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Mississippi State Review | 2025 Georgia Football
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Jim and John review Georgia’s 41-21 win over Mississippi State.
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Gunner's Calmness and Episode Introduction
00:00:00
Speaker
Here's what um Lily said to me today. She said that that people were talking about Gunner and that why he was so calm under pressure at Mississippi State, even as they're all ringing their cowbells.
00:00:13
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She said it's just because it just sounds like his cows. Yeah.
00:00:23
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Welcome to My Gotta Podcast. I'm Jim Wood. In this episode, John Powell and review Georgia's 41-21 win over Mississippi State. We talk about our experiences on Saturday and what stood out to us during the game.
00:00:36
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00:00:45
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00:00:52
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Now let's join the conversation in progress.
00:00:58
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Just like we predicted. And then there's all kinds of things you can add into that one.
00:01:09
Speaker
Oh, man. ah Yeah, we're back with the normal, the normal. um My normal John, normal John. Shout out to replacement John and shout out to Lily.
00:01:22
Speaker
um i had multiple people reach out about the episode with Lily. um As you should. I think my favorite ah was David Lee telling me that he was dying laughing and how many more times i said like than my teenage daughter.
00:01:40
Speaker
I thought that was really good. So shout out David Lee. Did any, did any six, seven things come up? Right. You know, it's actually, got it's kind of funny that that didn't happen because we do that all the time around the house.
00:01:54
Speaker
Yeah. So yeah. I'm not sure how we managed to avoid that, but. So whenever I have to say my phone number, which has a six and a seven in it, um my daughter is always like whenever we go to like Moe's or something that has the rewards number that's attached to it.
00:02:10
Speaker
Whenever I say my phone number, rather they're like, she goes six, seven. It's out of it's out of control. It's out of control. It is out of control. Shout out to to Logan's wife, who is on the front lines.
00:02:24
Speaker
She had an epic shirt that said, how many days did you read and during in the weekend? It said 6-7. nice nice uh but yes um yeah game definitely not as uh just as i predicted i mean i don't know about you jim but but yeah yeah exactly so you can just say anything exactly you got all the over unders right uh everything yeah i you didn't get my notes Oh, man.
00:02:52
Speaker
and Yeah.
Game Viewing Challenges and Setup
00:02:54
Speaker
um What we i'm trying to think. Oh, so we had to figure out like how to watch the game to. oh Oh, yeah. We don't think because we are YouTube TV subscribers. So we actually ended up I and I waited till late because you could watch game day or I was able to watch game day just through the ESPN app without and like the whatever the new full subscription is called.
00:03:18
Speaker
We have ESPN Plus, but that still doesn't give you everything. But I don't know. Somehow, so we were able to we' were able to watch Game Day using that. That doesn't make any Yeah, yeah but then when you get ESPN Plus only gives you the yeah ESPN Plus content, which is basically anything that isn't on...
00:03:34
Speaker
a network isn't on one of their actual channels yeah it's like the extra stuff above that so um so i ended up doing we did the sling day pass so uh that's what john had recommended um from his brother from i think michael had recommended recommended that um So we did that and I did it like last minute.
00:03:55
Speaker
um I bet they made so much money on that. I'm sure. So we did the day pass with the ESPN plus the ah the sports package. It was like, I think $1 extra.
00:04:05
Speaker
um But that way way we got SEC network. um And so I waited until I think of around 11 or so Because it's 24 hours exactly. So i was trying to maximize having it Sunday morning so I could get up and watch SEC, SEC Nation, or SEC Final.
00:04:21
Speaker
that's where I usually watch SEC Final Sunday morning and have coffee and was able to do that by doing it this way. So we made it. We made it for this weekend. um I hope they resolve it soon.
00:04:33
Speaker
I think we're going to kind of get into my limit here before I need to change, go back to cable or something. don't know. What is, ah well, I guess you can you can run run through the and matchup items with us because I don't recall. Isn't it, isn't is the game on ESPN or is it on ABC? The next game, yeah, Texas is on ABC.
00:04:56
Speaker
Okay. Yeah, Texas is on ABC, so it won't be an issue this weekend. Right, so you'll be good. Right, right. I'll have to set up the manual DVR in our house over the antenna.
00:05:07
Speaker
But at any rate, yeah, not an issue for this game. Although I'll be there, so. But not the whole family's going, so
Game Start and Momentum Shifts
00:05:15
Speaker
we'll figure that out. On the next episode. and On the next episode. Yes, we can just do it on the next episode.
00:05:22
Speaker
But yeah so so yeah, so we were able to watch. We did the porch setup, set up um sit out there on the porch and watch the game. Had our bean dip, had all the things.
00:05:33
Speaker
So generally it was a good... good washing environment. Um, a friend of Lily's came over and we told her that she has to come over for every game. Um, she was like, does Georgia always play like this?
