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Tennessee Preview | 2025 Georgia Football
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Jim and John preview Georgia’s SEC opener on the road against Tennessee and answer listener questions.
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Episode Introduction and Game Preview
00:00:00
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Will we be getting pregame run in from both of y'all? We need the fire, passion, and energy out of y'all. Man, I feel like have been called out for not doing the pregame run, John.
00:00:13
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Welcome to My Got a Podcast. I'm Jim Wood. In this episode, John Powell and I preview Georgia's SEC opener against the Tennessee Volunteers on the road. We talk through what we're looking for in the game, and we answer questions from you, our listeners.
00:00:27
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00:00:43
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Now, let's join the conversation in progress.
Historical Matchups and Generational Perspectives
00:00:49
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All right, John. We're back. We're back. Um... Another venture to, to orange land. Yeah. Yeah. You know, I, I always have been, I've been complaining like for years about like, Oh, I don't like how we were playing Auburn too soon. We're playing Tennessee too late, you know, these kinds of things. And like we went too far and are playing Tennessee too soon.
00:01:13
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Yeah. We're playing Tennessee way too soon, I think. Yeah. This should definitely be. What's the historical matchup on this one? nor mean, back like when, I know, I just feel like everything should go the way back at when it was, like when we were in college.
00:01:29
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It was like the fifth game of the year-ish. Okay. Somewhere around there, back when we were in school. so Yeah, it wasn't it wasn't the first SEC opener. Exactly.
00:01:39
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Now you could argue like, hey, 1980, you know, right the beginning. and so hey maybe we're gonna maybe we're gonna replicate it that's right that's right i like that i like that thinking yeah we're gonna we're gonna we're gonna strike lightning with uh with some 1980s uh throwback game time situation um yeah man nothing sucks like a big orange i hate tennessee Yeah.
00:02:07
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Yeah. Not a, not a fan. They were, i mean, like for me kind of coming into school, this was like the, probably like my most hated team at the time because they had beaten us so many times in a row.
00:02:17
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Um, so yeah, very different from like, I'm sure like these kids today are like, yeah, whatever. Tennessee. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, exactly. It just depends on what era you were raised in. Yeah, yeah, for sure.
00:02:31
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For sure. um Nowadays, the kids don't even know what what a good Florida team's like. Did you see the, how like someone voted them like higher in USF than the people or something? And then like shut her Twitter down or something. like Yeah.
00:02:47
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I'm sure. Anyways. Um, is like trying to prep for this and like get into like, now we're in, we're in the season, like things are getting serious. Um, I've tried to get a little bit more serious.
00:02:58
Speaker
Um, so I started band of brothers, Sean. I just wanted you to let you know that. Yeah. You started it, so you're on episode one? or did I decided to restart. like i found I think I found where I was, but I was like, you know what? don't It's been a minute, so I just started back over.
00:03:14
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and Yeah, it's so good. So we're goingnna so we've got like a ah quasi-Band of Brothers campaign alongside the the college football campaign. Should I join in with you on this so that we can all...
00:03:26
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so we can have a little band of brothers campaign situation uh so that we can have something to talk about and the entertainments
00:03:37
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ah nice nice hey that's fine i'm i i welcome all who want to join me on my ah band of brothers journey yes right so you're on episode one so i need to catch up yeah i just Yeah, so I have finished episode one.
Military History and Community Events
00:03:51
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I finished episode one. I actually did that yesterday. I think um if I remember, one of the fun facts that I didn't mention on the from the Austin Peay episode since we're talking about this off the rails, when I mentioned like the last train to Clarksville, that military base that's there, i think it was was at Fort Campbell, I can't remember, but but That was actually one of the things in the, was for the 101st Airborne was, was there.
00:04:23
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Like that was where like the Vietnam era soldiers, I think trained or something, something along those lines. Like that was, that was something that came up in the research, but there was a lot of, a lot of soldiers went through there basically.
00:04:35
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Gotcha. Gotcha. My thing is, you know, when Dwight with Bulldogs battling breast cancer, their like second tournament, that's kind of like the players tournament. That's a little bit harder to win. um That's at Curry, like golf club outside Toccoa.
00:04:50
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Yeah. Every time I hear them say Curry, I'm like, yeah. Yeah. And the brothers. mean, I've driven by that mountain like who knows how many times. So like if you would go um like from where my parents places on Lake Hartwell to where my grandparents lived, um like in Banks County, like that's on the way.
00:05:08
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So I've driven by that. So when they had like the overhead shot of that, like with the first time they went there in the first episode, I was like ah, like I've seen that so many times. It's cool. Got it. And yes, I was right. It was the 101st Airborne. It's in Clarksville, Tennessee, Fort Campbell.
00:05:24
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Okay. Anyway. All right, let's
UGA vs Tennessee Game Insights
00:05:26
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dive in. Josh is getting angry.
00:05:31
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you have not you have not subscribed to the 20 ish minute podcast my friends
00:05:39
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buckle up we're gonna have some fun so good so good um okay let's remind folks just like a couple of things um so you can go follow the podcast at my got a podcast on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok.
00:05:55
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um You can follow John at paljonti on Twitter. You can follow me at Jim would be. um And as always, you know, just reminder, we are affiliated with home field. You can use code hunker down to get 15% off your first order from a home field.
00:06:08
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um And you can always head over to homefield.mygotapodcast.com. All right. Um, so matchup with the Vols, uh, Saturday, it is a three 30 game.
00:06:20
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Uh, so we're Nalen stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. Both teams coming in at two and o the dogs are ranked number six. Tennessee is ranked number 15. Um, like I mentioned, this is the ABC game. We've got the big crew, Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreet and Holly Rowe.
00:06:36
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And the official hashtag that we will forget to use is hashtag UGA verse 10. So UGA VST E N N. Um, always wild to look at the series history. Uh, Georgia leads the series history 29 and 23.
00:06:52
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um just kind of crazy, like how few times we have played them. Uh, and also two ties. So, um, just kind of, kind of weird how long we went without playing the main, um,
00:07:04
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Last year, the dogs, it is like, if you look at like the Windsopedia, like, just like look at the gap. It's, it's kind of crazy. Um, and the dogs won the last matchup last year, 31 to 17 in Athens, um, in November, in mid November.
00:07:16
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Uh, so very big, very big dip. Um, if you are heading to Knoxville, uh, weather looks pretty nice. So looks like partly sunny, 85 degrees, real feel of 90. Uh, so, uh, enjoy your time out there.
00:07:31
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ah for all the, all the dogs that are traveling, um, should be a fun one. I will not be there. I've not been there for quite some time, but I have been. um It's fun to go there. not been to that one.
00:07:42
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Oh, you haven't? I've not been to that one. Okay. I haven't been to very many away games, but... I went twice. The last time I was there was the Hobnail Boot game. Ooh. Yeah.
00:07:52
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I like that. I like that. Yeah, that was fun. We'll be looking pack their Hobnail Boots this this weekend for sure. Yeah. Absolutely. Absolutely. All right. um I know we play these guys every year.
00:08:05
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do you Do you have... do you have I didn't do the fun facts, man. Yeah, we we play them we play them every year. um ah tried to dig into some some fun facts associated with the the mascot, but it was all kind of boring.
00:08:19
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Okay. They're very similar. Like I thought I was going to like maybe go on a tangent about Smokey. um But i was not able to find much dirt. um He's a good looking dog um as dogs go.
00:08:33
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um But he is a Tennessee dog. you know, yes, here's whatever. ah their Their mascot situation is very similar to As matter of fact, Smokey, I guess there is a fun fact that Smokey was one of the first live dogs to run out onto the field um like ah during during a pregame or whatever.
00:08:53
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Let's see here. What did I find on the on him um yeah i mean the the smokey's been around for quite some time it wasn't uh it was ah it was actually picked by the the students um back in 1953 so um and actually i did find some other interesting stuff like everything associated with the university of tennessee's mascot is kind of similar to ugas in terms of like there's one family that
00:09:24
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raises them um they've only had 10 of them um and let's see here they yeah he's been the subject of of kidnappings and etc i don't i don't believe that he's been to the emmys um i do not believe that he's been to the emmy award show um i'll go into the oscars The Oscars, sorry, whatever. yeah that's isn't that Isn't that the Emmy?
00:09:52
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No, that's that. Yeah, you're right. You're right. Yeah, because he's in a movie. He's in a midnight, midnight of garden of, midnight in the garden of good. evil Correct. Yes. It's the Academy Awards. That's that's what it is.
