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zhangliao04 said:
I like to eat pizza. Most of the time they are XL pizzas with a ton of toppings, extra cheese and extra sauce because its just better that way. That's a lot of weight right there. At least 5 lbs per pizza. And the squats I have to do in order to obtain said pizza used to be a clean 200 lbs. Due to my age though I had to drop it to around 185 now.
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Need more real stories like this. So many "just dropped 20 lbs" stories, where are the more entertaining "I just put on 20 lbs this Summer" stories? Real talk, none of us needed to lose weight without putting it on first.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
More yards = longer drives = more TOP = more wins.
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Longer drives and more total yards (I assume that's what you meant, not YPP) feel like a reflexive relationship. Could go either way. If efficiency is the same, then you need more 3rd down conversions for longer drives. The passing game already has this down, the run game doesn't yet. Longer drives then create more total yards. But we'll need more successful run plays to make this happen. Again, the rushing attack failed to convert 3rd down 72% of the time. More yards should allow more scoring opportunities. Fwiw TOP isn't very important overall. Only for "situational football" and running off the clock do ball control matter, otherwise it's a silly stat. Hell Auburn had the ball for like 5 mins and put up 50 in the first half on UCF last year.

Fwiw we rated VERY well in explosiveness last year. Where we failed miserably was in success rate - namely rushing "opportunity rate" (4+ yards) - ranked 119th here.

Overall, look toward the league worst rushing attack. That is where the most improvement is needed. The passing game was already good in every measurable way. Now it just has the opportunity to go from good to great.
 
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Devo182 said:
Longer drives and more total yards (I assume that's what you meant, not YPP) feel like a reflexive relationship. Could go either way. If efficiency is the same, then you need more 3rd down conversions for longer drives. The passing game already has this down, the run game doesn't yet. Longer drives then create more total yards. But we'll need more successful run plays to make this happen. Again, the rushing attack failed to convert 3rd down 72% of the time. More yards should allow more scoring opportunities. Fwiw TOP isn't very important overall. Only for "situational football" and running off the clock do ball control matter, otherwise it's a silly stat. Hell Auburn had the ball for like 5 mins and put up 50 in the first half on UCF last year.

Fwiw we rated VERY well in explosiveness last year. Where we failed miserably was in success rate - namely rushing "opportunity rate" (4+ yards) - ranked 119th here.

Overall, look toward the league worst rushing attack. That is where the most improvement is needed. The passing game was already good in every measurable way. Now it just has the opportunity to go from good to great.
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Ranked 126th in 1st downs at 16 a game. We just need the offense to generate longer drives and more of them period. That'll mean more 1st downs, more total yards, and more 3rd down conversions.
 
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Recapping the Erik Ainge show with Brian Rice from earlier today:

Erik said that when shells come on as they did yesterday for about 80% of the guys there’s not really any difference to speak of when you go to full pads. I don’t know if he was right but he said the guys were off today and would be back on the field tomorrow.

They talked about JG’s comment about Chaney simplifying the offense. Apparently it’s a David Cutcliffe maxim that it’s better to be great at a few things than okay at everything. You need to have enough of those things that you’re great at that you can respond to defensive adjustments in order to maintain the natural offensive advantage of the other side not really knowing what you’re going to do.

They said the problem with our offensive line last year wasn’t so much that our guys were getting beat; it was so many blown assignments. This is why experience is often a valued characteristic of the guys on the offensive line.

They talked about the cornerbacks and some of the frustrations especially for Taylor that they had to go through last year as freshmen and how much more improved they think the guys at corner will be this year. Their dream scenario seemed to be if Burrell or Means can get up to speed enough to allow Thompson to slide to Star (at least occasionally) our defense becomes so much better. They’re not sure whether or not we can expect Buchanan back but missing the first couple weeks of fall camp is not a good sign, according to them.

As so many others have noted, they also took time to talk about the physical transformation that is widely agreed has happened with our football team this year. Now, they said, we look like a college football team again. We just need to translate that into our performance on the field.

