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I have no idea what our offense will look like on Saturday.
That's because I have only seen one game.
After about Week 4 I think I will know what it will look like Week 5.
I am sorry. I am slow and unintelligent and cannot glean as much inside from one game as some of you can. I am amazed at your ability to decipher this. I wish I had the access to practice film, team meetings, position meetings, and future play calling that some do.
You guys live my best life, I guess...
From reading this thread it is clear that some are going to be disappointed when UGA pulls it together and is successful this year.
We’ll see about Arky. In the meantime, let’s not become Gator fans. After they beat Miami last year (by 4 points), they claimed Miami was greatly improved and would prove to be a good team. Miami went on to lose to Duke, NOrth Carolina, Georgia Tech and mighty FIU.
Reasonable take. I really don't want to be a Gator fan.
Odom is a great coach - he always had the Mizzou D ready to play.
when my son was really young.....he was really large. Very tall and very heavy.
He played soccer and when the coach passed out jerseys he was very apologetic and told my son he didn't have one that would fit him.
My son said that was ok because he didn't want to wear a gator shirt anyways.
The team was the gators......and I knew I had a smart kiddo.
That may need to be reposted in the Gator Hate thread. Great story!
Arky will definitely not win the east
You never know. Its 2020, stranger things have happened
Ok I’ll concede they’ve been poorly mismanaged. I think that’s a very true statement but we should have beaten them by 50.
For the MAJORITY of Kirby Smarts tenure it’s taken us awhile to get started and put teams away. Now this year is a little different and I think even when it’s not mentioned it should be a given that with COVID no spring and summer camps. The Newman deal etc that the offense is going to be a little behind the 8 ball. However for whatever reason we’re still starting slow. And this is only a one game sample size and it could be totally different Saturday but what else do we have to talk about, it’s this or who starts at QB vs AU.
I'm confident that Monken gets it worked out. I think personnel is going to make or break this year. I don’t think play calling will be an issue like it has been with previous OCs. I seen some good things on that front against Arkansas.
I have to say, I question the logic of some of you supposed Dawg fans. Do you watch the game believing they will win or at the very least hoping they will win? I doubt most fans on this forum are just blindly optimistic going into every game; and it’s easy to see that most are disappointed and anxious about last week’s performance. But this idea of assuming that the offense is so bad we might as well pack it up and prepare for a terrible season because the Dawgs might not be as good as we hoped, after one game, is such a loser mentality and, frankly, I question your loyalty to the team. Talent gets you half-way, battle-tested experience gets you the rest of the way. Against, Arkansas, the team had a LT, RT, at times C, a couple WRs, a TE, and a QB all getting first time SEC starts. It’s called perspective, folks. Lot of football to be played and this team isn’t anywhere close to peaking on either side of the ball and they won by 27 points.
Gotta like the Lip on that BrotatoChip.
How did you decide we should have won by 50 points? Given all the new players, first-time starters, lack of experience etc. that big of a prediction seems...well, pretty bold. When was the last time we won an SEC game by 50 points?
Exactly, when was the last time we won an SEC game that we should win by 50 actually by 50?
The talent disparity for one, and I know Arkansas has the 26th ranked team recruiting etc. However, we started slow again and we played undisciplined unfocused football until stet came in. I know it’s a wild year but my expectations are always high🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
This gave me an idea for a fun experiment. I don't normally try to predict games, but like everyone, have some expectations. I'm going to try to predict some things about each game based on all the knowledge up to that point. I'm thinking: points scored, points allowed, number of turnovers we have, number of turnovers we force, and maybe some yardages. By the end of the year, I can compare my expectations and the reality of what happened. Over the course of a full year, the weird bounces should average out and I will be able to find out how realistic my expectations are.
I welcome everyone to try this. It would certainly let us know by the end of the year who has unrealistically high expectations, unnecessarily low expectations, and who we should listen to more often. More importantly, every person who does this will undoubtedly gain more insight about themselves that they can use in the future to improve their mindset. Thoughts?