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UMass Review | 2024 Georgia Football
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Jim and John review Georgia’s 59-21 win over UMass.
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Episode Introduction and Game Overview
00:00:00
Speaker
Well, I will say we held him to fewer points in the last time we played him.
00:00:08
Speaker
Welcome to my got a podcast. I'm Jim Wood. In this episode, John Paul and I review Georgia's 59 to 21 win over UMass. We talk about our experiences on Saturday and what stood out to us during the game. As always, remember to check out the newly redesigned mygottapodcast.com to see our latest merch. And you can follow us on social media at mygottapodcast. Finally, if you need help with your website or your online presence, head over to workingwebmedia.com slash dogs. Now let's join the conversation in progress.
Surprises and Conspiracy Theories
00:00:44
Speaker
ah jp
00:00:46
Speaker
Just as we expected. Pretty much just as we expected, but not quite. Definitely not the ah the defensive start we expected. I don't know if there was manufactured adversity in the run up to a ah playoff run, but Kirby and his and his buddies are going to have plenty of film to go over on things to not do again.
00:01:14
Speaker
Yeah, I had like all the conspiracy theories during the game. And I'm like trying to look back through my text because I was sending them to my dad. ah One of them basically just didn't didn't come through in the end was we were trying to keep them closer to keep Carson back in the game longer so he could set the single game touchdown passing record, um which he didn't do. So I guess that kind of takes that out. But that was my that was my big conspiracy theory. I think I had that I can't remember what it was.
00:01:42
Speaker
I don't know, man. um I think that he played a lot longer than we needed him to or that we wanted him to because, you know, yeah yeah, he took he took that hit at the end.
00:01:54
Speaker
And I think at that point they were like, and you know, he was, you know, slow to get up or whatever. And they were like, uh, yeah, we're going to go ahead and play. Yeah. Yeah. Seriously. Yeah. I know that was like all our questions last week. We're like, which backups do you want to see? And like, well, all that kind of stuff. And eventually we got to see most of them. Yeah. to say we We got to see most of them eventually, but definitely thought it was going to be.
00:02:16
Speaker
Tell me that was going to be earlier. I feel like it was probably just a, I don't know, man, like it's, you're playing UMass in November. Um, and hey, full disclosure, like when we did the preview, I was all like, Oh, they're quarterback playing at Georgia tech. And I don't know how to say his name and like, turns out he was hurt. He didn't even play. So, oops. So I don't know. I guess, uh, wasn't even as focused on this end either. Yeah. They definitely went with the dual. They went with the dual quarterback situation.
00:02:42
Speaker
Mm hmm. Yeah, which which was interesting, which foreshadowing next game. Yeah. ah Yeah. Watch out for that. I was gonna say the the whole backup quarterback thing is is always been a an Achilles heel for for this Georgia team. It's like we we have the inability to pivot it on the fly like we can make adjustments at halftime but then if something changes like we're on the fly we' we're not able to to adjust Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I don't have a ton to say about the game. We can talk about a a little bit more, but I wanted to get, like you were, you were boots on the ground in Athens. Um, I know maybe, maybe a ah rundown of of your day.
Game Day Experience in Athens
00:03:23
Speaker
Yeah. Well, my day didn't start, uh, perfect. Um, I had a ah ah classic, uh, I was texting my friends that were, you know, I had a buddy that was going to the game, uh,
00:03:34
Speaker
Fripp Dogg was kind enough to allow us to use his seats, which was amazing. He made three families happy. So a big shout out to your to your family, sir. And you were able to help me secure some parking and the tape deck, which ah which was was very fancy. um shout out i did Shout out Kelly and Jason. They made that happen.
00:03:53
Speaker
Thank you. Thank you, Kelly and Jason. Appreciate it. That was, that was awesome. Um, so I ended up was, I was roughly an hour behind schedule. So classic like Bobo Bobo start to the day. was It was a slow start to the day. Okay. Um, so, so I got into Athens about an hour later than I wanted to.
00:04:15
Speaker
And I was racing time because I knew that I was going to be up against the clock on getting there before um dog walk, which number one, I was trying to get there for to be there with some my buddy that stayed in. He actually got a hotel room and stayed in, which is super smart, but also super expensive. But um anyway, um he ended up not being able to go to the dog walk anyway because he was in line to do a signing for Trayvon Walker.
00:04:42
Speaker
Uh, at the library, which I thought was kind of cool. yeah Um, but then, uh, yeah, so I, I was trying to get there before. Cause I knew that that was going to, they're going to shut down traffic. And I finally turned, when I turned on to return on the long skin, I was like, Oh man, I made it like the buses aren't there. Like I got a straight shot to the tape, but then they had, they had shut down the parking. So like, I couldn't pull into the parking deck. So I had to wait like 20.
00:05:08
Speaker
I had to wait like 20 minutes for a dog walk to kind of go, which was fine. Uh, I just kind of found a spot to to peel off at. And, um, I, I wanted to sample.
00:05:20
Speaker
a bourbon that I brought just to make sure that it was good enough for what I was intending for later, which I'll get to in a second. And so I sat there, had a bourbon, and listened to the radio, listened to kind of the pregame stuff. And yeah, so I was able to pull in, pull and take it, and then head over to the Hug Dogs tailgate over there, the Tate Gate. And from there, the good times rolled, so I would say.
00:05:49
Speaker
You know, got a, got a chance to to meet up with boss dog. Shout out. Uh, boss dog. It was is nice to meet. It was nice to meet you. Um, he he had messaged me and said that he he really wanted to meet up. Um, so he got, he actually won. Uh, he was the winner of the tickets that, uh, that be rad was, uh,
00:06:08
Speaker
I was given away him a curvy. Um, so I, I guess I lost out to him and the, the consolation prize was that we got to meet up in person. So, nice um, I, it was, it was nice to meet him and his friends whose name escapes from me right now, but, uh, it sounded like that they don't get to get.