They talked about the strength staff. A 20 lb. dumbbell is a 20 lb. dumbbell. Anywhere you go in the country, any major CFP, strength and conditioning is not really all that different. Erik said he loved Dave Lawson but Lawson and his staff had different intensity levels at different times. The thing that stands out about Fitz and his staff reminds Erik of Johnny Long who was the guy when he was playing. Fitz’s staff brings the energy every single day. Erik said everybody in life is tired so that’s not an excuse for not bringing the energy. If you can’t bring the energy as the staff how can you expect the players to have the energy when you are charged with getting the most out of them and you don’t have it?

They talked about how Fitz has created an environment where the guys want to work out and if for some reason they miss a workout they feel bad about it. He doesn’t have to go hunt guys down to get them to get their workouts in.

They imagined a scenario where Ty Chandler would go into Pruitt’s office and tell him that Fitz is working the guys too hard. Pruitt, they imagined, would stop in to see Fitz and ask him what all he was doing and after hearing the answer would say we need to pick it up a little more. I want you to see if you can push them a little harder, especially #8.

Erik said Fitz and his guys are not reinventing the wheel for strength and conditioning. The biggest difference is the insane amount of energy they bring every.single.day.

Erik said he himself could be a coach from the perspective of being able to teach guys what to do but the thing that makes coaches really effective is something extra. He used Nick Reveiz as an example, a walk-on that earns a scholarship and becomes a 2-year starter at linebacker in the SEC. For Erik a lot about the game came naturally but for somebody like Nick they have a much deeper appreciation and a special insight for what it takes to be successful at this level of competition. Erik said Fitz has that, the grind every day, work toward a greater goal type of makeup, a character quality he shares with Pruitt, which makes them a really good team.

They talked a lot about the maturation of JG and some of the positive comments coming from his teammates, particularly in the area of leadership. The thing that stood out to them most was the empowerment that Chaney and Pruitt have given to JG. Erik said Pruitt doesn’t give out his endorsement very easily so they think it’s significant that both he and Chaney have placed so much trust in JG.

They talked about Pruitt’s comparison of the weather conditions (heat) in Knoxville to Gainesville and talked about the time for our game in the swamp this year. CBS has UGA/ND at night and for some reason ESPN can’t have another night game in the conference to compete with that. SEC network games apparently are for OOC opponents. So that leaves us with either a noon kickoff or a 3:30 pm kickoff. They prefer the noon kickoff because Florida will be coming off of 3 straight night games and we will have played at noon the week before – plus the last time we beat Florida in the swamp (2003), it was a noon kickoff.

Erik says we will get our first road win of the season when we go down to Gainesville this year. Nobody in the room disagreed with him and neither do I.
 
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zhangliao04 said:
SIAP, but I saw this tidbit in the most recent Ubben article on The Athletic:



I loved reading this part. Figured some would enjoy seeing this, too.
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It's statements like this that lead me to believe that JP is the guy. I'm not saying the road will be easy, because it won't, nor am I saying that there won't be times that I begin to doubt him, because there will, but his football IQ, along with his ability to recognize, diagnose, and adapt to the opponent's coverage is the number one reason why I believe in our coach.

Given enough time, I believe that he will bring this program back to national prominence.

I had a lot of trepidation about Kiffin, Dooley was a joke from the beginning and, while I tried very hard to believe in Butch, his tendency to wilt under pressure and his hokey/cringe-worthy slogans never made me buy-in. I wanted to...just couldn't get there.

I'm glad the reVOLution happened. I don't give a damn what the national media has to say. There was a cultural power shift that put this University back on track and, while JP wasn't my first choice, I've completely bought in. It's not forced. I haven't rationalized anything. I'm not making excuses.

His first season wasn't a success. That's not ok but I'm convinced that he is capable of correcting the mistakes and improving this program.

Damn it...if I haven't become a sunshine pumper.

Whatever...
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As for squats, I'm a little inconsistent. Sometimes every day, sometimes every other day. But I think my GI system is in pretty good shape...I'm no too worried about it.
 
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Sorry if this was already asked but didn’t UGA also recently lose a highly rated WR for hitting a woman or something? Or was that Auburn? Or Florida?
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
Recapping the Erik Ainge show with Brian Rice from earlier today:

Erik said that when shells come on as they did yesterday for about 80% of the guys there’s not really any difference to speak of when you go to full pads. I don’t know if he was right but he said the guys were off today and would be back on the field tomorrow.

