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Our offense ONLY scored 3 points against Clemson. Our JT led offense ONLY scored 2 TDs total against Cincinnati and Clemson….only 1 TD pass in 8 quarters. If we don’t hit a Peach Bowl record field goal we definitely lose. If we don’t get a pick-6 against Clemson we likely lose. That’s how close JT was to losing BOTH of the games he played against the only 2 teams he faced with winning records. Bennett scored 6 TDs against #1 Bama in the 2 games, but somehow you and your fellow doubters just keep the trash talk going and have nominated JT for sainthood. Your boy lost his job at UGA to a former walk-on and he lost his job at USC to a QB who finished #82 this past season in QBR. Now he’s quit again because he’s not starting and looking for a 3rd taker. You guys are hopeless and are totally blind to the facts that are clear as can be for folks who understand football. Case closed.
Thank you. Rational without degrading anyone. I'm a huge JT fan, but I see zero reason to speculate how many games we would have won with him instead of SBIV... we won the National Championship with SBIV and that's the end of it. Wherever JT goes, I'll likely root for him every game, unless he comes up against UGA.
So, root for JT, or Gunner, or Brock, or whomever... but can we stop the dogging of a National Championship winning coach and QB who have succeeded against incredible odds? This speculating on the past benefits no one, especially all the young men who have worked so hard under such scrutiny for 20-somethings. I'm confident CKS will be infinitely loyal to winning, above and beyond any individual... his team, his coaches, UGA fans, UGA leadership, and UGA boosters will settle for nothing less, and he knows it (and his paycheck knows it, too).
Here's wishing all the players who have come through UGA this past year success on the field and in life, whether here or elsewhere... and most importantly, here's wishing the Dawgs 15-0 this coming season! 😁🤙
Yikes, you got caught in the cross hairs. My bad.
Yes, lots of sarcasm on my end. Growing very tired of people slamming Stetson with little objectivity.
To be clear you are hanging your hat in JT’s solid (not elite) play against strictly mediocre opponents save for Cincinnati.
5 sacs 3-4 of which were complete o-line busts. One side step on a play he completed for a TD. A 50/50 ball he didn’t even have to throw that ended up as 6 points lmao. And your subjective view in how he kept us in a tough defensive battle for 3 quarters before being the QB that DELIVERED OVER THE HEISMAN in the fourth.
Lastly you are supporting the fact that you feel “nervous” when he’s at the helm. I don’t know man but I feel nervous when anyone from Stafford to Dwan Mathis have been at the helm. I just try to trust the coaches, not nag and complain when we’re experiencing success; and most importantly I try to avoid spreading so much negativity about our QB1- especially our future QB1 who just took us on a Natty run. 😂😂😂😂
Thank goodness you’re not our coach.
The things you are saying are misleading, if not totally untrue/subjective. Coaches never said no competition until very late in the season when it got toxic in the media/fanbase. Until then it was a week to week evaluation. Meaning JT got a chance. You just don't like that Stetson won Monken and the locker room over. Maybe you think the Natty would look more on-brand if it was with a so-to-speak "elite" QB (which calling anything JT has done in college elite is insincere/willfully ignorant - he's extremely talented at best; but has done nothing elite in college)?
Lastly, Kirby and staff don't owe players or the fanbase a "fair and open competition" as the fans see it... but they do owe it TO THE TEAM to evaluate players on a basis of what sets the TEAM up for the most success. Do you understand how freaking hard it would have been to have had an open QB competition while trying to prepare for an SEC schedule. Which week would you have held the "fair and open competition"? The week of Arkansas - a top ten match up; the week of Auburn - one of our biggest rivals; the weeks of Florida (biggest regular season game every year), Kentucky (basically the play in game for SECCG) or Mizzou (who was coming off their first meaningful win of the season). Every single one of these games were high stakes and the team was winning by an average of 30+ points with Stetson starting and playing great complimentary football on both sides. I'd guess Kirby/Monken determined feasible to reset the QB battle mid season. Why make a change as you're running the table on the SEC slate in dominant fashion? Particularly when you'd have been making the change because fans were outraged with that literally 2.4/100 balls Stetson through were INT's + a couple a game were not as pretty as they'd have liked. LMFAO.
Stetson capitalized on his opportunity and it was crappy the way it played out for JT - I do hate that; but I'm not gonna bash anything Stetson did becuase I wished I'd gotten to see more JT. I won't deny that JT probably is the must more talented guy. But sometimes, as a leader, when you're in a jam you have to do what's best for the ENTIRE TEAM; and it sucks when that comes at the expense of one - high profile - player. But it's clear the right decision were made as the CPP trophy's now in the case. May the best man win in Spring and I pray UGA fans will accept it and move on without spewing the hateful, anti-stetsonite venom that cast a dark cloud over this beautiful season.
Dang Ddavis…..you get an “A+”. Your comments are spot-on and perfectly stated. I agree it’s too bad JT had so many injuries at UGA and USC because I would have enjoyed seeing him play more. With that said, it’s amazing how Bennett has bailed us out 2 seasons in a row as a “back-up” QB. Don’t forget, the 2020 season started with SB coming off the bench to save us against Arkansas in the opener. I believe he could have gone 13-1 in 2020 had he not gotten injured in the Florida game after giving us a 14 point lead. Ironically, JT actually got his start in 2020 when he replaced SB who never fully recovered from his injury. So JT and SB replaced each other due to injuries over the past 2 seasons.
I think another issue with SBIV that people may overlook, is that he won't be as nervous now that he's won the natty, proven himself capable of winning a tough game even with mistakes, and is QB1 going into Spring camp.
It's just my humble opinion, but now without that pressure of proving himself and everyone questioning his ability to win "the big one", I think we will see him play with more composure and more command of the troops. I believe Georgia's offense this upcoming season will be more explosive because our QB1 will have grown and improved, and will have more command of the offense.
Just my 2 cents...