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Not one of Stockton's better games.
Finally, Dawgnation, what was with the website last night? On the update article, people could not post. Things just were off last night. I still cannot belive with the level of talent on this team, UGA is out. In the locker room, they should have been angry and upset with each other instead of sad. That game they let themselves down. I am done ranting now.
Our players and fanbase are hurting today because of Poor Coaching. Normally 34 points would be enough to win. But Kirby made bad decisions at critical times. And Bobo regressed on his play calling. My next comment will probably get allot of down votes and I could care less. But Dawgs got beat by a Very good Ole Miss team. I would not be shocked at all if Ole Miss goes on to win the Natty. Refs didn’t help any with Targettimg on us but No targettimg on Ole Miss when the guy led with his helmet right under Gunner’s chin. I also saw some serious holding going on but that’s crying over spilled milk.
I Know Dawgs fans are hurting something fierce today. I sure am. But my heart Really goes out to our players. Especially our Seniors. Kirby and staff failed these kids. Fire Kirby ? NO WAY !! That would be insane !! Fire Bobo ? Maybe. If Kirby really wants get back elite he should at least look around to see what OCs are available. He Owes the team that much.
And Defense still needs allot of work. Our Dawgs are out so I don’t care much who wins. But I guess I’ll pull for Ole Miss. Least we’re not Bama and TX Tech fans, Bama got utterly stomped. Because of So many health issues not sure I’ll see Next year. But I Love our Dawgs. And I’ll be cheering them on Win or Lose.
Firing Mike Bobo is the solution. Bobo has woodwormed his way deep into the UGA framing. Related to the Dooleys by marriage. Former QB. Best friends with a wonderful coach whose Achilles heel is excessively loyalty to friends on the job. I was ecstatic when Colorado State took Bobo as their HC. How did that work out? Then, he was on three different SEC teams in the next three years. How did that work out. So KS took his friend back in and now he can't be removed. Call Orkin. Bobo's gotta go. UGA will never ever see another natty as long as Bobo is calling the plays or leading from the Club Level. Bobo is getting paid an obscene salary at UGA. He has banked enough unearned income at this point. KS must cut him loose and move forward.
you know how hard it is going to be to repeat as champions under this format. The fact Georgia even made it back to the playoff is very impressive. Looked like a bunch of relieved coaches to me. Recruiting, transfer portal, NIL, long layoff after season and playoffs. Playoffs that go into almost February. Come on College Football before there is no college football left. What teams made it back to the playoffs this year. All those playoff coaches looked exhausted and today they get to deal with the transfer portal. LMAO. Don’t fire anyone on this staff. College football is not sustainable right now.
I will say I am disappointed. No more than the players, I'm sure. We had our chances and they slipped away. Ole Miss played a good game and had the benefit of making more outstanding plays than us.
Rather than being critical about our performance, I will simply say thx to the coaching staff and players for a very entertaining season.
@deputydog...agree with most everything you said in your posts. Tough loss, but we all saw this coming if we're honest with ourselves. Stockton and this team have a ceiling, and we hit it. Everything has to go just about perfectly - including play calling- for us to beat an equal or better team. We squandered opportunities last night, played not-to-lose/too conservatively, and were outplayed by Chambliss.
We were never going to win the Natty. Playing school yard football can only take you so far. Execution, discipline, schemes, coaching, grit, and talent wins the National Championship. Too many off-the-cuff improvisations while scrambling for your life isn't going to work in the biggest games. Dawgs need a better formula going forward.
The Ohio State Championship team from last year, and the Indiana team this year are the kind of disciplined, well-executing, excellent on both sides of the ball teams I would love for the Dawgs to aspire to going forward.
SEC has lost its edge and dominance over the last 3 years.
