Dude's dad was dying in hospital and he leaned on staff that couldn't pull it off... Broken hip is like kiss of death in old people and if I knew that then so did Kirby and he was under immense pressure already without QB and Kicker then add attack and dekay and dad falling down... Coach is legend and very few could handle just one of those but he did all simultaneously and we still had a few shots in that game to overcome some rough calls and missed calls. he looked like he aged 5 years in just a few days guys so let's keep all that in perspective. 🙏🕊️RIP Sonny and GET WELL Elle!!!
1) Get a new OC. It’s been clear that play-calling has been out of sorts all season. With a new QB in Gunnar with a different skill set, go get someone whose playbook complements him. 2) Secure the Branch brothers or other top WRs from the portal, and prioritize guys that can get separation in routes that aren’t deep balls. 3) Reconsider O-Line coaching staff. Once borderline RBU is now an afterthought. Need to get some better preparation on the front to enable the offense. I think most reasonable UGA fans would say that winning the SEC was a bit shocking given the chaos needed to get us there and the consistent struggles observed all season long. Hats off to Kirby on the coaching piece there. The issue with the ND game was that it was very much winnable - just poor decisions and individual players in a select few moments that decided the outcome of the game at large. Although I want the natty, I hope this does wake Kirby up to some much needed tweaks to his system, especially on the offensive play-calling side of things
yeah I was shockee we won the sec tbh, I thought getting to the semis was the absolute ceiling of this team with a backup qb and the worst rb room in 40 years
@@GMECCULOVER Who would you have gotten in the portal that would have changed the outcome for GA? Remember last in the SEC in rushing.. How many games have they either not scored a TD or only scored 1 TD in the 1st half? This is horrible coaching!
Bottom line just ask yourself how the UGA finishes last in the SEC in rushing & remind yourself how many times GA didn't score a TD in the 1st half or only scored 1 TD only to find some offense in the 2nd half when forced to open it up.. Very depressing & next year they lose so much on the defensive side.. It's going to be ugly.
I don’t like Bono but the offense didn’t drop off much in his first year actually they finished 5th in PPG Monken’s last year and Bobo’s first year….so the problems started this year after you lost two guys who are currently top 15 in the NFL in receiving yards
Valid point,,, the numbers don't lie and apparently the players don't come to play for BoBo..... but this team did not win at any position , they got their asses whipped....Still a good season with the talent they had....
Tell us you don't know football without telling us. Bobo lost Bowers, McKonkey, Darnell Washington, Rosemary jacksaint, Bennett, Kendall Milton, McIntosh, Adonai Mitchell, Dajun Edward's, want me to keep going? Oh and an ELITE defense too
@Todd Monken took Bobo’s job for 3 years and won back to back national championships Bobo been OC for like 10 years now and has won nothing you sound like a causal who started liking uga after the recent championships
Dismiss Bobo and Searels. Bad O line. Bad play calls. Stockton was fine. He needs to get the ball out sooner. And quicken that release. Throws a great ball. But he wasn’t the issue.
Well, Bobo is also the QB coach so he is accountable for making the QB bench better. Gunner needs to work on his ball release time. He needs to make the ball zip out of his hands faster and quicker. His release is slow and that can result in strip sacks next season.
He’s not gonna fire Bobo, they’re best friends. Unless Bobo says “he wants to be an analyst or he retires he’s not going anywhere. I would like for them to fire OL coach Stacy Searles but I doubt that happens. The good news is Georgia is gonna be loaded next year especially in the interior DL and at LB and we have 3 really good WR’s coming in including a 5 Star. Same schedule as last year except we get Bama, Ole Miss and Texas at home on the road vs Auburn and Tennessee. We play Tech at Mercedes Benz. No reason this team shouldn’t finish 10-2 or 11-1.
I'm not a Bobo fan either and believe we could do much better but he was not the one on the o-line not opening holes for the running game and allowing pressure on Gunner in the passing game. Bobo is not why we lost this game.
The Defense for UGA wasn’t the problem. They played well enough to win. ND made few mistakes and took advantage of UGAs big mistakes (fumble/kick return) and then to NDs credit they protected that lead with good ball control offense. The UGA Oline was the big problem that was supposed to be a strength and it ended up being one of their two biggest weaknesses. Congrats to ND, they have a coach that is going to keep ND competing with Ohio State, UGA, Bama type teams, he’s a really good coach. Honestly, (last nights game included) this has been such a frustrating season to watch per game. Every game was a struggle, and not just the tough teams, every game they struggled being consistent. They never played one really solid complete game on both sides of the ball all season and had to struggle to win games against teams they were supposed to beat handily. Those deficiencies showed up last night again and ND team that is fundamentally sound with speed and toughness to make them pay and that they did. Best of luck in the next round and see you next year.
As long as Kirby is the HC, that is unlikely. He has not fired anyone since 2019... Hired his best friend and college roommate as OC. Mark Richt was like this. He was decent his first 7 years although not as accomplished as Kirby. After that period, Mark Richt as HC as far as team accomplishments took a nose dive and fell off a cliff. I hope Kirby is not following the similar trajectory. He may not be as hungry after 2 Natties and he won't be firing anyone anytime soon unless someone else twists his arm.
Appreciate the vote of confidence, but I'm a diehard and see clear regression that will continue into next season. Without a major overhaul in offensive staff, I don't think we contend again in the current landscape.
It's the NIL that's causing this - not the staff. UGA was 6th in NIL spending and that's likely about where they'll end up at season's end. The college football landscape has changed dramatically (for the worse, I might add) and this is the result. ND spent a few million $$ more than UGA and it showed yesterday. Recruiting means nothing now and spending $$ does. Everything has changed and honestly I've lost interest in this version of college football.
@@22s22a Faith? That's what Kirby has in Bobo despite the predictable play calling. It's not an easy decision to replace your friend. Thats one lesson Kirby needs to copy from Saban- first dont hire buddies- (not sure Saban ever had any) and second call a spade a spade and replace them when needed. I have faith he will adapt. Thanks for the brilliant comment though.
Thanks, J.D.! Great to hear a Southern voice in all of these commentaries. As a Catholic Georgia boy, and former UGA student, I say Congrats to Notre Dame! It was hard to watch for me but I wish them all the best in the playoff. Beat Penn State!! The Dawgs will be back. We need to get better backs and receivers, and they need to protect the ball. I hope Gunner can develop and grow into the player he can become. Happy New Year!
As a Notre Dame fan you'd be crazy to blame Gunner. That dude played his ass off. He balled out at least for his first start against a great ND defense in a huge game. He is NOT the reason Georgia lost. Anyway, Georgia is an Elite level program and will obviously be back next year playing in the playoffs
Thanks. The portion of Georgia fans that know football and knows how to watch the game other than mere entertainment are aware that Gunner did just fine for his first game as QB1. Even Trevor Lawrence as out QB could not help when we cannot run or catch balls with the current level of talent or health. Ability to run and pass are connected and affects the other so when one side is lacking, puts pressure on the other. We need more playmakers who can be more clutch and not focus strictly on 4/5-Star ratings of players entering college market. Also, Georgia has too many coaches that are great at recruiting process but are not that good at actually coaching up players (my take, my opinion). I think Notre Dame having had to really take a good look after Brian Kelly left took all the right steps and not cut corners in recruiting/portal/NIL to get the right chess pieces needed to make a team that can fight that is worthy of being called The Fighting Irish. You have a QB and edge rusher from Duke, great kicker from South Carolina, etc. that contributed in beating Georgia. Georgia needs to get off of its high horse and actually pay attention in acquiring really good talent.
