Starting to doubt UGA

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ChattaTNVol said:
No. They went 2 games, back to back, MO & FL, without scoring a TD. They really had no offensive backup plan last year. It was Chubb or bust. Bust won. It would be like us losing Hurd or Kamara. We'd still have one good back but I think our guys are better together than if there was only one to carry the load. I'm not convinced our passing attack could pick up the slack and obviously last year neither was Georgia's. We were #9 in passing last year. They ended up as #10. lol
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LOL, we were #5 in pass efficiency, #3 in scoring offense, #2 in rushing offense, #2 in 3rd down conversions, #1 in 4th down conversions ... all of those ahead of Georgia and not even close. Shall we go on to special teams?
 
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orangebloodgmc said:
LOL, we were #5 in pass efficiency, #3 in scoring offense, #2 in rushing offense, #2 in 3rd down conversions, #1 in 4th down conversions ... all of those ahead of Georgia and not even close. Shall we go on to special teams?
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The point was if you are primarily a rushing offense and lose a big chunk of that do you have a backup plan? Georgia didn't have one last year, imo.

I agree, clearly, we have a lot of strengths on our team.
 
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omghulkhands said:
UGA has uncertainty at RB?

That part sounds like wishful thinking
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Chubb is coming off a nasty injury who is considered "pointed in the right direction" in playing in the opener, Michel a broken wrist and he still isn't able to play yet. Tell me how "certain" you are that Georgia can rely on those guys to carry the team?
 
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Even though Smart is the HC, he's going to literally call the Defense.

Jim Channey isn't a joke. His offenses are pretty solid.
 
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Both Florida and Georgia will present a stern test for the Vols
Both teams are loaded with great players and have recruited very well

Both games will be a real SEC fight, don't discount either one
 
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I think UGA will be very mediocre this year, 4-5 losses, and I'm not at all sold on Smart. He's got Muschamp 2.0 written all over him.
 
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A rookie QB and 2 backs coming off injuries who potentially could be playing not to get hurt again....I don't see a problem here.
 
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Ha hope springs eternal on this board leading up to season. Butch has yet to win when money is on the line. Until he proves he can dispose of opponents when we have them down there is no way I can see us winning the east or not having an absolute dogfight w both ga and fl
 
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Malivol said:
Ha hope springs eternal on this board leading up to season. Butch has yet to win when money is on the line. Until he proves he can dispose of opponents when we have them down there is no way I can see us winning the east or not having an absolute dogfight w both ga and fl
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Because Kirby Smart has proven he can...
 
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Casey Clausen on Eason and "Hot Shot" Freshmen QBs in the SEC: (Long Article)

ATHENS – Casey Clausen can see what’s going on at Georgia all the way from his home in Calabasas, Calif. He’s seen this movie before and he knows how it turns out.

The former Tennessee and NFL quarterback has followed the development of Jacob Eason with keen interest. The parallels are many between Eason’s story and his own coming out of Mission Hills, Calif., as a high school senior in 2000. So he can’t help but watch.
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“My situation was unique because I developed tendonitis in my shoulder about a week into camp, so I was pretty much out of it right away,” said Clausen, who’s now head coach at Calabasas High. “I had a pretty good spring and I was ready to compete with Joey Mathews and A.J. Suggs. I don’t know where I was in the pecking order to start with but, if I was healthy, I think I might’ve had a chance to start that first game.”

Tennessee’s opener that year was against Southern Miss, which at the time was a well-respected opponent known for its stout defenses. Mathews got the start over Suggs and both played, but neither was impressive as the Volunteers eked out a 19-16 win.

Mathews then injured his knee during the off week after the first game. Coach Phillip Fulmer turned to Suggs, who had prepped at metro Atlanta’s McEachern High, and Suggs would start the next four games against Florida, Louisiana Tech, LSU and Georgia.

But they slowly worked Clausen into the rotation. By the time the Vols left Sanford Stadium with a 2-3 record after a 21-10 loss to Georgia, the clamor to start the hotshot freshman from California was deafening.

Even though it was the third Saturday in October and the next opponent was Alabama, they turned to the freshman.

