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SEC expert: Georgia offense ‘not the sexiest, but it’s efficient’
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SEC expert: Georgia offense ‘not the sexiest, but it’s efficient’
ATHENS — Reality hit Sanford Stadium last Saturday when Georgia went into halftime trailing South Carolina by a 14-3 count.
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I agree Washington looks like the best team so far.
We can be the best team by end of year if we can get healthier and continue to improve. I have full confidence in Beck and our wide receiver corps. I also believe in Bobo and our ability to get a solid running game with Bell and Edwards supplementing with Cash and others as they get healthy.
Feel like we are seeing the infancy of what our passing game will be.
Defense is coming along nicely with 52, 55 and 44 contributing.
You guys may want to “stone” me for this comment, but I thought we looked better against SC than we did last season against Kent State, Samford, Missouri and Kentucky. Go Dawgs!!!
Too many slip screens? Remember how many WR screens Monken ran last year? Remember how AD got hurt (blown up WR screen) in game 2(?) last year?
You may see CKS expand the route tree for 15 this week. That would make sense as 15 gains experience and confidence. Or not w/AU coming up next week. No sense tipping AU off to too much.
Part of the QB/O problem is the WR problem. #1 was suspended for game 1. 84 is hurt. 6 is new. 86 is playing RB. 19 is hurt. 18 is a RS Fr. 5 only seems to know 1 pass route. No way CKS gambles w/the mess at WR and RB and a new QB. The last time CKS gambled was the Justin Fields fake punt.
The championship isn't played in week 4. Bottom line is this team has to get healthy and get better. Across the board. 15 seems to be the best prepared, most effective guy on the team so far.
Blaylock and K. Jackson were unsung heroes last season. WHenever a big play was needed they would come through. SB would find them. Not sure CB has any "go to" receiver right now. Maybe Rosemy. He needs to develop more chemistry with his receivers and find a guy or two that he trusts when the stuff hits the fan.
You are correct @reddawg1 . There is no true 'go to." Rosemy-Jacksaint is the best of an average group. With all of Arian Smith's speed, he strikes practically no fear in the hearts of defensive backs. Lovett and Thomas show flashes, but the passes are usually short- or mid-range. The dropoff is significant from there. Again, I say, UGA needs to recruit a couple 5-star wide receivers and creatively USE THEM. Just don't understand why we can't sign them. Even Texas Tech, which has won ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, has a 5-star WR commit this year, a top 10 overall player, no less. Granted, the kid is a legacy to the school, but still, UGA can't get just one 5-star WR to commit? I thought Raiola's commitment would have changed that but apparently not. And what kids have seen from us so far this season,is not exactly going to inspire a top high school receiver to want to play at UGA.
We will be fine. Yawn...
Wake me up when Beck passess for 400 yards and 3tds.
Would love to see us coming out against UAB firing on all cylinders, scoring on every drive(not just fielld goals) say putting up 35 first half points. ANd let the B team get alot of second half reps. Anything less than 24 first half points will be a let down. GA Southern put up 49 total on them last week.
Yep...you're correct. That...and Kirby's demeanor during interviews should tell everybody what's coming. Lol
I'm sure "The Three Wise Men" [Smart, Muschamp & Bobo], read stories like this, with a chuckle and a smile. They've barely cracked the playbook open and emptied the bench over the last 3 games...yet, the Paid Gumflappers don't seem to be able to put it all together.
They'd rather drool over a hodge podge team with a QB, Prime Time HC and 2-way player [injured, now]....than pay homage to actual "Football Excellence". The usual anti-Georgia media biases prevail...and, Kirby is gonna make em eat those biases raw, before it's all said and done. He's already made "Morons" & "Liars" out of a lot of them.
The Sports World's usual suspects, seem to think, this is UGA going "all-out" to win and score points...when, they've obviously been working on building depth for the '23 run and putting together next year's team. Lol
Kirby and Bobo know exactly what they have and when they will need to pull out the "big guns"...[later in the season], possibly against Auburn.
People talk about the Dawgs going good on good in practice...but, apparently, they don't understand the value. Bobo doesn't have to open up their offense against the likes of South Carolina, to know what the Offense can do...cause, they've seen what they can do against one of the top defenses in the Country every day, in practice.
Kirby says, "Keep the doubt comin',, boys...can't get enough.". Lol
Lol...you don't really think you've seen UGA's "passing game", yet...do you? They're running a basic "route-tree" with new receivers and a new QB. Working on O-line Communications, Short Game and Backfield options...in a glorified "4-Game Dress Rehearsal". WR and "the passing game" are the least of Kirby's concern, at this point in the season [due to schedule].