00:06:25
Speaker
You know, go to the games very often. So I was happy to lose to such a, a good dog fan. Um, and, uh, and yeah, so that was great. And then I got to meet, uh, I got to meet Gary and Paula.
00:06:39
Speaker
better known on their twitter handles as valkyrie dog and natty um but uh but yeah we uh i got to meet them they came into into town and you know hung out the tailgate just just had a good old time man it was it was fun and then uh my brother-in-law and nephew shout out to Caleb and Monroe They are new listeners to the podcast and I believe that we've sparked a ah newfound interest in in the tailgate culture with Young Monroe. Nice. um He got to ring the victory bell or the chapel bell. He got to ring the chapel bell and you know all all that stuff. I get to introduce them to some things that they had not experienced previously. so you know It was a ah ah generational situation and my neighborhood came
00:07:31
Speaker
Um, James shout out to James Bryson and Matthew. Um, they, they had been to the games and they had been to a game before, but Bryson and Matthew had not been to one. And so they got to experience the the full Athens thing from, from dust to dawn kind of thing. yeah And, um, yeah, man, it was good seats were great. It was, ah it was a, it was a, uh, a chamber of commerce day as we, as we messaged out.
00:07:56
Speaker
to everyone, uh, I don't know that the weather could have been any more perfect. I brought a jacket just in case because the swirling winds were a thing. Um, yeah, never put the jacket on was kind of a waste. I was kind of bummed that I wasted my hand space on that. But, uh, otherwise, you know, it was, uh, it was awesome. Great weather, perfect day. Um, and just, uh, just an overall great, great atmosphere. It's always good to get into the classic city and and have a good time. Yeah.
00:08:24
Speaker
And then then the good times rolled into the evening, you know, it was Hugdog's birthday weekend. I thought Dana referred to it as Huggypalooza. um
00:08:36
Speaker
ah But yeah, everybody went over to Hugdog's house, um got to meet up with Dwight and Scott. Kelsey, all all the crew was over there. Matthew Key, um and I got to meet Mays, who is a good good friend of theirs. They
Game Atmosphere and Fan Interactions
00:08:52
Speaker
they always tailgate together. um Joel and his son were there. Hushpuppy, shout out. F3 crew was there. um Man, it was it was just a it was just a great was just a great atmosphere. i got the I was finally there for one of the fireball shots. So I got Mr. Fireball. We got a birthday.
00:09:11
Speaker
a birthday cheers to to Mr. Fireball. And I sent him a video with it kind of dubbed up to his music. So it it was fun. Nice. That's awesome. i know I know. And then we proceeded to watch at Hugdog's house. We proceeded to watch as, you know, when I got there, we were looking around. I was like, yeah, you know, we, this is, this is the scenarios that we're looking for. If we don't want to make the SEC championship and then per proceeded to watch as, as all of the dominoes fell.
00:09:38
Speaker
Yeah, it was like all all throughout the day. I know like on on my end, uh, I actually right at, right at kickoff, I got a text, uh, for my buddy, Brad, that he and Adam had found you on their way into the game. Uh, cause I don't think you had met them before. I can't remember. I don't know. Maybe you had.
00:09:55
Speaker
But those are old, they're old. Yeah. I ran into them. I look like a celebrity, minor celebrity, a D list or F list, whatever you call it. Um, celebrity. Cause dude, it's, I think it's the G list for for Georgia. That's what I heard that, uh, referred to that Bobby Wilson is a G list celebrity. I heard that once and found it to be hilarious. Uh, so I like that.
00:10:16
Speaker
That's perfect. Yeah. So I got, I got, they, they shouted out, I think it was the hat, which is, you know, part of the reason we wear our gear so that people can recognize it. Um, yeah yeah but yeah, so they they they saw me and I got to stop and meet them. We took a picture just to prove that we were, we were running into each other. I said, you guys send that to Jim. Yeah. Yeah. I got it right away. I was, I was dying. That that was awesome. That was awesome. that is that's That's great. Yeah. It was, it was fun, man. It was, it was a good trip. Um,
00:10:45
Speaker
You know, I gave the Monroe and Caleb a little walking tour of, uh, you know, and our, our logistics on getting into the stadium and all that kind of stuff showed them the, the Reed, the Reed Plaza and the tailgate situation over there. Um, cause they were asked, he was asking like, what are all these tents for us? Like, let me explain. Yeah. Uh, then we strolled through to North campus after the game and walked up to.
00:11:13
Speaker
You know, I had a senior moment and I mean the senile senior moment. um the my my nephew and My nephew and his dad are are gluten-free, Caleb and Monroe. They're gluten-free. They actually have the the celiac situation. They're allergic.
00:11:32
Speaker
But um anyway, the ah we we're going to go to the taco stand, which used to be right on Broad Street, but apparently is not anymore. Gotcha. um So that was a faux pas on my part. Didn't look at the map, but we ended up going to we ended up going to my favorite spot, which I knew that we'd be able to find something there that they could eat. Um, we went to, um, south south kitchen bar. Yeah. Um, man, that, that place is, that place is phenomenal. I've been, I've been to eat there multiple times over the years and it's just a solid spot. We we ended up leaving. I didn't get to see the fourth, all of the fourth quarter. Um, cause we decided to, I was like, if we want to go out and eat downtown, we needed to leave.
00:12:18
Speaker
because we didn't have a reservation or anything. So we tried to get there early. And we did. We walked in perfect timing because pretty much as soon as we sat, we we were able to sit right down and, you know, start ordering and stuff. But then maybe 10 minutes after we sat down, the line was out the door.
00:12:34
Speaker
Gotcha. Gotcha. Yeah. I've been in there. Um, I haven't, I haven't like sat down and eaten there. So I still need to, I still need to work that out at some point. Dude. If you do like, I mean, pretty much everything they have on the menu is delicious. I really enjoy the burger. Super basic. Um, but the duck fat, the duck fat, um, tater tots, I always say that if you see tater tots on the menu order, and um, the duck fat tater tots are amazing. The Brussels sprouts are like.
