My Take of the Georgia Game

[DFWVolFan]

First, let's take our hats off to our football team, they played the #6 team in the country down to the wire and lost a game they should've won. The problem is, it shouldnt have even been close and in my opinion the blame lays squarely on the coaching staff. In the first half we were up 21-7, we got the ball back, and at this point the qb is 13-13 in completions. We are playing at a furious pace, throwing the ball all over the field, averaging over 10yds a play, controlling the tempo and have all the momentum. One more score and we can break Georgias' back and what do we do? We put Peyton Lewis in the game and start trying to run the ball, albeit unsuccessfully, and slow down the game killing our own momentum. This gets our QB out of rhythym and we become stagnant, it's like somebody suddenly said " hey we are a SEC team and have to control the line of scrimmage and control the clock by running the ball" We then become flat until late in the 3rd, in which time Georgia makes a come back. Fast foward to 30-35 Tennessee, we get the ball and once again, instead of doing whats been working, we run the ball 3 straight times. The last time was on 3rd and 7, out of the shotgun, and we wind up settling for a field goal. Then to the missed field goal, we kicked it on 3rd and 10, why not at least run one more play and try to get a few more yards closer. We were the better team today. We had the better offence and our defense was getting pressure on their qb. When we played loose and threw the ball we excelled and when we got away from that we did not. The times we lost momentum it was because of our play calling. CJH is going to go down as a great for us. He is our Mark Richt or Bobby Bowden, but until he grows a pair and develops a killer instinct we are going to continue to lose games like this.

 

[cgrish]

First, let's take our hats off to our football team, they played the #6 team in the country down to the wire and lost a game they should've won. The problem is, it shouldnt have even been close and in my opinion the blame lays squarely on the coaching staff. In the first half we were up 21-7, we got the ball back, and at this point the qb is 13-13 in completions. We are playing at a furious pace, throwing the ball all over the field, averaging over 10yds a play, controlling the tempo and have all the momentum. One more score and we can break Georgias' back and what do we do? We put Peyton Lewis in the game and start trying to run the ball, albeit unsuccessfully, and slow down the game killing our own momentum. This gets our QB out of rhythym and we become stagnant, it's like somebody suddenly said " hey we are a SEC team a nd have to control the line of scrimmage and control the clock by running the ball" We then become flat until late in the 3rd, in which time Georgia makes a come back. Fast foward to 30-35 Tennessee, we get the ball and once again, instead of doing whats been working, we run the ball 3 straight times. The last time was on 3rd and 7, out of the shotgun, and we wind up settling for a field goal. Then to the missed field goal, we kicked it on 3rd and 10, why not at least run one more play and try to get a few more yards closer. We were the better team today. We had the better offence and our defense was getting pressure on their qb. When we played loose and threw the ball we excelled and when we got away from that we did not. The times we lost momentum it was because of our play calling. CJH is going to go down as a great for us. He is our Mark Richt or Bobby Bowden, but until he grows a pair and develops a killer instinct we are going to continue to lose games like this.

Very well said, and my exact feelings. I was watching the game with friends and family and said the same thing at the end of the first qtr. Just keep doing the aame thing and we can blow them away. Imo when what you are doing is working, why change. Playing scared to lose will lose you many more games than playing to win wth agressive plays. I think we passed as many times in the first qtr. as we did in the other 3 qtrs combined, and in doing so we were up big, so why change?

 

[Big Orange Captain]

Our kicker choked end of story

 

[VolTom1]

Yes, I hope this turns into a Tim Tebow like moment when he lost to Ole Miss for our team, feed on the hurt and pain, get better, we are close.

 

[wrangler]

Same thing I was thinking towards the end of the fourth quarter. Offense was abandoned in favor of running out the clock, playing not to lose, planning for field goal, no matter how long, instead of just continuing what had been working.