00:05:46
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And we're like, no, yeah she's like, Oh, so I have to come over all games. Yeah, seriously. She's the good luck charm. Yeah. So that was fun. That was fun. Um, it was, it was good weather um as I recall, cause, uh, that was about 40 degrees ago.
00:06:02
Speaker
Oh, I know, right? Yeah, it's freezing today. It was great. It was nice. um That sesame, it got like hot by the end of the day. Yeah, yeah. As of recording, it was flurrying today. It snowed here today, too.
00:06:14
Speaker
um Kim and Lily went to the grocery store, don't know, like 530 or something today, and they said it was snowing while they were there, so... Yeah, yeah. Dude, ah yeah, it's it's mind-boggling to me.
00:06:27
Speaker
There's going to be like 30, 40-degree temperature swing down, and then there's going to be a 40, 50-degree temperature swing up in the next few days. Yeah, yeah, it is crazy. Everybody's going to be sick by the end of this month. So shout out shout out to all the moms getting ready for Thanksgiving.
00:06:43
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. um And apparently it was like hot in Starkville. Kirby was talking about that with with conditioning, that it was hot. So that it was, I guess, whatever, hotter than they used to. Yeah.
00:06:58
Speaker
so hunterton Hunter is always telling us how it's not fall down in Mississippi. And I've always heard that Starkville you know, super hot during the summer. So I guess that makes sense.
00:07:10
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. um I don't mean this game. It was like, I guess, fast start or so. Oh, because it kind of wasn't. i think I guess probably by midway for this to the second quarter we were rolling.
00:07:23
Speaker
But yeah yeah it took us a little bit to get going. jim Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 38 unanswered points. Oh, that part was amazing. um But i'm talking about I'm talking about the beginning of the game where, i mean, dude, go back and look at like the text and go back and look at the timeline when Mississippi State took the opening kickoff, marched down the field, including like a third and 11 conversion and scored.
00:07:47
Speaker
So I'm just saying like at that moment, and it's like, oh my gosh, here we go again. We can't stop anybody. And then as you said, yeah. I can't remember. we just went Was I going down the rabbit hole on that one with you guys? Because I know that like my Saturday was a little little chaotic.
00:08:01
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So I was
Offensive Drives and Key Performances
00:08:04
Speaker
running around and was listening to things on the radio and I was seeing all the text messages and wasn't responding because I was doing stuff. Yeah.
00:08:13
Speaker
No, ah not. I don't think so. Okay. It generally kind of died down. Well, because it it changed fairly quickly. Although, you know, mean, so they score what we get to field goal, then we fumble.
00:08:28
Speaker
Right. So like at that point, you know, like the way it started was kind of like what's going on. and And then we just poured it on from there. i do I do remember asking, like, who the heck fumbled. Yes.
00:08:39
Speaker
Yes. Yeah. And then I was like, ah, the unofficial official. and Unfortunately. Although, as we've discussed, definitely looked like he was. Yeah, and he was down. oh my gosh.
00:08:50
Speaker
Like I was listening to the radio and they were very convinced that he was down and then saw Twitter. and Twitter was like unconvinced. But then when I laid eyes on the replay, i remember texting you guys after after I finally had a chance to like catch up on the first half.
00:09:06
Speaker
um So I watched basically all of the second half. I was kind of caught up like somewhat through watching or listening on the radio. And so when i at the end At the end of the evening, i went back and was watching the first. I was like, when did I miss?
00:09:20
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So then I saw that replay. i was like, oh, my gosh, he's down. Yeah. Right. I text messaged you guys. I was like, this is ridiculous. um Yeah, no, he was definitely down. His shin was down. I don't understand how that call gets overturned, but I guess it's like one of those perfect plays where it's, you know, the call on the field is the is the crucial component. so I think so.
00:09:45
Speaker
So they ruled it a fumble, and so it was. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But as it turns out, unlike some other SEC teams, when you fumble on the goal line, we actually were able to recover.
00:09:58
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Yes. I mean, you're allowed to do that. Yeah. You're allowed to actually like put up a fight after you fumble. So, and we just got it right back.
00:10:08
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Right. We caused them to fumble. So, Yeah, yeah. That was that was fortuitous. um Although someone on the Dog Central thread said something about that.
00:10:21
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And I agree because I feel as though like Kirby has angered the SEC officiating gods with his timeout fiasco. And we are forever doomed to make up calls.
00:10:32
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It's kind of like yeah it's kind of like when ah when Rick sent the whole team out in the field. Yeah. With, uh, with Penn wagers. Yeah. He got gray listed or something.
00:10:44
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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I saw that. I saw that. Um, but yeah, I mean, they went, they stormed down the field and didn't score any points until garbage time, basically.
00:10:56
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, we, it was like we flipped a switch or something at that point. Um, I mean, it was an absolute like onslaught, uh, of just everything.