00:13:02
Speaker
phenomenal, especially if you like Brussels sprouts, which I do. um And yeah, the burger is fantastic. um Yeah, everything, everything they have there is good. Cocktails are good. All that kind of stuff. So it's a solid spot. I'm glad, I'm glad you had, it sounds like you had a fantastic day. That's awesome. I'm glad, I'm glad that that worked out and was able to bring that crew too. So that's pretty sweet. It was a good, it was a good time. Um, like I said, I think the, you know, having the, the, the FaceTime and one-on-one time over at hug dogs house was, was, yeah was awesome. Um, that's the smoke a cigar with Scott rodeo, shout out rodeo. Um,
00:13:41
Speaker
And yeah, that that was that was cool. sweet It was a good experience overall. I also wanted some, so something I had intended to talk about on the preview episode and completely slipped my mind, but you, and you were texting me about this and I was like, Oh man, like I knew that in front of it. Uh, that Saturday was senior day, which I think ultimately I think is a good thing to get that out of the way. That's why I wanted to talk about and been blanked. Um, I feel like that sometimes kind of subdues things and don't really want that happening on, on black Friday against tech. So I know they had senior day, uh, as the game was getting going, right?
00:14:16
Speaker
Agree. Yep. yeah It was, it was a good, it was a good to get that out of the way. Um, I think that that does touch on the the overall game atmosphere situation, which I don't know if we want to get into that now, but yeah, I appreciate that they went ahead and got that out of the way so that we didn't have to mess around with it. The players don't have to worry about being distracted about being with their family and all that kind of jazz. And we can just focus on beating the nerds. Yeah. Yeah. Agreed.
In-depth Game Analysis
00:14:42
Speaker
Uh, but yeah, the overall game atmosphere though, um, I will say that, you know, the progress progress that we've made on that front over the recent weeks, um, you know, with the fireworks and all that kind of stuff was, was great. Um, I was vibing with the music for sure.
00:14:58
Speaker
There were a couple of opportunities, like, you know, my wife likes to, when she breaks down different things, she's like, do better, do again, do different kind of thing. Yeah. Um, so the do again, the music is great. Um, do different. Uh, I would say that night games are different than day games. I think that we need to to have a, uh,
00:15:24
Speaker
a mode of operation for treating the two differently. um Because it felt like that they were trying to force this to have a night game vibe, which I think has a has a place, but not in this particular instance. um Like I said, I think the daytime situation should be a little different. The other thing that I would say,
00:15:45
Speaker
um Like we need to do better, for sure. is and It continues to be a topic. It continues to be a topic that vexes me. um I don't understand what the what the plan is with the band. It almost feels like that the in-game atmosphere is disjointed from the plan for the band. So I often found myself wondering, number one,
00:16:14
Speaker
Where's the band at? Why aren't they playing? And number two, um there were another so there were other instances on, you know, why is the band playing over the music that's being you know played on the loudspeaker? You couldn't hear either one of them and in that point. got um Then the other thing that I would say is is that there were multiple times when the band was like,
00:16:40
Speaker
the music would end and the band would try to play and they would basically, it was kind of like listening to a podcast on super speed where they would play their song in super fast mode. Like it was on, like it was, it was double speed.
00:16:57
Speaker
had to get it in and get it in time and then stop. like And it felt rushed. So overall, I think that the coordination between the the music experience and the band experience definitely and has, you know much like the defense, and we can talk about the game overall, but um you know much like the defense, I think that our in-game atmosphere still has some things to work on.
00:17:19
Speaker
Got it. Yeah. Better better never rests. Better never rests. Always room for improvement. Okay. No, that's good. That's good. I'll i'll watch out for that on ah next game. Okay. It's a problem I feel like in this next game, but we'll we'll see. Yeah.
00:17:35
Speaker
Um, okay. So yeah, the game itself. Um, I mean, Hey, fast start for the offense. Can't complain about that. great man Can't complain about that. Uh, came out what touchdown. Every time we touch the ball in the first half, uh, four straight drives, if I'm remembering correctly, all touchdown vessels by one Carson Beck. Uh, yeah, like I don't have a whole lot of to say about that. Uh, looked good.
00:18:01
Speaker
Yeah, offense looked fantastic. You know, this was a game that um should have been, you know, name your score when I feel like the offense did its part. um You know, we still had some drops. um Yeah, that was still that was still an issue. I think that if you were a Georgia fan, the the past, the Dominic Lovett in the back of the end zone is probably a play and an Aryan Smith later on.
00:18:28
Speaker
um When he scored from 34 yards, I feel like those two plays could be plays that we you know Rewind and and look to as like, you know Depending on how the season goes like those are those are things that we've been looking for like, you know, we've had big play drops We've had big plays that haven't worked out, you know they they couldn't connect. you know yeah I mean, you saw even Gunnar Stockton was not immune to that later in the in the game when he was able to get in. We finally got to see Jaden Riddell, which is a ah person that I had on preseason to look out for because I've been hearing so much about him. And you know Field Street Forum guys, um they've been very high on him as well.
00:19:11
Speaker
i'm I think that we saw why, you know, I think we should be seeing him more because he has a giant tight end, you know, large human beat a defensive back. That's very fast off the line and was able to gap him into, into open space and we still missed him. Yeah. Um, so even, even, even our backup that everybody's been calling for, you know, bench Carson, like even our backup struggled to hit, hit that wide open pass. but You know, like I said, I think that if you're looking for some super positive stuff, um, you know, payday continues to be one of the most under appreciated, uh, weapons of this, of this offense. Um, dude nailed a 53 yard field goal. Like it was a whole home extra point. yeah Um,
00:19:57
Speaker
I think that by the time he ends his career here, he's probably going to be in line for, you know, one of the, one of the top awards, you know, one of those, some of those top record holders. I'm not sure where he's pacing at, but it feels like that he's just automatic every time. Yeah.
