Recruiting Forum Football Talk II

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SpringBokVol said:
I 100% believe that Pruitt will start a new QB against Bama.

I also 100% believe that by the 3rd series, he will trot out JG
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Over the course of last year and this year, it seems like Pruitt is putting other QBs out there simply to justify why he keeps starting JG.

It doesn't feel like he actually believes they are going to do any better, or that he is doing it to help them develop in the offense.
 
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MarcoVol said:
UGA’s talent is also better now than it was then. Butch’s first year was 2013 so we’ll start with 2009 UGA recruiting rank:

2009 - 4th
2010 - 11th
2011 - 7th
2012 - 9th
***Butch hired Dec 2012***
2013 - 12th
2014 - 8th
2015 - 6th
***Kirby hired Dec 2015***
2016: 6th
2017: 3rd
***Pruitt hired Dec 2017***
2018: 1st
2019: 2nd
2020: 1st
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Recruiting wise SURE!...but the talent they had already on roster was better suited to win big games!...they just got blown out by Bama lol that wasn’t the case then
 
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gordonr24 said:
Josh Dobbs and Derek Barnett. Improves two issues immediately.

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Is it 2 players total, or 2 on offense and 2 on defense? If it's the latter, I'm going Dobbs and Jennings on offense and Barnett and Bituli on defense. Bituli's leadership was big for last year's D, IMO.
 
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AppStVol said:
Jury is still out on Arkansas, but Pittman was smart to hire good coordinators and let them coach. Odom is doing a heck of a job scheming that D with average athletes.

Not to mention, Briles puts Franks in easy reads that he can execute quickly.
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I cannot believe their success so far. Well done Pittman
 
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snowvols said:
Bailey needs to start this week. Clemson waited till the 5th game of the year with Lawrence for his first start. There are low expectations for this game so no one would be expecting him to light them up. A plus is that Bama is down on defense this year.
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Literally zero reason to not start him. It better be Maurer and Bailey that take the reps verse Bama.
 
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Weezer said:
Is it 2 players total, or 2 on offense and 2 on defense? If it's the latter, I'm going Dobbs and Jennings on offense and Barnett and Bituli on defense. Bituli's leadership was big for last year's D, IMO.
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The responses on twitter made it seem it was 1 for each side. Hence I went with Dobbs and Barnett to give us a QB and automatically improve our pass rush
 
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I predict HB starts, throws an INT and gets benched. Maurer comes in next and gets concussed before halftime leading to JG coming in to all but hand the ball off 30 straight times.

Kinda kidding but I see that happening...
 
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Kristy* said:
It's a message board. To discuss Tennessee football, which happens to include the players on the team. Nobody is saying JG is a bad guy. And most acknowledge it's not his fault that he's bad. It's on the coaches for lack of development or unwillingness to move on from him. JG just is what he is. He doesn't have it and never will. It doesn't mean we think he doesn't try or bleed orange. One thing is obvious though - he isn't a leader, and that is a pretty important trait of a successful QB.
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Not sure why some struggle with this. Someone accused posters of wishing COVID-19 on JG last week
 
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UTSuave’ said:
Recruiting wise SURE!...but the talent they had already on roster was better suited to win big games!...they just got blown out by Bama lol that wasn’t the case then
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I disagree. Both in recruiting rankings and how they’ve played, UGA has been much tougher during Pruitt’s tenure.

UGA record by year with more info on losses to teams they should beat and/or when they were beat by 2 scores - starting with Butch’s first season:

2013: 8-5
- lost to Mizzou by 15
- lost to Vandy
- lost to Nebraska in Gator Bowl

2014: 10-3
- lost to SC
- lost to FL by 18
- lost to GT

2015: 10-3
- lost to Bama by 28
- lost to FL by 24

2016: 8-5
- lost to Ole Miss by 31
- lost to Vandy
- lost to FL by 14
- lost to GT

2017: 13-2
- lost to AU by 23

2018 (Pruitt’s first at UT): 11-3
- lost to LSU by 20

2019: 12-2
- lost to SC by 3 in 2 OT
- lost to LSU by 27 (LSU Nat’l Champs)

2020: 3-1
- lost to Bama by 17

Anyway you slice it, they’re better now than when Butch faced them.

Edit: I sure hope this ends the discussion bc I’m not tryna look at more UGA stuff.
 
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I honestly have no idea who’s starting on Saturday now. I’m at the point that I think it’ll be a surprise, no matter who it is.
 
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Volnerd said:
Can we agree on one thing? There are WAY too many media people covering UT Football and most of them don't really know anything.
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Yes, but sadly it is just the right amount of idiocy the market will bear apparently. It's like all the tabloid magazines...they only exist because the masses buy that crap.
 
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