00:11:07
Speaker
Um, That next drive, the next two drives were just like chef's kiss, like 90-yard drive and a 77-yard drive, followed by a so another 75-yard drive, 72-yard. These are not insignificant like short fields. we like We drove the field on an SEC team one, two, three, four, four times in a row, basically.
00:11:33
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before they could put any points in the board. um But yeah. it is It really is crazy. It really is crazy.
Gunner's Leadership and Recovery
00:11:43
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I don't care. From the feeling it was right at the beginning to like you said, i mean, 38 three points is kind of wild.
00:11:49
Speaker
Yeah. Um, there's really not much else to say other than i will. All right. So, um, shout out to YouTube for the, the, or I guess yeah ESPN for the, the game, the game highlights after, after the game where you can basically watch the whole game like 30 minutes.
00:12:07
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thirty minutes um Watching that highlight reel of every single play for you know the whole game, like it was very obvious that the offensive line had probably the best game of the season.
00:12:22
Speaker
Yeah. Like, hands down, Stacey Searles, you're still on my Christmas card list. Like, that was... They put on a clinic from a... They put on a clinic from an offensive line standpoint. I don't know. think Gunnar got sacked. I don't know how many sacks they got.
00:12:43
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um What was it? How many sacks did they get, Jim? I don't Because it wasn't very many, I feel like. awesome Sack totals. No, got no sacks. No, they didn't have any.
00:12:54
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Yeah. Yeah. It felt like that they had some sacks because I think Gunner like scrambled a few times. i was going to say there was some pressure, but Gunner would like get back to the line of scrimmage at least kind of thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. um But, I mean, 518 total yards of offense.
00:13:13
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And we got pressure on defense. Wait, no, that's not right. Hold on. Yeah, we got pressure on defense. defense um Yeah, just just overall an absolute shellacking.
00:13:24
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I mean, i think we had 300 yards rushing as well, which is just another like, what wait, what? what Where did that come from? I mean, that was that was the thing. Like, it was... 567 yards in total offense.
00:13:39
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Yeah, I mean, it felt like we could do whatever we wanted on the on the ground. I mean, obviously, like, not every you play or whatever was a home run, but holy moly. Like, the... And how about Nate Frazier?
00:13:52
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and I mean, what a game. That was a... 181 yards or something like that, I think I saw. Yeah. And so, mean, that was a, was a career high and like everything for him. Yeah.
00:14:04
Speaker
yeah That was, that was sweet to see. That sweet to see. And even like, you know, the, he had, that he broke the one long run off and then dies for the pylon, but it stepped out. um And then there's in a similar situation, you know, fast forward a little bit later on his long touchdown run where he got in and, you know, they tried to get him inside the 10 and he's able to keep his balance kind of like it kind of reminded me of like what Sony used to do. Like Sony, Michelle always had like great, I would say like body control and like balance, um, looked a bit like that for him to, to finish that off and make it into the end zone was pretty sweet.
Player Standouts and Risk Management
00:14:36
Speaker
So you mentioning Nate Frazier's long touchdown run, um that was pretty awesome just as a play. But what made it even more awesome is the very first person to high-five him after he scored a touchdown.
00:14:54
Speaker
It's Gunner, right? It's Gunner Stockton. Yeah. So Buddy ran down the field and was the first person into the end zone to congratulate his running back. yeah um there There are things that you talk about in football, like the intangibles and the it factor and, i don't know, the glue guys and all that kind of stuff. Like, Gunner just has it And I don't really even know what it is with Gunner because it was like, because it's not the same thing that made Stetson Bennett it.
00:15:28
Speaker
It's not the same thing that made Jake Fromm it. It's just, don't know, it's just Gunner. You know what I mean? Yeah, no, I totally agree. So I think that that they're starting to i think that they're i think they're starting to feel it. like Kind of like a it's kind like that. The Happy Gilmore with ah Kevin Nealon doing the bull dance.
00:15:51
Speaker
Going with the flow. Feeling it. Feeling it. Up, down, around. All good things.
00:15:58
Speaker
Yeah. So good. Yeah, man. And also, i think it was on the um um the long touchdown to Noah Thomas, which was a great run after the catch.
00:16:10
Speaker
On that one, too. it's someone And think it was Brooks Austin, someone had like a was like analyzing it. Because he took a shot on that throw, by the way, because he kind of like rolls out to the right.
00:16:22
Speaker
He kind of takes off the the touchdown pass to Noah Thomas. Yeah. So to homic Gunner is like running towards the line. And so like, they think he's about to take off and then he throws it like right before he got to line scrimmage and he gets hit like in the hip, he gets hit pretty hard and falls down.
00:16:37
Speaker
And if you, and like, um, think it was Brooks. He's like zoomed out, went to the wide camera angle and you can see Gunner. i mean, he gets hit and then he just like pops up and just starts running down the field, like chasing Noah Thomas. And he gets, and even that one too, like, mean, he may not have been the first person to get to him, but he was like the second or third.
