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Marshall Review | 2025 Georgia Football
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Jim and John review Georgia’s 45-7 win over Marshall in the season opener.
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Introduction and Humorous Observations
00:00:00
Speaker
Bro, i I have seen K-pop Demon Hunters probably more times than I've seen, like, fine I've definitely seen it more times than you've seen Band of Brothers. ah
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Welcome to My Got A Podcast.
Podcast Episode Introduction
00:00:19
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I'm Jim Wood. In this episode, John Powell and I review Georgia's 45-7 win over Marshall in the 2025 season opener. We talk about our experiences on Saturday and what stood out to us during the game.
Website Promotion and Social Media Engagement
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00:00:47
Speaker
Now, let's join the conversation in progress.
Record-Breaking SEC Home Win Streak
00:00:53
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JP, two things happened on Saturday.
00:00:56
Speaker
What are those, Jim? Number one, ah Georgia officially set the all-time SEC home win streak at 32 games. So it's
Game Attendance and Personal Interactions
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Speaker
at 32 games now. um And also the Georgia is undefeated when 100% of my God Podcast is in attendance.
00:01:14
Speaker
Still undefeated. Still undefeated. It was good to see you. Happy to report. it was good to see you. it was good to see everybody. There were some folks that were missing.
00:01:25
Speaker
i think Dwight was golfing on the on the West Coast, right? Pell-A-Veach or something? I don't know. Definitely golfing. Definitely golfing. Yeah, i can't remember where he was. He was he was doing something fun.
00:01:38
Speaker
ah Didn't see Adam. Adam, if you're listening, love to see you out there. Yeah. Carter wasn't there, but he will be there on Friday or Saturday and Friday.
00:01:50
Speaker
Right. Sorry, Carter, but have fun this week. Yes, man. It was a good trip. Um, you know, coach Trill was there. we saw everybody, man. Yeah. Saw
Tailgate Recollections and Bourbon Mention
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the whole, a lot of the tailgate crew was there, obviously.
00:02:03
Speaker
um so it was it was a fun time. i was planning on bringing, um, some kids, but, uh, they decided to be lame and and stay home, uh, and not, and not experience the tailgate, which was fine.
00:02:16
Speaker
um their loss, my game being airline solo. i was going to say their loss. And then it ended up being like wood and Dorico game. um So it was funny because at one point on like with my family situation, we were, I was telling you like, Hey, I might have an extra ticket.
00:02:32
Speaker
um Like, i don't think we're going to use all of ours. And then like, You ended up getting other tickets and having extra. And then we got an extra from you. We needed more tickets. Um, so yeah. So like my, my parents didn't go, uh, shout out Lou and Panda Fripped dog.
00:02:48
Speaker
that's another one we missed. We missed, we missed Lou and Panda at the tailgate. Yeah. So I got to spend the weekend with them, but they didn't, uh, make it to the game, but we had, uh, we had all, um, we say wood North for us, um, into, and then as well as, uh,
00:03:05
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My sister and brother-in-law and family, all the Toricos were there, including Sophia, who is now a
Game Day Experiences and Social Highlights
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freshman and did get to see her. We had talked about that. um So that was a lot of fun. And she came over and said, hey, during the game even. So we saw her at the tailgate, saw her during the game, saw her weekend, but actually got to see her on campus and in the stadium. So that was fun.
00:03:22
Speaker
Super fun. Yeah. I was shout out to Sophia for staying the whole time amidst all of the fraternity boys. It was her and her friend. I know your mom was super proud of that, or your sister was super proud of that.
00:03:38
Speaker
um And i was I was also impressed. So um kudos to you for for showing those boys what's up. Because I think they even the boys ended up even leaving and she was still there.
00:03:49
Speaker
okay Oh, man. Yeah, it was fun. We stayed at the end. That's right. That's right. Yeah, i i have that's like one of my things. That's one things. I'm not going to leave.
00:04:00
Speaker
Um, I'm kind of annoying about that. I have my reasons. Um, and then it was hot. It was really hot. Oh man. That, that was definitely the tail of the tape was, uh, I mean, there was even some players getting cramps.
00:04:12
Speaker
Uh, I was cramping up. I feel like, uh, on my two, almost two mile walk to the, to the car. Um, Man, shout out new parking map. Good grief. um I think there was a lot of people that were confused about parking situation like I was.
00:04:27
Speaker
um But anyway, um yeah, it was hot. it was It was definitely warm out there. I enjoyed our breezeway conversation with Coach Trill. At one point, we just kind were hanging out in the breezeway. um And man, that was nice. That was that was quite pleasant.
00:04:43
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I think I texted you this, but I got back to our seats and Kim was was like, where have you been?
00:04:50
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was like, I was talking to John and coach Trill. Uh, it was pretty funny. So yeah,
Game Thrills and Crowd Dynamics
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it was hot. It was hot. Yes. And Shelby was there with coach Trill. Congratulations on the the newly engaged couple.
00:05:01
Speaker
um Absolutely. We even saw, ah we even saw friend of the show, Tim Riley. So that was like unexpected. I mean, I knew he was going to the game, but I didn't think I was going to see him. I didn't think he was going to come by. i had heard i had heard inside sources that he was going to be like downtown pregame.
00:05:16
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And so he came out to gate. That was pretty sweet. That was fun. He walked in He walked in like the the cool house at at Halloween, handing out trick or treats to everyone that he could find.