One thing i haven't heard anyone talk about is one reason Kirby was not one his game was his father was in hospital fighting for his life and did pass right after. Prayers for the Smart family.
If Kirby is serious about winning another National championship then he’ll get a new OC, new OL coach and START PLAYING FRESHMAN Long are the days where kids wait their turn to play starting positions. If you want to hold onto 5 stars you gotta let them play. If not they’ll just enter the portal. Maybe you don’t like that culture at GA but that’s exactly why Nick Saban left.
@ Stocktons stats: 20/32 1TD 0 INT From what I saw he was fantastic against ND. He was dealing with WR who cant catch to save their lives and an OL that would not block. Combined with asinine play calls I think he could’ve done a lot worse. That kid has talent. It’s everything around him that needs adjusting. Kirby has all the ingredients now he just needs the proper chef.
@@johnotto4931there’s barely any QBs left in the portal. Regardless, Gunner proved that he’s trending towards QB1 next season. If he is able to brush up some things like pocket presence (comes with experience) and quicker release, he can go far with UGA. Like the Original comment says, Kirby needs to hire better coaches and needs to utilize his young pups or else they’ll leave.
No excuses. We gave them the game. Take away turnovers and kickoff return,totally different game. Best Notre Dame team in 10 years,worst Georgia team in 5. We will be back.
Turnovers are a part of the game that are forced, not given away. Neither of those were responsible for Riley Leonard outrushing the entire team even if you subtract his longest run. Those 2 plays decided the game, but it was by no means given.
@ Kickoff returns are not under GA control other than missed tackles that can happen from time to time but the Bonehead "Analytics" decision to go aggressive right before the half when ND defense was manhandling Georgia O-Line in short field situation caused the strip sack. At 6-3, at that time and how the game was flowing, the best course of action was to hand it off or take a knee and quickly regroup at half. Being aggressive just before half was the same cause behind Beck injury. Why wait until near half to go aggressive?!? Should have been more aggressive in the bottom of the first quarter or beginning of second. Whoever is in the coaching staff with analytics needs to understand the football game and how situational awareness factors in to the numbers in the analytics.
yes they gave preferential discretion to benefit ND on back to back hitting/.roughing the kicker penalties when the second by nature of repeating the first identically should've been a 15 yd and then gave no discretion to PJ. THAT SHOWED BIAS imho and we saw it a few more times with missed calls and letting the dude fake an injury when he just lost a shoe and the trick off on nonsense. that's my POV anyhow
Gunner's ball release needs to be quicker and with more zing. Needs to work on those things. He has the arm strength and accuracy. Just needs quicker release and better decision making which comes from actual game experience.
All the credit to ND, give them the best of luck. On the other hand, we had two weeks to put in some special Gunner plays some wrinkle plays to establish what Gunner is great at. We didn't. Bobo needs to go.
No cap. Whether Bobo is actually decent or not is moot at this point. There is a bad smelling taint to his name and presence, fair or not. The players are not inspired to play the calls made. The talent level is not high enough to cover for the vanilla and predictable plays drawn up. Need more disguises and eye candy movements to church up the plays instead of just dialing up plays up the middle. Up the middle works when your O-Line is significantly bigger, heavier, stronger and faster than the opposing D-line. Georgia O-Line may have been bigger and heavier but was weaker and slower than Notre Dame's D-Line.
Next year, 4 weeks off is just too much time off. It’s not a coincidence that all 4 teams with a bye lost, too much time as opposed to a team who had a game to knock the cobwebs off.
Nah, no one is getting fired off of an SEC championship team and a team that finished in the top 8 of the 12 team playoff. In fact those coaches are all getting bonuses and raises. Whats next is another run at the SEC championship in 2025 and a better run in the CFP this coming season. Let’s Go Dawgs!
It’s Bobo, JD. It always has been. We’ve gotten worse every year with him on staff and it’s caused Kirby to regress and get out-coached several times which never happened before he hired all his buddies
Certainly Bobo is partly responsible for making it easier for opposing team's DC but you cannot bake a great cake when your cupboard and pantry are bare and empty. We lack significantly on talent for offense after losing Bowers and Ladd. Those were not only 4/5 Star players but actual CLUTCH PLAYMAKERS which is a level higher than mere star ratings. The NIL/Portal makes it impossible to recruit the traditional way to collect talent and keep that talent on roster. Kirby needs to reassess how to chart a new course fast. Need better talent recognition personnel and recruiting for HS and Portal and then open up the wallet more while spending wisely.
Same "Analytics" staff recommending that we go "aggressive" just before half. Beck was hurt just before the half against Texas because we wanted to go for a hail mary instead of get in close for a FG kick. Same dumb decision making led to going for it before the half against ND that led to a strip sack and quick 7 points. That was the game.
I didn’t think I’d ever get to the point where I would be as ambivalent as I was after a UGA loss, but here we are. This is not the college football we grew up loving. It’s just who spends the most on transfers. Nothing pure about this competition.
Agree. There are people who wants to turn college ball into NFL. Inject money by way of NIL to break up the SEC dominance. Now there are talking about NIL cap much like NFL salary cap. Same people are proposing more changes to allow businesses like Blackrock to buy into college football by way of making a new league for college football similar to NFL league. Completely ruining the student-athlete, college ball model. The reason I like college football is because it is not like the NFL. Now they are trying to ruin it.
1. They need to fire Stacy Searls the O line has regressed under him since Matt Luke left 2. They have to get some WRs out of the portal and develop these young WRs Georgia has Nitro Tuggle ETC and leading the country in drop passes is unacceptable 3. I wanna see Kirby bring back Will Muschamp as the DC and find them a new OC
We had a RB room that was DECIMATED by injuries. We couldn't run the football as much as we wanted to. We lost our top 2 wide outs due to legal crap. A defensive and offensive line that had a lot of injuries. Still won the SEC. And for all the SEC haters.... An SEC team might still win the Natty
At the end of the day, you have to play complementary football. In this game, there were 4 Phases instead of the traditional 3 phases. If you can achieve good execution in any 3 out of 4, you can win most games. Notre Dame had Defense (strip sack + 7 points of TD), Special Teams (FG kicker clutch and made all 3 of his almost 50 yard kicks even though he was 8 for 16 prior to that game, Kickoff Return for TD), and Great Coaching (11-sub to force GA offsides for Automatic 1st down) while okay in offense but R. Leonard did what was needed at critical stages to make it work. Georgia offense suffered from O-Line getting beat even though it was bigger and heavier (Notre Dame D-Line was stronger and faster) and so led to poor running game and no play action. Also, Left Tackle was getting a beatdown like he stole something from Notre Dame which led to a strip sack. Gunner did well but no target that can catch the ball. Georgia Defense did well but stayed on the field too long and could not keep the team competitive after BAD COACHING/BAD ANALYTICS that caused Georgia to go "aggressive" just before the half... If you want to be aggressive, you should have been more tough in the middle of first half... For Special Teams, our punting lacked defense and got the punter pressured. Lastly, sub-standard coaching. If you are trailing just before the half with 6-3 on the board, the 3 points difference is not hard to make up. On your end of the field with bad LT play was at high risk for a strip sack that led to ND with less than 10 yards from endzone and TD. Instead of 6-3 at the half, it was 13-3. The kickoff return at the beginning of the second half was the game. That was it. Too many points to make up in a close, low scoring rock fight.
