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AJC SEC Power Poll: One-loss Texas holds top spot amid two-loss conference chaos
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AJC SEC Power Poll: One-loss Texas holds top spot amid two-loss conference chaos
ATHENS — Texas maintained its stronghold atop the AJC SEC Power Poll by virtue of being the only one-loss team amid relative chaos.
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Based on all this ranking stuff, I’d go all big 10 schedule on our future schedules. Ie. Don’t play anyone until week 9 and then do that at home.
These polls are a joke. No benefit to the difficulty of opponents played.
Of course ewers is going to look good , he’s played trash programs. It’s like the 6’ third grader in kickball.
Okay, I'll play this game...
Ewers? Nope. He hasn't proven anything to me this year, and the Dawgs were able to pound him.
Dart? Nope. We limited his effectiveness in the game and kept him under wraps for the most part. Their defense is what killed the Dawgs.
I'd go with Milroe even though he's just an above average QB IMHO. He ran for 117 yards and passed for 374 yards against the Dawgs. His strength is his experience & playmaking ability. He has gotten better this season.
Sorry, if I'm being honest with myself, I just can't go with Beck right now. Too inconsistent and sporadic. Need to see more from him going forward.
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About the playoffs....assuming the Dawgs take care of business the next 2 weeks in a resounding way, my biggest worry is that the Dawgs get shutout of the playoffs due to a potential 3-loss SEC Championship game loser pushing us out.
I’m ready for some SEC chaos. Auburn beats AM then AM beats TX. AM goes to Atlanta with 3 losses. Florida beats ole miss, Vandy beats Tenn. and then in the SEC championship- AM beats Bama!!!
Ever been in a pleasant rut? Carson isn't. Tennessee was a very good game for him. No interceptions. Over 350 yds in the air. Two Bennett-like scrambles and a TD. Impressive! Last three games …three interceptions…on and on. Less than 200 yds passing in a couple of those tilts. Admittedly, no substantive Oline help until the Vols. game. Is it the home game atmosphere that made the difference? I am awaiting the Tech game to see if Beck is really back?
I will say this about Beck. He's mechanically sound and accurate past 20 yds. He's relatively mobile in the pocket and deceptively fast with good vision....yet, his awareness in the pocket isn't what Bennett's was. He doesn't have that sixth sense, or feel for pressure. Nothing you can do about that.
That said....there's something about Beck that says "winner". I haven't seen him falter on moving the ball into scoring position, when the Dawgs needed a score, or a fist down, or the game was on the line.
The Bama game comes to mind here.
He came back from a 28 point deficit to take a lead, before the defense gave up a score to give the lead back, with less than 2 minutes remaining.
What did he do?....fold? Nope. He drove the field to give the Dawgs one last chance, before being intercepted in the endzone. If you are going down....that's how you go down. Fighting. Not...."throw it out of the endzone to protect your stats".
Consider this...What he's accomplished this year, with that young and sporadic starting cast, is about all you should expect. Anything more, would've been amazing....IMO.
Yep....gimme Beck. I don't think any of the other 3 QB's could've accomplished what Beck has accomplished so far...with THIS group of Dawgs. I don't think they would've had the patience or discipline to get the job done...with UGA's '24 schedule.
@BigDawg61…Valid argument. I'll give you that. I just think Beck wilts under pressure and Milroe has just about as good of an arm as Beck but much better legs and elusiveness. Milroe can easily make the back shoulder throw and Beck hasn't proven to me that he can. And as Kaylee pointed out above, Milroe capped the Tide's game winning drive in under 2 minutes to beat the Dawgs this year. They both have their moments of awesomeness.
We will probably have to see Beck playing that way like he did at the end of the Bama game and against the Vols before the season is done…assuming we make the playoffs. Heck, maybe we even end up playing Bama and Milroe again.