00:05:29
Speaker
oh Man, it was good. It was good. And then, and my buddy, Adam, who, who you had run into, I think last year at some point when I wasn't there at the game, but he made it by that. was So that was his first time out to the tailgate. So that was i don't think i i don't think i I don't think I met him. and You pointed him out, but i don't think we actually like talked. to My bad.
00:05:47
Speaker
yeah No, it's all good. And then we saw Jason Downey from Twitter, yeah um who was decked out in his martial gear, which i I didn't realize for some reason.
00:06:00
Speaker
Didn't realize that he was he was a Marshall fan, but Chuck chuck and those guys, they they had the the Weller antique 30-year-old Weller. that's kind of That was kind of cool. that was That was probably one of the more unique experiences that I've seen at at a tailgate situation. Not many not many tailgates are going to see a 30-year-old bird.
00:06:19
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no Yeah, that was that was definitely. um And then apologies, Chuck, for ah not picking the South Carolina game heading in. Yeah.
00:06:30
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but hey he was hey He was not happy about that. He was not, but I gave my pick at the tailgate and I was right. so The Cox did defeat. you yeah um i I forgot
'K-pop Demon Hunters' Discussion
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something.
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I was told, John, ah by Ella, okay so ella has told me that she feels like like you got cool points and that you're she felt that you're cooler than me.
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She said, even though you didn't like it, at least you have seen K-pop Demon Hunters. and I have not seen it yet. um like I haven't watched Bro, i I have seen K-pop Demon Hunters probably more times than I've seen, like, fine I've definitely seen it more times than you've seen Band of Brothers. ah
00:07:14
Speaker
uh but no it's it was literally on today like i watched i watched part of it today because camden was watching it today like it's just it's just it's like it's like the current um frozen you know frozen was just constantly running in our house and and now it's it's like the new frozen which is fine because the story is kind of cool it's kind of creepy i don't know it's kind creepy it's definitely a little creepy story like the demons and all that stuff and like don't know there's definitely the one song you all you will this will go completely over your head but uh be your be your idol or whatever um don't know it's where the boys sing about being an idol i don't know it's weird we're a k-pop we're a k-pop demon under podcast now
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else. I did. ah There was a song that came on on like the whatever playlist we had on the way. And I was like, wait, isn't this K-pop Demon Hunters? So anyways. So yeah. have it anyway so you So you won cool points with Ella for that because because you have at least watched it.
00:08:17
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She like, he he didn't he doesn't like it, but he at least he's watched it, Dad. No, I liked it. It's fine. It's fine. Okay. fine okay they're doing See, now you're getting even more points with Ella. So you're like, you're getting really good there.
00:08:28
Speaker
There are worse things to sit down and watch with your kids, I feel like.
Community Engagement and Podcast Shoutouts
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For sure. The songs are pretty catchy. There's like three or four songs that are really cool. I mean, as far as like, you know, just being kid songs. so i was actually I was actually at the pool with my daughter ah yeah the the other day. we were by ourselves. Actually, I took that back. There was a woman and a baby there, but um Camden wants to take over the the speaker all the time at the pool.
00:08:53
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And i let her take over the speaker and we blasted K-pop demon hunters at the pool. So this poor woman was listening to Camden just blasting K-pop demon hunters.
00:09:07
Speaker
Okay, well, sorry. I sufficiently took us off the rails. um But yeah, i don't know. Shout out Greg Rodeo Hug Dog for the hospital on Saturdays. Yes, as always. It was good to see you. It was good to see them too. Like we got, we had Joel, we had Hampton. We were just missing, we were just missing um Garrett.
00:09:25
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Yeah. We did not see girls talk ball. um Understandable. All good. um We, we, we missed, we missed the ladies out there, but Hey, they, they did drop their first episode of the season. So be sure to go ah check out girls talk ball for sure.
00:09:39
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All right. so What's that? Sorry. i was just I was just trying to think if there was any other like tailgate items to to run through. he ah no I mean, outside of outside of the pre-tailgate, the after tailgate. So I came back and help helped DT and Zach and Rodeo clean up after the tailgate.
00:10:02
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yeah So my my my God a Podcast was was well represented even in the breakdown. yeah Nice. And Greg, Greg, too, helping help helping them.
Post-Game Reflections and Autograph Signing
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i was helping him pack up his his elite trailer.
00:10:15
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um We were talking about getting better. We were talking about ways to to make things even better. So every, even even at the tailgate, we're talking about getting better. yeah're Better never rest. Better never rest. Better never rest.
00:10:28
Speaker
Yeah. And then the Rodeo and those guys, you know, they decided that they wanted to go out and and eat. And so, They took me out and we had a chance to run into some of the players who will not be mentioned for safety purposes.
00:10:42
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um But we did run into some of the players and that was pretty awesome to shake hands with folks and have them introduce themselves as, hi, I'm their first name. And I'd be like, I know who you are.
00:10:55
Speaker
ah That's awesome. That's awesome. I had a player run in, but it was the next time. That's true. That's true. You had a pretty elite run in. Look, man, that one, that one was well publicized too. So you can talk about that one.
00:11:06
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Yeah, that was publicized. Yeah. So we and again, you know, back to your question, we did the over engineered is going to Stockton sponsored by on reserve. Like
In-Depth Game Analysis
00:11:17
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definitely. Yes. Went to the autograph signing on Sunday ah morning at the on reserve Athens store.
00:11:23
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Lily and I went over there. um it was great. It was a lot of fun. ah we got so we Lily and I both now own the Gunner Stockton driving his truckck driving his truck t-shirt.