One obvious weakness was at left end on offence. Number 57 was terrible and allowed three sacks by himself. The other obvious weakness was the WRs who can't catch.
I somewhat agree. If we had WR who scared the Defense, that would help the Oline block because the other team can't pin their ears back and bring the house. they would need more defenders covering receivers. However, I do think the Oline has underachieved.
Beck had more game experience but he had ZERO influence on other players to rally. He is not the tide that can lift all boats at high tide. Gunner can do what Beck can't in the leadership but Kirby did not do himself a favor by limiting Gunner's play time during regular season. Kirby has not matured enough to be like Saban in knowing when to sub out his QB1 and being in a backup to win games. As for the difference against Notre Dame, it was poor O-Line performance that caused the loss as well as no one to run or catch the ball. Georgia O-Line was bigger, taller and heavier in weight but Notre Dame was stronger and faster. Georgia Left Tackle was getting beatdown like he owed Notre Dame money and caused the Gunner strip sack. That and the kickoff return after the half was the 14 quick points in 2 plays less than 54 seconds of game time. Georgia lost by 13 points. That was the game.
Idk how it’s not easy to see. They ran the ball a lot less this year because they we losing at the half for most of their games and have had a crazy amount of injuries at RB. The most consistently healthy RBs were a freshman and former walk on
We did lose 2 major WRs to domestic cases during the season. 2 dudes who would have been major 50/50 balls catchers. That would have made us a whole different offense.
Fire Mike BoBo! Bring in new Receivers WHO CAN CATCH THE BALL. The running game was not elite, the offense was just horrible overall. Change the entire staff do something
Game was winnable. Most of NDs points were the sack and punt return. It was an embarrassing night for UGA. They played awful and coaching was awful. Gunner was impressive. Imagine your first ever start was a playoff quarter final. They need to get an o line capable of getting back to RBU and give gunner some weapons downfield. Oh, and learn to stop a running qb for once.
Georgia O-line was bigger, taller, heavier than Notre Dame but Notre Dame was stronger and faster and more athletic. Our Left Tackle was getting a beatdown all game like he owed money to Notre Dame. We got outplayed and out-coached. We also cannot run or catch balls. I am surprised that we won the SEC at all this year with this team. No excuses.
If you take the all time teams in college football, they average 1 championship every 20-30 years. We need to start having conversations about realistic expectations of fans and realistic goals. Ohio State has “championship or bust” mentality and they’ve won 1 championship in the last 20 years. The playoffs are great and I think aiming for the playoffs is a lot more realistic goal for fans at least. Like March madness. Getting rid of the “we’re going to the natty” and instead “we’re going to compete for a natty”
People saying the OC is #1 are delusional. #1, we need to work on the O-Line. Maybe that's bodies. Maybe that's the coach. #2 is WRs. Most dropped passes in college football is inexcusable. #3 might be Bobo, but it may also be the defensive line making sure we get pressure on the line
At what point do we blame Kirby? Players in trouble with the law, dropped passes penalties, top 5 roster still can’t win why does Kirby get let off the hook?
Same reason Saban got off the hook for anything and everything that happened (and was swept under the rug)- wins. Georgia is 105-19 under Kirby. 5 losses year 1.This was only the 2nd year he's ever lost 3 games. I blame him for keeping Bobo.
Kirby has flaws in unreasonable level of loyalty to his players and coaches. He has not fired anyone since 2019. He has won 2 Natties for Georgia. He can crap the bed for years and won't get in trouble. He is untouchable even though he should not be allowed to hire someone as OC because he happens to be his best friend and college roommate. Yes, I am frustrated.
@ all I heard was give Nick a month and he’s unbeatable well Michigan sacked milrow 5 times and 5 bad snaps in the first half and nobody said Nick got out coached
@ that has nothing to do with leadership, 2 dead and 25 in trouble with the law and not one player disciplined that’s a lack of leadership and a culture problem
Get those recycled old coaches like OC, OL and WR who never won anything there first time at UGA out of there. Next start playing WR the can catch the ball instead of those who block well!
Drop passes and a not going into half just down 6 to 3 Georgia should’ve started out 14 to 0 but didn’t have them the momentum going into the 2nd half and that kick returned showed it
If Brock vandergriff had not transferred to Kentucky he would be the #2. I say that because he has retired from the sport and gunner looks good. There is a serious talent evaluation issue with this program
For sec, from now on I don’t think a team will go undefeated. All the teams are good and all the teams have faults. I think for next season the top team will probably have at least one loss
Gunner played well and also Beck played well...but we need a Qb that puts fear in the the Defense...we need a qb that can run just as good as he can pass..Qb of the future is a running qb ....Our oline is just a paper weight THATS why we need someone that can run.
100% it was QB thing. ND loaded up the box. Knowing Stockton was given a small playback. Beck changes that game 100% completely. Just being in the starting lineup. Not blaming Stockton it's just facts.
You're neglecting carson's ability to change plays at the line of scrimmage and diagnose where the pressure is coming from. These are two aspects Gunner seems to struggle with. Georgia was in a huddle much more and not using tempo on offense. Notre Dame's pass rush is not as effective if Carson is playing and I believe Georgia would have had a better offense performance.
From what i saw it wasn't Georgia QB, or Offensive coordinator the problem they had was Notre Dame DL put a rear end kicking on Georgia OL. That not happened to a Georgia team long time. Another thing i dont remember last time Georgia give up a kick off for a TD in a game much less a big game like that one. Notre Dame OL did a good job on Georgia front 7 , how many times the Notre Dame QB run up middle lot yards converted huge 3rd downs that big difference in that game was ND. QB making plays running the ball he had like 80 yards rushing. Certainly dont think blame Bobo is fair. In reality that was least of Georgia problems
Last time it happened was at Ole Miss this year. And Bama in SEC CG last year. Happens. Turnovers and a KO return TD was the difference. ND is better under Freeman.
You can’t, at any level of football expect to be successful when it takes your offense an entire half to get going the entire season. You can get away with that a few times a season, but UGA was playing with fire all season, coming from behind 9 times may look like resilience but it’s underachieving. UGA is better than that and I hope Kirby finds a better option that will move the team foreard
Like JD said. After that penalty, it was 1st & 10. It’s not Jone’s fault the offense couldn’t move the ball. He barely impacted the game, saying he impacted it in a major way is such a cop out opinion
@ 1st and 10 inside the 10 different than 1st and 10 at the 30. It doesn’t matter now but it could have impacted the game massively had the mistake not been made
That penalty should have NEVER been called. There shoukd have been a sideline warning and that’s it. You can’t call a penalty like that in a game like this. I wouid not want it called on a ND player either. Ridiculous.
@@litedawgduring alive play it's a penalty not a warning. Read the rule book bro they give a sideline warning after the play when players enter the field. Any contact with a ref in the white area during a live play is a 15 yarder. You fans react off emotions man instead of the facts.
Fire Bozo, get elite coaches at OC, offensive line, receiver coaches. Hire absolutely ruthless MF'ers that will scheme, plot and execute high level game plans each week to put UGA's foot on opponents' throats the whole game, not let up and win the second the clock starts.
STARTS WITH COACHING …. LAST 2 YRS … INCOMPLETE BOTY SIDES OF THE BALL AND SMART MAKES TO MANY OF THE SAME EXCUSES …. HE NEEDS TO TAKE A COME TO JESUS LOOK IN A MIRROW….. CANT SPOT ANY TEAM 18 POINTS AND EXPECT TO WIN ,,, UGA DID IT ALL YEAR .. JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH IN A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.. ND COACHES KICKED BUTT .. THEY WERE PREPARED UGA WAS NOT!!