00:20:13
Speaker
Um, but like I said, I think the past plays to Dominic Lovett and Arian Smith in particular are plays that I am super, super excited about from my confidence boost in Carson Beck's ability to trust his receivers.
00:20:28
Speaker
Yeah, I agree with that. um And I would say we had our first 100-yard rusher of the season. Yep, I was just about to hit on that. Nate Frazier good over 100 yards. I thought he looked good, and we saw like yeah we saw the young pups get in there. We saw Peanut. ah we saw We continued to see Bowens. And he looked he looked pretty good, too, I thought. So um ah yeah but like I said, no no real complaints. I guess the only complaint I would say, and then you can hit on Frazier,
00:20:57
Speaker
It was like little things like there was the one I would say, Beck, he didn't have any interceptions. He had one like pick worthy throw, but I'm not sure that was his fault. There's some he and Dom weren't on the same page where like Blalock or Lovett went down Blalock. Well, there's no backwards. Lovett broke right and crossing through left. Like it was an inside outside kind of thing. So not on the same page. Probably should have been picked. But thankfully, the UMass defender dropped it. But yeah, the ground game looked good.
00:21:26
Speaker
There were a couple of there were a couple of plays beyond just that one that I thought were Um, where was the play by, let me go back to the play by play. Cause there was a series, there was a series where we ended up kicking a field goal. I feel like, yeah, I mean, yeah. Okay. So, and so UGA gets down. We're through a, through a series of pass plays, chunk plays. We hit Aaron Smith for 27 yards. We hit Dwight a peanut for 15 yards, um which was great to see peanut getting into the passing game. That's something that, um, again, if you're looking for positives.
00:22:01
Speaker
You know, things that you have been wanting to see yeah more, more running backs, other than ETN getting involved in the passing game is ah is a really good thing. Um, so seeing peanut in there early, making an impact was, was great. Um, but so we got to first and 10 on their 35 yards or just outside the red zone. And we proceeded to, we proceeded to throw three straight and complete passes. And that's when Peyton had to come in and kick the 53 yard field goal. Um,
00:22:30
Speaker
Those three passes, I believe that there was a timeout that was also involved in in one of those things. Um, I could be wrong, but, um, those three, those three passes were all just awful. Like the, I think that Carson would want those, those passes back. Like one went off the hands.
00:22:47
Speaker
I love it. um I can't remember, but there were I just remember when we were when I was reviewing the game on Sunday, when I was trying to watch it afterwards, I was like, what happened there? like I mean, it was just three bad three bad plays. Yeah. Yeah.
00:23:03
Speaker
Um, yeah, I remember, I remember, I'm not sure if this was the same driver or not, but it was like, we had scored every time. And then we get the ball to start to say in half. And that was our first drive where we didn't score or a touchdown at least. Right. And it was, it was 28 to 14 at that point. and You're like, let's put a touchdown on the board. and Yeah. And really, and really like put a, put a, uh, you know, put an exclamation point in this game and and create some separation. Right. Right. Um, which they kind of did, but then the, the,
00:23:31
Speaker
The issue was, was that the very next series. So, so we had all of that, all those problems on offense, right? Well, then those problems manifested themselves on the very next series, the very next series we kicked off. And that was where they hit that 75 yard touchdown, which was, ah you know, i I would classify that as a 1% issue. So.
00:23:55
Speaker
99% of the time, I feel like we either intercept or that pass is incomplete. But on this particular rep, but it was, it was complete. And our guys kind of gave up on the play and he was able to run it for a touchdown. Um, that was, yeah that was definitely a frustrating, um,
00:24:12
Speaker
a frustrating play because you're like, Oh my gosh, you could feel the, you could feel the air come out of the stadium on that play. I'm trying to remember what ah you texted me something like what is going on. that playoff Yeah, that sounds about right. Like what is happening? Cause when he threw that ball, when he threw that ball, I said, Oh my God, Dan Jackson's going to intercept this.
00:24:35
Speaker
And for whatever reason, like Dan, and I can't remember who was, who was defending the pass. I want to say it was seven. Um, I think that's right. Harris. I want to say, I want to say it was seven. Yeah. Um, but you know, he, I don't know if the ball got lost or what.
00:24:52
Speaker
I feel like it was maybe in the sun when they started, like they were on the left hash and he threw it across the field and maybe the ball went from sunlight to shade. Cause the shade was, it was like two different environments. If you were in the shade, you were freezing cold. And if you were in the, in the sun, it was, it was fine. That was the feedback that I got from folks that were on the ground, um, that it was cold over there. But anyway, the, the past came from one side of the field to the other. And I, like I said, 99% of the time that's either batted down You know, deflected or we, we straight up just come down with it. I found your text. You said, you said we missed a sack. He threw it into double coverage. I'm at a loss. Yeah, that's exactly, that's exactly where it was. We should have sacked him on that play, which frankly was a theme all all game long. Like we got pressure that he would escape.
00:25:44
Speaker
on the, you know, he, we would get people into the backfield and they would figure, they would figure out how to get, get something done. Or, you know, we don't wrap up like on the fourth down on the fourth, I think it was a third and five, or was it fourth down? I don't know. There's a play where Jalen Walker, uh, or Mike, Mike L. Williams was, was into the backfield and he got his arms wrapped around him. But then one of his guys, one of our guys,
00:26:10
Speaker
you know, got blocked into him. So he lost his leverage on on his arm. So he had to let go. And he squeaked out and got a first down. And that was like, you could see the frustration in his face um afterwards when he was just like looking down and like ah like, he knew, he knew the magnitude of what just happened. Yeah. I think, I feel like frustration is basically just the way to describe what was going on with the defense. um Yeah.
00:26:34
Speaker
like noise It was like they would get there. Yeah, it was like they would get there. It was like they would start off good. and almost Not every play, but it was like even when we got into the backfield, whether it was they were throwing, passing, QB run or a handoff. Like how many times did we just blow the play off, but then miss the tackle and then the guy would just go for like.