00:11:35
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um We've got a signed print of Gunner as well. It's like a print of the painting that's on the shirt kind of thing. um So we got him to sign that. and um So yeah, so can so can confirm 100% on-site research ah that that is the case. And i can also I'm also happy to tell everyone that Unlike some other former Georgia quarterbacks, Gunnar Stockton says, go dogs back.
00:11:57
Speaker
So can confirm. Can get can confirm. Like, a holy cow, what a nice kid. Oh, you know, I mean, he was ah he was awesome. He was great with everyone. um It was a lot of fun.
00:12:08
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And I will say, Lily, when we walked when we walked out, ah Lily goes, you wouldn't have been that nice. Carson Beck. Yeah. Oh, man. but is that Is that a segue? Is that a segue to talk about Carson Bick's performance?
00:12:24
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I don't know. I mean, whatever. They won. you you i gotta say it All I got to say is that was not the Notre Dame team that he faced last year. Yeah, yeah, yeah, they yeah, they lost a lot lot of dudes for sure.
00:12:37
Speaker
Yeah. All right. You to talk about our game? I guess let's talk about our game. um I think my my first thing like it was like, hey, a fast start on offense.
00:12:49
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Right. Like actually it was fast start all around fast starting the defense. Get the, get the ball right back. Cause we kicked off. um But I mean, just the slow starts was the whole theme of, of last year.
00:12:59
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um Had a fast start. Gunner looked super comfortable out there. um And man, Zachariah branch is the real deal. He was awesome. Yeah, he definitely looked good. um I'd say the tail of the tape was was for sure ah the defense.
00:13:16
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um I think if you were looking at stat lines and you you were seeing nothing, you could probably just go and take a gander at the participation report and see that we, you know... some of our walk-ons had more snaps than our starters did.
00:13:31
Speaker
So, you know, I think you mentioned like one of the things that you had mentioned, like sticks out, like no sacks, like even under that umbrella, we had no sacks. And so I kind of, i don't know. I kind of take that as a, ah and take it with a grain of salt. Obviously you'd like to see more sacks. I'd actually think that there was a couple of plays where i was like, I don't know that they were trying to run. I don't know that the quarterback was trying to run.
00:13:52
Speaker
i actually think he was just scrambling for his life. Yeah. I'm with you. I'm with you. There was a couple that were that I think got logged as tackled behind the line of scrimmage on a rush kind of deal. Yeah, I'm with you. Right, right.
00:14:03
Speaker
um i haven't seen the full game, but that was what I saw on on a couple of those places. I was like, that looked like a sack, guys. Come on. Yeah. um But yeah, so you got no sacks, defense played lights out. I think that they had only crossed the 40-yard line once in the first half.
00:14:22
Speaker
And i think that they had, i want to say they had like, i want to say it was like 40 total forty yards or something like that in the first half. i don't know. It was some some ridiculous stat line. and where they just did not, they were not producing. Graham graham over at Dog Central, he he put together his 12 takeaways, which included some of those stats that I'm talking about.
00:14:44
Speaker
um the the the The first half was just lights out defense. And it I think that um the comparisons that were they were making and in terms of like the the stat lines from the first half and just overall was they were comparing it to the 2022 defense, which I'll take those comparisons all day long.
00:15:03
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Totally agree. and yeah I mean, that looked like, that looked like a Kirby smart George defense. um Yeah. I think that the, the kind of in that same vein, like the comparison to 2022 was they're talking about success rate and, you know, they had like a, I want to say that they, they had, they had some ridiculously low success rate number.
00:15:28
Speaker
um for the for their offense. And so like basically um over half the plays, like 56% of the total plays that were run and that game were unsuccessful plays for for Marshall.
00:15:40
Speaker
Wow. Yeah. Yeah. um Yeah. I mean, they looked, I didn't, I talked to a few people, you know, like between when we recorded the game, just about how weird it was, right. With like them coming in with so many, you know new coach, all the new roster, et cetera. And like the whole, like, we're not goingnna know what they're going to look like, et cetera. But like,
00:15:58
Speaker
it didn't matter um i mean we were really right right from the start just kind of like put the foot down really didn't let them do anything i mean the only the only thing you could have there is say we didn't get a shutout but i mean shoot it was what it was 45 to nothing before they scored and it was on the backups so i mean it was it was them it was them desperately trying to score a touchdown on george's defense
Player Evaluations and Offensive Strategies
00:16:21
Speaker
Totally.
00:16:21
Speaker
Totally. And I mean, ah you know, you take away the long, like the deep ball, like over a true freshman, like in that even still probably doesn't happen. So I, I can live with it. I can live with it. Yeah. I can definitely live with it. It was definitely one of those things where they didn't want to give it up, but, um, Hey man, uh,
00:16:37
Speaker
I take that performance from everyone all day long. um you know I think that Governor Stockton being the leading rusher was probably something that I'd like to not see moving forward, but he looked good. He looked good moving his feet. It's nice to have a mobile quarterback 200-something yards total. think he had 70-something yards rushing and 190 yards passing.
00:16:57
Speaker
seventy somethingth yards rushing and hundred and ninety yards passing Yeah. I don't Yeah. 190. You're right. 190 passing 73. Yeah. I don't know.
00:17:08
Speaker
Where's the, what does that break out this to like the, the quarterback rating or whatever? yeah Yeah. 99 quarterback rating. Not too bad. Yeah, i mean, I thought he looked good. I thought, too, like, I mean, I thought it was cool. Like, we saw some new stuff.
