole tenure at UGA. And these were not just across the board injuries though we had Plenty of those, these were injuries to our Top players. To our Game Changers. Now throw in brand new as Starter QB. Throw in new OC. The “weak” schedule narrative went out the door pretty quick as many of those teams were ranked when we played them, and even some that weren’t ranked were improved vs previous years. I feel we did pretty well with 12 straight wins all things considered.
4) I don’t know how high the 2024 Dawgs can climb For Sure. No one knows that. But I’m extremely excited about the prospects !! This team is shaping up nicely and Kirby ain’t done yet. April TP will offer even more opportunities.
5) Kirby Smart is a young HC. He’s STILL learning !! But he has consistently managed to acquire very good to great coaches and support staff. And he and them have been Killer in recruiting. So I honestly believe that for the next years to come with Kirby at the helm the Dawgs will either win a Natty outright or be very, very close in the hunt. As far as trying to Match Saban it’s possible No One ever will. We have to remember he got allot of his wins during the BCS era to. Now that this new Play Off format is coming in I think he wanted to leave as a winner. Y’all it’s gonna get harder and harder to win the Big Enchilada !! But I’m very confident that Kirby will have us right in the mix pretty much every year. One bad or even just so-so year doesn’t mean the Program is on a definite and permanent decline. I Believe we’ll enjoy far more Up than down !! Go Dawgs !!
I don't think I can say we are definitely The Top, but we are built to be one of a hand-full of teams that I think will consistently be in the hunt for a NC.
Anoiting UGA as being on the top looking down, shows disrespect for a bunch of really good teams.
"Georgia might have made a good run at the Wolverines had Brock Bowers not been injured on Vanderbilt’s loose game turf and the schedule not been so back-loaded."
Vandy needs to be kicked out of the SEC. They get millions of dollars every year from the SEC because of their football program and they never do anything about the crappy field. How many other players and teams have been injured by Vandy? They have always been the doormat of the SEC and just stick around to get more money they don't deserve.
Michigan built a team of 3rd and 4th year players and it paid off. We can attest to the efficacy of having mature DL and OL and a seasoned QB. Michigan(I don't believe) will be able to replicate anything near that same seasoned talent again this year. THe word on the street is that if(when) Harbaugh leaves there will be a mass exodus of Michigan players/commits to more than likely, Ohio St. THey've opened up the purse strings there and it is believed to be the late deciding factor as to why all the pundits got the Downs thing wrong. According to some, he either used UGA for leverage with Ohio St. or they just ponied up to what he was asking at the last minute and he changed his plans. Supposedly upwards of 2 million over 2 years. Just what's been rumored. Ohio. St should be a force over the next few years. I look forward to butting heads with them.
Great stuff Mike!