00:10:04
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And the the ah award is called the Emmy or Oscar. Sorry. uh let's see here blue tick hound yeah there's a there's one family that does it and i was looking through my notes but yeah nothing nothing nothing exciting we play these guys every year we hate we hate orange um everybody dresses like they're going on a camping camping trip a hunting a hunting trip yes yes yeah all good screw them let's uh let's then hit uh hasty's hargaret history
00:10:51
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All right. Just so everyone would knows, I told Jason that I feel like this one was written like for me. So I will now i i dieve i will now dive in. Georgia fans are accustomed having ESPN's college game day broadcast from our campus.
00:11:05
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This has especially been true during Kirby Smart's tenure as head coach. Game day's first visit to Athens came almost 30 years ago on October 10th, 1998, which, holy cow, that was my freshman year almost 30 years ago.
00:11:17
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I'm old. um Georgia finished the 1997 season with a record of 10 wins and six losses and a final ranking of number 10 in the AP poll. Many key contributors from that team included quarterback Mike Bobo, running back Robert Edwards, and wide receiver Heinz Ward, either exhausted their eligibility or else moved on to the NFL.
00:11:37
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In light of the personnel changes, the offseason discussion around georgia around Georgia's football season centered on the battle to replace Mike Bobo. Four scholarship quarterbacks made their case during fall camp.
00:11:49
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Quincy Carter, John England, Nate Hibble, and Mike Usry. Carter had played minor league baseball before enrolling in college. The fifth quarterback candidate candidate, Daniel Cobb, was sidelined due to a medical condition.
00:12:01
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At running back, Olandus Gary, a transfer from Marshall, and Patrick Pass were competing for the starting running back position. They were joined in the competition by highly touted freshman Jasper Sanks, who had spent the previous season at Fork Union Military Academy to correct grade issues.
00:12:15
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Despite the competition at certain positions, junior champ Bailey was entrenched as a three-way star at receiver, cornerback, and punt returner. He was mentioned in the national media as a potential Heisman Trophy candidate due to his versatility and also future namesake of Sean Powell's dog.
00:12:29
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Yes. Which by the way, we just got a Camden, just got a ah New Jersey that is, is champ Bailey. Nice. Amazing. um Let's see. Quincy Carter was named starting quarterback only two days before the opening game against Kent state while Orlando's Gary would start at running back.
00:12:46
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um If you're looking if you're watching on YouTube, there is a red and black that says Carter named starting quarterback. um And I distinctly remember like walking to class that week and grabbing a red and black from like the red and black, whatever newsstand, I guess.
00:13:03
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um And like, that's how I found out, which is also crazy. Like back then, you know, there was no Twitter or anything. Like I actually found out from the newspaper. but um Georgia ranked number 19 to begin the season started off ah three, you know, going into a tough night game at number six, LSU Carter solidified his hold on the quarterback position with a stellar performance and 28 27 win over the tigers This set up a matchup of undefeated No. 7 Georgia and undefeated No. 4 Tennessee in Athens on Saturday, October 10th.
00:13:33
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ESPN's College Game Day, then ah then in its fourth year and hosted by Lee Corso, Chris Fowler, and a Kirk Herbstreit, announced that they would be coming to Athens over games involving UCLA, Colorado, and Kansas State.
00:13:44
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It was also announced that the game day set would be at the Tate Center. I reached out to legendary Georgia sports information director, now retired, Claude Felton, who recalled that ESPN wanted a vantage point from which they could see into the stadium from the game day set.
00:13:57
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So they selected a site on the roof of the Tate Center. Felton also recalled that the roof had to be reinforced, so extra supports were added ah from below because of the added weight of the set. Today, the game day set is large and has multiple components, but in 1998, according to Felton, they only had one production truck and a couple of equipment trucks.
00:14:15
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To help prepare the Tate Center for the big event, the university recruited students to help build a temporary wooden staircase leading to the game day set. Man.
00:14:24
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I don't remember that part, but like I went, like I was down there. um Amazing. Yeah, it was wild. When Lee Corso arrived on the set that Saturday, he was met with loud chants of Corso sucks, Corso sucks, from fans gathered on the bridge separating Sanford Stadium and the Tate Center.
00:14:39
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For his part, Corso said that the the Georgia crowd was the best crowd I've ever done by far. The game was a disappointment for the dogs, though Champ Bailey continued to make a case for being the most versatile player in the country.
00:14:50
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For the day, Bailey participated in 101 total plays, 37 on offense, 50 on defense, and 14 on special teams. He is now in both the college football ball and pro football halls of fame.
00:15:01
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Georgia ended the 1998 season with a 9-3 record and a final ranking of number 14 in the AP. So that is Hasty's Harvard history. Man, Champ Bailey. What absolute an absolute or an absolute stud He, he was ah legend.
00:15:16
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He's the one, like when people ask me, like, who's the best like player you've ever seen, like, I have to say him. um I mean, he was the whole, he was that whole team. and it's like, you know, people got upset like the next year. Like, oh, why did Quincy regress as a sophomore? It's like, well we didn't have Champ Bailey to throw to anymore.
00:15:31
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It's like, yeah.
Player Status and Game Preparation Updates
00:15:33
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Yeah. Um, just reminder for everyone, you know, um, there as always, there is, you know, the, the fall exhibit going on at the Hargaret library. So, uh, be sure to stop by and say, Hey, to Jason, uh, they give a, he gives it a a free tour every free Friday during the season.
00:15:50
Speaker
So and this year's is on, uh, swimming, swimming and diving coach legend, check barely. Um, I have to have him, we'll have to have him do a, uh, we'll have to have him do a, a, like a sneak peek or a, you know, trailer or something like that for har history on the, on the bi-week or something.
00:16:08
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Nice. Um, I was going to, so like that, that newspaper that said Quincy, like said Carter name starting quarterback, like you're going to be shocked to learn this John, but I still, have you I totally have it. I totally have that.
00:16:21
Speaker
That's in the stack that I have. I was going to go grab it and like hold it up, but I never did. So, well, geez, but I know where it is. yeah
00:16:29
Speaker
I'm not, I'm not shocked. Not surprised. Not surprised whatsoever. All right. ah Jason, thank you as always. Yes. Thank you, Jason. Um, right, let's hit the news and notes.
00:16:41
Speaker
Um, and the main thing i like, I went through Kirby's press conferences and was really just checking to see on status for Juan Gaston and Ernest Green. Um, unfortunately on Monday, they got the hopeful kiss of death.
00:16:54
Speaker
So he said both Juan and Ernest, we'll learn more about today and see where they are. They're both coming off of bumps and bruises and injuries, but hopeful to get them back. um So that was on Monday um on today's press conference. Like he didn't give a hopeful kiss of death or anything, but he didn't really give much an update.
00:17:13
Speaker
So, so that's, there's that's, there's that, I don't know, based on past history with him using that phrase and they will be lucky to, to see them. so Suboptimal. Suboptimal for sure. um On the other side, though, um this wasn't from Josh Eibel's press conference, but this was reported by Thamel of ESPN.
00:17:33
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So like there would have been like their project. Tennessee's projected like top two corners are both out. um So Jermon McCoy he was like a preseason All-America selection.
00:17:44
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Um, and then junior Ricky Gibson, the third, they're both like ruled out, not playing. Um, McCoy was injured. Like he hasn't played the yet this year. Like he's injured in the off season. Um, but Gibson was injured like in the Syracuse game.
00:17:58
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Um, and they did not play last week and apparently it's going to be a no-go this week. So something to watch for for sure. Those are definitely big losses for, for Tennessee because McCoy was a lockdown corner.
00:18:09
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Yeah, yeah, for sure. i think he's, didn't he like tear his ACL or something? so Yeah, like in January, um like in like workouts after the season. Got it. Hey, maybe it's a that's ah that's a good good thing that we're playing them earlier. Yeah, true. Good point.
00:18:27
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Good point. have just a few things, just like on, like before we get into like the offense, like just like I'm playing them, like it's it's kind of weird. just I guess I kind of forget. like this was a Tennessee was a playoff team last year, right?
00:18:42
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So I guess that's kind of like a thing that we we add to the college football lexicon. Or I guess it gets stated more. So that's the whole thing. um And then we we talked about like the time of year we're playing them. So this is the earliest matchup between Georgia and Tennessee since 1995.
00:19:03
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ah That game was played, actually, John... 30 years ago today. So that game was played September 9th, 1995. um And one Kirby Smart recorded his first career interception in that game.
00:19:16
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ah He picked off Peyton Manning. That was his first ever. That's pretty cool. Yeah. Not many people can
Team Comparisons and Strategies
00:19:22
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say that. yeah for sure um okay so this is gonna get into like that there's this is kind of like a something's got to give type of game so we actually have a chance to extend so georgia we are currently in our on our all-time longest win streak against tennessee at eight games so we've won eight straight in the series that's the most we've ever won in a row over them we have a chance to extend this streak to nine and tie tennessee who holds the longest streak so they won nine games in a row between 1989
00:19:51
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in 1999. Um, can I counter that? Tennessee has won five SEC home home openers in a row. This is their SEC home opener. Um, counter to that Georgia has not lost at Tennessee since 2015. And we have not lost to Tennessee since 2016.