00:17:20
Speaker
um I mean, like, it was very refreshing to see a Georgia quarterback keep the ball on the zone read, right? And, like, actually, because, like, how many times have we talked about on this, you know, with some prior quarterbacks who are like, ah like it all you have to do is keep that on the zone read and you score.
00:17:34
Speaker
And Gunnar was keeping it and he was scoring. So that was awesome. um But on top of that, we actually ran the option with him. Like not his own read is like a straight like sprint option to the left. That was cool. And he faked the pitch and kept it.
00:17:47
Speaker
um they think That was. Yeah. So that was sweet. I liked that. I mean, i thought he looked he looked smooth, throwing the ball, spread the ball around out to a ton of receivers like we've seen this ah offense do, you know, the past couple of years.
00:17:59
Speaker
um So I thought that was super positive. He looked good. couple of points that I would say that you know he's going to look at that. I know Bubba was going to be looking at the stat line saying, okay, we only completed 58% of our passes.
00:18:13
Speaker
You can give him a little bit of grace because there were a couple of drops that were just sprinkled in there, but 58% completion percentage is not um the standard I feel like UGA quarterback is going to be expecting moving forward as we get into the SEC.
00:18:30
Speaker
Right. Yeah. I guess too. i don I don't, I didn't really have like peanut scoring the first touchdown on my bingo card. I wasn't exactly. Yeah.
00:18:41
Speaker
But like, I thought that was awesome. He looked good, man. He looked like a different layer to me. He was impressive. I thought really just like running back depth, I thought was, was impressive. Like we rotated those guys a ton. I think that that's the the tale of the whole team. like we We just have so much depth at at every position right now.
00:19:00
Speaker
Knock on wood, Jim. Knock on your head. Yeah, knock on your
Team Depth and Areas for Improvement
00:19:04
Speaker
head. The situation that we have with the defensive like alignments, like all the different little situations, that's something else that Graham was talking about was like,
00:19:13
Speaker
Being able to piece together any kind of look, any kind of pressure that you might want, and some exotic things that you might normally not be able to do, like dropping someone into coverage that doesn't normally or dropping someone straight straight onto the line to to rush the passer.
00:19:29
Speaker
like the the The versatility that we have on the defensive side of things is great. um I'd say that um and say that the the offensive line probably is still working on gelling 100% together.
00:19:43
Speaker
yeah kind of treat this game and ah next week's game against Austin Peay as kind of like the the extension of fall camp um practice, basically. So hopefully we'll be firing all Sunlanders. I'd like to see some progression there. I'd like to see the running backs – gain more yards.
00:20:03
Speaker
I felt like that everyone on the team, Gunner Stockton included, had to really fight for those rushing yards. um yeah So you'd like to see some more holes open up. um If I'm guessing, we'll probably start to see more perimeter, you know attacking on the perimeter and things like that.
00:20:21
Speaker
Because that seemed to be where we were successful at, at running the ball. i mean, Peanuts run came off of, I want to say it was a toss sweep or something like that. yeah yeah Yeah, it was like a toss to the left.
00:20:31
Speaker
And that was like, there was there was a gaping hole, and he took it to the house. yeah So it's like, give these guys room, and let's see what they figure out. I mean, you saw his Zachariah Branch. he's he seemed By by and large, he seems like he's the real deal. He's he's definitely electric. He's definitely giving me shades of Meikle Hardman.
00:20:48
Speaker
Um, when he gets the ball in his hands, he just seems to do things with it. Um, I think what I texted out was like, he, he looked to me like what he was, you were hearing, he was going to be out of high school.
00:21:00
Speaker
Right. Like, cause he was like a huge recruit out of high school. Um, he looked like that on Saturday. yeah wouldn Yeah, would not hate it to see him just completely thrive and and win, um and don't know, whatever the wide receiver that he is, the Blitnikoff, I don't know which whatever it is.
00:21:16
Speaker
um I would love to have a Blitnikoff winner at the University of Georgia. Gotcha. It'd be great. I mean, he did like a bit of everything, right? I mean, he like, he caught down the field passes. He caught over the middle. He took a screen pass basically to the house.
00:21:30
Speaker
Um, it was nice. mean, he seemed very well-rounded to me. he's breaking tackles, right. Making guys miss. Um, so that was exciting. It wasn't exciting. um some concerns, the drops definitely work were, were
Offensive Critiques and Strategy Discussion
00:21:43
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a concern. um,
00:21:45
Speaker
yeah I would say that there was pass to Lucky, I want to say it was, where he had a wide open loss and Lucky hit him.
00:21:56
Speaker
and he kind of or maybe It could have been to Delp. I can't remember. um it was was It was a pass out out to the side sideline, and it was an open pass. but he kind of had the you know i think it could have been I think it was Delp. It could have been Lucky. I can't remember. but He kind of had to like reach behind him to grab it.
00:22:13
Speaker
And it ended up being a big play, but had he hit him in stride, it would have been touchdown. Like he walks into the end zone kind of thing. Yeah. um I think that there are a couple of those kinds of moments where he could have extended, extended the plays even further than where they got.
00:22:29
Speaker
um But you try not to like split hairs too, too much, but um I would like to see some progression there this, this coming week on some of those passing. Yeah, I would say my nitpick would be it's great to go three for three on fourth down.
