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Paul Finebaum: Great expectations for Georgia, predicts Clemson game, foresees SEC title tilt
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Paul Finebaum: Great expectations for Georgia, predicts Clemson game, foresees SEC title tilt
ATHENS — Georgia football will be returning to the No. 1 ranking in the nation after the opening week of the season according to SEC Network analyst Paul Finebaum.
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Even if we beat Clemson, UGA won't get the #1 ranking(not that it matters) but the pundits will still say UGA has some "things to iron out" or "some question marks", or some "holes to fill" on the defense, etc.. meanwhile BAMA lost 8 of the top 38 players taken in this years draft. Nothing to "iron out" there though.
Think about that, almost one out of every 4 of the first 38 players chosen this year were from BAMA. Is that not a record?
And yet the pundits will say that "BAMA just reloads". And there is truth to that. We do too. The problem is BAMA has reloaded and won multiple NC. We have reloaded and won 1 SEC under CKS, and had a "close but no cigar"- "shoulda-coulda " NC.
Time to change the narrative.
I agree with pretty much all you said. I just hope we change the narrative against Clemson. If not, we have to win out to make the playoffs--as we have pretty much every year of Smart's tenure. It would be nice to see our team go out and execute in that first game.
I agree with Finebaum. We actually should be favored in the game against Clemson or at worst even spread. However, the oddsmakers may not agree based on our past letdowns. On paper, we have more talent than Clemson at the most crucial spots. The game will probably come down to 3 things: QB play, who controls the line of scrimmage, and turnovers.
The dawgs need to play all four quarters full throttle.
it will be interesting who makes the better half time adjustments.
I agree with Paul Finebaum.. This the Dawgs year. In previous years since Coach Kirby Smart's arrival, Georgia best chance at winning the National Championship was the 2017 year, which was cut short in a stunning loss to Alabama with only seconds left on the clock. Georgia dominated the Alabama Crimson Tide almost four complete quarters of the game, and was inching in to win the National Championship only to be cut short by a Nick Saban's Crimson Tide with seconds left on the clock, stunning the Bulldogs to lose to Alabama. If there any team that Georgia plays well against, it is the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Kirby Smart's Georgia Bulldogs give Nick Saban's Crimson Tide
fits. They seem to keep Alabama on their Toes. Georgia have to understand that
the game is played for 4 quarters, and not 3.75 or 3.90 quarters. Giving up a
tad bit of a few seconds will allow Alabama to get back in the game with
momentum, and beat you. The previous years under Coach Kirby Smart the Dawgs
can get there but can't seem to win the big one. It is in my opinion, that
Georgia has now ironed out it's kinks, and will be a serious contender to win
it all this Fall 2021 Football Season.
The Bulldogs is loaded on both sides of the ball. You could
never count out the Dawgs Defense and now the Offense looks to be right on
point. It has been in the past that in the SEC, Defense was the common
denominator to win Championships. But if I can remember, that is in the past.
That LSU Tigers team of Ed Orgeron 2020 National Championship team in my
opinion change the fabric of the game. That LSU Team dominated both sides of
the ball, and that year no one could beat them. It seems as if 2021 Alabama
Crimson Tide Football mirrored the same image of LSU beating everyone in its
path convincingly winning the National Championship. Now it appears that the
Georgia Bulldogs now have the same talent on both sides of the ball as did LSU
and Alabama.
While the majority of the Sports Media like USA Today, Bleacher
Report, Sportsnet, and other sports media having Clemson as No.1 in Pre-Season
Rankings earlier this year, I believe that Georgia will beat the Clemson Tigers
in the opening Game, and from there rise to being the No. 1 team in the
Country. I also believe that Georgia will run the tables in the regular season
beating every team including Florida, Auburn, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky and
win the S.E.C. East, then play in my prediction against either Alabama or Texas
A&M to win the S.E.C. Championship. It is also my prediction that Georgia
will enter the College Playoff winning it all and play for the National
Championship. Georgia will become the 2021-2022 NCAA Football National
Champions.
It remains a two game season - Clemson and the SECCG. There are lots of different paths to the CFP. What cannot happen is to lose two games. This year may be the best opportunity Kirby has in several years going forward.
First thing: Finebaum is a Bama homer first, SEC second.
With that being said......Clemson has a better QB. JT is immobile. UGA has more exp at OLine. Clemson has a better DLine. Secondary's are BOTH unknown at this point. UGA holds the edge @ RB. Wide receivers are BOTH questionable. Sorry, Clemson holds the edge in coaching as well.
I see this coming down to JT vs DJ.
@Wesdg Dawgs will beat Clemson. No doubt about it.