00:20:06
Speaker
So getting into that, that eight in row. So, um, and a recent history, definitely on our side there. Yeah. The, the recent history, the, the Kirby smart era. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:20:17
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All right. Let's do the the usual stuff. um Like at the team level, um Tennessee has us on net yards per play. Their net yards per player, 3.05. Georgia's at 2.07.
00:20:30
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Slightly better in the turnover margin. They are even. We're minus one in the turnover tune our turnover margin. I think Tennessee has two takeaways and two giveaways. All right. Let's...
00:20:41
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Talk about the Georgia offense, oh what we're looking for from the Georgia offense when Georgia has the ball. um I'll just give some notable defenders that are playing.
00:20:53
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um So Arian Carter is Tennessee's leading tackler, 13 total tackles, one sack. ah Jeremiah Talander is a linebacker. He's got one pick and six total tackles.
00:21:06
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And then Joshua Joseph says a senior defensive lineman and he has, uh, two sacks for Tennessee. Um, still early, still early days. Yeah.
00:21:17
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Yeah. So don't man. I mean, for me, like, you know, uh, first start on the road for one gun or Stockton. Yeah. Um, but let's remember, In 2017, the game at Tennessee was Jake Fromm's first SEC road start.
00:21:32
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He had started on the road at at Notre Dame already, but this was his first SEC road start. A heck of a season. um Yeah, yeah. yeah I think that we're going to be – I think that the we all know, I mean, if you've if you've listened to the podcast long enough, you know that ultimately it's going to come down to can Stacey Cereals get the offensive line to eat their Wheaties.
00:21:55
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ah Let me shout out to ah Fresh IRC Podcast who submitted this listener question. Can the offensive line buck up and play confident football? So I pulled that up here because I knew that going to be your topic.
00:22:07
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Yeah, that's that's ultimately going to be the the big the big question mark is can we give Gunnar Stockton time? And then conversely, can Gunnar find the downfield options? Because i have a feeling.
00:22:19
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that they're going to be looking at the the run game and they're going to have to dial everything up to stop it. And it's just going to be our first test of can Gunnar Stockton beat us?
00:22:30
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um Can, you know, they're going to make Gunnar Stockton beat them basically. um I think it's interesting because um Dwight Phillips has, i think he's got like nine yards of carry or something like that, that he's averaging right now. So feed the stud i imagine he's going to get opportunities throughout the game um we'll see we'll see what happens go so the converse to that is that if you can get the run game going with them dialing up pressures and packages and blitzes and things like that you know if they've got 11 if they're putting 9 10 guys in the box that means that there's opportunity to break one um if you can get behind the defense you know what i mean yeah so
00:23:11
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I would love to see him showcase that track speed that we've talked about, um you know, grind, grind them into a pulp. um You know, if we can't figure out the passing game, just figure out a way to win through um grinding it out. You know what i mean?
00:23:26
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Yeah, I'm with you. I'm definitely with you on the peanut thing. Like he has really impressed me and I just liked the way he carries a ball. I mean, he, he, his acceleration is insane.
00:23:38
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Um, he's got that, he's got that track speed. So agreed there. I, I would expect to see, um, I think last week the playbook was not all there.
00:23:48
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I think it will all be there. So I expect to see like the zone read and option type stuff be back on the table. And I think that i don't know, my, my gut tells me that's going to kind of help Gunner feel comfortable and potentially like kind of get him going, you know, on, on the right track.
00:24:04
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So that's kind of what I'm thinking. And then also like, man, throw to the tight end. Like I, you know, from when I was watching um of, I didn't watch any of their game last week, but yeah,
00:24:15
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From their game against Syracuse, like they seem to be susceptible. The defense seems to be susceptible over the middle. um And one other thing that I'll say to hopefully make you feel better, John, is Tennessee's secondary coach is still Willie Martinez.
00:24:31
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so Third and Willie.
00:24:35
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Forgot about that. Yeah. um Rodney Garner is still the defensive line coach, too. Yeah, Rodney Garner. It's crazy. Man, these guys are just sticking around, aren't they? I know. I know.
00:24:46
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been there for a long time. All right. Well, I look forward to giving them what they deserve.
00:24:53
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Nice. Yeah, I mean, offensive line, Gunnar Stockton, story story of the game. um Yeah, that's that's that's what i'll be that's what I'll be looking for. Okay. Pretty straightforward.
00:25:07
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i As far as who I'm worried about, you know, anytime I see a senior defensive lineman as the sack leader, granted he's only got two sacks, but... um and would say that I would say that Joshua Joseph, he's going to be one of the guys that I'm looking for as well. They've got a pretty decent decent squad over there on the defense.
00:25:32
Speaker
Yeah, i mean, there they're good. I mean, they were – think everyone had kind of like just assumed they were going to fall off, like without Nico, I guess, maybe. um so I think they were voted like what, like ninth in the SEC preseason?
00:25:45
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um So they've they've looked good thus far. so it's time to It's time to figure out how but how big a boy are you right now.
00:25:55
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Yeah. Because on paper, this is supposed to be a pretty close game, and I believe that's how the bookies have it. Yeah, I mean, it does. It definitely looks, it definitely looks close. And I think like the, um this side of the ball, like Georgia's offense and Tennessee's defense, I think are pretty evenly ranked, but they're not excelling as much as Tennessee's offense and Georgia's defense. I think that's the more like, I guess like,
00:26:19
Speaker
I don't know. Those are both more highly ranked within the FBS, those sides the ball. Right. But I think both do seem to be pretty evenly matched. So, like like, Georgia's, like, 37th in FBS on, like, total yards.
00:26:31
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Tennessee's 53rd on yards allowed. So it's pretty even. Okay. um When Tennessee has the ball, let's talk about that a bit. um So, you know, new quarterback, um which by the way, this is the fourth consecutive year in a row that Tennessee is breaking in a new quarterback.
00:26:49
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um So they've got Joey Aguilar. He's a senior. He's like a super duper senior. he's 39 59 for 535 yards, five touchdowns, picks and 170.24 QBR. five yards five touchdowns no picks and a one hundred seventy point two four qbr Um, this guy though, like, you we, you think you hear of him as being like the UCLA transfer, right. and kind of like the trade, uh, with UCLA for Nico, but he was actually at app state the last two years. Like he transferred twice this off season.
00:27:17
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So he went from app state to UCLA, then UCLA got Nico. And so then he transferred to Tennessee. Um, also this guy was like a 2019 recruit. So remember when Tennessee fans were making fun of Stetson Bennett being old, like, come on guys.
00:27:32
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So, um, Anyways, um he's only in college still because of the whole like the Diego Pavia thing, you know, like the sued to have a junior college seasons not count.
00:27:44
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So that's he he was in Juco before he was at App State. um So let's see, their leading rusher is Star Thomas. He's a senior. He's got 161 yards and three touchdowns and 24 carries. Deshaun Bishop is a sophomore, 150 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries. And then Chris Brazel is a junior receiver, 187 yards, two touchdowns on 14 catches. And Mike Matthews, sophomore receiver, 140 yards, one touchdown on eight catches.
00:28:13
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So just some of the guys to watch for. I they're, you know, it's a Josh Hypo offense. I watched most of the game against Syracuse. It looks the same to me. Like, you know you think like, oh, Hypo, air raid, et cetera. I mean, they do throw the ball a lot, but they also run the ball a lot, too.
00:28:32
Speaker
It's a lot of, you know, fast pace, line up, to the line scrimmage, run the next play. um So, you know, a lot of zone reads inside zone handoffs, lot of short passes, and then they kind of lull you into deep ball.
00:28:46
Speaker
So they're doing the same thing they've been doing since they got there. Yeah. I think that um does Kirby smart still have a ah handle on this offense is, is going to be one of the questions that we'll have and in relation to the, the Tennessee, the Tennessee offense versus our defense.
00:29:03
Speaker
Yeah. um Don't be shocked if this offense scores the first time they have the ball. That's what they do against us every year. So like, you know, i mean, that's, that's kind of been the thing the last couple, especially the last two years um they score on us early. It's almost like we kind of see what's going on and kind of feel it out.
00:29:21
Speaker
And then we really turn it on. So that's, that's kind of how we played the last couple of years. So I wouldn't be shocked to see that. Right. Okay. Anything else there? um On the Tennessee offense versus our defense?
00:29:34
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I think that I'm i'm interested to see this running this running attack that they've got because they've got a couple of running backs that are pretty good too. Yeah. Deshaun Bishop has a pretty similar yards per carry as ah as Dwight Phillips.
