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Poised Carson Beck lifts Georgia in emotional 44-42, 8-overtime win over Georgia Tech
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Poised Carson Beck lifts Georgia in emotional 44-42, 8-overtime win over Georgia Tech
ATHENS — Carson Beck stood tall throughout an emotional 8-overtime, 44-42 win over Georgia Tech Friday night.
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I’d still take Aaron Murray in a must-score situation but Beck finished pretty darned good. Two scores in 5 minutes when you must have two scores in 5 minutes was impressive and showed calmness and leadership.
I wouldn’t be so confident about the CFP. Last year UGA quietly got (blanked), so I don’t trust the selection process.
Carson Beck is no Stetson Bennett, but we were lucky to have him as our quarterback last night. The Dawgnation will miss him and he will always be a DGD. The receivers coach and Bobo, though, need to have their contracts terminated at the end of this season. We can and should be able to do much better…. Bobo's conservative play calling nearly sank our ship last night just as it did the last two times we played Bama.
This season's Dawgs team has been the most frustrating and excruciating team to watch in recent memory. Despite being outcoached and outplayed for most of the game, the Dawgs pulled out another win. With 5 and a half minutes to play and down 14 points, these Dawgs looked defeated. They had been shutout in the 1st half for the first time since 2019. Fans were leaving the stadium. I had pretty much written them off because of the sloppy and uninspiring way they had played up until that point. But these Dawgs hadn't given up.
They needed a miracle, and they got a big piece of it from Dan Jackson. The other pieces the rest of the long night came from Dillon Bell and Nate Frazier. Beck was not the hero last night, but he did have some clutch plays when we needed it most.
CRAZY game.
Kudos to a very good Tech team who probably should have won. Haynes King was their cryptonite, and he played one helluva game.
I'm proud of this team, after suffering the most injuries in the KS era, and while playing the toughest schedule, they still found a way to go 10-2 and make the SEC championship game.
If the receivers can catch the ball better and if the defense can play up to their ability this team will have a chance.
I agree, out coached, but to a point. Bobo and Carson teamed up later in the game and proved pretty well they were still in this contest! Dan Jackson gave UGA the miracle I was literally praying for…Chambliss fell on it…the game trajectory changed. Then, 8 OTs later, little freshman Nate Frazier blasts through a huge hole for the victory. Let's celebrate this one!!! I am wrecked emotionally. LOL…later.
Absolutely love his closing statement about the ball being in his hands will produce a win. Need that confidence and he and the team absolutely earned that win.
I have defended the play calling all year but the lack of creativity on offense really stood out. Tech had a much better game plan and it made sense. UGA’s seemed really scattered and just strange. Perhaps it is all about who is in the game or things above my pay grade but the differences on offensive strategy and play calling were very evident and it didn’t favor the DAWGS.
On to the championship. Go DAWGS!
What has become very apparent this season is that the SEC is overrated. Seriously. There is no dominant team(s) and some definite parity has come to the league. Texas has shown us nothing in terms of how good they are. Their schedule has been pretty forgiving. I see no more than 3 SEC teams in the playoffs.
With NIL and the portal ending as many 4* and 5* backups, the programs that dominate will be those that innovate. Programs used to winning under an old system will be slow to change to the new. Welcome to quantitative analysis and moneyball college football.
Think I speak for Dawg Nation in that we all long for the days of "The Dominate Dawgs"…….however, I'm one HAPPY Dawg in that in 2024 we have had "The Resilient Dawgs"……"Never Quit Dawgs", "Always Find A Way To Win Dawgs", " Come Back From Chaos Dawgs"…..10/2 playing the toughest schedule in college football, with every competitor playing their best against the Dawgs…..as I look forward, I don't see any potential competition with more talent, more want/desire, The Dawgs have only to play for the love of the game, love for one another and for The LOVE of UGA!
With all that said, I'll say it again……The Dawgs NEED Buster Faulkner back as either the highest paid Co-OC or OC in college football…..we now have 3-4 scholarship QB's that are as good as Haynes King, certainly all have the potential to be better.
I'll be glad when Beck is gone. He's just too hard to watch. Good win but he's still the same. Tech QB much better.
We won because we have better players. NOt because of better coaching. Which team was coached up and ready to fight? WHich team's OC took less gifted players and almost ran us out of our own stadium? Which team's O-Line had the highest rated players coming out of HS and which team's O-Line dominated their opponents higher rated D-line? We all know the answer. Which team had 300 yards in the 1st half? Which team had the best OC? DC?
We all know the answers to these questions. UMASS exposed the run defense and I knew Ga Tech would exploit it too. I just didn't count on it being a having their way with us. BUt that's exactly what it was! THey had their way with us and we looked helpless.
It was embarrassing watching Kirby answer the half-time quesions of why his team was performing so poorly from the commentator. He looked like a little kid trying to answer to his parents about something he did wrong.
A great coach recognizes the astute talent around him. He let the better OC get away.
I said last week that I hoped Bobo would call agreat game like he did against Tennessee, where he threw on 1st down alot and passed to set up the run. I said I hoped Bobo didn't try to play bully-ball with Tech. BUt thats exactly what he did. Tried running 2-1 ratio verses the pass early on.. Went for it on 4th down instead of taking the points early. Ran it 3rd and short for no gain, then 4th and short no gain. Why not pass? We pass the friggin ball down the field to move the chains then kept hopping right back to the run game for next to nothing. WHen will he learn? We're a passing team? You have to come out and get CB into a rhythm. Same for our receivers. IT's why we're a second half team.
Jackson Meeks would’ve look good in red and black.