00:16:53
Speaker
I mean, He he's running down the field and celebrating with these guys, like all of them. It's, it's pretty awesome. But that one, it was like, how did he, how did he get it from that hit and run down there so fast?
00:17:05
Speaker
He just bounced right up.
Strategic Plays and Game Management
00:17:07
Speaker
He's, he's an athletic dude, man um He's, he's gotten himself out of some problems. Like he's just like everything we didn't have last year um for lack of a better description and the, in the pocket.
00:17:20
Speaker
um He doesn't take a lot of risks. I mean, you say that, but like he doesn't make bad decisions when he's taking risks, I guess is what I should say. Sure.
00:17:31
Speaker
he actually think I can't really fault very many of his throws. I mean, there's a couple of throws here and there where you're like, ah, man, that went high or you know Man, he just missed that deep ball, but you can't really fault him too much on um pretty much anything. i mean Even like the Florida interception is because it went off in Noah Thomas' hands.
00:17:51
Speaker
right and you know He's sticking with his guys. He comes he comes right back know next game, and you know boom. He's throwing touchdown passes, which, by the way, Noah Thomas looked like a drunken giraffe running around out there to the end zone.
00:18:04
Speaker
What? ah dude He was, he was weaving. he was weaving. He's like kind of tripping a little bit. Like the young buck is young buck is finding his legs. Yeah. It's been great to see him come on. I mean, you know, we're, we're down Colby young. We needed someone to step up and he's been playing well.
00:18:22
Speaker
He's been playing well. He's been playing well. Zachariah branches. Can we, can we play, can we please like make some praise for Yachariah branch? Yeah.
00:18:34
Speaker
Nice. Dude. That's a great nickname. That is great. um the i mean The screen to Zachariah Branch is awesome.
00:18:45
Speaker
um He can also catch it in traffic. ah And then he also did a... He had like a double celebration on this touchdown. So he did his Ronaldo thing like he always does. And then before he left, he and Dylan Bell did like a I guess they have a handshake or something.
00:19:02
Speaker
They did their handshake and then they stood back to back like with their guns up like like in like Bond or something. Oh, man. Did you get that? Did you get that? ah If you're if you came to this episode ah by clicking on the link from the tweet, ah you've seen the gif.
00:19:17
Speaker
I'll say that. Yes. Got texted to me. I will. I will. Yes. and That was pretty sweet, man. That was pretty sweet. We also, ah also like, I gotta say on that note, after mentioning a Zachariah branch screen, we also saw another like fake the screen and somebody goes deep again.
00:19:36
Speaker
Like, I just love the way Bobo is using that now. um Now, it's so deadly. It's like, you don't know, you don't, you don't know what the hell is going on Exactly. Now you don't know what's going to happen right? Are they going to throw the screen? are they going to fake the screen? And i'm like, so you're,
00:19:51
Speaker
you're damned if you do damn if you don't right i mean like you're you're gonna get into branch and he's gonna get in the space or i don't know man the things are clicking there the downfield blocking on that stuff too phenomenal um this but this was this was not the game for the bobo haters no it was not this was it was not the game for them um I also love that Gunner, like, i mean, yeah, i mean, a hostile environment, right? I mean, they got the cowbells ringing and everything. Um, but as a trap game, it was supposed to be a trap game. It's supposed to be trap game. Saban even said it on the, on game day. He said that they call it it a trap game.
00:20:28
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. And, uh, what, um, Desmond Howard, although he ended up, they all ended up picking Georgia when it came time to it, but he was like, I wouldn't be surprised if Georgia lose like earlier in game day something. yeah. I do. I remember that. ah I thought that he was like team upset and yeah there was a lot of that. There was a lot of a team upset things that were happening. I mean, shoot, even Vegas was like the spread is what? Seven and a half or something. Yeah. The line was definitely weird. The line was definitely weird. and Um,
00:20:54
Speaker
But man, like, like, here's what, uh, Lily said to me today. She said that, uh, that people were talking about Gunner and that why he was so calm under pressure at Mississippi state, even as they're all ringing their cowbells.
00:21:08
Speaker
She said, it's just because it just sounds like his cows.
00:21:15
Speaker
Amazing. Uh, so yeah, doesn't affect them. Yeah, man. ah ah Okay, so couple other things I'm going to talk about. How about, like, I mean, i think and think C.J. Allen had a great game. K.J. Bolden had a good game.
00:21:31
Speaker
yeah oh Raylan Wilson had a one-and-a-half sack. But, like, you say all of that with the exception of, like, a handful of handful of guys, which C.J. Allen just seems like he's always going to be involved in anything with the defense because he's starting to get more and more comparisons to Roquan Smith. Yeah.
00:21:48
Speaker
which i wouldn't necessarily go that far, but yeah we're not there yet, yeah but he's showing some qualities at times. He's definitely shown some qualities. Like some of the stuff that they showed on the broadcast were like, yeah, let's and that looks like something that Roquan would do for sure.