00:22:44
Speaker
But like, why did we have to go for it on fourth down kind of thing? um So don't know. That was that's that was kind of my nitpick that I jotted down. Yeah, it'll be interesting to see. um i love that we're keep I love to see Gunnar keeping the ball um on those those zone reads. that's kind of Having that on tape is going to be interesting down the down the road.
00:23:04
Speaker
i said to I sent a video to you guys. um there's There's one play that I think that he could have hit Taylor and de taylor on ah on a go route, or could I think it was Taylor.
00:23:17
Speaker
um, on a go route that, um, he, he ended up going underneath to an open, you know, he hit an open guy, but there was, there was yards. There were more plays that were out there kind of thing.
00:23:29
Speaker
had we, had we just waited a little bit longer, there would have been a deep shot, deeper touchdown. Um, Yeah, I would say that it was pretty vanilla. I think that that's that's another thing that that Graham and those guys that know the X's and O's, the play calling was pretty vanilla. The defense, not super exotic. Obviously, walk-ons getting more snaps than some of these some of these starters.
00:23:54
Speaker
Yeah. um I think that Graham was talking about like the players that you you pulled out. um you you knew that You know that they're good when they only played like a handful of snaps.
00:24:07
Speaker
It just completely eliminated them from getting more film or any more... visibility on things. um So it it was it was obviously exactly what we needed to do. I mean, if you'd have told me before the game that that would be the scoreline, I'd be like,
Game Outcome and Betting Reflection
00:24:23
Speaker
okay.
00:24:23
Speaker
and if you If you told me that that was going to be the score and you told me that they were replacing 78 players on the team or whatever, like, yeah, that makes sense. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We almost ended up covering.
00:24:37
Speaker
um That touchdown. Yeah, that touchdown. it was by, what, like a half point or whatever? This is why I don't gamble, whatever. This is why you don't gamble, yeah. Like, I saw the touchdown. think it was the touchdown that we threw to Elias Williams or whatever.
00:24:54
Speaker
um And i was like, oh, shoot, we're going to cover. We're going to cover. And then... Not too long after that, they stormed down the field and scored. it's like, oh, there goes that. Right, right, right.
Special Teams and Game Day Success
00:25:06
Speaker
Too funny. um I will say, hey, let's hit on the special teams. We always got to talk about a special teams. Yes. I thought special teams looked good, as we thought, or as we kind of like assumed.
00:25:17
Speaker
No Brett Thorson, but um still looked good. Again, so here's my nitpick is we allowed two puns to be returned. That's nitpick on the special teams. Yeah. Yeah, seriously. um i would say that if I were picking Nitz, the return game, i feel like could have used like there was one where Zachary Branch let the ball bounce.
00:25:37
Speaker
And I think that if Kirby were to go back and and review that film, they'd be screaming at him to not let that ball bounce. He ended up picking it up, but like it was it put us in a bad spot, I feel like. But don't let the ball bounce on punts.
00:25:53
Speaker
um If you can prevent it, it would be the nick and ah picking nits. um Yeah, the punk the punt game looked great. Yeah, I feel like we were good hands after Brett's done being a Bulldog. I thought Miller looked really good.
00:26:09
Speaker
Yeah, he he had a pretty decent average. he had a couple punts inside the 20-yard line. That was that was good. Payday. we had We had a nice payday situation. so Yeah. Overall, know by and large, I don't think anybody was seriously hurt.
00:26:26
Speaker
um I think there were a couple of little odds and ends that happened, but well we'll be listening for any hopeful kisses of death. But by and large, it seems like that there were – that we should not expect too too many ah hopeful kiss of death coming up.
00:26:42
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, would agree. I mean, you know, it was Georgia um kind of overmatched their opponent. they And it looked that way, which is what you want to see. Kind of got in, got out, um um almost covered.
00:26:55
Speaker
And, yeah, like you're saying, no major injuries to report. So it was a good day. It was a good day, Sarah. Good day, indeed. Let's recap ah Coach Trill's ah picks. So it's always a good day when you get the text from Coach Trill with the updates on the on his over-unders.
00:27:11
Speaker
um So shout Coach, for doing that. ah JP, with the early lead in Coach's over-unders, you went 500, 4-4. I did not. I went 3-5.
00:27:23
Speaker
ah So you take the their lead early lead. And then we are tied in the pick-em. ah We both went 2-3 in the pick-em. I'll take the early lead.
Weekend Highlights and College Football Observations
00:27:32
Speaker
yeah Get to a situation where I can just choke this thing out.
00:27:37
Speaker
ah Yeah, you're already going to start strategizing like next week. I'm going to try not to overthink it. ah too good. So shout out coach. Appreciate you for doing that for us. Yes.
00:27:50
Speaker
I guess. So with this, you know, so with the games that we picked or even just around what, I guess, kind of what stood out to you? Like, I, I think my, I'll say like, for me, like my thing that I'm wondering about, like the landscape of college football, all like what's the kind of like,
00:28:04
Speaker
week one overreaction going to be. And I feel like it's going to be like, Alabama is terrible. Like, um, mean, I know they lost him in rink, Florida state, Florida state, you know, how good is Florida state? How good or not good is Alabama, et cetera. I feel like it's going to be the probably overanalyzed that and and LSU been in a c Clemson. I feel like everyone's at the LSU now.
00:28:23
Speaker
So ah we're so we're goingnna we're talking about the Alabama game? and Just in general. like yeah like what are you what were your observations from outside of Georgia? I mean, I'd say that there's going to be much – there was a lot of shade thrown our way in that um Miami game that I think that Kirby is absolutely going to repurpose and use.