Well that was disappointing, Got outplayed and out coached. After watching Indiana and Oregon play yesterday and the different defensive strategies and combinations of getting to the quarterback and then watching Georgia last night was the difference between night and day. Chambliss is the best QB in the league barr none but the pursuit was not there. Once again and I have said it before that Kirby's love or loyalty to Bobo needs to end. He doesn't have the imagination for the job, WAY to conservative and this run up the middle with the same RB isn't cutting it, and this is not to diminish Frasier at all. Again last night we had plenty of RB's with fresh legs and he wouldn't use them. I love Gunner to death but I think he has tunnel vision. Georgia better wake up and open up the wallets because that is where this NIL thing has gone, it is a business now , I don't like it but that's the way it is. The dynasty of the SEC is over and Georgia better realize it. Another season done, what will next years crop bring to the table? GO DAWGS
So now, we're back to Bobo being the problem, huh? It's interesting that when a play doesn't work, the first response is to question the play caller. Sometimes it is a bad play call but most of the time the players don't execute properly. Sometimes our kids make a play at crucial moments and sometimes they don't. 34 all with less than two minutes left, make a play defensively. Everett got both hands on an INT but didn't hold on to it. Ole Miss won this game by outplaying is in crucial moments.
I just watched the last drive again. Stockton was under no pressure, but it seemed as if he did not read through his progressions. Young was open on the slant and the running play before was just another bad read. He did not change plays or protections at the line of scrimage. Such a wierd night.
Not much sleep for me after that loss, whew. I keep thinking about a few plays that could have gone differently, but will mention the 3rd quarter here. 99% of the time, the Dawgs score on that second drive of the 3rd quarter starting at mid field and really start pulling away. They had the momentum, were up 21-12, and Ole Miss had just failed to convert a 4th down. It was set up perfectly...you just have to tip your hat to the Ole Miss defense. I didn't expect them to play like that for a full 60 minutes. Young, Branch, Gunner, Cash, etc. made incredible next level plays...the Dawgs had to scratch and claw for everything they got, and so you have to give their defense a lot of credit.
@deputydog...throughout the season Stockton has missed open receivers, bailed on plays too early, and failed to hit his throws. Last night, he threw at least 3-4 Hail-Mary passes that were no more than 50-50 balls assuming they landed in the vicinity of the receiver. His ceiling has been reached this season. Maybe he truly gets better at his game or maybe he's as good as he's going to be. I love the guy's grit, toughness, and determination, but I didn't see us winning a Natty with him and this team this season.
Go back and watch the game now that it is over and tell me if the play calling was not bad. Yes, the players need to execute, but you cannot run the same play over and over from the game in October with a month to prepare. Exactly what were we trying to do last night. We had established the run and went away from it. They took Branch away and we did not have a counter. We had access to the same game film as Ole Miss. They counter all of our plays and we did nothing new. On that play when he went to delp in the back of the end zone, that should have been an interception, he had Young open on the slant but he had to be decisive with the ball something he was not all night. You must have a play for that moment something they had never seen before or something that isolated your two best recievers. Then the QB decides on which one was more open. He had time. He just chose wrong, but Bobo did not help him on that play because he should have a top target and then a secondary going into the play. He look at delp from the start. If I cannot hit Young on the slant then I looking for Branch. Maybe even Branch first but I am not drawing up a flat pass to the back of the endzone. Keep in mind I am just analyzing the lost nothing negative on the players.
I do agree about Stockton, but I thought he had taken a step forward with the defense, but he just did not last night. That reminded me of an Aaron Murray game. So many oppotunities just to be good enough to make it interesting and lose. I thought we were past that. I hope has another level in him and last night was the long layoff of which I said before is too long. Not the same team last night on offense or defense.
Kirby lost this game, plain and simple. They weren’t prepared. The game plan was awful. Offensive and defensive calls were suspect at best. Kirby’s in game decisions were the worse since his first season. The coaches did not have a game plan that our players could be successful with. Kirby let a 2nd game head coach beat him and made him look like saban. 8-4 looks promising next season.