00:29:52
Speaker
Okay. um But yeah, Deshaun Bishop is someone to look out for. um Star Thomas. It's a pretty good name. Why does that name sound familiar? is he a transfer? and Let's put some glasses on it.
00:30:05
Speaker
trying to put glasses on it
00:30:09
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. He's a, he's a transfer from, New Mexico state and Duke. So he played at New Mexico state and Duke and transferred to Tennessee for 2020 this season. So for some reason, for some reason, it sounded like that was, it was interesting. thing Um, I feel like you don't, he also was, I just feel like you don't remember him from New Mexico state and Duke. FYI.
00:30:32
Speaker
No, but he had almost 1,000 yards rushing at Duke. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But that name just sticks out to me um for some reason. I don't know why.
00:30:43
Speaker
ah Interesting, Jim. He played for coffee Coffeeville as opposed to Coffee Town. Nice, nice.
00:30:52
Speaker
He played for Coffeyville Community College. okay okay Okay. Watch out for those color bones. Right. Yeah. no these these this running This running back attack is is going to be something i'm I'm interested to see if we can stop to ba make them one-dimensional as well.
00:31:13
Speaker
Because like you said, the the offense is predicated on lot of quick quick throws and things like that, but they do run a lot. Oh, yeah. Yeah, they definitely do. They definitely do. Yeah, don't don't mistake and think that they just are like air raid throwing like downfield like every play. I mean, they'll do that.
00:31:31
Speaker
They'll do that. But they're they're predicated on running for sure. Yeah. I mean, they've they ranked number 20th in FBS on rushing yards right now. i mean, they have number two ranked offense. Yeah.
00:31:42
Speaker
Yeah, and that yeah that's where like the overall thing, yeah. and They're the second-ranked offense. We're the eighth-ranked defense. Yep. Definitely a strength on strength. But, I mean, it's that's been the case for the last few years, and yeah our defense has gotten that. We've turned out pretty – we've turned out okay.
00:31:58
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, for sure. Yep. Okay. um You hit the special teams? Let's hit it. Did they take it seriously, Jim? They do take it seriously. like Um, yes. So their ponder is Jackson Ross. He is from Melbourne.
00:32:15
Speaker
So he is a junior. He's probably friends of Brett Thorson. I'm just going to assume that, um, he's, uh, five punts for 211 yards, 42 yard. um And then their kicker is four for four field goals.
00:32:27
Speaker
And then, perfect on extra points. Max Gilbert, he's a sophomore. Uh, let's see. Great. And the great name category, they, uh, have sophomore Boo Carter is their punt returner.
00:32:37
Speaker
So hopefully, uh, Brett Thorson keeps him returnless. So, yes, I have a feeling that that's going to be a thing. Yeah. And, you know, Thorson's had some big games against Tennessee in the past as well.
00:32:51
Speaker
Hopefully he doesn't ever punt, but you know what I mean? yeah exactly. Yeah. I'd rather you, I'd rather you never, never see the field, bro. Yeah. Seriously. Okay. I think that's what we got ah on on that. um we had a We got a good batch of listener questions. Do you want to hit those?
00:33:10
Speaker
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00:33:23
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00:33:40
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And they will know that we sent you their way. All right, JP, let's start it off as we always do with the building the building bonus from bread building TMTMTM.
Listener Engagement and Personal Stories
00:33:50
Speaker
Number one, which gimmick thing will they do this year?
00:33:53
Speaker
Last time it was Peyton and Dolly. They've done gray uniforms in the past. actually have an answer to this. I have an actual answer. oh They are doing the checker Nalen thing with the fans.
00:34:05
Speaker
yeah That's right. So they're going to do the orange and white sections to to checker the fans. So dogs come to town. got to do something. um Second, is there a college football song more annoying than Rocky Top?
00:34:17
Speaker
the, I don't know, between Rocky Top and that stupid gator song, it's like the the shark, the shark attack, the... Yeah, it's like... Well, it's like you're alligators, you're not sharks.
00:34:32
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. Uh, yeah. I think the simple answer is no. Uh, no, there is not. Um, Brett, Brett told us ahead of time that we were, he was considering doing the building bonus bonus.
00:34:44
Speaker
And I asked if there'd be a fourth TM. So he did add a bonus bonus. Can Gunner throw a deep ball, please? Sure. Yes, I think he can. i mean, we've seen it, Jim. You you you walked me off the ledge by showing me some clips from last from last season where he very clearly can throw outside the numbers and can throw deep balls and things like that. So we just need to see it.
00:35:07
Speaker
We do. um i okay. So I did another film. I didn't watch the whole thing, but Aaron Murray did a, a Gunner Stockton or like a Georgia film review or whatever. It was mainly on Gunner.
00:35:19
Speaker
um and That also made me feel better. um Like at the start of the game, he did say like second quarter, not so great, but first quarter and then kind of um was good. So that I would recommend watching that. If you want to see some positivity from someone who knows it.
00:35:34
Speaker
What was what was the general consensus? Summer, give me the, give me the clips notes. So it was that like, um, uh, so basically it doesn't have to be like a 50 yard bomb to be a quote explosive play.
00:35:47
Speaker
So like he was so showing plays that are like, that they are like a by the definition of what explosive means, right? Like this was an explosive play. Um, and it was about like getting the ball out fast, making the right read.
00:35:58
Speaker
Um, it was also kind of like a Bobo thing, right? Like on the play calling because, So like some, there was like a wheel route to tail and Taylor, um, that he was very high on. Um, and then also like getting the ball out quick to branch on the perimeter. Like those are a couple of, a couple of the things.
00:36:15
Speaker
Um, you know, he all, he, he called out some things that he needs to see better downfield. Um, I will say, John, there was one, like, I think it was one of your examples. Um, uh, there was a ball where like Kobe young, I think was out.
00:36:30
Speaker
Like it was open kind of on the right side of the field. And this one, I was actually coach Hayes was saying like, he didn't throw that because of where the safety was. It was actually the right decision, but there was somebody else open like over the middle that I think he should have thrown to.
00:36:40
Speaker
So, Yeah. I think the offense got kind of little off after the that first fumble. um So I don't know. But like like I said, I think i feel like you um like adding the adding the ground game with Gunner, I feel like hopefully it gets him a little bit more loose and then gets him cut loose as well.
00:37:00
Speaker
Okay. um Let's see. i did i don't have a graphic for this for those on YouTube, but did want a shout-out for John and I, one of our fraternity brothers, David Shout-out, David Lee. We've talked about David in the past as well. So his son is up for athlete of the year.
00:37:19
Speaker
His son is Emerson. He is a he does crew ah through Lake Lanier rowing. So I'm going to throw a link. Like if you're on YouTube, it'll be in the description. We'll throw it them in the show notes.
00:37:31
Speaker
ah Just asking for all all you dogs out there to go out and and vote for emson Emerson Emerson for athlete of the year. He's in the, to the quarterfinals right now. um He could get like a, a three brand ad and sports illustrated if he wins.
00:37:47
Speaker
So every pretty sweet. So be sure to head out there and, Vote for Emerson. His dad is a DGD and a fraternity brother to John and Amen. All right.
00:37:57
Speaker
Oh, let's see. Next up, we have John Michael D with a little stitious update and a full disclosure. So he John Michael D let us know that he had to watch on his phone last weekend as he was out of town and missed giving us the update live. He usually gives us the update like right at kickoff.
00:38:13
Speaker
um So the update for this week was Gunner had the same gear but moved to a double stack wristband on one side. Naturally, I noticed this after the early bubble. Amazing. um Two of two, John Michael D's disclosure. He said, was watching most of the game during a bachelor party while we played an Augusta scramble on a golf simulator.
00:38:32
Speaker
didn't have Didn't have a change of hat or clothes handy like I would have employed at home. I'll take the hit for lack of fire, passion, and energy and improve. and We appreciate the dedication.
00:38:43
Speaker
The stacked wristbands is interesting. It is. It is. We'll i'll have to, John Michael, you got ah be on the lookout and let us know what's going on. Maybe that's why he couldn't throw it downfield because his hands were so heavy. he was was just ah he was just off center.
00:38:58
Speaker
Too many wristbands. What do I do? What do I do? Let's see. Next up, we've got 51-7 GATA. Has Tennessee improved as much as I think they have at quarterback with them getting the better deal due to the trade the trade with UCLA?
00:39:15
Speaker
um yeah that's the thing i was saying earlier like i never he never played with ucla but yeah he never played but i think it just it's just one of those things where it just remains to be seen right like you saw usf kind of handled florida and lagway's kind of in that same boat too like everybody's really high on lagway's abilities now like their their season is kind of down like this is the first test that tennessee's really had Yeah, I agree. I agree. i'm Because i'm i'm honestly, I'm not sure.