00:22:03
Speaker
But like the no-name defense is starting to come out. um I started to see a little bit of the fire. i feel i feel like just overall the team is showing fire, passion, and energy because you've got the defense swarming to the ball.
00:22:19
Speaker
You've got the offense swarming. Seems like that they're all gelling. You got the offensive line seems like gelling. I mean, the defensive line continues to be a question mark because, you know, I mean, frankly, just injuries and inconsistencies.
00:22:33
Speaker
Yeah. um Which it's not hard. It's it's not like anything to belittle, but like the injuries are a big component of that. Yeah. um Losing Jordan Hall really sucked, but like at the same time, they went on the road, an SEC opponent.
00:22:49
Speaker
It's hard to play on the road in the SEC, and they only gave up seven points through, what, three quarters? Yeah. Yeah, that's right. So by that time, they we had kind of gotten into garbage time.
Emotional Motivations and Defensive Plays
00:23:03
Speaker
um We gave up a couple of garbage time touchdowns, which I was kind of bummed about. I wanted to see a 50-burger, and I wanted to see us only give up seven points and have everybody shut up about it.
00:23:14
Speaker
um Because at the end of the day, like we're not talking about this isn't the this isn't a ah losing bottom-of-the-barrel SEC team. This is a team that's probably going to be going to a bowl game.
00:23:27
Speaker
Yeah, mean, they only have to win one more game to be bowl eligible. Their second touchdown was in the third quarter. There was like five minutes left in the third quarter. But it was 38-7 when they scored to make it 38-14. Right, right, right,
00:23:38
Speaker
so right larry um Yeah, no, I'm with you. I agree. I mean, honestly, too, I will say this. um While Mississippi State did come out and, um you know, score on their opening drive, it still felt different, like, right off the bat.
00:23:56
Speaker
Like, first play of the game, we brought a blitz. And we had we got pressure like, you know, first play the game. Now he was able to get away. um But that looks different right there. i was like, oh, man, like we dialed something up and we couldn't get home.
00:24:10
Speaker
So that was frustrating. But then we did get home, you know, as the game went on with that. We had the three sacks plus the um the game Harris. That was ah I think it was an incomplete pass, but.
00:24:21
Speaker
near sack. ah And I mean, that took shaven out of the game. um He didn't come back after that. That was, that was, that was a heck of a hit. ah like Which I'll say that their backup quarterback, which good grief, but Kirby smart and backup quarterbacks. I feel like that the backup quarterback did better, but it's hard to tell because it was in garbage time by that point. So, right.
00:24:42
Speaker
As we like to say, there's a reason that he's not out there on the ongoing basis. But, yeah um I mean, he ended up being 6 of 10, think. um Yeah, I mean, he looked good. I mean, I guess he you know he's kind of the change of pace guy. like I mean, they brought him on the first drive. He was their rushing leader. he was their passing leader. yeah And he only came in in the third quarter.
00:25:03
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, he scored he's did he scored their first touchdown, but that was kind of like a, we're going to bring in the backup to run a quarterback run kind of thing. Yeah. I didn't see Yeah. And then he there was another there was another spot.
00:25:15
Speaker
There was another time where he came in like for a couple of plays, and they took him out. And you could see in the broadcast that he was frustrated um when they told him to come back to the sideline. He's kind of like a... Shades of he who shall not be named.
00:25:30
Speaker
Right, right. yeah Okay, I'm going also throw out a conspiracy theory. um I feel like that there was a Michael Jordan moment after this after the first couple plays at Mississippi State.
00:25:44
Speaker
and A fellow by the name of Anthony Evans caught a ball and turned around and was jawing at his former teammates. Yeah. I feel like that they said, not today.
00:25:55
Speaker
Not today, Satan. Yeah. Yeah. are they that the The Jordan is the, ah and I took that personally. And I took that personally. Exactly. And I mean, I'm telling you, man, they, they did like the way, because there was a couple of the ground. There was a couple of times. There was the one, there was like one was Dalen Everett ah had a pass breakup where he hit him he and he dropped it.
00:26:18
Speaker
And there's another one where, you know, a screen, something like that. And then, yeah, I mean, KG Bolden, like, I he like threw him to the ground. It wasn't like a normal tackle. Yeah, there's this this definitely definitely some feelings behind it.
00:26:31
Speaker
yeah Yeah. They were they they all took a picture together after the game. I will say that.
00:26:36
Speaker
But I think in the heat of in the heat of the battle during the game, 100%. think easier... i think it's easier to be humble about a big win than it is to be talking trash early in the game.
00:26:48
Speaker
Like, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think even Jordan said something about that. Like, going talk trash. You better talk trash the whole game. Yeah.
