What other message boards are saying (UGA pre game edition)

#101
#101
cardvolfan said:
I understand your viewpoint about ‘22 time of possession and big plays. My big point is that we are getting less possessions on the whole and less productive possessions against very good teams. I certainly didn’t articulate that very well.
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Point taken!

I’m hoping that improves with more decisive QB play. I’m VERY encouraged by the fireman so far.
 
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volbound1700 said:
Possible. UGA recruiting hasn't been as dominant since NIL as you think. (It really isn't that UGA is doing bad, it is that the talent is getting more spread out now). Also Nico was a 5* lol. Not all 5* pan out.
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You’re not wrong. But the stats tell us having 30 5 stars gives you a much better chance on getting them to hit than having 5.
 
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GVF said:
Yet they rarely lose with him as OC. I think he has more than proven himself as an OC.
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I think they don't like him because he's pretty plain vanilla, but they don't really have to do anything fancy or atypical with the talent they have. He also was one of Richt's OCs for some teams that pretty clearly underachieved.

If they don't like that style of offense, ultimately it is Kirby they have to blame.
 
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EastTNVol6240 said:
You’re not wrong. But the stats tell us having 30 5 stars gives you a much better chance on getting them to hit than having 5.
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I agree but we have been upgrading our own talent the last 3 years or so. For example, we have a lot more talent on this team than in 2022. I think some of the posters are missing how much transfer portals are impacting recruiting classes as well. Players from those classes are transferring out to other schools regularly.
 
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kcvols1 said:
Ya, they still have BDS from when he worked for Mark Richt
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Richt and Bobo may not have got over hte hump and brought the natty to Athens, but they posted strong seasons. He was 9-5 in bowl games. Going back to Dooley, Richt is 2nd in win% behind Smart in his 14 years vs. 2025 being Smarts 10th. Had 2 SEC titles vs. Smarts 3 so far. It ain't like Richt and Bobo were trash or that Bobo din't do his job in his first stint with Richt. And Richt's class >>> Smart by far and was still quite successful. AS it turned out, Richts decline in his last year or two that manifested after he went to Miami, may have also hurt Bobo a little the last couple years. UGA fans have no cause to to trash Bobo.
 
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05_never_again said:
I think they don't like him because he's pretty plain vanilla, but they don't really have to do anything fancy or atypical with the talent they have. He also was one of Richt's OCs for some teams that pretty clearly underachieved.

If they don't like that style of offense, ultimately it is Kirby they have to blame.
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Makes alot of sense, but they have a serious problem with being really good without alot of flash and effort. But, by comparison, if they underperformed some games with Bobo under Richt, and also with Kirby, how much of it is Bobo when it happens. Truth is, it will happen. Heck Saban and his teams even unperformed and lost one here and there. Probably not games they should win 100% of the time, but it happens to all teams.

Bottom line though, Bobo has been around as OC under the two winningest UGA coaches since the dawn of Dooley. Smart ain't stupid. He brought him back for a reason. I think Richt's Parkisons was already setting in his last couple years, becoming more apparent at Miami, and Bobo provided some stability that was beginning to evade Richt.
 
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Madscientistvol said:
UGA fans have no self awareness. I’ve hated Alabama fans and Florida fans, but I can tolerate them so much more than Georgia. Bama fans have followed a team that only wins for so long that they kinda quit gloating, Florida has been our kryptonite for so long that it’s more of a running joke at this point to both sides, UGA is just horribly arrogant like they’ve never been there before, and they are unfun and unlikeable.
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Maybe it's just who you know. I play golf with a GA fan and he's big into football but never even brings up GA-TN games or says anything negative about the Vols. I lived next door to a FL alum and her sister and parents were FL alum and they were as nice as could be, even sending friendly texts during TN-FL week. I have two families of Bama fans on my street and never heard anything negative or arrogant from either of them. I live across the street from an Ohio State fan and he never rubbed it in during the playoff game. I guess I'm just lucky? :cool:
 
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I remember some tennessee fans were estatic when Bobo went back to Georgia as OC and then i remembered that we rarely beat them when he was there before under Richt.
 