00:39:44
Speaker
I will say this, like, Aguilar is in a much better situation at Tennessee than Nico is at UCLA. Like, I think that's the the main thing is, like, Nico downgraded his own situation by going there. You know? So i I'm curious if it's more of that than, like, Aguilar is a better quarterback than Nico.
00:40:05
Speaker
Right. For what it's worth. Yeah. um F-A-F-O.
00:40:12
Speaker
um Let's see. Fletcher Proctor. How incredible is the post-game locker room Kirby speech going to be on the Sunday morning highlight tweet? Really excited for Jelly Roll or Morgan Wallen to be the game day guest picker and the social media team use his music for the highlight victory tweet.
00:40:26
Speaker
Amazing. Have they announced who the guest picker is? No, haven't seen it. You got any predictions? Do you like, do you like Fletcher's or? I like Fletcher's. Um, I would really hate to see jelly roll up there. don't I just, the, the tattoos just always make me, don't It gives me, it gives me the heebie jeebies, but, um, hasn't Morgan Wallen's already been on before. Right.
00:40:46
Speaker
Which I know that's not unprecedented to have him on again, but. Right. Uh, let's see who else would be up there. Kenny Chesney, maybe. Yeah.
00:40:57
Speaker
and so I was trying to think of that, because Kenny Chesney is like a fan of all college football teams. um But he's, but he's, he's in his OG like albums, like he talks about Tennessee. Like, I mean, yeah, I, I agree. I agree. I think Tennessee is who he actually likes, but I feel like he's like kind of like floats around and support supports multiple teams.
00:41:17
Speaker
fair I mean, I'm sure just like everyone else that has these songs, like they appeal to the, they appeal to the lowest common denominator that's around them. Right. Right. I'll go Kenny. I'll go Kenny Chesney just to be different.
00:41:30
Speaker
Honestly, that that's who I was going to, that's who I was going to go with. So we'll, we'll, we'll agree. We're going to go old school. My God, a podcast and like just hardcore agree on stuff.
00:41:40
Speaker
Nice. um Let's see. All school. um Have we been hiding the offensive playbook the first two weeks or have we just chosen to mildly stress the offense so we can see who in the offensive line can block and who of the running backs can perform?
00:41:55
Speaker
The defense is shaping up fine. Maybe it's a good time to emphasize the run. We need to run to win later. Um, yeah, I mean, I would agree in that last part. Um, I'll say this, like, like historically, look, we don't open up the playbook against those lesser opponents early.
00:42:12
Speaker
Um, so don't know. Yeah. Manufactured ah manufactured adversity. feel like it's where this is going. It seems like that that's been the case. I mean, you heard yeah heard Kirby kind of almost quietly admit it in some of the press conferences where he talked about like, that's just adversity you got to overcome. Yeah.
00:42:32
Speaker
yeah And ah you know you hear some stuff coming out of some of the inside sources and things like that that make you feel that way. So um we'll well we'll wait and see. have a feeling that they're going to pull out all the stops if they need to to to win this game. But I think the Kirby would be just fine being as vanilla and possible and walking away with the you know with ah with a victory here.
00:42:53
Speaker
if they If they sense that they they're gonna they can win without showing their hand, then they'll continue to do it. Yeah, you're totally right. You're totally right. They'll save it for when they actually need it.
00:43:05
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, for sure. um Let's see, Dogs Forever up next. um We've shown we can hold the Vols' offensive prowess to 17 points or less, but can we score 21 or more to win this kind of game?
00:43:17
Speaker
I see that. Yeah, I think we can score definitely over 21. Yeah, I think it's it's it feels like the first team to 30 wins this game kind of thing.
00:43:31
Speaker
Okay. Yeah. like Like get who whoever can get out to a 30 point, 30 points on the offense, I feel like would have a comfortable time winning this game. Yeah. Um, with, with the nugget here, the, a Josh hypo led Tennessee has never scored more than 17 points.
00:43:48
Speaker
So, right. Let's see. Um, Jake is up next. I think the strategy is to continue to use short passes and strong runs to solidify the offense while Gunner grows. Um,
00:44:00
Speaker
rely on a strong defense and squeeze opponents with the Kirby death March. Not always pretty, but patience is the key thoughts. Yeah. i mean, that's kind of what I just, that's kind of what I talked about was that if they'll probably poke and prod with the same stuff that we've been trying to do, I have a feeling they're going to let Gunner run a little bit more than they have felt like that he was forced to not run. Um, and some of the, and some of those situations that we had in the last game. So, um,
00:44:29
Speaker
Hopefully that gives him a little bit more confidence as he goes to play his first opponent on the road in a pretty rock raucous environment. um Yeah, I would say that they're they'll continue to kind of use use those easy passes to build confidence. And if they work, then they'll continue doing them. If they don't, then they'll probably pivot and and and try something else. Like I said, I think that they would prefer to just stay as vanilla as possible and win this game.
00:44:56
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. um I mentioned earlier the like from first road start um was at Tennessee. I got Graham coffee had tweeted this earlier today um in that game.
00:45:10
Speaker
Let's check out this deadline and that we won that game. Forty wins a nothing. Remember Jake are delicious. Yes. Yes. Jake Fromm was seven of 15 for 84 yards passing one touchdown, one pick and two rushing touchdowns.
00:45:25
Speaker
So, and we won 41 to nothing. So pretty crazy. I'll take a 41 to nothing win and yeah shut everybody up. Right. Right. and Immediately. Everyone shuts up.
Coaching Critiques and Game Expectations
00:45:39
Speaker
Uh, let's see. Aaron King said, did Bobo and or Gunner forget that Delp and Lucky exist? Or is this all part of the play? I think, I think that came up in Kirby's press conference and cause someone asked like, why weren't the tight ends targeted? And he said, it's not that they weren't targeted. They just didn't get the ball. You know, there were plays where they were the number one read and either they weren't open or he said there were, there were some that Gunner missed.
00:45:58
Speaker
So, um, they're there. I expect, I expect those guys to be a big factor this weekend, honestly. Yeah. All right. Craig has checked in. John, Craig has entered the chat. fast boy What is the, what is the main issue with this team?
00:46:12
Speaker
And why is it the offensive coaching staff, namely Bobo and Cyril's like I predicted it was going to be two years ago, even though Jim called me the B word once, but later apologized. Oh, what's the story there, Jim?
00:46:25
Speaker
Uh, you were in the group chat. It's in our group. Oh, I was well and and see on brand that I don't remember. Yeah. Um, it was early in the Tennessee game, as I recall, I think, um, like we were winning and I think Greg was on, you know, doing, ah doing his, his Greg stuff.
00:46:43
Speaker
And I was like, dude, we're winning. Like, why are, why are we so upset? And insistly so, yeah, I think like a couple days later, was like, Hey man, sorry. Like i was, you know, that was probably a little out line. He was like, dude, don't even like, what are you talking about?
00:46:57
Speaker
You're just too nice, Jim. You're just too nice. It's pretty funny. So, sorry, Craig. um I definitely think that Cyril's is one of those people that should absolutely be taken to task. However, and will say, just like I tend to do, the performance of the team was not on Bobo, was not laid at Bobo's feet in this last game. Because...
00:47:20
Speaker
A common phrase that we have in these here parts is the plays were there. Yeah. the i The plays were there. i can hear Craig ah respond. So I'm just going to say what Craig is saying.
00:47:32
Speaker
um He's going to say, you know, part of being the offensive coordinator is calling the plays, but there's also the part of making sure that the players are ready to run those plays that you call.
00:47:44
Speaker
So Craig, just saying that, because I know i know that's i know that's what you're going to say. Um, and I don't know, like I, you could see Kirby Bobo's not down on the field. I don't know what his reactions were, but we saw Kirby's reaction to the failed, you know, run to the end zone where he was there.
00:48:02
Speaker
We had two guys blocked the wrong or like not block the right guy and then didn't finish the run through. And we saw Kirby's reaction. So I don't know. I mean, I think I expect to see a different attitude out of the team in Knoxville than we saw against Austin Peay.
00:48:18
Speaker
So I don't know. Yeah. and Let's just say that I think that when Kirby was on the mic this week, I imagine that there were some people that were quite afraid. Yeah. Yeah.
00:48:30
Speaker
Yeah. But yeah, right I definitely think that Cyril's is the bigger issue. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, yeah. Yeah. That's like I've said, the offensive line is that is my concern thus far with this team.
00:48:41
Speaker
right. James, James lost an 87 on Twitter. If we're hiding the playbook for his lesser teams, what was UAB 21 when Stett tied the touchdown record? How do you sell NFL development to recruits if you won't put it on tape? And why, and why has Searles never denied being the mastermind behind Hawk to a coin?
00:48:57
Speaker
People are asking. um I would say i would compare UAB more to say a Marshall than an Austin B. um And I, and ah I don't think, I don't know. Did we do anything exotic against UAB that year? i mean, I know we took some deep shots, but that also like, that was like Stetson's thing. Like he was looking downfield first thing.
