afvolunteer
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We lost bad, I get it. If your thoughts lean “Fire Pruitt” or “play the damn backup QB“ then this post isn’t for you (or feel free to argue). I know that’s the normal response for any college football fan of any college football team who loses to a better team, but I‘ve also seen a few posters who like to look a bit deeper than this. Long post from me, TLDR is an obvious choice, but here are some thoughts for anyone who wants some light reading:
- Anyone remember the great Peyton never beating Florida? Football is a team sport, and we had -1 yards of rushing today. If anyone really wants to get pissed, that’s the stat, that’s the number to be angry about. Pick any 2 teams and if one has 193 yards of rushing and 1 has -1, you know who won that game. While not terribly unexpected, it still hurts.
- Passing game is impressing me. GA’s defense is elite AND pretty quickly it became apparent we couldn’t run the ball (like most teams that have played them the past 2 years). We became 1 dimensional. Yet still we were able have some success there. Look at the passing stats between these 2 teams in a vacuum: Team A, 23 for 36 (64%), 2TDs, 1 pick, 215 yards. Team B, 16-27 (59%), 2TDs, 0 picks, 238 yards. Either team can still win that game. That we became 1 dimensional, we knew it, UGA knew it, everyone knew it and we still had some success, that gave me lots of hope that our passing game is in fact pretty good, competition be damed. This fact alone is why our game lasted until the second half, yet the Auburn game was over by the end of the 1st qtr. That’s a moral victory for sure, but a moral victory nonetheless.
- Keep these two teams the same, but put Bennett on our team and JG on their, and IMO final score is probably closer to something like 44-10. For those that said we had the better QB on the field last night, I think there’s possibly some merit there again considering UGA knew it. Anyway, who cares I guess it’s all hypothetical.
- Elephant in the room. JG threw a terrible pick. Defense was coming at him, but it’s inexcusable. But it was a mistake. That stuff happens, esp against an elite D. No QB on the bench would’ve played better yesterday, and almost certainly most would’ve played significantly worse is my educated suspicion. For the record, Bennett threw a mistake that was an INT but just dropped. 2 strip sack fumbles. We’re already punching above our weight here with a gifted 7 points right off the bat, and yeah one JG certainly could’ve held on to the ball better, but one was complete blindside. Internal clock my arse, there was barely time for a 3 step drop. Our O-line was getting whooped all over the field. I mean bad. I don’t know if GA’s D line is just that good or if our Oline isn’t as good as we thought. Maybe a bit of both, but I lean more toward UGA being elite. But multiple times I saw even Trey and Cade just get blown by. Boy was that ugly.
- Our D I’m still not sure about. We have yet to play a team with a really stout offense, and UGA is no different. Watching that game, our O is better than UGA’s not by much, but by a little. But their D is leagues ahead of us (and many teams). Their D provides so much of their scoring this year, either by TOs, or field position. What I am sold on is our D’s ability to overall play well against a less than elite offense.
My overall takeaway is our O-line/RBs were completely dominated by their front 7. Both in our inability to run the ball and our inability to pass protect. Lots of other positives and negatives, but that was the difference in the game and I think if we played them 10 times, we’d leave with that same takeaway.
UGA looks like a top 5ish team to me. Elite defense, but avg, maybe slightly above avg offense. Still not sure exactly where we sit. Slightly above avg on both sides of the ball? Not good enough to consistently score on elite D’s and not good enough to stop elite O’s? But can have success if opposition Isn’t elite? Oh well, snap and clear. Big game coming up. UK could pretty easily be 3-0 right now. As improved as we are overall as a program, I’d hate to listen to VolCalls if we go 0-3 during this rough middle stretch of this awkward SEC only season.
- Anyone remember the great Peyton never beating Florida? Football is a team sport, and we had -1 yards of rushing today. If anyone really wants to get pissed, that’s the stat, that’s the number to be angry about. Pick any 2 teams and if one has 193 yards of rushing and 1 has -1, you know who won that game. While not terribly unexpected, it still hurts.
- Passing game is impressing me. GA’s defense is elite AND pretty quickly it became apparent we couldn’t run the ball (like most teams that have played them the past 2 years). We became 1 dimensional. Yet still we were able have some success there. Look at the passing stats between these 2 teams in a vacuum: Team A, 23 for 36 (64%), 2TDs, 1 pick, 215 yards. Team B, 16-27 (59%), 2TDs, 0 picks, 238 yards. Either team can still win that game. That we became 1 dimensional, we knew it, UGA knew it, everyone knew it and we still had some success, that gave me lots of hope that our passing game is in fact pretty good, competition be damed. This fact alone is why our game lasted until the second half, yet the Auburn game was over by the end of the 1st qtr. That’s a moral victory for sure, but a moral victory nonetheless.
- Keep these two teams the same, but put Bennett on our team and JG on their, and IMO final score is probably closer to something like 44-10. For those that said we had the better QB on the field last night, I think there’s possibly some merit there again considering UGA knew it. Anyway, who cares I guess it’s all hypothetical.
- Elephant in the room. JG threw a terrible pick. Defense was coming at him, but it’s inexcusable. But it was a mistake. That stuff happens, esp against an elite D. No QB on the bench would’ve played better yesterday, and almost certainly most would’ve played significantly worse is my educated suspicion. For the record, Bennett threw a mistake that was an INT but just dropped. 2 strip sack fumbles. We’re already punching above our weight here with a gifted 7 points right off the bat, and yeah one JG certainly could’ve held on to the ball better, but one was complete blindside. Internal clock my arse, there was barely time for a 3 step drop. Our O-line was getting whooped all over the field. I mean bad. I don’t know if GA’s D line is just that good or if our Oline isn’t as good as we thought. Maybe a bit of both, but I lean more toward UGA being elite. But multiple times I saw even Trey and Cade just get blown by. Boy was that ugly.
- Our D I’m still not sure about. We have yet to play a team with a really stout offense, and UGA is no different. Watching that game, our O is better than UGA’s not by much, but by a little. But their D is leagues ahead of us (and many teams). Their D provides so much of their scoring this year, either by TOs, or field position. What I am sold on is our D’s ability to overall play well against a less than elite offense.
My overall takeaway is our O-line/RBs were completely dominated by their front 7. Both in our inability to run the ball and our inability to pass protect. Lots of other positives and negatives, but that was the difference in the game and I think if we played them 10 times, we’d leave with that same takeaway.
UGA looks like a top 5ish team to me. Elite defense, but avg, maybe slightly above avg offense. Still not sure exactly where we sit. Slightly above avg on both sides of the ball? Not good enough to consistently score on elite D’s and not good enough to stop elite O’s? But can have success if opposition Isn’t elite? Oh well, snap and clear. Big game coming up. UK could pretty easily be 3-0 right now. As improved as we are overall as a program, I’d hate to listen to VolCalls if we go 0-3 during this rough middle stretch of this awkward SEC only season.