00:26:51
Speaker
ten fifteen yards so it felt more of like of a ah focus tackling type thing um than anything else i don't know and i think that's kind of what kirby said like kirby said it was so because i think in the post game someone asked me if it was just the tackling he said well it was more than that um and he he chalked it up to the he was like i hate to say it but not we weren't ready to play today, which I mean, that's, that's what you worry about in games like this, right? Um, so they're not going to take it seriously and think we can show up and beat them. And frankly, I guess that proved out to be true. I mean, but I mean, thankfully the offense, the offense showed up and I will say the backup showed up. Like when the backups came in, like they like shut them down and I don't think UMass had gone to their backups. I don't know that they ever did that.
00:27:36
Speaker
Um, but when our reserves got in, they were, they were hungry and wanting to show, you know, proof that they deserved to be on the field. And I actually thought they they played really well. My joke was we should have let them play earlier. Yeah, that's, that's what you're looking for. Um, you're looking for those guys to come in and and be hungry and be ready. Um, next man up mentality. So.
00:27:58
Speaker
um You know, when you, when you finally get into the game, you want to make an impact and you know, like dude, the, the future is bright. I think that something that we all need to just, you know, I think um we talked about this earlier in the season, but there's just a lot of youth. There's so much youth on this team right now.
00:28:14
Speaker
the The fact that we're operating at this level is still pretty still pretty awesome. like we've got true freshmen running like We've got true freshmen running back. We've got true freshmen you know safety. We've got true freshmen all over the field that are playing. We've got sophomores that are making big impacts. We've got you know underclassmen that are just you know you know unexpectedly coming into their you know into their own right now. which Some of it's due to injury, some of it's due to performance issues from guys that should be playing better. But, you know, the future is definitely bright. Dude, Chris Cole is going to be an absolute monster for us. And I think that he probably would be playing a lot more if we didn't have other players that were ahead of him.
00:29:00
Speaker
Yeah. Stupid score was nice. He's always around the ball. You know, the, the, the joke is, is that, you know, he's got a nose for the ball, like that old coach coaches or whatever. Um, he's shown two weeks in a row that he can be right there.
00:29:14
Speaker
yeah Yeah. Um, I found the series and I think that this is what kept the lifeblood going. It was that fourth down. So there's a series after we had scored a touchdown to make it 21 to seven. And we proceeded to, you know, they got a few first downs, but then we got them and they got into our territory, but were they were well outside of the field goal range.
00:29:37
Speaker
And we got him into fourth and five and harriston Harrison, Harrison, uh, was able, that was the fourth down where he's, he was able to escape the pocket and ran for 10 yards, uh, for a first down. And they ended up scoring a touchdown on that. And that put it 21 to 14. And I think that that was the spark that they needed to kind of try to hold on and make things, you know, tough for us. And that's where I think that Kirby had to come to Jesus moment with the guys.
00:30:03
Speaker
Um, and was like, we need, we need to nut up guys. Um, cause we're getting, we're getting run out of the stadium. I mean, they, they did. They ran the ball down our throats. I mean, that's the, I saw a stat. I think it's the most yards rushing against Georgia since we played at LSU in 2018. So that's, that's crazy.
SEC Championship Implications
00:30:23
Speaker
That's crazy. Yeah. This team is not used to getting run on like that.
00:30:26
Speaker
No, and should not get run on like that by a team with with the talent and discrepancy. That shouldn't, that should not happen. So the only thing that I'll say that was maybe we didn't you know give enough credence to, and I think we joked about it on the, on the preview, but, um, you know, British bulldogging and I've been talking about the, the new manager bounce yeah and.
00:30:46
Speaker
I think that that definitely was happening. There was definitely, I mean, that guy was, I don't know, he he he came to play. oh yeah Let's just say it that way. the I remember that there was that one play that they had on the goal line where they had a tight end move in motion.
00:31:01
Speaker
And he ended up stopping and going under center and taking a direct snap for a touchdown or first down. I can't remember. I think it was for a touchdown. I think it was for a touchdown. Yeah. Um, dude, when I saw that i play, I was like, Oh man, that looked, that looked nice. like I hope that Bobo, I hope that Bobo was taking notes on something like that because that would be a wrinkle for a short yardage situation that no one would see coming.
00:31:28
Speaker
Yes, we wouldn't we would never run anything like that, but we do that motion all the time, right? Yeah. Yeah, it was it was wild Yeah, I don't know again. I feel like probably focus issue, etc and Should not have that issue for any of our ah for the rest of the season. I'll just put it that way so so let me ask you this John as you're leaving the stadium and After Georgia has just defeated UMass in that fashion. Although I will say we held him to fewer points in the last time we played him. we can at least go I think that's like the, the just what we expected. And I think I had mentioned that to my buddy James who, you know, he was like, what's going on? And like, I was like, well, you know, I think that.
00:32:12
Speaker
Number one, this is a battle-tested, you know, SEC team, basically. Cause they played SEC opponents all season long. yeah they played series They played more, they played more ranked SEC opponents than Texas. So they're battle-tested against this, against the good teams. So, you know, this isn't like a, this isn't their first rodeo with a Georgia team that's elite. um true So yeah, know they can, they they figure out how to, they figure out how to put points on the board. I think that the way that they were happening is just kind of like surprising.
00:32:42
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, I would agree because it really should have it really should have been a lot less Like I think 14 14 points is probably fair um Based on how they played um You can maybe, yeah could I can see justifying, you know, peeling a couple of touchdowns off the board. Like I said, that first touchdown score that they had in the second half, which UMass scored more touchdowns against us than Tennessee did in the second half. um yeah Yeah, like I said, if if you could pull if you could pull that that one touchdown pass, that one 75 yard touchdown pass off the board, I think that everybody's feeling a lot different about this game.