00:49:21
Speaker
um That game was also on the heels of like a very frustrating offensive performance against Clemson. And I think that was kind of like a ah show me type game. And we've got the ball downfield and shoot. There was one long Brock Bowers pass was a wheel route and the pass was maybe 15 yards and Brock took it. So, but yeah, I mean, and we put up 47 points against Marshall, which I would put, you know, in the same vein as a UAB Austin P. I mean, know, we've, we've seen stuff like, what was it? Samford. We beat like, I think 30 to nothing a few years ago.
00:49:51
Speaker
So I don't know. but I'm not worried about i not worried about scoring 70 points or selling. and mean, you sell NFL development by getting guys drafted that not many people thought would get drafted. Like Chaz Chambliss making an NFL roster as an undrafted free agent, for example.
Recruitment Strategies and Game Temperament
00:50:13
Speaker
Right. um what James Cook is doing out out there. like you know there's there's more to There's more to NFL development than just a bunch of stats on ah on a sheet as evidenced by teams like you know Dan Mullen offensives and you know urban meers offenses and and Josh Heupel's not too dissimilar. and Then you've got... um What's his face? Lincoln.
00:50:41
Speaker
Lincoln Riley out there at USC. Like, I don't know. Stats don't necessarily equal everything. so the NFL development is in the, is, is, is comes, comes later.
00:50:54
Speaker
Yeah. and And I would use, I'm going to just to give an offensive example. I'm going use Dominic, do Dominic Lovett as an example, um you know, transferred from Missouri, you know, Missouri, those receivers put up, you know, crazy stats and everything, but you know, Lovett came to Georgia, won an SEC championship and made the lions. Like he's, ah he's on an NFL roster.
00:51:16
Speaker
So All right, let's go to Herman Wood. Is our fan base Munsoning already? I mean, based on the last few questions, maybe. but i think say that there's Yeah, Munsoning's dead.
00:51:29
Speaker
Which Tennessee whiskey are y'all reaching for? oh ah probably won't be.
00:51:37
Speaker
is ah Am I making this up? Is old granddad Tennessee? Or is it just because it's orange, so I think that it's not? Is it Kentucky? I mean, it's bourbon, so I don't know. um Oh, yeah. well Well, bourbon is bourbon is whiskey.
00:51:51
Speaker
Just whiskey. and So I'm going to go for bourbon. Tennessee whiskey, though. Yeah, I would. I mean, the one that I like, I actually had this last weekend. It's in Kentucky. Yeah.
00:52:04
Speaker
Okay. Blue note. Yeah. Yeah. Juke joint. I ah Yeah. Like this sort of blue note, like crossroads, I think. um Yeah. Yeah. Those are good. Yeah. That's good.
00:52:14
Speaker
Yeah. So that's, that'd be mine. That'd be my answer. I'll go with that one. Yeah. I do like those. Yeah. That's a good one. it's but It's better than the Jack Daniels. Although Jack Daniels has some good stuff too.
00:52:26
Speaker
Okay. I've never had it, but they have that Sinatra blend, which always kind of sounded, sounded intriguing. Yeah. but Jack Daniels Sinatra. Sinatra. Yeah, it's like one of the special bottles that Jack Daniels makes is a Sinatra blend.
00:52:41
Speaker
Okay, I definitely have that. Yeah, like $150 or something like that. It's one of those high-dollar limited edition or whatever.
00:52:52
Speaker
and comes in a nice It comes in a big fancy fancy case, like a box or whatever. um And then there's actually ah Jack Daniels um Sinatra Century, which is like...
00:53:03
Speaker
like thousands of dollars. yeah go I like how I just, how I associate old granddad with Tennessee because the bottle's orange and it's from Kentucky. Right, right, right.
00:53:14
Speaker
My bad. Okay, let's go to Ryan Heinco at Heinco on Twitter. Statistically, Tennessee will score first. To take out the Hillbillies crowd, do we start with a Kirby death march for the first drive or a quick strike to calm the entire fan base that Athens is not in fact on fire?
00:53:30
Speaker
Yeah, I don't think the game plan here would be to manage possessions for Josh Heupel's offense. So i imagine that the death march would be on, like I said, we're going to try to hold the ball as much as possible, I feel like.
00:53:44
Speaker
Yeah, agree with that. If you limit Heupel's possessions, I think that's a recipe for success. Yeah, for sure. For sure. I'll see Kevin at just bag at 29 on Twitter.
00:53:55
Speaker
I've get a big old nothing burger for this week since Kirby said line up and play ball. That said, which song has been more effective in the Guantanamo Bay to get answers out of detainees, the Barney theme song or Rocky Top?
00:54:07
Speaker
I would say baby shark probably. Yeah. I don't know if you saw Kevin explained what is his last week question was related to. i didn't see that. No.
00:54:18
Speaker
So he was making reference to the guy. so it was the fact that Florida state had beaten Alabama. Yeah. And like, remember, there was the guy that was like, if Florida State loses to, I can't remember who it was. They lost to someone like super random last year.
00:54:34
Speaker
And the guy had ah basically said what he would do if they lost. And then he never did it. And then everyone was kind of like, do you just need to follow through to end the curse whatever? So he was suspecting maybe he finally did it. And that's they at Alabama.
00:54:48
Speaker
Yeah, there you go. Got it. ah so Sorry, Kevin, we were not fast enough to pick up on that ah last week. Our bad. Yeah, no, it was just zoop.
00:55:00
Speaker
But I'm going to Rocky Top. right that I heard that song way too many times in college. Not a fan. Not a fan. And I never had to listen to Baby Shark with my kids.
00:55:10
Speaker
Or Baby Shark or Barney. My kids were in between the Barney craze and the Baby Shark craze. so never really listen to Oh, man. I kind of like Rocky Top on some of the stuff. But, like, the band playing it over and over again? No.
00:55:25
Speaker
Right. Exactly. Exactly. yeah Uh, let's see boss dog. How many Kirby rage strokes will we get? This team feels reminiscent of the 21 team with this being the SEC opener. will Will we be getting, will we be getting pregame run in from both of y'all?
00:55:38
Speaker
We need the fire passion and energy out of y'all, man. I feel like i had been called out for not doing the pregame run. John, you and you and Kim were doing it. Although you probably feel inadequate running next to a marathon runner.
00:55:51
Speaker
Bro, seriously, like I can't keep up. I can't keep up with her now. She runs way way too way too far. um actually We actually had ah insights into conversations in the Wood household. I told Kim, was like, by the way, we got a question for the episode tonight.
00:56:07
Speaker
And I was like, I've been called out for not doing the pregame run. And she basically said to me what you just said. if it' She's like, trying to keep up, kid. Yeah. Man. So, you know, I started off on the, trying to get some fire passion energy. I i started band of brothers.
00:56:22
Speaker
Right. So, that's step one, uh, boss dog. I will, I will do a pregame run. I will do pregame run. Nice, nice, nice, nice. Um, let's see. What was I, you know, Saturday?
00:56:36
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Saturday should be fine. I'm actually going to be, you I mean, Someone in my kids' youth sports needs to be strangled because they scheduled a third-grade cheer game at 7.30 night on Saturday night.
00:56:50
Speaker
saturday they in Georgia? in Georgia when Georgia has a three-year game well, to their credit, there is no game on the Alabama weekend okay, there we go I'll definitely be getting in our pregame run again we'll get the runs in, we'll put we'll post on the socials to confirm free bust get the runs in Um, friend of the show, Tim Riley, how much, how much hate and disdain does JP have for
Offensive Line Concerns and Player Highlights
00:57:18
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Stacy?
00:57:18
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Will you, will be, will you be able to get through this preview? I will say, um i think that actually, i think it was partially probably our text thread that we had with the three of us with Riley as part of where I gave, we had some back and forth. And I think that's where Tim was like, yeah are you guys going to be able to to do this this week?
00:57:36
Speaker
And I think that's when I sent the tweet that made you feel little better. So yeah, Stacy, Stacy and I are still not on talking on speaking terms. I need, I need him to come through. Like i said, he and get the, get the offensive line to eat their Wheaties, Stacy.
00:57:51
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Um, so Tim's question is who do we see step up Dylan bell esque style 2023 this year in fat fill land. Um, remember that 2023, that game, yeah that's kind of like the Dylan bell coming out party that he had a, yeah. Touchdown pass.
00:58:08
Speaker
He had touchdown catch. Um, had like a dice, like contested catch on the sideline. i don't know. Maybe feel like he's kind of do, wouldn't be shocked to see, to see Dylan do something. I mean, what better person to have the breakout in Tennessee than the man himself?