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DirtyDawg said:
Then there is Bobo. I’m not sure if it’s bc he doesn’t have faith in Gunner or what exactly, but his play calling has been abysmal. It’s honestly never been great, but it seems to have even regressed more lately. I’ll say this, if GA struggles to run the ball, we are going to be in big trouble Saturday.
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Appreciate you coming on here. Always enjoy your posts. Forgive me if this has been repeated (I haven't taken the time to read all the pages on this thread), but your above quote immediately brought to mind the Vols last year. Heupel is usually good with mixing up plays and being creative, but last year our playcalling seemed quite lukewarm. In hindsight it appears the playbook was limited because our staff was not sold on Nico's ability and had to limit what they were asking him to do. The playbook seems to have opened up quite a bit more with Aguilar. This could be a similar case with Bobo/Gunner.

I'm not familiar enough with GA to know who's really calling the shots on offense (Smart or Bobo), but Smart is historically good at making halftime adjustments, so I don't believe the talent gap is narrow enough for the Vols to capitalize on whatever shortcomings you think the Bulldogs have.

I still think the most realistic outcome is the Vols beat the spread but lose a close game.
 
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It’s definitely the best I have felt about beating UGA since 2016. Vegas agrees. I believe the spread was as high as UGA -8.5, now it’s UGA -4.5, which is certainly a swing.
 
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#118
“Not sure why some of you are worried. running up scores is what TN does. Against good D, they struggle. 20 ppg vs SEC. Has never scored more than 17 vs UGA”

This is exactly what Chris Doering said on SEC this morning. He says TN is an FCS bully that can’t do that offensively against the big 3 (4-8). He’s right until the Vols do something about it.
 
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volbound1700 said:
Their fanbase and the situation kind of reminds me of how we were acting leading into the 2023 game against Florida.
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Agreed..our fans are just as bad. Just look at the comments last year going into the Ohio St game. Way too many were overconfident for no reason at all. Then we found out
 
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jasonvol18 said:
Agreed..our fans are just as bad. Just look at the comments last year going into the Ohio St game. Way too many were overconfident for no reason at all. Then we found out
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I never understood it. I thought it was a tough matchup from the start.
 
#122
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volbound1700 said:
Question for you, did 2022 Alabama bring their "A" game and do you feel this team is way better than that Alabama team? Tennessee can win these games with Heupel (now the previous turd knocker coaches are questionable if it was possible).
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I would say 2022 was an anomaly. There are always exceptions to the rule, but I can give you dozens of cases where we were outmatched based on recruit rankings and lost. UGA last 9 seasons, Ohio State last season, 16 of the last 18 games against Bama.
 
#123
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Should be board material for our defensive guys to look at all during practice this week:

"That said, Tennessee’s defense is nothing to write home about."
 
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Volfanstucknga said:
I would say 2022 was an anomaly. There are always exceptions to the rule, but I can give you dozens of cases where we were outmatched based on recruit rankings and lost. UGA last 9 seasons, Ohio State last season, 16 of the last 18 games against Bama.
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Generally better teams beat weaker teams. I can give you examples of situations where Heupel won with less talent.

Florida 2022 (yes, look it up), LSU 2022, Alabama 2022, Clemson 2022, Texas A&M 2023, Florida 2024, Alabama 2024, and Oklahoma 2024.

These are all off the top of my head. We have just recently just matched Florida in talent/recruiting rankings. (Now you could argue that due to transfers we maybe a head of them in the past few years.

Texas A&M is a classic example of a team bringing in top talent but not doing anything with it. It can go both ways. Missouri has been pretty solid the last 2-3 years and they barely scratch the top 25 in recruiting rankings.
 
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#125
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vol94 said:
It will be interesting. This is the yr for TN to get over the hump vs. GA as:

•1st away game for Gunner
• Hostile Neyland environment.
•GA isn’t clicking on all cylinders, yet.
•Not much to go by on film w/ Joey - esp. with the new wrinkles this season.
•Joey is seeing the field much better than Nico instead of “one man route.”

I say the above in that it won’t surprise me if we lose. The GA fan base has been down on Bobo before, yet he called a great game last yr vs TN.

Plus, I’m concerned with our:

•Run defense
•covering their tight ends.
• The slant/middle of field is wide open, esp vs our zone.
• too much time for QB to read progressions or take off

I’m torn rt now on who I’m picking - trying to stay objective - 😆

I’ll be there in X2 and hosted by halftime.

Go Vols!
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Hit the tight ends.
 
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