00:33:21
Speaker
Yeah, that's true. That's true. Um, but then as you're, as you're leaving the game, you're walking out of the stadium, you've seen Georgia play UMass in that way. I'm sure the first thing that you were, that was running through your mind was, and now I'm going to go watch Georgia clinched at birth in the SEC championship game. Right. That was exactly what I was thinking. I was thinking that, uh, I was thinking that we would go and I would check out, you know, a couple of things we got to the, we got to the restaurant and I sat down and said, Oh my gosh, Florida is.
00:33:49
Speaker
going to do this, aren't they? Yeah, yeah, actually, let's let's let's hit ah quickly and then we can kind of pivot into the what I guess the related thing. So I was just going to re relay it to to show Bill. So on the over unders, let's see, I went six and two, you went four and four. I slightly extended my lead. um But then in the in the pickup games, I went three two and two, you went four and one.
00:34:17
Speaker
So shout shout out, at first shout out coach show for, for sending us all that and and tracking it. Uh, but I guess the other thing that what I wanted to point out is you picked Florida to beat Ole Miss. Uh, I did not, but you picked that. And then I, after much consternation picked Oklahoma to be Alabama. Um, and the funny thing, also funny thing about that is if you look at the picks that, uh, coach sent us the home team won in every single game. So.
00:34:42
Speaker
It's hard to win on the road in the SEC. Yep. That's exactly why I, that's exactly why I i um voted for those, those victories. Brett Venables, I feel like was in a situation where he needed to spike the football on someone. um ah Dude, Billy Napier. I'm kind of, I'm kind of worried about lagway moving forward. It'll be interesting to see what that, what that looks like in the future, but um dude, lagway seems to be what they need.
00:35:11
Speaker
They have exceeded what I thought they could do against the schedule they had. i I'll say that I wonder if there are folks in the building in Gainesville that are second guessing why they didn't play him to start. Yeah. Yeah. Um, also like on the Ole Miss side, I mean, it's like you, I feel like Lane played a dangerous game when he openly admitted that they had planned their entire off season and season around being Georgia. When you.
00:35:37
Speaker
outwardly put that much stock into one game. I think it's hard to, it's the opposite of what Kirby's been saying, right? Like Kirby's like, we're not going to ride this roller coaster of emotional up and down. We're going to, it is, you know, the season is a season and we're going to be even keel throughout it. I think Lane took an exact opposite approach.
00:35:54
Speaker
And, you know, it got them that far. It got them to where they're right there. Um, but then they had this emotional, I mean, and they had a week off after that too. So they beat Georgia at home, had this huge emotional high, have an off week. And then that happened to them again at Florida this week. So I don't know. I think it's that's a dangerous game when you put that much emphasis in one single regular season game.
00:36:13
Speaker
Yeah, so I guess ah I'll kind of compare it to, you know, two different approaches. You have the approach where Harbaugh, after he got his absolute, you know, after he got absolutely rocked against Georgia in the Orange Bowl, I think that they said that they had, ah they created and a mantra around their entire season, the next season in which they won the They won the championship, which, you know, would probably also extend to some cheating. Um, but you know, basically they pulled out all the stops and had their team go through the mentality of, you know, the Georgia team being dominant in the fourth quarter. And like that kind of approach works, but if you just like, all right, we're definitely going to just beat these guys. I feel like that's given me Mark Rick vibes, um, versus Florida, where like,
00:37:01
Speaker
You know, we just basically focus on, on that one, that one game. right Um, but I mean, is anybody surprised? I mean, so I kept, I kept thinking back to when we had Hunter on.
00:37:14
Speaker
Um, and he was talking about his feast or famine worth with, with Ole Miss and, and specifically Lane Kiffin. Um, dude, you went out and bought a roster. You bought a team that can compete. You bought a team that beat the crap out of a, what I would say at this point, looking backwards is, you know, just ah a hobbled, a hobbled Georgia, but definitely should have, we should have put up more of a fight either way. Um,
00:37:41
Speaker
And then you went out and you were basically in the, you were in the driver's seat of making the CFP and then you completely laid an egg against an inferior opponent. Yeah. Yeah, man. I think that, uh, there's a lot of questions asked and I saw some like videos afterwards, like some players like going after fans, like the Ole Miss players as they were leaving the stadium or whatever. That was the guy that transferred from Florida.
00:38:02
Speaker
That's right. Okay. Yeah. Was that Princely? Was that who it was? yeah Yeah. I think ah some Florida fans yelled in his general direction, something to the effect of like, you should have stayed in Florida or something like that. And he did not appreciate that.
00:38:16
Speaker
You did not appreciate that. But I'm sure he appreciates the bank account situation. Right. I'm sure he does. So when that happened, I think, remember, I sent out to the tech to, I don't know, one of our myriad of tech threats, something to the effect of Oh man, like Ole Miss losing actually hurts our chance to go to the SEC Championship, which in a way was true. And I may not have all the, the, the tiebreakers are confusing and this evident by all the conversation on Twitter late Saturday night. They're very confusing, but super confusing yeah, but the way I, it all has to, it has to deal with like this, the whole like multiple team tiebreaker. Like it's a lot easier if it's head to head, like two teams tied, but.
00:38:59
Speaker
You know, we ended the day with a chance for like Georgia, Ole Miss, Alabama, A and&M or Texas, and Tennessee, like to all end six and two. And so that's just a cri chaos scenario. But with when Ole Miss lost, like that removed them from that equation. And so then it was like, Oh, well, well because ah initially I think Georgia only needed Alabama to lose, but then once Ole Miss also lost, Alabama losing wasn't sufficient. Um, and then the whole A and&M Auburn thing that added that in, but I don't know. What was your feeling? Because i and I had this actually Kelly who, like I said, she's where the Tate pass came through. She and I were texting Saturday night too. i was like so It's like, what do you want to happen? yeah like Do we want to make the SEC Championship?
