Biggest game of Pruitt's career, SEC East title is on the line.

[PulaskiVolFan]

These are big ifs but should we win vs GA Sat it puts us in control of the East I feel. We could still lose to Alabama and have a shot again vs Fl later in the season. Should we win Sat I believe we'd be favored every game except for those 2. Regardless, with a win Saturday we will still be talking SEC east championship halfway into the season, quite an accomplishment. A loss Saturday just about eliminates us from winning the East as we'd have to win out and need the pups to lose 2. Going into the Florida game at the end of the season with a chance to make the SEC championship game would put us basically into the playoffs as the SEC winner is going to the playoffs 100% this season. A lot would have to happen but a win Saturday would be the biggest step we could take in order to make it happen.
A loss isn't the end of the world for Pruitt but it'll force us to play nearly perfect the rest of the way if we want to finish 7-3 or better.
For those reasons, I think that as of this date this is the biggest game Pruitt has ever prepared for as a head coach.

 

[Boca Vol]

Certainly if UT wins on Sat they control their own destiny. So with that, I agree.

 

[PulaskiVolFan]

Certainly if UT wins on Sat they control their own destiny. So with that, I agree.

It's certainly an uphill battle but Pruitt and Fulmer know how to win championships, they have to know how big this game is for the program. Plus a win would bury GA as they would have Bama next week and FL down the way.

 

[chattavol420]

Agree. As always the biggest question will be at qb. Uga likely has the best qb in the matchup even though he’s a former walk in with one start. If we lose you’re right...we’ll almost certainly be out of the race as we have that constant cross division rival that been the best team in football for the last decade that neither Florida or uga have to contend with. I so wish we could drop that permanent game. But that’s a conversation for another thread I guess. If we lose and are virtually our if the sece race I so so wish we’d play another qb in the coming weeks. Let maurer and bailey get some valuable experience and see if one of them can lock down the job

 

[dduncan4163]

I dont expect to win Sat but if we fight our butts off and keep it close I will be more than happy. If we can pull the upset then the rest of the SEC will be on notice that we've turned the corner and that we are legit once again. We are close to being the TN of old. I just think we need a few more horses and we should get them this recruiting cycle. The future is bright orange Nation.

 

[malibuvol]

Agree. As always the biggest question will be at qb. Uga likely has the best qb in the matchup even though he’s a former walk in with one start. If we lose you’re right...we’ll almost certainly be out of the race as we have that constant cross division rival that been the best team in football for the last decade that neither Florida or uga have to contend with. I so wish we could drop that permanent game. But that’s a conversation for another thread I guess. If we lose and are virtually our if the sece race I so so wish we’d play another qb in the coming weeks. Let maurer and bailey get some valuable experience and see if one of them can lock down the job

IF Guarantano is shaky early on, I wouldn't hesitate to pull him for either Shrout or Maurer. If this change did not work out you can always go back to Jarrett later. That worked fairly well last year so I wouldn't hesitate to make a change if warranted...

 

[Lane Train 4]

Would you rather beat Georgia then lose to Kentucky or lose to Georgia and beat Kentucky?

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

Would you rather beat Georgia then lose to Kentucky or lose to Georgia and beat Kentucky?

Beat gawga

 

[BeecherVol]

Gonna take a different approach.

The biggest game he has prepared for to date was MSU last year. Without that win theres a good chance he loses that team before they can finish the season on a streak which included a bowl appearance and win. And he's still trying to convince everyone inside and outside of the program to trust him.

This is the first big game he has prepped for where he doesn't have weaknesses across the board hes trying to cover. UGA has more talent and depth but its no so much they have to lay an egg to lose.

 

[PulaskiVolFan]

Would you rather beat Georgia then lose to Kentucky or lose to Georgia and beat Kentucky?

This team isn't losing to Ky regardless of what we do vs Ga I feel.

 

[BeecherVol]

IF Guarantano is shaky early on, I wouldn't hesitate to pull him for either Shrout or Maurer. If this change did not work out you can always go back to Jarrett later. That worked fairly well last year so I wouldn't hesitate to make a change if warranted...

I think they re sticking with JG until he hits a wall. If he has a stretch like the start of last year at some point I dont think they will hesitate. IF that were to happen I think they move on and find their next QB.

 

[VolInNW]

I've said before that what I want this year is to clearly win the games we should (USC, Mizzou, UK, Vandy, Arkansas) win one of the two we might (AU, aTm) and stay competitive and engaged in UF, Bama, and uga.

