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Clemson or ‘cupcakes’? That’s the question for Kirby Smart and Georgia schedule moving forward
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Clemson or ‘cupcakes’? That’s the question for Kirby Smart and Georgia schedule moving forward
ATHENS — Kirby Smart wants his team to play in big games. He loves the atmosphere and the test that those games provide.
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Give UGA a cupcake opener…less injuries right off…generally, with ranked opponents, many injuries seem to be for the rest of the season !!?? The "Committee" bases ranking on wins and losses. So, win more with a weaker schedule IF the playoffs is your goal. Kirby seems to think fans want quality competition and so does he. So be it.
Fans may complain about the schedule, but bring home the natty and all is forgotten! National Championships are all that matters nowadays for a program like Georgia!
I don't trust the MIchigan guy. Wait and see how man BIg 10 teams get the bye or the home field. "Something smells rotten in Denmark."
Notre Dame losing to NIU is a far distant memory. No way they should get in the CFP.
“I think they value wins and losses,” Smart said. “And so they place people based on a column, a column of wins and a column of losses, not on the eye test of going to watch them play and see them and see who they played. I just don’t think they, I think they base it on wins and losses. I don’t think they say, well, this is better than that. They just say this record’s better than that. That’s the most simple way to do it. It’s not necessarily the 12 best. "
Agree 100%. I couldn't have said it better myself. We'll know for sure when the final rankings come out after the Championship games.
No, sorry, no one wants to see us play UMass, Charlotte, or Marshall. It is a money game for those schools and teams and does nothing for UGA. Give me a Power 5 opponent along with (2) BYE weekends spread out like this season. Then get rid of the SEC Championship game and add a 9th SEC game. There's your schedule breakdown.
I seriously think the CFP Committee and the heads of the conferences are going to have to sit down and seriously re-evaluate the way the rankings are determined and decide whether or not Championship games are really worth it/needed. The way things are heading right now there is an obvious FLAW in the way these CFP teams are ranked. And it is also making the conference championship games something you might want to completely avoid. That's definitely not been the case in any previous season.
I think this committee wants to see the good ole days come back. They remember watching the games with their fathers, when Michigan, Penn St and Ohio St were winning…
😝I like that!
I like big offensive explosions so I have no problem with “cupcakes”. The kids at those schools play just as hard as our guys so no issues here.
But also, the SEC schedule itself will satisfy the SOS rating. Usually. I have no idea how texas escaped the hard games.
Oh, never mind. I know. We all know.
For the umpteenth time.
Playing a tough schedule only helps you when you win. It doesn't do squat for you when you lose. It is a tiebreaker. Period. Yes the playoff committee will "reward" a team but not at the expense of blatantly harming another team.
Another thing: UGA's losses aren't anomalies. They have happened because UGA lacks difference-makers at WR, RB and TE on offense and the defense gives up big plays when UGA can't pressure the passer. UGA isn't merely vulnerable to SEC teams. They are vulnerable to good teams. And the playoff is going to be full of good teams. The Ole Miss and Alabama teams who beat UGA aren't world-beaters. Alabama gave up 40 points in a loss to a Vanderbilt team that lost to 2-8 Georgia State and will likely finish 6-5 (and they also lost to Tennessee). Ole Miss lost to 4-6 Kentucky and 6-4 LSU, and on yeah UGA was the only ranked team they have played this year.
UGA in 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2017 is undefeated against this schedule. This UGA team has 2 losses because they aren't as good as those teams. The 2021-2022 teams were way better on OL. The 2021, 2022 and 2023 teams were way better at WR. The 2017 and 2021 teams were better - 2017 way better - at RB. And all but possibly the 2017 team were better on defense. That's why any talk of UGA leapfrogging teams with better records makes no sense.
Oh, no, calling UMass a cupcake will be bulletin board material for them and make them really tough to beat now - says my inner Munson. That might actually be one-upping Munson.
See Juju committed to Colorado. Will he follow Prime to FSU?
Benzone makes some good points. I agree with much of what he says. I do believe that the Dawgs are definitely better than Indiana and Miami though. Of course, I could be wrong, but I would rank the Dawgs ahead of both those teams. Yes, Indiana is undefeated. So are several high school teams around the nation.
as a fan, I prefer the tougher schedule. Nobody likes playing 3 cupcakes a season. I feel the tougher schedule makes our team better even if we lose a game or 2. We are "usually" in EVERY game. Ole Miss was the exception this year.
this is the figure skating aspect of CFB; the Russian judges get to decide your fate. The problem is that neither KS or anyone else knows what the committee uses to decide because they don’t know. Each member has his or her own criteria which can rely on SOS, wins and loses or the eye test depending on the week. The Dawgs, coming off an undefeated championship season, were 12-1 last year and ranked no 1 the entire year until they lost the SEC championship by 3 pts. Yet, the committee decided they weren’t one of the top 4 teams. Understand this is a made for tv process and not a process to determine a true champion.
Georgia didn't make last year's CFB because there were four good Power 5 champions that deserved a shot. The SEC Championship was effectively the play-in game, and we lost.