00:39:42
Speaker
do i miss it because i've seen a lot of complaints like oh man like now we have to go to atlanta and like we were you know i think the thought was be georgia tech go tendin to get a home playoff game not have to deal with atlanta um i think i've changed my stance i was we always joked the third in the scc was the best but i'm definitely seeing some uh There's definitely a big upside of of winning the SEC championship at this point. If you look at some of the um potential brackets out there, like Georgia wins the SEC championship, you're number two, and you could have a very, a much easier playoff path than not being one of those top four seeds. Yeah, I agree.
00:40:21
Speaker
um Yeah, I don't know, man. It, it's crazy to me that there's so much chaos still left on, on the table. Like yeah we were talking about that. I was trying to talk to some of those, the donor guys about, um, you know, Hey, what is the, what is the the football program communicated to everybody? And I mean, basically all they've done is send out, you know, do you want to order these tickets and how much they, how much they cost and all that kind of stuff. But like, nobody's talked about like.
00:40:51
Speaker
The logistics and all that kind of stuff but yeah I think that I think that it's just crazy to me that there's like you won't know if you're hosting a game until what the Saturday Sunday after the pump conference championships and at that point you're asking an operation staff whether it's UGA or not like If it's the, I keep thinking about the smaller schools, like a Boise state, you're asking a Boise state to, you know, scramble the last minute to, to figure out how to execute a ah playoff game on what, two, three weeks notice. Yeah. Yeah. Sounds right. true I think December 20th ish, I think is the, is when those first games are.
00:41:35
Speaker
Yeah. So like maybe two and a half weeks, something like that. Um, yeah. Anyway, uh, I just think that it's asking a lot for these smaller schools to to execute. I don't think that the teams like Florida, I don't think that SECs teams are going to have any, any, any issues. It would be like, uh, I mean, shoot even like an Indiana, um, a team, in ah a smaller team in a, in a big conference. That's not used to that kind of logistics and that kind of, um,
00:42:00
Speaker
Shall we say invasion, for lack of a better term, depending on who they ended up drawing. So like, you know, Indiana is probably not going to be used to running a ah game of that magnitude with ah say like a Georgia or if an Alabama or someone like that were to come to town, bringing with it all of the things that that would entail.
00:42:19
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's true. It's true. Um, I, I will say like, I kind of went back and forth, but at the end of the day, Lily and I stayed up watching those games and I was actively cheering for Auburn. Cause I was like, you know what? Like, yeah, like I want the SEC championship.
00:42:37
Speaker
like Whatever, like let's just do it. um and yeah dot Tweeted out from the podcast, we were out of it and gone. I gave up you to do miracle.
Playoff Logistics and Outcomes
00:42:48
Speaker
like and That's basically what it, all that stuff. yeah but like we Like we said, Georgia was sitting in there in the clubhouse and needed people to fall back. and They did. like All that happened, uh, in like dramatic fashion, dramatic and like crazy surprising with Alabama to lose by that much to Oklahoma. And I mean, they got dominated in that game. And then the A and&M Auburn just, I think that's like what Saban said, like that place is haunted. Yeah, dude, I'm telling you, man, after, you know,
00:43:24
Speaker
Yeah. If there's a, if there's a big game on the line with implications, like in it's in, in Jordan here, I would, I would definitely take the the tigers regardless of how weak they may be or, or if they're especially, you know, a cornered tiger that needs a, that's looking for something to be positive about. Yeah.
00:43:42
Speaker
Yeah, they clearly were because they stormed the field The field storming is I will say the field storming is out of control at this point like come on guys like You had uh, what was the byu? Arizona state they rushed before the game was over and then they had the whole harry situation dude. That was crazy Yeah, like that was absolutely crazy because it just goes to show you like I think So we were watching, I think the attention was on one of the other games or something. And and and Dana, Dana was like, did you guys just see that? what She's like, there was one second left. Uh, that's amazing. And then we saw it and like, you're like, oh my gosh, that's crazy. Cause he totally caught that ball. Like that that thing could have gone anywhere. And it just goes to show you if there's one second left, anything can happen.
00:44:33
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. So you get that game, they rushed early. Auburn or no, ah Oklahoma didn't, they went on early and they had to clear everybody off so they could take a final knee. Um, I don't know who does that, John, who runs onto the field before a game's over. I know you've never done that. Uh, and we've never done that in Athens, but it'll never happen again, at least. Um, but yeah, I don't know, man.
00:44:54
Speaker
Crazy night all around but yeah, i'm like i'm I'm excited. Like I said, I feel like um And I've just seen a whole lot of like I didn't want to be in that game Georgia could get left out if we lose the SEC championship all that kind of stuff I don't agree with that but also like I think that people that are saying that the same ones are like a Lot of tough talk in other areas of like we should do this. We should do that. and i I say go out there compete. Just go for it. Go for a championship and a top four seed. I think that, like I said, I don't know how high Georgia was really going to get as a, um, uh, a non championship winner. Like, you know, through that, you got to get what five to eight to get a home game. I'm not sure how high we were going to be able to climb. So those, those, those games and those roads are a lot, a lot tougher. If we can get up, if we can get up to that number two seed, that would be huge. So.
00:45:43
Speaker
Yeah, I guess it's I guess it's all going to depend. Do you have a where Where do we stand? Who's so we got Oregon at the top, right? Yeah, so you got like they're undefeated, correct? Correct. Okay. And you got one loss Ohio State only lost to Oregon, but they're gonna have they have Michigan at the end.
00:46:03
Speaker
Yeah. And then probably Oregon and the big 10 championship game. Probably Oregon and the big 10. So they could end up having another loss. And so that's the other thing, right? Like only one of those teams can be in the top four, right? Cause you gotta be a conference champion. Um, and like, you know, there's the whole, like the whole coveted five seed thing to me, I feel like the loser of the big, I am all this, like you lose, you lose a conference championship game. You're dropping so much. I,
00:46:27
Speaker
I have a hard time believing that um in a 12 team era. like I know the whole like Georgia loss last year and got left out. That was in a 14 playoff. Also, Georgia was undefeated and went to one loss in a 14 playoff. We're talking about a 12 team playoff. Very different. and It's an extra data point.