00:58:23
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That's right. I mean, we've been waiting for him. He's had some drops. He's had some down. So the the redemption. Jim, we haven't even talked about it, but like we need to, like ah at some point, we'll we'll be centering on the officially unofficial wide receiver of my God Podcast.
00:58:38
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but we yeah yeah let's have a conversation about this we need to talk about this okay okay um but uh but yeah overall i would say that um i don't know man i kind of want to go off the radar on this one and get like elias williams like you know what i mean yeah um someone someone like that but um would be i would can it be peanut i was just about to say i would really love it to be peanut though
00:59:07
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Like I'd love the ABC crew to be just, just constantly just talking about peanut. And I'd love to see a nice picture of like a tattered checkerboard. Like people just like leaving.
00:59:19
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ah man Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Dude. I love the way peanut carries the ball. Yeah. I'm going to go with peanut. I like it.
00:59:30
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ah Go dogs. Let the big dogs eat time to feast. Love Go dogs. Friend of the show. T-Rabbit. All right. Next one. Fireball.
00:59:42
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The Hug Dog. Jason Huggins at HugDog18 on Twitter. He opened with, sorry we packed up early, JP. Storms were coming. So I'm assuming this is tailgate discussion. Yes, so we we rolled up on him, which to be fair, I was like skating in um like minutes minutes before the kickoff kind of thing.
01:00:01
Speaker
Like it was the game time, James. It was the game time, James. Yeah, it was the game time change. I told you, we lost an hour. and so ah lost and i lost that hug dog time. um But yeah, all good. All good.
01:00:14
Speaker
ah You were doing exactly what I think that you should have done, what I would do. All right. A few things from Hug Dog. One, can Georgia flip the switch offensively? I think we can.
01:00:24
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i think we can. It's just a matter of can we can we execute it? That's that's what I'm looking for. Like I said, the plays are there. Players need to execute. Offensive line needs to get the push going. um We very clearly have a talented offense that is there. We just have to put it all together. And I think that they can. it's just a matter of just doing it Yeah.
01:00:43
Speaker
Yeah. I agree. And what you're saying is you, you want them to show me. Yes, exactly. Yeah. We need to, we need to show me speech from Kirby. Um, second Jason says, since I'm headed to headed to Knoxville, do I get Bucky's breakfast burrito or biscuit?
01:01:00
Speaker
And I have to, again, buy out out of this because reminder, I've never been to Bucky's. I've never seen one like with where I drive. I've never even passed one. So apologies.
01:01:10
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There are no Buc-ee's on my usual routes. Oh, Jim. I think the only time I technically passed one was coming home from Indianapolis from the Maddie with my dad. It was like raining the whole time, and I was diving i was driving my dad's truck, and i never I never saw it. I believe it was there somewhere.
01:01:29
Speaker
I guess I missed it. Yeah, you've never seen it. You've got to go Buc-ee's. I understand. I need to go past one. I don't know. I'm not going to go out of my way. don't know that it's worth it. But if I ever see one, if I ever see one when I'm driving somewhere, I'll stop.
01:01:42
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Grab some, grab some beaver nuggets and a brisket, a brisket sandwich. um I mean, I personally, i don't know that I've ever had the breakfast burrito there, but biscuits are usually where usually my go to for, for breakfast, for sure.
01:01:58
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Carter would say biscuit as well for, sure um for what it's worth. Okay. like Okay. I mean, I'm a fan of not having had these from Bucky's. I would go biscuit as well. Just as a being a biscuit person. i know i know Michael Smith is is a huge fan of the breakfast burrito.
01:02:16
Speaker
He hates burritos. ah Oh, too good. Sorry, it took me take a second for that to sink in. What does he say? Like, what does he say? Like, have fun with your mushy, like, tortilla.
01:02:31
Speaker
I don't know. I mean, like, it it's certainly a take. It's certainly a take. i still Michael, I still cannot believe that that's your your take. Like, when when I heard that, i was like, what is going on? Like, who who who thinks this way? Yeah.
01:02:44
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but what Show me on the doll with the burrito where the burrito hurt you. um Let's see.
01:02:54
Speaker
Just some commentary. ah Jason said, my heavens are running backs ran hard in the second half versus Austin Peay. And man, they did. They did. That was the, made made me feel a little bit better there in the second half. Yeah, there was a run by Chauncey Bowens that was like, oh, okay.
01:03:09
Speaker
Yeah. Can we do that regularly? let' be That'd be amazing. Yeah, he's looked good. He's a good they're running. I have been i have been pleased with the running back room. I think the depth is we're deeper than I realized.
01:03:22
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ah guess Yeah, ill say agreed. um and then Jason closes out with UT pregame is criminally underrated. um So, John, you're not aware of this because you haven't been there. Mm hmm.
01:03:36
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But I think he was talking about the, um, like in the stadium and like coming out to the T. Oh, he's talking about the, yeah. Yeah.
01:03:47
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yeah yeah Um, and it, it is, it is good. I would, I mean, it's a good place to go. um I'll read his, his clarification. He said, uh, the band for Tennessee does an incredible job during the pregame split splitting the T is one of my favorite tradition traditions in all of college football too.
01:04:05
Speaker
Um, so yeah. And it, man, that place, that place is loud. Like it is loud. Just the way the stadium is built. It's like vertical. Like the upper deck is like straight up and it just holds all that sound in.
01:04:15
Speaker
So, Yeah, i it's it it is fun to go to a game there. It's also like 110,000 people, right? Yeah, it's huge. Yeah, it is. It gets really quiet, though, if you can do it, if you can do it.
01:04:28
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so I've heard it very loud that I've heard it ah the the the change in volume from the Travis Stevens touchdown to the Veron Haynes touchdown. That's a beautiful thing. Yeah.
01:04:39
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I love it. I love it. Yeah. No, UT can, can screw off. I don't really care about the pregame. Sorry. Sorry. I'm not, I mean, they're, they're, what are they trying to do with the alphabet? Like I'm, I'm confused.
01:04:56
Speaker
What are we doing here? ah Nice. All right, Jason, shout out. Appreciate you always brother. All right. ah We've got one more listener question.
Game Predictions and Fan Engagement
01:05:12
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god a freshman going to
01:05:18
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It is time for coaches over unders Tennessee edition. oh Let's see. i You hold a slight lead still, John. So you get to decide whether you do you want to take the ball or do you want to defer?
01:05:34
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I need to see... What is the first question, actually? oh Gunnar Stockton passing yards over under 235. Gunnar Stockton passing yards 235. I'll kick. I'll defer.
01:05:49
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Okay. I'm going to under because I need Gunnar to... Show me! ah Before I say over. Yeah. I also agree.
01:06:00
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Under. Okay. Next up, total rush yards for the Georgia offense at 175. Um, push. but Yeah. Yeah. Um, I'll go, I'll go over. Okay.
01:06:15
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I want to go over, but I might go under for strategery, but no, I'm just going to go over. Agree. Um, over, under tight end receptions at five and a half. Um, I did say, feel like the tight ends are going to be ah big part of the game plan.
01:06:32
Speaker
So, because I said that I'm going to go over. Over. Yeah, I'm going to go over on that one. Okay. Okay. All right. Let's see. On the defense, and then this one would be you first, JP.
01:06:45
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So over under 135 – or sorry, 195 rushing yards for Tennessee. Under. Okay. I'm going agree and say under.
01:06:56
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Tennessee passing touchdowns over under two and a half. Oh, wait. I guess this one's me. I'm going to go under. Yeah, I'm going to have to say under because you like, and like if I do the math, then that means that they're scoring over 17 points. Right.
01:07:12
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I did the same math. Yeah. I was told there be no math, but I did math anyway. I was told there would be no math. um And then over under 9.5 points in the first half for Tennessee.
01:07:24
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o and Okay. um I'll say under. Okay. I'm going to go over and then I'll explain more when I do my pick.
01:07:35
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Okay. um That was 100% just to be different. um Let's see. Special teams over under two and a half punt returns for Zachariah Branch.
01:07:48
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Over. Over. Okay. I'm going agree with you. And then the last one is the miscellaneous over under 0.5 celebrity sightings ah by our tail tailgate friend dogs in Knoxville.
01:08:04
Speaker
Over. Over. Like, who's this celebrity? I guess Bobby Wilson. and Bobby Wilson sees himself. Is that a celebrity sighting? Yeah. ah They're going to get a run into somebody, right?
01:08:16
Speaker
Yeah, you got to run into somebody. I'll agree with over. um Man, if I had gone under, though, and then we had to like have has to reach out to everyone. and Who'd you see? Who'd you see? He's probably going to do it anyways.
01:08:29
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Maybe he's referring to like on game, like in the game. like in in the game I know. He said by the dogs in Knoxville. So, okay. We'll see. All right.
01:08:40
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That's what we got, uh, for the over-unders. Appreciate you coach. Thanks for, uh, send that in. Thank you. As always, my friend. All right. Time for the game predictions, John.