Get some WRs that can catch. Arian Smith was inconsistent all season. Tackle alot better. UGA gave up more points this season than the last 2 seasons combined.
Let's stop pretending our defense is to blame. They gave up 16 points and 7 of those came from a turnover in the red zone. Our offensive line and our receivers cost us this game as they did against Ole Miss. Our tight ends have to start showing up because they have been absent all year. Gunner is going to be a stud, he played good enough to win
it isn't at all complicated. uga needs some world beating receivers, a great qb and some offensive linemen. be honest - even if uga beat ND and penn state - they were gonna get smoked by tOSU. another thing we are gonna have to come to terms with is how nil has changed the game. the massive talent advantage sec teams used to have is pretty much gone. it is why saban retired. he knew.
Just as i thought, Rashada is in the portal. Puglisi likely to be starter. He is zero threat to run. He would be a liability. Line must offer almost pro like protection. WRs must create separation. Monroe Freiling must not protect any QB's blind side. No QB. O line coach and Bobo must go.
UGa needs offensive playmakers. Gunner Stockton played reasonably well. But he’s no where near the talent of any of the great Alabama quarterbacks currently playing in the NFL. Georgia wide receivers don’t scare anybody. Does Lindsay Scott have any eligibility remaining? The Dawgs won the past few years because virtually their entire 2 deep on defense were NFL prospects. That may not be enough any more.
JD there is only one person to blame and if we want to be in the playoffs next year Kirby needs to find an OC. Bobo has done this crap ever since he was OC for GA the first time. He had 3 weeks to prepare and scheme for this game and what does he do, calls 37 pass plays. Fraser touched the ball 6 times for 54 yds, tell me where that went and Trevor touched it only 11 times. When everybody could see that the first half Gunner was being heavily rushed and blitzed in the first half there were no adjustments made for the 2nd half. All Bobo wanted to do was make Gunner stand in the pocket and wait for plays to open up 20 yds down field. Bobo has done this his whole time at UGA oh and by the way where were the TE's in this game. Bobo is an idiot ever since Kirby brought him back UGA has not won the games that mattered and if you look it up you'll see he didn't his first time at UGA under Richt. One last note if you look closely that idiot ref ran out of the white and into Jones who was barely on the white if at all. The refs fixed that game on numerous calls and were totally bias to ND.
What’s next is get all the guys together at the Teams multi million dollar facility and have copious amounts of chips/dip/ and cokes to drink as they watch the two semi final games…enjoy the camaraderie,and watch the last 4 teams still alive in the playoffs…this is in no way a dig at Georgia…just a reality of what is…
Mike bobo is another mark richt . Does well enough but we need another TM plain and simple. New oline and wr coach as well . We use to have head coaches coaching positions now we have ppl that aren’t as talented and it shows
Man stop the riding in Georgia. It’s over film. They’re just another Clemson 2.0 we’ve been telling Georgia fans forever since Bennett left that they will not be the same without Bennett. Kirby, Smart, Legacy, and Little run is going to be because of Stetson Bennett. He will not win any more national championships. Just like last year Georgia had a easy schedule and they got their butt whooped by Alabama and we told him they will not beat us again next year even with Carson Beck and look what happened. Kirby is a good coach, but he is not an elite coach like Nick Saban so you guys can stop doing that he just gonna be another Dabo, had a great run with certain quarterbacks
I don’t think I’ve seen any UGA fan blame the game on the Gunner. He played pretty good given the performance of the offense around him. Vast majority of what I’ve seen is complaints about the OLine, play calling, and execution (looking at the WRs). Regarding Parker, he’s an idiot. Unnecessary mistake, especially given he was on the bench. It affected the game, but to what extent we’ll never actually know. It’s probably wouldn’t have changed the outcome, but again, you never know.
Dude's dad was dying in hospital and he leaned on staff that couldn't pull it off... Broken hip is like kiss of death in old people and if I knew that then so did Kirby and he was under immense pressure already without QB and Kicker then add attack and dekay and dad falling down... Coach is legend and very few could handle just one of those but he did all simultaneously and we still had a few shots in that game to overcome some rough calls and missed calls. he looked like he aged 5 years in just a few days guys so let's keep all that in perspective. 🙏🕊️RIP Sonny and GET WELL Elle!!!
1) Get a new OC. It’s been clear that play-calling has been out of sorts all season. With a new QB in Gunnar with a different skill set, go get someone whose playbook complements him.
2) Secure the Branch brothers or other top WRs from the portal, and prioritize guys that can get separation in routes that aren’t deep balls.
3) Reconsider O-Line coaching staff. Once borderline RBU is now an afterthought. Need to get some better preparation on the front to enable the offense.
I think most reasonable UGA fans would say that winning the SEC was a bit shocking given the chaos needed to get us there and the consistent struggles observed all season long. Hats off to Kirby on the coaching piece there. The issue with the ND game was that it was very much winnable - just poor decisions and individual players in a select few moments that decided the outcome of the game at large. Although I want the natty, I hope this does wake Kirby up to some much needed tweaks to his system, especially on the offensive play-calling side of things
uga fan here and fully agree with all points made, really dont know why we dont use the portal it's so stupid
yeah I was shockee we won the sec tbh, I thought getting to the semis was the absolute ceiling of this team with a backup qb and the worst rb room in 40 years
@@GMECCULOVER Who would you have gotten in the portal that would have changed the outcome for GA? Remember last in the SEC in rushing.. How many games have they either not scored a TD or only scored 1 TD in the 1st half? This is horrible coaching!
Bottom line just ask yourself how the UGA finishes last in the SEC in rushing & remind yourself how many times GA didn't score a TD in the 1st half or only scored 1 TD only to find some offense in the 2nd half when forced to open it up.. Very depressing & next year they lose so much on the defensive side.. It's going to be ugly.
@@GMECCULOVER They used the portal and got Colbie Young who was suspended. he would've made a difference at WR.
All the problems started when Bobo came back just saying. You can argue with a wall and try to say he isn't the issue, but history does not lie.
I agree
I agree with you 💯, I don't even think Jackson meeks was third on the depth chart, yet he goes to Syracuse and put up big numbers.
I don’t like Bono but the offense didn’t drop off much in his first year actually they finished 5th in PPG Monken’s last year and Bobo’s first year….so the problems started this year after you lost two guys who are currently top 15 in the NFL in receiving yards
Facts
Valid point,,, the numbers don't lie and apparently the players don't come to play for BoBo..... but this team did not win at any position , they got their asses whipped....Still a good season with the talent they had....
Fire Mike Bobo.
Bobo gotta go go
Please
Tell us you don't know football without telling us. Bobo lost Bowers, McKonkey, Darnell Washington, Rosemary jacksaint, Bennett, Kendall Milton, McIntosh, Adonai Mitchell, Dajun Edward's, want me to keep going? Oh and an ELITE defense too
@@chrisshields5448 bro, you dont watch uga do you, the horrid playcalling is what's gonna get him fired
@Todd Monken took Bobo’s job for 3 years and won back to back national championships Bobo been OC for like 10 years now and has won nothing you sound like a causal who started liking uga after the recent championships
Dismiss Bobo and Searels. Bad O line. Bad play calls. Stockton was fine. He needs to get the ball out sooner. And quicken that release. Throws a great ball. But he wasn’t the issue.