“I guess the coaches were thinking, ‘we’re struggling, let’s just go with the young freshman,’” Clausen said. “That’s when we started doing some things as a team.”

They sure did. Clausen led Tennessee to a 20-10 victory over the Crimson Tide and went on to win six consecutive to end the regular season. The Vols finished 8-4 after a loss to a powerful Kansas State team in the Cotton Bowl.

“There’s a fine line between this guy is a safe pick versus this guy is the future,” Clausen said. “It comes down to, ‘are we going to be able to beat Georgia and Florida and Alabama with him?’”
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Therein lies the difficulty of the decisions these coaches have to make. They have to weigh a player’s innate talent and play-making ability against their level of knowledge of the offense and the largely unknown qualities of being able to perform in a highly-charged environments while also serving as a leader for older teammates.

On that point, Clausen and Donnan completely agree. It’s more about moving the football than knowing the offense.

In Clausen’s case, he was better at doing than knowing.

“Even though I had some success, I’ll be straight-forward with you: I didn’t know what I was doing half the time,” he said with a laugh. “That’s just being honest. Looking back on it, all the fans and I’m sure the media and maybe even the coaches were pushing for me, the hot-shot freshman, but if I could do it all over, a redshirt year would have been invaluable. I got away with a lot.”
That’s why having your young quarterback surrounded by a lot of talented players is so important. The Bulldogs know now they’re going to have a well-recovered Nick Chubb back at tailback and some good targets at tight end. Things are less certain at wide receiver and on the offensive line, but overall the offense seem reasonably solid.

Clausen said having good players was his saving grace that first season at Tennessee.

“My true freshman year we had Travis Henry running the ball,” he said. “So when I got into the game, it was pretty simple: Hand the ball off to Travis, let (the opponent) fill the box up eight, nine guys, then throw the ball one-on-one outside to Cedrick Wilson and Donte Stallworth and David Martin. So it was pretty simple for me.”
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“I watched the spring game and he looked pretty doggone good to me,” Clausen said of Eason. “Everybody wants the freshmen to go in and play right away, but the truth is you just learn so much from year one to year two. I’m sure fans don’t want to hear that. They want to see Eason out there Game One and the whole deal. But I’ve been there before … and if you go with the freshman, you’ve got to understand there’s going to be two or three plays a game where you’ll be wondering, ‘why’d he do that?’ And the answer is because he was playing high school ball this time last year.”
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https://www.dawgnation.com/football...sen-among-those-eager-to-see-ugas-jacob-eason
 
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TN Outlaw said:
I think Georgia will be one of those teams that's got loads of talent and can end up beating a very good team one week but may get beat by somebody they have no biz losing to the next. Dangerous but not consistant.

I'm sure I'm alone in this but I think a lot of ppl are underestimating Florida this year...again. They lost some good talent but CJM is great with QB's, their Oline will def be better than last year and now they have their best WR back. Of course their D will prob be top 5 in the SEC.

The Vols are gona have it to do to beat the Gators this year and Georgia on the road is gona be tough too. I think UT has the least questions and the most experienced talent so I do think we win the East but I see lots of fans writing Fl and Ga off like we done beat em. Matter of fact not only beat but like they know we will destroy Fl.

I've watched that game a lot of years and a boat race ain't likely. Out of the big 3 SECe teams Id say the team with the best D wins the East. Prob be between UT and UF in that case. Hopefully Shoop will be the diff maker.
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Great with QBs? He sure didn't help them last year
 
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UGA is very talented still and their schedule is fairly weak for an SEC schedule. GT and North Carolina are their non-conference and both are 7-8 win teams (regular season). Hopefully Ole Miss will beat them, but not sure they will.
 
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Ga has a lot of problems along both lines of scrimmage and qb. Going to be a rough year for them. That game will be an easier chance for victory than Florida
 
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#48
Georgia is essentially replacing their ENTIRE FRONT SEVEN on defense. I don't care how defensive-minded Smart is, a man is only as good as the tools he has to work with. We will absolutely run the ball down their throat for 4 quarters.
 
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Unless the true freshman is the second coming of a insert legend here there's no way Georgia beats Tennessee. Very rarely do freshman QB do well in the SEC
 
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