01:08:51
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Um, I know as we, we were discussing kind of in the show before the show, ah the line moved pretty significantly from where it opened up like Saturday night, I guess, or Sunday morning, whenever, um,
01:09:03
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um So Georgia is favored in this game by three and a half points. ah The over under is 49 and a half. It gives you an implied score of Georgia, 26 and a half to Tennessee, 23.
01:09:15
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We consulted with odd shark. They've got a predicted score of Georgia, 38, Tennessee 21. And then the college football graphs, uh, Parker Fleming's, uh, model.
01:09:28
Speaker
He's actually got Georgia 31 and a half to Tennessee 15. Okay. okay Um, you got me to go first. Well, you said that you had a prediction. um Yeah, I had some. Previous answer. So i'm I'm eager to hear your... I mean, kind of. I'll just, yeah, I'll explain. and So, yeah, i'm I'm just going on this like Josh Heupel teams have never scored more than 17 points on the dogs.
01:09:52
Speaker
um To me, this feels kind of like a protective football win the game kind of thing to me. So... so I said they'd go over nine and a half in the, in the first half. So I could see them like maybe getting to 10 in the first half.
01:10:09
Speaker
Um, yeah, and could see that but I mean, I think, I think this one could be close. I'm going to predict a close one. I've got dogs 24 to 17, 24, 17. Okay. I've got 31, 14. I like yours. What was 31 to 14. i've got thirty one and fourteen i like your
01:10:25
Speaker
what was it thirty one to fourteen Yes. I like that. I like that. ah I don't know. Have you have you seen the like the Tennessee fans have been like tweeting stuff? like They've been tweeting like individual plays and being like, remember this? Remember when you did this?
01:10:40
Speaker
And it's like a big play they had in the game we won. Like it's... ah It's really weird. i't i haven't been I haven't been paying attention to Twitter much this week, but to to look at the banter, um because i know Hunter mentioned like that they were flexing like when they broke the decibel record or something. like I don't even remember that, but so something with the decibels that they beat us when they played us at home. and It was like a game that they lost. like I don't know that that's the flex you guys are looking for here.
01:11:11
Speaker
I think it was like the two years ago when they scored like on the first play. You know, they had that long, that long touchdown run and they celebrated like they won. right I think it was that. I think it was that. I've seen that.
01:11:22
Speaker
i've I've saw one earlier tonight. It was like a touchdown pass that like Joe Maurer threw one year. And like, he's the guy that got like obliterated by Stokes.
01:11:33
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Remember like Stokes came on that blitz and then we... I was like, i don't know. So I don't know the cherry picking individual good plays from anything since 2016 is to me anyways.
01:11:45
Speaker
Yeah. i'm Agreed. Well, let's, let's, let's keep that rolling. And let's, let's match that match that streak, get to nine. I saw ah the, the poor man today was talking about, um I guess when your Tennessee fans came to Athens, like with numbers of the street. So he was saying like, we should, we should print out, ah send a bunch of like, like nine,
01:12:06
Speaker
uh, like posters or whatever, like cards for fans to, so. Yeah, that would be amazing. I was actually thinking about that. Like if, if you had a, uh, a whole section that you could coordinate something with, uh, at the, on the UGA side of things to hold up like a red or black, you know, something or other to make, to, to ruin and wreck their, um, you know, their, their checkerboard situation. Yeah. Yeah. Seriously.
01:12:32
Speaker
True. True. That'd be amazing. like Yeah. All right. um You want to the coaches pick'ems? got You got few games, just look around college football little bit Yeah, let's go. Cause I want to see what games I'm going to miss from my kids cheerleading situation.
01:12:47
Speaker
Okay. Actually, so right off the bat, we've got one you're going to miss. um So the first one is a night game. Shout out, Chuck. Chuck, we got South Carolina in the picks this week.
01:12:59
Speaker
So you got Vanderbilt ah traveling to number 11, South Carolina. So South Carolina up to number 11. They are, the Gamecocks are favored by five and a half. It's a 7.45 p.m. kickoff on SEC Network.
01:13:12
Speaker
I will say, man, Vanderbilt should be ranked, in my opinion, after the performance they've had. thus far i think they should be ranked but anyways rank them you cowards yeah yeah uh i guess i'll go first i'm gonna take south carolina but i'll i'll tell you man i i think this is gonna be a close i can see like a south carolina wins but doesn't cover kind of thing here um i don't know south carolina at night i feel like that's gonna be um bit of a tall order i feel like south carolina covers Okay.
01:13:44
Speaker
All right. Nice. ah Let's see. Next up, Nooner on ESPN. Number 12, Clemson, nine and a half point favorite at Georgia Tech.
01:13:54
Speaker
I don't man. I think i think i'll take i I'll take Clemson on this one, but you never know. I'm with you. um I'm going take Clemson for for family. Shout out, Cousin Sammy.
01:14:05
Speaker
um But this one could be close. They struggled against Troy last week, and I do think Georgia Tech's pretty good. So I would not be shocked if Tech was. Haynes King's still around, right? Yeah.
01:14:17
Speaker
I saw somebody said something like, when haynes once Haynes King starts limping, that's when you know like his superpower has been activated. That was pretty funny. Yeah, I would say that ah I would say that Clebson does not cover.
01:14:32
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That I would. Let's see. This one's a return game from last year. So you got number 16, Texas A&M at number eight, Notre Dame. Notre Dame is favored by six and a half. It's a 730 p.m. kick on NBC.
01:14:46
Speaker
This another night one. Sorry, John. um I don't know what to think about this one. I don't think I've really seen a m ah this year, but I have seen Notre Dame and they look like they've taken a step back. so Yeah, for sure.
01:15:02
Speaker
um I'll take i'll take a and m on that one. Okay. I'm going to, and then the last one at night, shocking. There's a night game at LSU, Florida, newly unranked Florida, coming after loss to South Florida at number three, LSU, LSU is favored by nine and a half, 7.30 PM kick on on abc I wouldn't mind Florida pulling the upset so that they have reason to keep Billy Napier around for a little bit longer, but um I have a feeling that he may get left in the bayou.
01:15:36
Speaker
but this This definitely has ah has the makings of, you know... he's gonna get shanked and left in the in the swamp somewhere right right yeah yeah lsu huge win over clemson um didn't look great last week against like louisiana but oh last week chuck it up fuck weekend right so you're going on lsu yeah i think lsu will be fine there Yeah. See now. All right. I'm going to claim that this was strategery because now we just picked all the same games. um I'm just i um Kirby Deathmarch keeping my lead. Sorry, John. that was on It was on accident, but ah it happened.
01:16:16
Speaker
That's funny. All right. All right. that's ah That's what we got. Okay. What else you got, John? Not much. um Like said, I got some cheerleading situation that we got to do on Saturday night.
01:16:29
Speaker
um I am planning on smoking a butt. um I got a butt. I got a butt to get on. I'm going to probably try to do it beforehand because, um yeah, because of the the the cheering situation. let me try and do it Friday.
01:16:45
Speaker
Okay. I was going to say, are you going to do it? Are you going to have it cook like through the night or just do it during the day? friday Yeah. I'll probably cook it through the night on Friday end and try to, you grab it on, on Saturday morning after my run kind of thing.
01:16:57
Speaker
Okay. don't know what we're going to do. you need to figure that out. Last week we did like, we made bean dip, uh, like for like a kickoff and then kind of just snacked on it. And then we also had some wings. We actually had just like wings from Publix, like cooked wings and just did like the naked wings, but then toss them in a sauce.
01:17:14
Speaker
Uh, it was really good. So I liked it. Um, probably won't do that two weeks in a row. Well, we'll probably do the bean dip. This figure out what else goes with it. Always going bean You can never go wrong with Pontus Famous Mean Dead.
01:17:27
Speaker
That's right. Yeah, it's fantastic. Well, I will be definitely chowing down on, hopefully chowing down on some barbecue around kickoff time ah outside um and the driveway. So that's my, that's my goal.
01:17:43
Speaker
Okay. Okay. Nice. I will, um, I will be, you know, um, probably taking down some electrolytes to rehydrate after my pregame run on Saturday. And, uh, but i' I'll, I'll be ready to, ready to watch the dogs, uh, take on the Vols at Knoxville. This is always, this is always a fun one too early in this season, but that's okay. Better than rent better pre than at the end.
01:18:08
Speaker
it's it's It's real now. yeah we've had We had the the two tune-ups at home to kind of get us ready. Dogs have had some things to work on this week. Let's see what Kirby's got them boys ready to do. and Agreed. you know the The Vols vols are are are setting up their checkerboard, but Kirby's playing chess, my friend.
01:18:26
Speaker
Dogs. Go, Dogs. go dogs