Well, Bobo is also the QB coach so he is accountable for making the QB bench better. Gunner needs to work on his ball release time. He needs to make the ball zip out of his hands faster and quicker. His release is slow and that can result in strip sacks next season.
Hire Hines Ward in our new offensive coaching staff too!
fire mike booboo that's a start
He’s not gonna fire Bobo, they’re best friends. Unless Bobo says “he wants to be an analyst or he retires he’s not going anywhere. I would like for them to fire OL coach Stacy Searles but I doubt that happens. The good news is Georgia is gonna be loaded next year especially in the interior DL and at LB and we have 3 really good WR’s coming in including a 5 Star. Same schedule as last year except we get Bama, Ole Miss and Texas at home on the road vs Auburn and Tennessee. We play Tech at Mercedes Benz. No reason this team shouldn’t finish 10-2 or 11-1.
@@mikeharvey2748 god i hate buddy hires
I'm not a Bobo fan either and believe we could do much better but he was not the one on the o-line not opening holes for the running game and allowing pressure on Gunner in the passing game. Bobo is not why we lost this game.
Stop
The Defense for UGA wasn’t the problem. They played well enough to win. ND made few mistakes and took advantage of UGAs big mistakes (fumble/kick return) and then to NDs credit they protected that lead with good ball control offense. The UGA Oline was the big problem that was supposed to be a strength and it ended up being one of their two biggest weaknesses. Congrats to ND, they have a coach that is going to keep ND competing with Ohio State, UGA, Bama type teams, he’s a really good coach. Honestly, (last nights game included) this has been such a frustrating season to watch per game. Every game was a struggle, and not just the tough teams, every game they struggled being consistent. They never played one really solid complete game on both sides of the ball all season and had to struggle to win games against teams they were supposed to beat handily. Those deficiencies showed up last night again and ND team that is fundamentally sound with speed and toughness to make them pay and that they did.
Best of luck in the next round and see you next year.
I concur.Gotta be able to catch balls,tackle and run the ball.
You need defense been good all year
The offense is not creative at all. Need a new OC and OL coach
As long as Kirby is the HC, that is unlikely. He has not fired anyone since 2019... Hired his best friend and college roommate as OC. Mark Richt was like this. He was decent his first 7 years although not as accomplished as Kirby. After that period, Mark Richt as HC as far as team accomplishments took a nose dive and fell off a cliff. I hope Kirby is not following the similar trajectory. He may not be as hungry after 2 Natties and he won't be firing anyone anytime soon unless someone else twists his arm.
Don't forget about a new receivers coach too. Hines Ward is the answer.
Appreciate the vote of confidence, but I'm a diehard and see clear regression that will continue into next season. Without a major overhaul in offensive staff, I don't think we contend again in the current landscape.
Couldn't said it better myself
It's the NIL that's causing this - not the staff. UGA was 6th in NIL spending and that's likely about where they'll end up at season's end. The college football landscape has changed dramatically (for the worse, I might add) and this is the result. ND spent a few million $$ more than UGA and it showed yesterday. Recruiting means nothing now and spending $$ does. Everything has changed and honestly I've lost interest in this version of college football.
Couldn't agree more
No faith as expected from Georgia fan lol
@@22s22a Faith? That's what Kirby has in Bobo despite the predictable play calling. It's not an easy decision to replace your friend. Thats one lesson Kirby needs to copy from Saban- first dont hire buddies- (not sure Saban ever had any) and second call a spade a spade and replace them when needed. I have faith he will adapt. Thanks for the brilliant comment though.
Thanks, J.D.! Great to hear a Southern voice in all of these commentaries. As a Catholic Georgia boy, and former UGA student, I say Congrats to Notre Dame! It was hard to watch for me but I wish them all the best in the playoff. Beat Penn State!! The Dawgs will be back. We need to get better backs and receivers, and they need to protect the ball. I hope Gunner can develop and grow into the player he can become. Happy New Year!
As a Notre Dame fan you'd be crazy to blame Gunner. That dude played his ass off. He balled out at least for his first start against a great ND defense in a huge game. He is NOT the reason Georgia lost. Anyway, Georgia is an Elite level program and will obviously be back next year playing in the playoffs
Thanks. The portion of Georgia fans that know football and knows how to watch the game other than mere entertainment are aware that Gunner did just fine for his first game as QB1. Even Trevor Lawrence as out QB could not help when we cannot run or catch balls with the current level of talent or health. Ability to run and pass are connected and affects the other so when one side is lacking, puts pressure on the other. We need more playmakers who can be more clutch and not focus strictly on 4/5-Star ratings of players entering college market. Also, Georgia has too many coaches that are great at recruiting process but are not that good at actually coaching up players (my take, my opinion). I think Notre Dame having had to really take a good look after Brian Kelly left took all the right steps and not cut corners in recruiting/portal/NIL to get the right chess pieces needed to make a team that can fight that is worthy of being called The Fighting Irish. You have a QB and edge rusher from Duke, great kicker from South Carolina, etc. that contributed in beating Georgia. Georgia needs to get off of its high horse and actually pay attention in acquiring really good talent.
Really we know talent when we see it . And guarentee Gunner will not be a starter.
My heart goes out to the Smart Family for their Loss!
God bless you all!
Gunner would have had 300 + if Georgia’s receivers could catch the football.
Kirby’s dad was in the hospital dying and died that was the problem. This was the man who really taught him how to coach.
One thing i haven't heard anyone talk about is one reason Kirby was not one his game was his father was in hospital fighting for his life and did pass right after. Prayers for the Smart family.
If Kirby is serious about winning another National championship then he’ll get a new OC, new OL coach and START PLAYING FRESHMAN
Long are the days where kids wait their turn to play starting positions. If you want to hold onto 5 stars you gotta let them play. If not they’ll just enter the portal. Maybe you don’t like that culture at GA but that’s exactly why Nick Saban left.
The big question is whether or not Stockton is the answer for qb, or do yall go to the portal ?
@ Stocktons stats:
20/32 1TD 0 INT
From what I saw he was fantastic against ND. He was dealing with WR who cant catch to save their lives and an OL that would not block. Combined with asinine play calls I think he could’ve done a lot worse. That kid has talent.
It’s everything around him that needs adjusting. Kirby has all the ingredients now he just needs the proper chef.
@@johnotto4931Stockton wasn’t the issue here!!! His throws were pretty good when he had the protect!
@@johnotto4931there’s barely any QBs left in the portal. Regardless, Gunner proved that he’s trending towards QB1 next season. If he is able to brush up some things like pocket presence (comes with experience) and quicker release, he can go far with UGA. Like the Original comment says, Kirby needs to hire better coaches and needs to utilize his young pups or else they’ll leave.
@ some are going to leave anyway NIL will pay them it’s almost impossible for any team to be 2-3 deep anymore at any position
No excuses. We gave them the game. Take away turnovers and kickoff return,totally different game. Best Notre Dame team in 10 years,worst Georgia team in 5. We will be back.
Turnovers are a part of the game that are forced, not given away. Neither of those were responsible for Riley Leonard outrushing the entire team even if you subtract his longest run. Those 2 plays decided the game, but it was by no means given.
@ Kickoff returns are not under GA control other than missed tackles that can happen from time to time but the Bonehead "Analytics" decision to go aggressive right before the half when ND defense was manhandling Georgia O-Line in short field situation caused the strip sack. At 6-3, at that time and how the game was flowing, the best course of action was to hand it off or take a knee and quickly regroup at half. Being aggressive just before half was the same cause behind Beck injury. Why wait until near half to go aggressive?!? Should have been more aggressive in the bottom of the first quarter or beginning of second. Whoever is in the coaching staff with analytics needs to understand the football game and how situational awareness factors in to the numbers in the analytics.
yes we lost, the refs helped too and ND got the win but didnt actually dominate. it should've been UGA 10 ND 3 at halftime basically imho
The blame lies on the OL period.
