Recruiting Forum Football Talk IX

[franklinpence]

 

[Vol423]

My daughter just texted me. She’s in her 2nd year at UGA. She said someone is playing Rocky Top in the building where her class is right now.

Did you tell her, "Good job"?

Very clever of you sneaking your daughter behind enemy lines.

 

[Rishvol]

I mean I think Georgia has been sandbagging...but I personally always think "holding back" is a dumb gameplan especially early in the year...I'd want my guys to get reps doing what we want them to do as much as possible.

That's why I'm at a 50/50 split. Kirby would definitely hold back until a good opponent knowing they'll out talent anyone

 

[Heupel's Offseason Beard]

Anybody else mildly concerned the defense is leaky?

It’s athletic, but we’ve given up more points than I expected the first two weeks

Maybe that’s pace of play

Doesn’t change my outlook on the season but does make me think we may see some 45-42 shootouts down the road…

I'll take Heupel in a shootout anyday

 

[RandomUTfan]

Someone please take Rucker on a fishing trip and show him how to hold a damn fish.

Hard pass.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Hard pass.

 

[JP_UT_O&W]

lol I was just about to post some GIFs

 

[RandomUTfan]

It's hilarious to me that Florida fans are arguing the merits of coaches that would never take the Florida job among themselves when Billy is still the head coach. Every Florida message board has a hot board full of insanely unrealistic names.

 

[InVOLuntary]

 

[JP_UT_O&W]

 

[gordonr24]

Anybody else mildly concerned the defense is leaky?

It’s athletic, but we’ve given up more points than I expected the first two weeks

Maybe that’s pace of play

Doesn’t change my outlook on the season but does make me think we may see some 45-42 shootouts down the road…

This defense appears better than 2021 and 2022, but not as good as 2024. It may be on par with 2023’s defense. That remains to be seen.

If our offense can be just like the 2021 offense, we can win 10 games again, even if the defense takes a slight step back from last season.

 

[Heupel's Offseason Beard]

Glad MM hauled that heave in. Please don’t do that next week Joey.

I'm done with this line of thinking. Timid QB play is why we scored less than 20 points in games last year. Throw that MF up and let your 5 star WR make a play. If it gets picked, they start on the 5 yard line. If it's caught, it's 6 points. Sling that rock Joey!

 

[triadvolfan]

Exactly, a great team destroys lesser opponents while running base stuff, just like we did to Syracuse and ETSU. The most alarming thing if I'm an Georgia fan is that they could not impose their will and run all over Peay. I'm not saying they can't fix things teams do every year but it didn't look good last week.

Yeah, the Austin Peay game was nothing but bad for them. They should have been able to score that much on Austin Peay without throwing a pass.

Georgia is super talented so they may come out and play great against us, but they looked like absolute slaw last week.

 

[JP_UT_O&W]

 

[rikberry31]

Not to mention on that throw he threw to the wrong guy.

That one was right on target.

 

[RandomUTfan]

Yeah, the Austin Peay game was nothing but bad for them. They should have been able to score that much on Austin Peay without throwing a pass.

Georgia is super talented so they may come out and play great against us, but they looked like absolute slaw last week.

I don't know that I would have a bigger worry as a Georgia fan than the fact they had 5 tries at the goal line and couldn't run on Austin Peay.

 

[franklinpence]

For the long-suffering Titans fans in here (@mrMet), buckle up.

 

[rikberry31]

This is the way! I don’t know why he can’t see that you can’t sit back in zone and send 4 against the best teams in the conference. That doesn’t win games.

You can if you have the dudes. Georgia over the past two years has made a living off of doing just that to us.

 

[Glitch]

Do we rush the field after?

No. We went to the playoffs last year. We don't rush the field. We expect to win and when we do then we met expectations.

 

[drylo]

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[Glitch]

Did you watch the Peay game live?

 

[RandomUTfan]

Georgia fan says Stockton is telegraphing where he's going with the ball.

"much has been made of his elongated throwing motion, but i don't think that's the issue. i think it's his feet. when he throws from the pocket, he seemingly always resets his feet towards his target, in a way that very much telegraphs where he's going. i'm not saying he needs to be trying stafford / mahomes style no-look passes, but it just looks methodicaly and predictable, he resets his feet directly towards the target before he unloads almost every time from the pocket.

not sure that can change in a week, but i think there's something to this. he's currently much better throwing on the roll out, just because he's a threat to run AND because he doesn't telegraph his pass in the same way.

anyway, watch that murray breakdown and see if you see what i mean on his feet. it's a big part of why austin peay was all over some of those WR screens and wheel routes, etc."

 

[Vol423]

This defense appears better than 2021 and 2022, but not as good as 2024. It may be on par with 2023’s defense. That remains to be seen.

If our offense can be just like the 2021 offense, we can win 10 games again, even if the defense takes a slight step back from last season.

Our defense has looked like that so far while completely emptying the bench in both games. What will it look like with the starters and normal player rotations playing a full game? Probably better.

 

[Batman1948]

I didn’t realize John Mateer is basically the only offense OU has. He ran 19 times yesterday for 74 yards. The team rushed for 138 yards total. He will not last an entire season carrying the ball that often.

It looks like every throw he makes is almost side armed or 3/4. I've never seen him throw with an NFL motion.

 

[Glitch]

Rusty Manswell said on pod yesterday that UrGA purposefully has held back defensively.

That's the kind of thing we used to say when Butch and Cornbred were coaching. "Oh, we must be saving the good plays/blitzes for tougher competition." Then we would get our backsides handed to us against tougher competition.