00:26:58
Speaker
um I think the ah the other thing that I wanted to make sure we hit on was, well, guess a couple of things. One, um I guess I'll start with their decision. I think you actually texted this. like They should have kicked a field goal when it was seventeen to seven um So they were in field goal range, seventeen to seven um They opt to go for it on fourth down. We stopped them. mean, I think i guess they you then that's that allowed us to absolutely dominate the middle eight.
00:27:26
Speaker
So we go down. We score before halftime the touchdown pass to Zachariah Branch. um Then they basically, you know they i think they ended up taking a knee after we had them in some negative yard situations to go to half.
00:27:40
Speaker
Then we get the ball, start third quarter, you know, 75 yard touchdown drive. ah So as they went, they went from down 17 to seven to down 31 to seven and in a hurry.
00:27:53
Speaker
It feels like getting to ah one score potential one score game there. 17 to 10 probably would have been the better move, but at the end of the day probably doesn't matter, but I thought it was odd.
00:28:05
Speaker
Jim, as you like to say, chasing points, and chasing points. Yeah. Yeah. Very true. Um, the other one was the fact that Kirby did the, he, he,
00:28:18
Speaker
I like to see the way we are taking things that we've seen from other schools and even things that have been done to us and you utilizing them.
Offensive Strategy and Playoff Prospects
00:28:26
Speaker
And so here, what I'm talking about is the, we basically pulled the Notre Dame, um, swap out the punt unit for the offense and we did it.
00:28:32
Speaker
That was definitely weird. And then we did it twice. Yeah, we do it. We called them out. We do it again. um and then Gunner was able to clap and get him off sides and not get a penalty for excessive clapping.
00:28:42
Speaker
So do know we need to talk about Gunner's clapping, man. Like, Buddy, Buddy claps louder than anything I've ever like. He he very clearly is clapping differently.
00:28:58
Speaker
And it seems like it's just subjective. and They need to just get rid of that. I don't know what it is. They need to get rid of it ah But that was wild. that That was wild that we did that, especially that we did it after a timeout again.
00:29:13
Speaker
But hey, it worked against us, and now we're now we're using it. I guess they're just figuring out different ways to do the work. There's no way in hell we're going to snap this ball situation.
00:29:24
Speaker
Yeah, right. But then they did snap the ball. Yeah, yeah, exactly. ah How about how about um a brief moment for payday?
00:29:38
Speaker
Buddy is an absolute is an absolute machine out there. Like, yeah, he really is. I mean, he was good from 49. He was good from 46. Like, these are not insignificant field goals.
00:29:51
Speaker
um Yeah, I think that we're going to have to rely on on on Mr. Payday down the run down the stretch. But he's been pretty much automatic all season long.
00:30:01
Speaker
Yeah, and I feel like the announcers were kind of trying to pull the jinx on him, and it didn't work. So take that, yeah announcing crew. yeah Kim was getting like all nervous because they were they were doing those, he hasn't missed well. And Kim was like, ah, shut up. Like, stop saying that.
00:30:17
Speaker
Lily was like, it's fine, it's fine. ah Yeah, especially when it's payday. um Another piece that I'm getting really excited about as I see more and more of it, but it's frustrating at the same time because like the first game of the season, we had ah Elias Williams out there making catches.
00:30:36
Speaker
And I was like, oh my gosh, this guy's amazing. like Can we please throw the ball to him more? And then like we haven't seen him pretty much the rest of the way. And then all of a sudden, like he had a little coming out party in Starkville. so My hope is is that that's an indication that he's kind of taken the reins from ah um an Ethan Barber um injury standpoint and is going to step up. And then also we had Lawson Lucky go down, which I haven't seen anything about that. Like, dude, that looked nasty.
00:31:04
Speaker
He has to be in the concussion protocol after that. i would I would assume the same. Yeah, it did not look good. But, man, Williams looks like an absolute Darnell clone.
00:31:17
Speaker
asia He really does. He really does. um He's blowing people up on on blocking and he is making circus catches out there. I feel like in general, but tight the tight end room is doing good things, man.
00:31:32
Speaker
Delp got into the end zone. I think that was Delp's first touchdown of the year. Crazy. Which, yeah, well doesn't seem right. um But again, not not just that, right? like Also the blocking as well. um like Amazing edge ceiling blocks and then even getting downfield and continuing to block.
00:31:49
Speaker
um So I think ah Todd Hartley is earning his paycheck there with these guys. Yeah, and and but and Mike Bobo called a great game. i feel like the play calls were so nice.
00:32:01
Speaker
Was it Noah Thomas' touchdown that was like just like a was just like a chef's kiss play? Yeah, I mean, that play was great. I can't remember who it was that I saw that did the write-up on that, but it was like a they did there was a lot of window dressing and stuff like that that yeah like got players out of position and put the def defense in conflict, and then Noah Thomas just comes across the field and just like, boom.