GA Need to catch the damn ball
Fire the receivers coach. If there is one...
the ref shoulda gave a warning to pj
yes they gave preferential discretion to benefit ND on back to back hitting/.roughing the kicker penalties when the second by nature of repeating the first identically should've been a 15 yd and then gave no discretion to PJ. THAT SHOWED BIAS imho and we saw it a few more times with missed calls and letting the dude fake an injury when he just lost a shoe and the trick off on nonsense. that's my POV anyhow
Stockton looked good considering his experience. Great arm. Biggest positive of the game.
Gunner's ball release needs to be quicker and with more zing. Needs to work on those things. He has the arm strength and accuracy. Just needs quicker release and better decision making which comes from actual game experience.
All the credit to ND, give them the best of luck.
On the other hand, we had two weeks to put in some special Gunner plays some wrinkle plays to establish what Gunner is great at. We didn't. Bobo needs to go.
Great analysis JD; agree with all points! Kirby will make adjustments and the brand will grow from this season
It’s not that Bobo is bad, it’s that Georgia can get the best. Bring in an OC that the best players want to play for.
No cap. Whether Bobo is actually decent or not is moot at this point. There is a bad smelling taint to his name and presence, fair or not. The players are not inspired to play the calls made. The talent level is not high enough to cover for the vanilla and predictable plays drawn up. Need more disguises and eye candy movements to church up the plays instead of just dialing up plays up the middle. Up the middle works when your O-Line is significantly bigger, heavier, stronger and faster than the opposing D-line. Georgia O-Line may have been bigger and heavier but was weaker and slower than Notre Dame's D-Line.
Bobo is pretty bad when things fall apart
It's Mike Bobo ....
Next year, 4 weeks off is just too much time off. It’s not a coincidence that all 4 teams with a bye lost, too much time as opposed to a team who had a game to knock the cobwebs off.
@@HustlerT101 all 4 teams with a bye were also the underdogs in the games….its not a bye week problem it’s a playoff seeding problem.
Dawgs will be fine. They'll win it all next year while Bama goes 1-11. Their one win will, of course, be against Ga.
😂😂😂😂
Oh nah losing to Eastern Illinois next year would be insane work 💀
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Nah, no one is getting fired off of an SEC championship team and a team that finished in the top 8 of the 12 team playoff. In fact those coaches are all getting bonuses and raises. Whats next is another run at the SEC championship in 2025 and a better run in the CFP this coming season. Let’s Go Dawgs!
It’s Bobo, JD. It always has been. We’ve gotten worse every year with him on staff and it’s caused Kirby to regress and get out-coached several times which never happened before he hired all his buddies
Certainly Bobo is partly responsible for making it easier for opposing team's DC but you cannot bake a great cake when your cupboard and pantry are bare and empty. We lack significantly on talent for offense after losing Bowers and Ladd. Those were not only 4/5 Star players but actual CLUTCH PLAYMAKERS which is a level higher than mere star ratings. The NIL/Portal makes it impossible to recruit the traditional way to collect talent and keep that talent on roster. Kirby needs to reassess how to chart a new course fast. Need better talent recognition personnel and recruiting for HS and Portal and then open up the wallet more while spending wisely.
Just wanted to come on here and give my condolences to Coach Smart and the Bulldog family with the passing of Daddy Smart. God speed. 🙏🏻
a coach needs to be fired for zero blocking , gunner left all alone, glad he wasnt hurt
Same "Analytics" staff recommending that we go "aggressive" just before half. Beck was hurt just before the half against Texas because we wanted to go for a hail mary instead of get in close for a FG kick. Same dumb decision making led to going for it before the half against ND that led to a strip sack and quick 7 points. That was the game.
JD, Joe Klatt and Josh Pate are the college football goats!
I didn’t think I’d ever get to the point where I would be as ambivalent as I was after a UGA loss, but here we are. This is not the college football we grew up loving. It’s just who spends the most on transfers. Nothing pure about this competition.
Agree. There are people who wants to turn college ball into NFL. Inject money by way of NIL to break up the SEC dominance. Now there are talking about NIL cap much like NFL salary cap. Same people are proposing more changes to allow businesses like Blackrock to buy into college football by way of making a new league for college football similar to NFL league. Completely ruining the student-athlete, college ball model. The reason I like college football is because it is not like the NFL. Now they are trying to ruin it.
1. They need to fire Stacy Searls the O line has regressed under him since Matt Luke left 2. They have to get some WRs out of the portal and develop these young WRs Georgia has Nitro Tuggle ETC and leading the country in drop passes is unacceptable 3. I wanna see Kirby bring back Will Muschamp as the DC and find them a new OC
We had a RB room that was DECIMATED by injuries. We couldn't run the football as much as we wanted to. We lost our top 2 wide outs due to legal crap. A defensive and offensive line that had a lot of injuries. Still won the SEC. And for all the SEC haters.... An SEC team might still win the Natty
ETN is a momma's boy
At the end of the day, you have to play complementary football. In this game, there were 4 Phases instead of the traditional 3 phases. If you can achieve good execution in any 3 out of 4, you can win most games. Notre Dame had Defense (strip sack + 7 points of TD), Special Teams (FG kicker clutch and made all 3 of his almost 50 yard kicks even though he was 8 for 16 prior to that game, Kickoff Return for TD), and Great Coaching (11-sub to force GA offsides for Automatic 1st down) while okay in offense but R. Leonard did what was needed at critical stages to make it work. Georgia offense suffered from O-Line getting beat even though it was bigger and heavier (Notre Dame D-Line was stronger and faster) and so led to poor running game and no play action. Also, Left Tackle was getting a beatdown like he stole something from Notre Dame which led to a strip sack. Gunner did well but no target that can catch the ball. Georgia Defense did well but stayed on the field too long and could not keep the team competitive after BAD COACHING/BAD ANALYTICS that caused Georgia to go "aggressive" just before the half... If you want to be aggressive, you should have been more tough in the middle of first half... For Special Teams, our punting lacked defense and got the punter pressured. Lastly, sub-standard coaching. If you are trailing just before the half with 6-3 on the board, the 3 points difference is not hard to make up. On your end of the field with bad LT play was at high risk for a strip sack that led to ND with less than 10 yards from endzone and TD. Instead of 6-3 at the half, it was 13-3. The kickoff return at the beginning of the second half was the game. That was it. Too many points to make up in a close, low scoring rock fight.
Stockton did great. He had no protection and was getting mauled from the left side because Freeling couldn’t do his job.
One obvious weakness was at left end on offence. Number 57 was terrible and allowed three sacks by himself. The other obvious weakness was the WRs who can't catch.
I somewhat agree. If we had WR who scared the Defense, that would help the Oline block because the other team can't pin their ears back and bring the house. they would need more defenders covering receivers. However, I do think the Oline has underachieved.
LT was a problem but the entire o-Line just was not enough. Georgia was bigger and heavier but Notre Dame D-Line/edge was stronger and faster.
His dad was in the hospital. He was only 20%ish coaching.
100 percent makes a difference who was @ qb. You said it yourself, Carson has the skill set to rally.