00:46:43
Speaker
and There's a big difference between ten and three and nine and three also I would say I'm a little three law side all that kind of stuff but I think one of those teams is number five and then for your ah For your three and four you're gonna have to have other conference champions. So two would be I'm assuming two is gonna be the SEC champion and So right now, Texas is ranked third in the p playoff rankings. So, but we don't know, like, you know, you got Texas first A&M to see who goes there. So, and then you'll have your ACC champion, probably at third or fourth, your big 12 champion at third or fourth, or your, even your, your group of five, like Boise State still could end up being like the four seed. So. Right. But I will say, I think that one of the biggest winners or all that chaos is Tennessee. I think Tennessee is squarely back in the playoff picture now.
00:47:31
Speaker
So I just I was telling everybody I was telling everyone like we need we need these guys to like calm down a little bit because I'd prefer to have Tennessee sitting at home. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I don't know, like I, if chaos continues, like who knows what's going to happen. And and we don't, so many, there's so many questions that are going to come up about this. Like, what do you do about, you know, a two loss team that didn't go to the conference championship and then a conference team that has two losses like Georgia that, you know, potentially loses the conference championship. And, you know, who gets in, who gets in the two loss team that, you know,
00:48:07
Speaker
Like let's say Ole Miss or something like that, you know, they have two losses, you know, do you, do you put an Ole Miss team that beat Georgia in like, I don't know. I, I just, the, the scenarios for a three loss SEC team getting into the CFP in my opinion are eroding quickly.
00:48:28
Speaker
Yeah, I would agree. Well, I would say a three, a regular season three loss team, which that's the other thing. Like the craziest thing for, for me right now is Texas A&M, right? and So they've got two conference losses. They've got one non-conference loss. So they've already got three losses, but beat Texas, like they've got a, they still have a passive playoff, right? Like if they went out, they're in the playoff and they are a top four seed. Um,
00:48:51
Speaker
Whereas if they lose this game to Texas, they're going to insert random bowl game. Cause now we're talking eight and four, right? I mean, they're between it's that, that is a wide range to have happening right there at the end of the season. And I know Josh, if you're listening, Josh is like, yes, that's why the 12 team playoff is so great.
00:49:11
Speaker
Um, so I'm not sure that I agree, but ah there is a ton riding on the Texas versus Texas A&M especially for A&M. Yeah. Talk about pressure. Um, it's definitely going to be a pressure cooker. You know, we went from, didn didn't we go from like a week ago where that we felt like that the Texas Oklahoma game or Texas, um, Texas, Texas A and&M game like kind of didn't matter because the way that It had all the favorites, ended up winning.
00:49:42
Speaker
Then if they both, if A&M beat Texas, like they were in, and even if they lost to Texas, they were both in or something. Yeah, it was going to be like, there was a high, and there was a very high likelihood of getting like a Texas versus Texas A and&M rematch in the SEC championship game. So yeah. Yeah. So it didn't, it wasn't going to matter for the, uh, for the conference, at least yes as John likes to say that this is why they play the games. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:50:11
Speaker
All right. Well, I don't know that I have much else, much else on that. It was a wild, it was a wild weekend. Uh, it was, I know and as someone who, who, who enjoys chaos, I'm sure you enjoyed Saturday. There was a lot of chaos. It was hard to keep up, man. I found myself looking from one screen to the next. Like, I was like, Oh my gosh, did they win? Did they win? Like Penn state looked like that they were going to wet the bed too. Like even yeah they were within a whisker of, of going down.
00:50:36
Speaker
Yeah, um which would have further solidified, you know, other teams coming up. So, you know, I guess that an age old, you know, an age old out of, of, you know, even then from the BCS era, when you lose your game,
00:50:52
Speaker
also tends to to matter the most. So I feel like that if you are a conference that is looking to schedule games, we probably would want to front load and not have so many conference games going into going into November, but but maybe that's just me.
00:51:09
Speaker
Um, if you were trying to game the system, that would be how I would do it is to stack the schedules as much as possible to front load so that you had time to recover. Um, because that seems to be what's happening right now is like some teams are getting penalized more than others because they just like, where where else do you go from here? You know what I mean?
00:51:29
Speaker
yeah And I'm telling you, I know Jim, you you you you added the caveat on my my comment the other day, but even if Georgia loses in the SEC championship game, I still don't think that they're going to put us in the
Final Thoughts on Playoff Prospects
00:51:39
Speaker
CFP. But I know that your mileage may vary greatly on how you feel about that. I just don't see a a three loss SEC team making this team, making this thing.
00:51:48
Speaker
If Georgia beats Georgia tech, Georgia is in the playoff period. That's my statement. I hope we don't find out. I hope we don't find out. I hope we beat Georgia tech and we were not going to find out Jim and we win the SEC. And so it's not going to matter. Yeah, I'm not going to, uh, as I matter, but i'm I'm telling you, man, a 10 and three team is very different than a nine and three team. That's all I'm going to say. Okay.
00:52:08
Speaker
All right. Well, I definitely personally, and I'm going to turn the page mentally and I'm not worried about the playoff at all anymore. Um, that's going to come later. The SEC championship is going to come later. Uh, my focus is on the enemy. My focus is on Georgia tech now.
00:52:28
Speaker
We get an extra game. We have another night game coming up. Enjoy it. Soak it up. It's the last home game ish. Home game ish of the season. um And yeah, we've got we've got more on the horizon. The good news is we've got more football to play. Yeah, for sure. For sure. Awesome. Well, it was great. Appreciate your family for you know helping us get to get everybody to Athens. Like I said, you know, three families were made happy in that scenario.
00:52:57
Speaker
And happy birthday hug dog. We're going to run it back on Friday. um And I'm looking forward to it. Love it. yeah man Go dogs. Go dogs.