00:28:44
Speaker
Yeah.
Alabama vs. Miami Analysis
00:28:46
Speaker
Yeah. I think that Beck was ah on unnecessarily glazed, as my son would say. um There were there were a couple of situations there that, um yeah, if it would have been a different Notre Dame team, like like I said, the the one pass that everybody keeps talking about, it every time I see it, it just makes me kind of frustrated because – The safety literally should have crashed that ball out of out of his hands and or taken it to the house ah the other way.
00:29:20
Speaker
um I feel like Guy was just ball watching and missed it. And the reason that he was ball watching is because he's new. from last season because the guy that they that was there, like Xavier Watts, is is getting ready to suit up for the Falcons this season yeah as the third-round draft pick.
00:29:39
Speaker
um So you talk about losing guys like you know that make impact plays and things like that. I feel like that that's one of those plays that – It ends up a little differently if it's replicated at last last season with the team that Notre Dame had. And that's kind of the thing that Notre Dame, you know, you don't know what you're going to, you never know which which version of Notre Dame you're going to get. It's like a box of chocolates or whatever.
00:30:01
Speaker
already Right, right. So there's that. I think Miami should have lost that game, my two cents. um I think that they were really fortunate to to come away with that, considering the fact that they were the benefactors of several Notre Dame turnovers.
00:30:17
Speaker
um So I think Miami's... It was tough to watch that broadcast. Like if every Miami broadcast is going to be them talking about Georgia the whole time, was kind of weird. um So I don't know, maybe that'll dampen throughout the year, but don't know. Maybe won't. I don't know.
00:30:30
Speaker
We'll see. I don't know. He declared for the draft and then decided not to go pro. We had moved on. We had, you know, invested in other guys from the portal. I think at this point it's like, I think Carson's in a good situation
Rise of Mobile Quarterbacks and Team Performances
00:30:41
Speaker
in Alabama. I think Gunner, we're happy with Gunner.
00:30:43
Speaker
So know. I feel like everyone's kind of, we're good. So. um Yeah, i would I would say that um yeah i don't I don't expect that to be the case for every game But it definitely what felt a little targeted Yeah, yeah yeah i Especially when when he was like, I wasn't able to do much at the at UGA like but Like I couldn't change the plays or something? I couldn't change, yeah yeah like I couldn't let him audible or something like that He didn't have the freedom like Yeah, that was weird don't know, dude.
00:31:14
Speaker
If Kirby's not letting you check out a place, it's because he doesn't trust you to check out a place. Right. Especially as a junior or senior whatever. Yeah. Anyway, um outside of that, i would say the I think this year is going to be the year of the mobile quarterback. You saw Michigan.
00:31:31
Speaker
and You saw Michigan's quarterback ball out. You saw Janor Sellers ball out for South Carolina. Yeah. And then the the big one for me was Castellanos.
00:31:44
Speaker
um Dude, I think Florida State may have ah may have been severely underrated this season, this preseason. And it probably is a great example of like why the preseason polls are stupid because – um I mean, dude, he he looked good, dude.
00:32:02
Speaker
Like,
Alabama's Ranking and Florida State's Potential
00:32:03
Speaker
I don't know. how Herbie Smart's kryptonite is always a mobile quarterback that can pass, and he looked like he could do both of those things very, very well. He reminded me of Michael Vick out there, the way that he was running the ball around. He looked he looked good at Boston College last year.
00:32:17
Speaker
um I mean, he beat Florida State at Boston College last year, and that was kind of like where he like was kind of like on the map for me was that game. um Yeah, it was a crazy thing in college football.
00:32:29
Speaker
But yeah, man, he did look good. He looked at but that's And so so that's what going to be looking for this week is like what rankings aren't aren't out yet um because rankings are are late because the games are going all the way through Monday.
00:32:40
Speaker
Uh, so how far does Alabama fall and where does Florida state, where are they? It's gonna be interesting. I mean, I think that Alabama is going to fall quite precipitously. Um, I'd be, I'd be shocked if they were inside the top 15, but, um, we'll see.
00:32:57
Speaker
Um, I mean, they beat the brakes off them. Um, like not even close. Yeah. Um, And it's not that even like Ty Simpson had a bat, like he played fine. I feel like it was like a, like a Notre Dame versus UGA game type situation where I was like, yeah, the quarterback played fine.
00:33:16
Speaker
It's just that they couldn't stop anybody on defense. The other thing that I think that is going to be interesting long-term as the season pans out, there were multiple people taking videos and screen, screen, you know, grabs of,
00:33:26
Speaker
like just stuff that you are not used to seeing at Alabama. Like there was one where this, like a cornerback was like, like just didn't even try to go and tackle the player that he easily could have gotten to if he had just been trying.
00:33:40
Speaker
And you hear those kinds of comparisons being made on a lot of different stuff. And i don't know. It's just, it's just given me the Alabama situation is just given me Don Shula.
00:33:53
Speaker
It's just giving me Shula vibes. Mike Shula. Mike Shula. Sorry. Yeah. mike and you it's It's given Mike Shula vibes. Yeah. I mean, and then then those like those, that stuff, for your timeout, like I, like that was coming out from like actual like analysts too, you know, like I saw that from like yeah ESPN guys coming out. So.