00:32:26
Speaker
ye Yep, yep, yep. Keep it up. Man, I tell you what, if that team, if that Georgia team shows up every game, if that Georgia team showed up against Alabama, like, I have a feeling that we're having a different conversation about the season and people are having a different sentiment about the UGA program overall.
00:32:42
Speaker
But if that, and and that's, and that's fine. And maybe this is, i don't know, I hesitate to use the word manufactured adversity, but, um or, or long con. Right, right.
00:32:56
Speaker
right um But maybe there's something to warrant for some of that because now you're sitting in a situation where there's a lot more strategic approaches to how you run your season. So um I don't know. There's certainly an argument to be made about peaking at the right time, kind of like in the NCAA basketball tournament where you're peaking at the right moments.
00:33:25
Speaker
we're late in the season now pretty much I believe would clinch a CFP berth with a victory over Texas it um because then you set yeah you set up for you know even if we lost to Georgia Tech knock on wood you know if something like that were to happen like you'd still be in the CFP Right. ah not even even Even not playing in the SEC championship game. i obviously would prefer to win out and have a home game in Sanford Stadium. so
00:33:57
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. I mean, we need help to get to Atlanta at this point. um and But I'm with you. I'm with you. that number Yeah, but like at the same time, and the same time like it's it's it's weird. like and Josh, like this is where this is where I'm going to get mad at you about having this this playoff situation.
00:34:14
Speaker
But like it doesn't it doesn't freaking matter. like I don't even care. No, I think we are in a better spot at the five seed, not having been getting a de facto by, by skipping the SEC team to game and hosting a home playoff game as a five seed.
00:34:30
Speaker
I think that's, that is advantageous, especially after we saw what how the playoff went last year. um I was just going to say, like as far as like the team, you know the peaking at the right time and kind of turning around kind of thing, i mean I think also the reality is Gunner is a first-year full-time starter, so this is year one.
00:34:47
Speaker
So we've had to acclimate and get used to playing with him and him getting used to you know being the full-time starter in college football. And then also like the injuries, right? I mean, you said it yourself how this was like the best game we've seen the offensive line look.
00:34:59
Speaker
It's also the healthiest the offensive line has been. um so I think we're also getting healthy in some, some key areas and it's making a, it's making a huge difference. so Right. Let's, let's say a little prayer to the offensive line gods that they, ah that they stay healthy the rest of the way.
00:35:19
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, for sure. For sure. um Also Gunner needs to chill out with the taking the hits, man. Yeah. Yeah. Slide. Slide.
00:35:30
Speaker
Or even dive. You can dive forward. You can dive forward sometimes. Right, right. Get the extra yardage. Cool, man. um Yeah. I don't think I've got anything else on this one. ah The only other thing that I had on this that came out after the game was over was, and could be talking about, like, you know, sparking, the spark for the passion, I guess, for lack of a better description. But Kirby Smart talked about... um ah video that they put together, which if you are out there in Georgia land, have access to this video, please send it to us in a DM or something. So, cause I really want to see this video that Kirby smart talked about where they put together like moms and dads, like,
00:36:12
Speaker
I guess that there was a sentiment and a motivating factor that they were trying to instill on the kids was it's a 12 noon kickoff, 11 a.m. a.m. kick local time. And I think that they were talking about how early they were going to have to get up or leave or something like that to to get to the stadium. And They hearken back to when they were kids and brought moms and dads and coaches and kind of and highlight. I guess there's highlight reels of of some of these kids from when they were younger um getting up and doing the same thing.
00:36:48
Speaker
We're just going to go play football at 6 a.m. I guess it's just like you were when you were a kid. Like that is a really cool thing. um And I think that that's something apparently it was very emotional for some of the kids, some of the guys. And there were tears. And so i don't know. That just sounds like a really powerful message.
00:37:08
Speaker
Yeah. um And I would love to get some of that. Yeah. ah yeah no i'm I'm with you. That would be cool to see. um I know also too, like on top of that, they have like, um like RIP
SEC Reflections and Weekend Anecdotes
00:37:21
Speaker
Kim Allen or Miss Kim as they, as they call her. Right. So she had passed away in a week. And I know, I know Nate Frazier made a big, he he talked about that a lot, like dedicating his game to, to Miss Kim. And I think, I think Kirby said the team dedicated, dedicated the game to Miss Kim who had worked at, at, at, like at Budsmere with them. So
00:37:39
Speaker
um i'm sure that you know contributed to that emotional factor as well yeah yeah um yeah man uh i don't know i didn i didn't watch a ton of other games um yeah i did i cut the end of the iowa oregon game the other sec games i guess vanderbilt auburn was probably the best the best one Yeah, so i didn't i didn't really watch a whole lot of football, obviously, because I could barely watch even watch ours.
00:38:10
Speaker
um But a couple the games I did watch, I think, was' it wasn't it Alabama LSU this past weekend? Yeah, that was at night, and it wasn't a super great game.
