This tells me Kirby is willing to give up an early out-of-conference loss, in a game that is winnable, in order to get his untested freshman QB playing time so he'll be a little seasoned when conference play comes along. In short, he's laser-focused on what happens inside the SEC, understands he's gonna take some lumps either sooner or later, and might as well take them when it doesn't hurt his chances of going to Atlanta.
Not a bad move. Not sure it will keep UGa from being rolled 2 or 3 times in the first half of their schedule, but he's surely focusing on the right goal.
As long as we whup them like a drum, doesn't matter to me which wide-eyed player they've got under center.