They talked about JG’s comment about Chaney simplifying the offense. Apparently it’s a David Cutcliffe maxim that it’s better to be great at a few things than okay at everything. You need to have enough of those things that you’re great at that you can respond to defensive adjustments in order to maintain the natural offensive advantage of the other side not really knowing what you’re going to do.

They said the problem with our offensive line last year wasn’t so much that our guys were getting beat; it was so many blown assignments. This is why experience is often a valued characteristic of the guys on the offensive line.

They talked about the cornerbacks and some of the frustrations especially for Taylor that they had to go through last year as freshmen and how much more improved they think the guys at corner will be this year. Their dream scenario seemed to be if Burrell or Means can get up to speed enough to allow Thompson to slide to Star (at least occasionally) our defense becomes so much better. They’re not sure whether or not we can expect Buchanan back but missing the first couple weeks of fall camp is not a good sign, according to them.

As so many others have noted, they also took time to talk about the physical transformation that is widely agreed has happened with our football team this year. Now, they said, we look like a college football team again. We just need to translate that into our performance on the field.

They talked about the strength staff. A 20 lb. dumbbell is a 20 lb. dumbbell. Anywhere you go in the country, any major CFP, strength and conditioning is not really all that different. Erik said he loved Dave Lawson but Lawson and his staff had different intensity levels at different times. The thing that stands out about Fitz and his staff reminds Erik of Johnny Long who was the guy when he was playing. Fitz’s staff brings the energy every single day. Erik said everybody in life is tired so that’s not an excuse for not bringing the energy. If you can’t bring the energy as the staff how can you expect the players to have the energy when you are charged with getting the most out of them and you don’t have it?

They talked about how Fitz has created an environment where the guys want to work out and if for some reason they miss a workout they feel bad about it. He doesn’t have to go hunt guys down to get them to get their workouts in.

They imagined a scenario where Ty Chandler would go into Pruitt’s office and tell him that Fitz is working the guys too hard. Pruitt, they imagined, would stop in to see Fitz and ask him what all he was doing and after hearing the answer would say we need to pick it up a little more. I want you to see if you can push them a little harder, especially #8.

Erik said Fitz and his guys are not reinventing the wheel for strength and conditioning. The biggest difference is the insane amount of energy they bring every.single.day.

Erik said he himself could be a coach from the perspective of being able to teach guys what to do but the thing that makes coaches really effective is something extra. He used Nick Reveiz as an example, a walk-on that earns a scholarship and becomes a 2-year starter at linebacker in the SEC. For Erik a lot about the game came naturally but for somebody like Nick they have a much deeper appreciation and a special insight for what it takes to be successful at this level of competition. Erik said Fitz has that, the grind every day, work toward a greater goal type of makeup, a character quality he shares with Pruitt, which makes them a really good team.

They talked a lot about the maturation of JG and some of the positive comments coming from his teammates, particularly in the area of leadership. The thing that stood out to them most was the empowerment that Chaney and Pruitt have given to JG. Erik said Pruitt doesn’t give out his endorsement very easily so they think it’s significant that both he and Chaney have placed so much trust in JG.

They talked about Pruitt’s comparison of the weather conditions (heat) in Knoxville to Gainesville and talked about the time for our game in the swamp this year. CBS has UGA/ND at night and for some reason ESPN can’t have another night game in the conference to compete with that. SEC network games apparently are for OOC opponents. So that leaves us with either a noon kickoff or a 3:30 pm kickoff. They prefer the noon kickoff because Florida will be coming off of 3 straight night games and we will have played at noon the week before – plus the last time we beat Florida in the swamp (2003), it was a noon kickoff.

Erik says we will get our first road win of the season when we go down to Gainesville this year. Nobody in the room disagreed with him and neither do I.
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Reading this made me wonder where Nick Reveiz is now and apparently he's coaching at Albany State now.


Nick Reveiz - Assistant Coach (Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers) - Staff Directory - Albany State University Athletics
 
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