We won't see the real deal, passing attack, until the Auburn game...at the earliest. The occasional deep throw, but, not a sustained passing attack. The rule is...if you can move the ball on the ground and play elite defense...the rest is window dressing for the fans. [UTM, Ball St, South Carolina and UAB] don't rate, opening the playbook past Chapter One. IMO
As far as elite WR's....Most of today's "5-Star Receivers" want to play for a team that "depends" on a QB to WR connection to move the ball [Prima Donna's]. THAT is not UGA....and, I hope it never will be. Live by the pass...die by the pass. See...[Bama, OSU, USC, Oklahoma]....all, sitting at home in January, last year...or crying about injured Wide Receivers, the year before.
"The Game", is reverting back to what it used to be...[LOS Control & Defense]...because, Coaches see the vulnerability of depending on 2 or 3 players to move the ball and outscore your opponent in a basketball meet. It's exciting for fans...as long as the QB and WR are healthy and, the defense is "somewhat efficient", deep and talented. If one goes down..."season over". That's NOT Georgia football...IMO.
You know BubbaBill, I've all but forgotten those games.....went back and previewed all and you are dead on right....I was never really worried about us in any of those games except Mizzo....the same resilient, "never quit attitude" that I saw against Mizzo was the same attitude I saw in the second half against The Gamecocks....except it was on steroids! We have the talent, the depth, the coaching direction, and we have what other teams lack...."never quit attitude".....on steroids!
If the Dawgs had to play Oklahoma as originally scheduled...we wouldn't even be having this conversation. Lol...you know, Kirby has to be loving all this "doubt".
And, none of these high paid Gumflappers can claim, they "never doubted Georgia"...after the Dawgs wrap up their 3rd Natty in a row. There's a few, that see it for what it is...Dan Mullen, Rece Davis, Urban Meyer and Kirk Herbstreit are among those that "don't".
At this point in the season...either, you "know"...or, you "don't know". Kirby is playing "the media" like a fiddle, this year. IMO. And, they are the only ones that will be "shocked" at how much UGA improved from the UAB Game to the Auburn Game. "Where did that passing game, come from."...they'll say. "Beck for Heisman"...they'll add. "Bobo is an Offensive Genius."...they'll avow. Lol...predictable.
I'm a little too Larry Munson + we have a whole lot of improving to do. Even so, you might be right. Kirby is not being disingenuous. We have the talent, but will we get better and better as we go along?
Go, Dawgs!
So we’ve just been sandbagging them! Waiting for everyone to double their bets! Then we start playing for real! How clever!
I believe...what we saw in the 3rd qtr, last week...is more like, what we're gonna see against Auburn. Only a lot more stream-lined and explosive, with more pieces returning. We may see it for a half, this weekend...as, I'm sure Bobo wants his QB going into Auburn with as much "confidence" as possible.
The "look" or apparent "sandbagging" over the last 3 weeks was a....."more than acceptable".....by-product of what Kirby was doing. Which is...allowing the guys to lick their wounds from a tougher than usual Fall Camp, "building depth and experience" and working on "basics" in a game environment..."experimenting with various personnel groupings". Something that is nearly impossible to do, in practice or scrimmage.
You can tell what UGA was doing, by the way they approached their "Red Zone Offense". Extremely conservative as compared to their usual in-game approach....with either Monkin or Bobo calling plays.
Kirby owned the Red Zone, IMO. He wanted to see his team impose it's will and break the other team, in the trenches...against a stacked deck. They will surely need that physicality and mental toughness at some point this year (maybe). Lol
Kirby didn't "come off any plays" with more "imagination" than their most basic stuff, till they were down 14-3 to Carolina. Lol...now, Freeze is gonna think that's what he's gonna see...slip-screens and passes over the middle, mixed with the sweep and toss. He will be ready for UGA's perimeter game (maybe).
I think UGA is gonna be much more inventive and explosive than they were, in either of the last 2 years....before this year is over.
We knew, coming into this year, that the Dawgs were loaded with players from last year's Championship team...and, that their schedule wouldn't challenge them until the Auburn game (maybe).
If you were the HC...and, you knew all that...what would you do, to make your team better?. Me?....I'd get as many of the young players involved, as possible...without compromising the "team's standard". I thought everybody involved has done a fantastic job, of not allowing "better", to get a "rest".
Kirby was extremely fortunate, with scheduling this year. It's about time UGA got a break. And, Kirby has every right and reason, to take full advantage. Especially, after all the crap people have been saying on the National Stage.