00:38:22
Speaker
It wasn't great, yeah. But carter um Carter wanted to go to the driving range um at some point. think it was I think they closed at 8, and so he and I left at like – we basically had like 45 minutes of actual like range time.
00:38:42
Speaker
um And then we went into and did a putting competition with – well after they were supposed to have closed and then they eventually closed. But anyway, while we were there, like i didn't think, i didn't think anything of the Auburn Vandy game was like, ah, this game's over. And then I kind of walked away and we went to the range. And then as I was getting the balls from the range guy and they were in there watching the Auburn and Vandy game, I was like, wait, that game's still on.
00:39:06
Speaker
And like, they were like glued to the TV and I was like, oh my gosh, what is going on? So i opened, I opened my phone while Carter was hitting balls and I'm like, hooting and hollering i'm like oh my gosh ah yeah like and carter's like dude chill like auburn sucks that quarterback and quarterback can't make a throw dude like that was probably one of the worst endings of quarterback play i think i've ever seen like he took too long in the pocket was throwing balls away over over way over people's heads like
00:39:41
Speaker
Dude, Vandy should have lost that game and they're just surviving. And I think that that game may actually like be one of the catalysts that puts them into the CFP, which just this makes me sick to my stomach because I just don't think that they're that good.
00:39:54
Speaker
i will say you missed the end of a regulation. It sounds like Vandy should have won regulation. Yeah. So I was, yeah, they, they went for it. Uh, they went for it on four down when they, they could have just like ended the game. It was when it those was like, you're trying to end the game.
00:40:12
Speaker
i think, I think it was tied and they could have kicked a field goal to win it. And they went for it instead. And ended up going to overtime. Yeah.
00:40:23
Speaker
Yeah. Oh, man, I guess I need to go back and check that out. Well, part of the game that I saw was just like, oh, my gosh, like, I can't believe they squib kicked it. Like, there was like a squib kick that was involved at some point. And I was like, oh my gosh, they clearly did not watch Mark Richt against Michigan State, if I remember correctly.
00:40:40
Speaker
Oh, are squib kicking issues? Yeah. I was like Georgia Tech actually one time. but I thought there was one where we squib kicked it in a bowl game and they came back and kicked a field goal or something like that. That I think was Michigan State, but we also did it at home against Georgia Tech in 2014. Nice.
00:40:56
Speaker
fourteen I think. Sounds about right. But yeah. And like, um I'm forgetting. I was just going to say Brad Cause always say Clark Lee looks like Brad Guzanne.
00:41:06
Speaker
um He does. he he was you know saying like, that's what we do. Like that's how we coach, et cetera. I will say like Pavia, I think had the first down. He actually said that he cramped. He like kind of stumbled.
00:41:17
Speaker
um Cause he like ran it on the keeper and he like kind of stumbled and and didn't get it. But yeah, um Yeah. I mean, honestly, that was probably the best game in the SEC. It was a good game.
00:41:29
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah.
Closing and Future Games Anticipation
00:41:30
Speaker
Oh, let's hit. um I know, I know like John, someone named John made picks. You didn't. i've I've taken a slight lead a slight lead. But you are then, you're pulling, or no, sorry. No. And then we're tied in the pick them games.
00:41:48
Speaker
But they were very, we're still very close and we' we're within like two picks of each other. So shout out coach drill. ah Thanks for sending those in, tracking them every week. And then shout out for John for making picks for John.
00:42:01
Speaker
Yes. and Thank you for the officially unofficial over-under picks. Too good. All right. You got anything else on the on the weekend, JP?
00:42:14
Speaker
Nothing else from me, man. Just a lot going on. And sorry I missed... Oh, good, man. Like I said, um like like I said, in the opening of the of the preview, we just invoked the John for John clause ah that we had always joked about may happen at some point.
00:42:31
Speaker
And then ah I had i had a lot of fun um with Lily. So we had a good that was that was cool. That was fun. And that i shout out Lily.
00:42:42
Speaker
She did a great job. I was like, dang, did I just lose my lose my job? I felt like I did too. I felt like she's just going to steal it. and a Certified ball knower. Oh man. I got to say at TJ Witten boss dog on Twitter, he, he replied to the tweet. i was like Lily equals ball knower.
00:43:01
Speaker
And like, I sent a screenshot of that to Lily and to Kim and that i also educated Kim on the, on the term ball knower. Kim was like, that's a thing. And Lily was like, yes. Yeah. Yes, mom. It's great. ah so
00:43:18
Speaker
Cool, man. Yeah, she did she did a great job. um Maybe we should carve out a ah Lily's,
00:43:31
Speaker
Certified ball now or segment. Yes, yes. Too good. I like it. think I think it has potential. How do we move this in? We're going to some eyes we to pick glasses on it. Put glasses on it.
00:43:48
Speaker
All right. Well, we've got Bevo and the Fighting Steaks coming into town. um And they're on deck. So until then, dogs.
00:44:01
Speaker
Go dogs.