Saturday is huge to see if we can line up and hit uga hard for 60 minutes. I believe they will win by a comfortable margin, but they need to leave the field knowing they were in a game.

1-2 more recruiting classes, and I want to start winning our share of the UF, Bama, and uga games.

 

[swampfoxfan]

Agree. As always the biggest question will be at qb. Uga likely has the best qb in the matchup even though he’s a former walk in with one start. If we lose you’re right...we’ll almost certainly be out of the race as we have that constant cross division rival that been the best team in football for the last decade that neither Florida or uga have to contend with. I so wish we could drop that permanent game. But that’s a conversation for another thread I guess. If we lose and are virtually our if the sece race I so so wish we’d play another qb in the coming weeks. Let maurer and bailey get some valuable experience and see if one of them can lock down the job

I'll take our QB any day, just stop the negative

 

[tennesseepride84]

Would you rather beat Georgia then lose to Kentucky or lose to Georgia and beat Kentucky?

This board would explode if we lost to kentucky after beating UGA, even i would be beyond hot... Mainly because we should beat UK and we are measuring ourselves against UGA.

 

[VolInNW]

If it took suffering through a UK loss, I'd still savor the wonderful feeling of beating georgia and shutting that fan base up, if only for a moment.

 

[ftsandersvol]

The GA game will come down to which team does a better job of stopping the running game. I like our odds.

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

These are big ifs but should we win vs GA Sat it puts us in control of the East I feel. We could still lose to Alabama and have a shot again vs Fl later in the season. Should we win Sat I believe we'd be favored every game except for those 2. Regardless, with a win Saturday we will still be talking SEC east championship halfway into the season, quite an accomplishment. A loss Saturday just about eliminates us from winning the East as we'd have to win out and need the pups to lose 2. Going into the Florida game at the end of the season with a chance to make the SEC championship game would put us basically into the playoffs as the SEC winner is going to the playoffs 100% this season. A lot would have to happen but a win Saturday would be the biggest step we could take in order to make it happen.
A loss isn't the end of the world for Pruitt but it'll force us to play nearly perfect the rest of the way if we want to finish 7-3 or better.
For those reasons, I think that as of this date this is the biggest game Pruitt has ever prepared for as a head coach.

I'd be happy if we can just extend our winning streak to 19 games!

If we do then everything else will sort itself out.

 

[LadyinOrange]

Would you rather beat Georgia then lose to Kentucky or lose to Georgia and beat Kentucky?

We're gonna beat both.

 

[PulaskiVolFan]

I'd be happy if we can just extend our winning streak to 19 games!

If we do then everything else will sort itself out.

Hehe, I'd be happy to go 1-0 this week!! They don't have much experienced depth on the offensive side, if we can stop the run, make them one dimensional I think we can turn them over and make a game of it. If we can't stop their running game it's going to be tough sledding. I predicted last week that whoever finishes with the most yards rushing between us and the pups would win, I'm holding to it, provided we're not the ones that are turning it over.

 

[terrypedigo]

Georgia Defense is one of the top 1 or 2 in the Country, we don't have the QB to beat a elite defense, or have a elite QB to beat a elite defense, of course with right amount of turnovers and win the special teams, we could pull out a Victory, but in the end the Dawgs will win pull away in the second half like 27-13, hope i am wrong but we are still 1 year away from beating a team like the Dawgs, we just dont have enough offense to beat them, they can rotate 8 d-lineman in and out and that will win the game for them.

 

[Power T-Rev]

I feel like I read this same thread title every year

 

[ftsandersvol]

I feel like I read this same thread title every year

 

[PulaskiVolFan]

I feel like I read this same thread title every year

I think it's been a while since we were 2-0 in the conference and one of only 4 SEC teams still undefeated so it's been a while since we were in this position.

 

[PulaskiVolFan]

Georgia Defense is one of the top 1 or 2 in the Country, we don't have the QB to beat a elite defense, or have a elite QB to beat a elite defense, of course with right amount of turnovers and win the special teams, we could pull out a Victory, but in the end the Dawgs will win pull away in the second half like 27-13, hope i am wrong but we are still 1 year away from beating a team like the Dawgs, we just dont have enough offense to beat them, they can rotate 8 d-lineman in and out and that will win the game for them.

We can work 9 guys on the OLine and their DL guys are not that big size wise. I think we can lean on them the whole game and if we hit a couple shots down the field or break a long run we could do it.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

The talent gap between us and UGA is gigantic. For us to win we will have to play a flawless game and hope that UGA implodes. If that doesnt happen then we likely lose by 17+.