00:34:13
Speaker
Mm-hmm. And then you saw things got even weirder with the quotes coming out of the coaches press conferences that John was sending to the text to this morning. And I was like, where Kalen DeBoer got into like this, like confusing conversation with a reporter talking about like whether or not he said something or didn't say something, like could remember if he said something, maybe ah if I said it, I said it, you know, kind of thing. It was like, what a weird conversation. Yeah.
00:34:38
Speaker
but It was weird. so so it's like It's like he just word vomited. Yeah. yeah um Let's see. What else? I didn't know.
00:34:48
Speaker
Texas. I say Texas. Yeah, yeah. I mean, the memes that are coming out about Arch Manning are just so perfect.
00:35:00
Speaker
I think I saw, you know, you got one where it's like, ah was what was the the uncle from Holy Dynamite? Uncle Rico, yeah. Uncle Rico, like a bitch, I could throw that ball over the mountains and showed his arm movement was exactly the same as Uncle Rico, and it's like just terrible mechanics.
00:35:18
Speaker
ah Yeah, It was, ah the the memes that were coming out of that game were pretty great. oh Yeah, yeah. ah Neither one of them looked like they wanted to even try to win that game for for a long time. Because I remember getting to Logan's tailgate. Shout out Logan. he's I got to get to hang out with Logan for a little bit as the first stop on the Vagabond tailgate train.
00:35:41
Speaker
Yeah. But yeah, we got there and it was like, man this looks so its boring. Like, what's going on here? And then you get to the tailgate, yeah yeah you know, take the mile and a half trek to our tailgate.
00:35:54
Speaker
And it's like, um shoot, like nothing's happened. What is going on? Right, right. Yeah, yeah. not a It was not high scoring. Yeah.
00:36:04
Speaker
um I would say that Ohio State's probably going to be... You've got to give them the the the benefit of the doubt until we get some more we get some more tape on on Texas, but um yeah. and yeah I'm assuming they'll be number one.
00:36:19
Speaker
everything Again, not that it matters right now, but I would po assume they will. For sure. and Texas will be just you know another example of a team that was shouldn't have been ranked number one.
00:36:29
Speaker
In my opinion, I don't think they'll be ranked number one at the end of the season, but... um Yeah, i ah I didn't really get to see any of the Tennessee game. um From what I heard, it was was pretty good, but I didn't really watch any of that game.
00:36:44
Speaker
um I wanted to. I'll probably have to take a look at some of the... ah tried to look at all like at the the highlights of um all the big games, but I did not get a chance to look at the Tennessee one. Did you watch any of the Tennessee game?
00:36:55
Speaker
I didn't watch any. I mean, I watched the, eyes I saw of the highlights, but yeah, I didn't. um I did. I did watch a good, I watched a good bit of the South Carolina Virginia tech. And that one was, mean, it was close for a while, you know, South Carolina jumped out and then it was like a weird score for a long time. Cause Virginia tech got like a safety. And then I think it was like 10 to eight at one point. was like two field goals and a safety for Virginia. But then South Carolina pulled away, you know, in the fourth quarter.
00:37:23
Speaker
one One thing that I did not realize and got completely educated on, because I'm not really all that great at watching the other games that are going on. um I'll like, you know, take a peek here and there, watch the highlights or or whatever.
00:37:37
Speaker
um But I didn't realize, I did not realize that Gus Malzahn was the offensive coordinator at Florida State. e Right. Yeah. Yeah, I know. I had no idea about that. i would So when I realized what Hunter was talking about in the text thread, like at first I was like, what is he talking about going on side quests? What is he talking about?
00:37:57
Speaker
I thought he just retired. was like, what do you mean? and then I saw a picture on Twitter that he was like, you know. that they were They were showcasing like the types of plays that that Gus Malzahn runs that he that he was running to with much success at Florida State. like The old you know everybody look to the sideline and get the play in.
00:38:18
Speaker
the The center snaps the ball and then it's like a big chunk play because the defense isn't ready for it. yeah um The whole like snap the ball and the offensive line doesn't move at all and it tricks a couple of the defensive linemen kind of thing.
00:38:32
Speaker
Right. right um I don't know. That's just like Gus Malzahn. Gus Malzahn, like goofball type stuff. yeah um But I didn't realize that he was and didn't realize that he was the offensive coordinator at Florida State, which is probably part of the reason why and the the mobile quarterback, you know,
00:38:51
Speaker
is making him look a lot better than was although he he is also showcasing like that there are some some head coaches that should just resign themselves to being like super super good at ah you know at being a coordinator as opposed to a head coach right right right yeah Well, cool. but was I thought it was a good it was a good kickoff weekend. I mean, there was a lot good games.
00:39:11
Speaker
It was fun. A lot of games. It was a good week one. Heck, Tech-Colorado was a really good game Friday night, by the way. that That was another good one. Yeah, that was another good one. um I think that Colorado got lucky that they didn't get blown out, but whatever.
00:39:27
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, but yeah, it was a good, it was a good fun way to kick off the week for sure. Yeah. Well, cool. I think, I think we're still, I think technically it's still going on, isn't it? Isn't the North Carolina playing right now or do they already finish?
00:39:38
Speaker
i don't know if it's over yet, but TCU was a pretty big last time I looked. Oh geez. Yeah. That's amazing. Oh my gosh. 41 to seven. Good gracious. It's still the third quarter right now.
