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Based on Brenton Cox’s stat line he is as not there yet either! Go Dawgs
The Gators have excellent LBs, good DBs (though better at safety than CB) but absolutely atrocious DLs. Whether Florida or Vanderbilt are worse at DL is a real debate. Seriously. It is why Napier has recruited six defensive linemen in this class and is actually trying to land a couple more.
Florida's starting DLs? All sophomores. The starting LDE? 245 lbs. His UGA counterpart is a 280 lbs 5th year senior. The RDE is actually a 310 lb. 5 star recruit but he isn't playing anywhere near his measurables or recruiting hype. But the NT? Yeah ... he is 400 lbs. And that is down from 415 lbs in the offseason. Yes, he was a 4 star recruit. No, actual big time programs like Alabama, Georgia, Clemson, Ohio State etc. didn't have any interest in a 400 lb. player no matter how highly rated he was. And why are these three starting? Because everyone behind them on the depth chart is a freshman. Dan Mullen recruiting in action.
@dogs_n_braves "Athens just never seems to have much effect on opposing teams. "
Totally disagree. Did you happen to go to the Arkansas game last year? A noon game at that!! It was deafening and it's always that way for big games. Have you seen the past few years how many procedure calls the crowd has caused opposing offenses?. Heck, don't take my word for how loud or intimidating Sanford Stadium is , ask the recruits that have visited or just look at the comments they have made. Even ones that don't commit to UGA, words like crazy, electric, awesome, etc. One of the most important components of UGA signing these top three classes every year has been the atmosphere in Sanford Stadium. Announcers have said over and over when speaking of big games at Sanford Stadium, "one of the best atmospheres in college football". I don't think you're giving UGA the credit it deserves.
LOL...Beatable? Of course, they are beatable. BAMA almost beat em and they are beatable too.
I know a lot of people, including some of the so-called experts, don't see it yet. They're blinded by their own hype. UGA is just a better football team than TENN or BAMA or Clemson. In fact, OSU might be the only team that can give the Dawgs a run for their money.
The last time, Dawgs fans saw what this team will look like, going forward, was on Sep 3rd in the ATL. Next week, Smart and Monkin will take the choker chain off the Dawg's neck and turn em loose. There's no further reason to play possum.
PREDICTION:
Dawgs WIN 54-27...final score!!!
Take it to the bank or your local bookie. LOL
Let us hope you're right.
Let the game begin.
Go, Dawgs!
I tend to agree with you about Sanford Stadium @dogs_n_braves. Yes, the crowd was loud and intimidating against Arkansas last year, and the Notre Dame game in 2019 was off-the-chain insane. But Kent State wasn't the least bit bothered by the crowd this year. Neither was South Carolina in 2019. This is NOT TO SAY that the Sanford Stadium crowd isn't loud and doesn't affect games. It certainly does. But I think if you anonymously surveyed SEC coaches and players about the league's most intimidating stadiums, I believe that Neyland Stadium, Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge and the Swamp down in Gainesville, and maybe even College Station and Starkville with those obnoxious cowbells would all be ranked ahead of Sanford. But I do hope that and barks loudly for the entire 60 minutes because that's what it's going to take. Go Dawgs!
@DallasDawg, @dogs_n_braves,
Kent State, really? LSU and Tenn, would have been doing their Wordle if they were playing them, if they bothered to show up. Yes, it would take them that long to get the word or more accurately, to NOT get the word during the game.
When we played ALA at home a several years ago when Richt was coaching (Yes, we lost) there were two ALA fans in front of me and they covered their ears every time ALA was on offense. It was that loud. We lost, but the fans showed up and it was there.
How another team reacts to the noise is on them. All we can do is "bring it" and our fans "bring it" for every big game and even those that aren't so big.
Neyland stadium didn't intimidate Lane Kiffin's team when they beat Tenn there and you're talking Ole Miss. Let's see how intimidated Saban's team is next week when they play LSU.