Beck had more game experience but he had ZERO influence on other players to rally. He is not the tide that can lift all boats at high tide. Gunner can do what Beck can't in the leadership but Kirby did not do himself a favor by limiting Gunner's play time during regular season. Kirby has not matured enough to be like Saban in knowing when to sub out his QB1 and being in a backup to win games. As for the difference against Notre Dame, it was poor O-Line performance that caused the loss as well as no one to run or catch the ball. Georgia O-Line was bigger, taller and heavier in weight but Notre Dame was stronger and faster. Georgia Left Tackle was getting beatdown like he owed Notre Dame money and caused the Gunner strip sack. That and the kickoff return after the half was the 14 quick points in 2 plays less than 54 seconds of game time. Georgia lost by 13 points. That was the game.
Idk how it’s not easy to see. They ran the ball a lot less this year because they we losing at the half for most of their games and have had a crazy amount of injuries at RB. The most consistently healthy RBs were a freshman and former walk on
We did lose 2 major WRs to domestic cases during the season. 2 dudes who would have been major 50/50 balls catchers. That would have made us a whole different offense.
Fire Mike BoBo! Bring in new Receivers WHO CAN CATCH THE BALL. The running game was not elite, the offense was just horrible overall. Change the entire staff do something
Sorry but I've never been a Bobo fan!
Game was winnable. Most of NDs points were the sack and punt return. It was an embarrassing night for UGA. They played awful and coaching was awful. Gunner was impressive. Imagine your first ever start was a playoff quarter final. They need to get an o line capable of getting back to RBU and give gunner some weapons downfield. Oh, and learn to stop a running qb for once.
Change the play callers and it starts with HC, do not be afraid to add a QB.
Georgia' got better, bigger dudes up front, but they cannot BLOCK. We got outplayed (or outcoached?).
Georgia O-line was bigger, taller, heavier than Notre Dame but Notre Dame was stronger and faster and more athletic. Our Left Tackle was getting a beatdown all game like he owed money to Notre Dame. We got outplayed and out-coached. We also cannot run or catch balls. I am surprised that we won the SEC at all this year with this team. No excuses.
If you take the all time teams in college football, they average 1 championship every 20-30 years. We need to start having conversations about realistic expectations of fans and realistic goals.
Ohio State has “championship or bust” mentality and they’ve won 1 championship in the last 20 years.
The playoffs are great and I think aiming for the playoffs is a lot more realistic goal for fans at least. Like March madness. Getting rid of the “we’re going to the natty” and instead “we’re going to compete for a natty”
People saying the OC is #1 are delusional.
#1, we need to work on the O-Line. Maybe that's bodies. Maybe that's the coach.
#2 is WRs. Most dropped passes in college football is inexcusable.
#3 might be Bobo, but it may also be the defensive line making sure we get pressure on the line
Georgia needs better use of TEs and mobile QBs
Thanks coach
At what point do we blame Kirby? Players in trouble with the law, dropped passes penalties, top 5 roster still can’t win why does Kirby get let off the hook?
Same reason Saban got off the hook for anything and everything that happened (and was swept under the rug)- wins. Georgia is 105-19 under Kirby. 5 losses year 1.This was only the 2nd year he's ever lost 3 games. I blame him for keeping Bobo.
Kirby has flaws in unreasonable level of loyalty to his players and coaches. He has not fired anyone since 2019. He has won 2 Natties for Georgia. He can crap the bed for years and won't get in trouble. He is untouchable even though he should not be allowed to hire someone as OC because he happens to be his best friend and college roommate. Yes, I am frustrated.
@ all I heard was give Nick a month and he’s unbeatable well Michigan sacked milrow 5 times and 5 bad snaps in the first half and nobody said Nick got out coached
@ that has nothing to do with leadership, 2 dead and 25 in trouble with the law and not one player disciplined that’s a lack of leadership and a culture problem
We need wide receivers for sure! And Bobo is not cutting it. Georgia runs better with toss sweeps!!! Not handoffs up the middle!!!
It wasn't Parker Smith's fault - the official had veered way too far off the field and then he blamed Smith for his screw up.
I kinda agree, but his name is Parker jones💀
Parker Jones should be a walk-off next year.
No excuses. We loss fair and square. Kirby now has to do some soul searching about what direction does this team go now. 🤔
Get those recycled old coaches like OC, OL and WR who never won anything there first time at UGA out of there. Next start playing WR the can catch the ball instead of those who block well!
Drop passes and a not going into half just down 6 to 3 Georgia should’ve started out 14 to 0 but didn’t have them the momentum going into the 2nd half and that kick returned showed it
I believe UGA has the talen in the group!
If Brock vandergriff had not transferred to Kentucky he would be the #2. I say that because he has retired from the sport and gunner looks good. There is a serious talent evaluation issue with this program
No there isn't, Sparky. What the hell do you know??? How many Natty's have you won? Jeez dude, what a stupid comment
For sec, from now on I don’t think a team will go undefeated. All the teams are good and all the teams have faults. I think for next season the top team will probably have at least one loss
Agree. New era. OSU prolly gonna win it all and they have 2 losses. Just gotta get in and get hot in the playoff- just like the NFL.
@@LeeH-c8g yeah they looking for vengeance this year
Notre Dame already has gotten 2 quick WRs and a defensive back out of the portal for next season
If your dad was in the hospital you wouldn’t be in the right state of mind either.
Prays to the Smart family. Rip Sonny
Gunner played well and also Beck played well...but we need a Qb that puts fear in the the Defense...we need a qb that can run just as good as he can pass..Qb of the future is a running qb ....Our oline is just a paper weight THATS why we need someone that can run.
100% it was QB thing. ND loaded up the box. Knowing Stockton was given a small playback. Beck changes that game 100% completely. Just being in the starting lineup. Not blaming Stockton it's just facts.
The O Line didn't pass or run block this season. The defense forgot how to tackle. Kirby got out coached. Again. Time to take a hard look at Kirby.
Kirby isn't going anywhere lmao gtfo. what blasphemy.
The O lIne was bad and so was tackling but what you say about Kirby is garbage. A coach can only take a team so far dude - get a grip
I like gunner but that slow Tim Tebow looking release is a liability. 2 fumbles bc of that. They have to work on that this offseason.
You're neglecting carson's ability to change plays at the line of scrimmage and diagnose where the pressure is coming from. These are two aspects Gunner seems to struggle with. Georgia was in a huddle much more and not using tempo on offense. Notre Dame's pass rush is not as effective if Carson is playing and I believe Georgia would have had a better offense performance.
I remember that Ga of ole! Didnt show up in big games. On big stages the offense would just take a shit. ....
And guess who our F'ing offensive coordinator was!
New WR coach too
This has always been a weakness with UGA and I'm not sure why. They definitely need to revamp that area
It wasn’t gunners skill that cost it but it was his inexperience and inability to control the line or audible calls
The offensive line was horrible and pretty much has been all year
@ facts. I still like the way he played but he still didn’t pick up on some obvious blitzes
From what i saw it wasn't Georgia QB, or Offensive coordinator the problem they had was Notre Dame DL put a rear end kicking on Georgia OL. That not happened to a Georgia team long time. Another thing i dont remember last time Georgia give up a kick off for a TD in a game much less a big game like that one. Notre Dame OL did a good job on Georgia front 7 , how many times the Notre Dame QB run up middle lot yards converted huge 3rd downs that big difference in that game was ND.