00:39:50
Speaker
Okay. Okay. Bill Belichick. Okay. suboptimal suboptimal debut good grief oh man yeah i mean i kind of expected that but like i did not expect that to be that bad i expected it but yeah i expected them to lose but i didn't expect them to lose this bad and right right remember we played tcu in the national championship wow anyway i know right
00:40:22
Speaker
is this Is that guy still the head coach? i don't even know. Yes. I mean, yes. Yeah. I just remember, what was the, I don't know, totally off the rails. there's there was ah There was a head coach at TCU that was like, people wanted him to come when we hired Mark Richt. I can't remember what that guy's name was.
00:40:40
Speaker
There was a head coach at TCU because I remember I was like kind of one of those guys that was like, oh yeah, we should totally get that head coach because he had really good defense and he yelled at people. Yeah, I know. I can't.
00:40:51
Speaker
I don't know. People are listening and yelling right now at us, but I can't remember his name either. But I know talking about Patterson. OK, Patterson. yeah Yeah. Yeah. He was like the legend. He and he got kind of ended up ended up getting kind of like forced to retire ish.
00:41:04
Speaker
Right. Yeah. Gary Patterson is the is the name. um Yeah, Sonny Dyches is who's there now. was Off on a tangent. I remember him being considered for the UGA job when Richt was there.
00:41:19
Speaker
Patterson, right? Yeah. Well, cool. um Oh, the I didn't even really get to see much of it, but Corso.
00:41:30
Speaker
so Corso bid us adieu. That was something that... Was was interesting to see. he was all dressed up in a tuxedo for the occasion and ended up being the only picker to pick perfectly. Dude, that is so amazing that he went six for six. And and like it it included things like picking Florida State to beat Alabama.
00:41:50
Speaker
Like, it's so good. it Like, it it was quite fortuitous. Yeah. There were definitely some freezing cold takes to where people like when he made that pick, people were like, oh, like you don't want to go out like that and all this kind of stuff. And it's it pretty amazing.
00:42:06
Speaker
Yeah. ah But that was that was a nice little thing. ah Carter was asking about Herbstreit's dog again. was like, why does why does he have the dog there again?
00:42:17
Speaker
oh see, i didn't I missed the dog. I didn't know. yeah It's not Bo, obviously, because Bo passed away last season. But um I'm curious if this dog has another illness, too, because I was, you know, I was crapping all over, having his dog all over the place. Yeah.
00:42:35
Speaker
Last season and then come to find out he had like terminal cancer or something. know. We were like, we're like horrible people because we were making fun of him. Yeah. Yeah.
00:42:46
Speaker
But he was there. ah Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I'm to think of any other storylines. Oh, ah totally random. But yeah the sideline reporter ah for our game, Don Davenport, i think we may have mentioned briefly, but like that's so that's a friend of mine's sister.
00:43:06
Speaker
Oh, really? Yes. Oh, I know. It's it's ridiculous. that's crazy. I saw her. I was like, holy cow. I didn't realize that she was like legit, legit. That's awesome.
00:43:17
Speaker
That's really cool. I knew that she was like a sideline reporter, but I didn't realize that she was doing Georgia games. Like that was that was kind of wild. That's cool. That's cool. um okay so while we're talking about the broadcast, I was like, i mean, i know they said it at least once, but it was like the his name may be Gunner, but man, he's more of a runner. i was like, oh, my gosh, guys, seriously.
00:43:42
Speaker
Wow. ah What was it when Josh said something about the who was the announcer for the um who is the announcer for the tennessee air the Texas and Ohio State game?
00:43:56
Speaker
Was it Gus Johnson? Was it Gus Johnson? I can't remember. I don't know. I didn't have the sound on. them he was He was talking about like the we had we had a high-pitched cracking voice. and That's going to bother me.
00:44:06
Speaker
oh yeah can't remember who it was, but that that's accurate because I was like, oh my gosh, that's so true because he cracks his voice every time. don't even remember who it was. Yeah, no but he was like we were so back.
00:44:18
Speaker
Yes, yes. That's going to bother me. I think he posted that on Twitter. He did. I'm looking at it. Sean McDonough. sea mcon ah Sean McDonough voice crack. We are so back.
00:44:30
Speaker
Dog stats. That was that was accurate. That was yesterday. um so that would have been which game? oh is that the Miami game? It must have been.
00:44:41
Speaker
Yeah. I actually think that was. I think it was. Yeah. Well, cool. um Like i said, man, it was a good a good week one of college football, sitting around watching football all weekend, oh whether was at home on the couch.
00:44:55
Speaker
We watched a bit at the lake afterwards after our visit with Gunner. It was a good time. It was a good time. I got a podcast still undefeated in person. Like I said, it was good to see this weekend.
00:45:06
Speaker
that was fun. We're going to we're gonna have to strategize your your attendance at the games as well. Yeah, right. We're going to have to figure out a way for us to both get into the Alabama and Texas games.
00:45:20
Speaker
ah These are the things that we do. These are things that we do for Dog Nation. you You, dear listener, your dear listen can partake. Jim's good. I need some help.
00:45:33
Speaker
Too good. Too good. Awesome. Well, yeah, we we'll be back later, later in the week ah to preview the big showdown with Austin P. Yes. All right, man. Well, ah good Labor Day weekend and we'll, we'll do it again, do it again next time. And I think you're, you're not going to be at this next one, right?
00:45:54
Speaker
Correct. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. I think we're safe. I think, our I think we're safe though. Love it. All right. All right, we'll talk about Austin Peay next time. And until then, Dawgs. Go Dawgs.
00:46:04
Speaker
go dogs