QB making plays running the ball he had like 80 yards rushing. Certainly dont think blame Bobo is fair. In reality that was least of Georgia problems
Last time it happened was at Ole Miss this year. And Bama in SEC CG last year. Happens. Turnovers and a KO return TD was the difference. ND is better under Freeman.
Can’t blame the defense either. They only gave up 9 pts.
Carson was average over 300 yards passing in the last 5 games
And UGA scored to more than 3 points in the first half of each of the last three games.
You can’t, at any level of football expect to be successful when it takes your offense an entire half to get going the entire season. You can get away with that a few times a season, but UGA was playing with fire all season, coming from behind 9 times may look like resilience but it’s underachieving. UGA is better than that and I hope Kirby finds a better option that will move the team foreard
2:28 it’s not Parker Jones fault but he did impact that game in a major way and that’s not an excuse
Like JD said. After that penalty, it was 1st & 10. It’s not Jone’s fault the offense couldn’t move the ball. He barely impacted the game, saying he impacted it in a major way is such a cop out opinion
@ 1st and 10 inside the 10 different than 1st and 10 at the 30. It doesn’t matter now but it could have impacted the game massively had the mistake not been made
He's my all time favorite Dawg
That penalty should have NEVER been called. There shoukd have been a sideline warning and that’s it. You can’t call a penalty like that in a game like this. I wouid not want it called on a ND player either. Ridiculous.
@@litedawgduring alive play it's a penalty not a warning. Read the rule book bro they give a sideline warning after the play when players enter the field. Any contact with a ref in the white area during a live play is a 15 yarder. You fans react off emotions man instead of the facts.
Fire Bozo, get elite coaches at OC, offensive line, receiver coaches.
Hire absolutely ruthless MF'ers that will scheme, plot and execute high level game plans each week to put UGA's foot on opponents' throats the whole game, not let up and win the second the clock starts.
I like what you are saying but Kirby has not fired anyone from his coaching staff since 2019. Good luck because Kirby is stubborn as a mule.
@YT5052 Stubborn gets you released from your job. Great leaders do what is necessary.
Welcome to Mike Bobos play book. No need to flip the page when all his favorite plays are on the first page. 3rd and long, screen every time
Why would Kirby even Promote Bobo to OC?! Smh I just don’t understand
BOBO got bowers hurt, running him in a sweep with a 24 pt lead in the 2nd qtr vs vandy.
STARTS WITH COACHING …. LAST 2 YRS … INCOMPLETE BOTY SIDES OF THE BALL AND SMART MAKES TO MANY OF THE SAME EXCUSES …. HE NEEDS TO TAKE A COME TO JESUS LOOK IN A MIRROW….. CANT SPOT ANY TEAM 18 POINTS AND EXPECT TO WIN ,,, UGA DID IT ALL YEAR .. JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH IN A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.. ND COACHES KICKED BUTT .. THEY WERE PREPARED UGA WAS NOT!!
Get some WRs that can catch. Arian Smith was inconsistent all season. Tackle alot better. UGA gave up more points this season than the last 2 seasons combined.
Let's stop pretending our defense is to blame. They gave up 16 points and 7 of those came from a turnover in the red zone. Our offensive line and our receivers cost us this game as they did against Ole Miss. Our tight ends have to start showing up because they have been absent all year. Gunner is going to be a stud, he played good enough to win
it isn't at all complicated. uga needs some world beating receivers, a great qb and some offensive linemen. be honest - even if uga beat ND and penn state - they were gonna get smoked by tOSU. another thing we are gonna have to come to terms with is how nil has changed the game. the massive talent advantage sec teams used to have is pretty much gone. it is why saban retired. he knew.
Just as i thought, Rashada is in the portal. Puglisi likely to be starter. He is zero threat to run. He would be a liability. Line must offer almost pro like protection. WRs must create separation. Monroe Freiling must not protect any QB's blind side. No QB. O line coach and Bobo must go.
Fumble by etienne..mis tackele by cashh..and that side line interferance by jones.. those 3 plays lost the game.
Blaming Bobo when he was coaching against a former NFL DEFENSIVE coordinator
Not gonna say to much on the subject but kirby seam to like a certain type of Qb.....and that certain type is not working...if you kno..ya kno
Probably the reason Fields left
I think gunner will be alright though. Hopefully he doesn't regress under bobo offense
UGa needs offensive playmakers. Gunner Stockton played reasonably well. But he’s no where near the talent of any of the great Alabama quarterbacks currently playing in the NFL. Georgia wide receivers don’t scare anybody. Does Lindsay Scott have any eligibility remaining? The Dawgs won the past few years because virtually their entire 2 deep on defense were NFL prospects. That may not be enough any more.
I got a feeling someone is getting fired. Maybe a few coaches will get the axe
JD there is only one person to blame and if we want to be in the playoffs next year Kirby needs to find an OC. Bobo has done this crap ever since he was OC for GA the first time. He had 3 weeks to prepare and scheme for this game and what
does he do, calls 37 pass plays. Fraser touched the ball 6 times for 54 yds, tell me where that went and Trevor touched it only 11 times. When everybody could see that the first half Gunner was being heavily rushed and blitzed in the first half there were no adjustments made for the 2nd half. All Bobo wanted to do was make Gunner stand in the pocket and wait for plays to open up 20 yds down field. Bobo has done this his whole time at UGA oh and by the way where were the TE's in this game. Bobo is an idiot ever since Kirby brought him back UGA has not won the games that mattered and if you look it up you'll see he didn't his first time at UGA under Richt. One last note if you look closely that idiot ref ran out of the white and into Jones who was barely on the white if at all. The refs fixed that game on numerous calls and were totally bias to ND.
Bad take on this one JD sounds like you didn't watch the game. The ol and wr cost UGA, defense was fine
What’s next is get all the guys together at the Teams multi million dollar facility and have copious amounts of chips/dip/ and cokes to drink as they watch the two semi final games…enjoy the camaraderie,and watch the last 4 teams still alive in the playoffs…this is in no way a dig at Georgia…just a reality of what is…
Sorry, the wide receivers and the offensive line was pathetic all year long.
Mike bobo is another mark richt . Does well enough but we need another TM plain and simple. New oline and wr coach as well . We use to have head coaches coaching positions now we have ppl that aren’t as talented and it shows
Man stop the riding in Georgia. It’s over film. They’re just another Clemson 2.0 we’ve been telling Georgia fans forever since Bennett left that they will not be the same without Bennett. Kirby, Smart, Legacy, and Little run is going to be because of Stetson Bennett. He will not win any more national championships. Just like last year Georgia had a easy schedule and they got their butt whooped by Alabama and we told him they will not beat us again next year even with Carson Beck and look what happened. Kirby is a good coach, but he is not an elite coach like Nick Saban so you guys can stop doing that he just gonna be another Dabo, had a great run with certain quarterbacks
Move Bobo to Q.B. coach only and find you a Offensive Coordinator and about two or three guys who can catch a pass.....
Hire Buster Faulkner as OC !
Its all down hill..because all this year our team is medeocre...Until we get a qb that is a running threat..we go no where.
I don’t think I’ve seen any UGA fan blame the game on the Gunner. He played pretty good given the performance of the offense around him. Vast majority of what I’ve seen is complaints about the OLine, play calling, and execution (looking at the WRs).
Regarding Parker, he’s an idiot. Unnecessary mistake, especially given he was on the bench. It affected the game, but to what extent we’ll never actually know. It’s probably wouldn’t have changed the outcome, but again, you never know.
WR play was pretty atrocious the entire year for UGA.
The O Line didn’t produce this year. Start with that.