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Alabama Preview | 2024 Georgia Football
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Jim and John preview Georgia’s matchup with Alabama and answer listener questions.
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00:00:00
Speaker
I actually think you gave this one fact before and I've already forgotten it. So if I did, then I don't remember either. Yeah, I definitely don't. Which is on brand.
Introduction and Episode Overview
00:00:17
Speaker
Welcome to My Gotta Podcast. I'm Jim Wood. In this episode, John Powell and I preview Georgia's matchup with the Alabama Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa. We talk through what we're looking for in the game, and we answer questions from you, our listeners. As always, remember to check out the newly redesigned My Gotta Podcast.com to see our latest merch. And you can follow us on social media at My Gotta Podcast. Finally, if you need help with your website or your online presence, head over to workingwebmedia.com slash dogs.
00:00:47
Speaker
Now let's join the conversation in progress.
Georgia vs. Alabama History & Rituals
00:00:53
Speaker
All right, JP. Uh, another Georgia, Alabama preview. Uh, we've done a few of these in the, uh, in the short time we've been doing this podcast and we're back. We're back to talk about the Crimson tad.
00:01:12
Speaker
Oh, man, I actually said not something I'd plan to talk about. I was thinking that I think the only time since we've started this podcast, I think 2022 was the only season we didn't play Alabama. So um I guess this should be the norm for us.
00:01:28
Speaker
Yeah. that We always have Alabama as as a as a game preview. Yeah. As an episode. Yeah. Yeah. So. Yeah. It's it's under it's under new under new management, though. Yeah. Yeah. True. um It is weird, isn't it? Isn't it weird? Kirby was acting like it's not weird in the and the press conference. I disagree.
00:01:52
Speaker
Yeah, it's definitely going to be weird. He's going to, he's going to roll out there to shake hands with the head coach that, uh, all in 10s purposes, he knows nothing about this guy. I'm sure he knows, I'm sure he knows him through the, the coaching fraternity or whatever, but like, I mean, he never coached this guy. So hopefully he has, uh, removed any emotional elements that may still be lingering when he plays his, his mentor and all of the mental baggage that goes along with that.
00:02:21
Speaker
And he can just dial in on beating the piss out of somebody new. Yeah. Yeah. Cheers to that. Yeah. Speaking of cheers. Yeah. You got anything? You got anything? I'm rolling with the elite. I'm rolling with the elite. Nice. Nice. I'm rolling with Maker's 46. So. Like that one. I need to go grab it. You know what? That's going to be my next bottle purchase, I feel like. Really like if I could find cast strength.
00:02:50
Speaker
i Have that this is not that but I do have that I do have the makers 46 cast strength on the shelf Excellent you may hopefully you won't need that this weekend Okay,
00:03:04
Speaker
it he okay well here's so here's the actual Cheers Cheers Cheers dear listener May the dogs roll the tide on Saturday. You're here. Um, yeah, I did. I, okay. So the reason why I grabbed that, I actually went back, um, and I went and checked on something. I went and checked our,
00:03:26
Speaker
2021 national championship preview episode, I went and pulled it up and listened to the first like two minutes to see what bourbon I had. Uh, and it was funny because I actually made some kind of comment about, um, getting back to basics. And so I'd gone back to like a trustee, uh, bourbon and maker's mark 46. So does I had to pull that back out, uh, to relive that one. So figured it worked then try it again. Try it again.
00:03:54
Speaker
Yeah, you can't you can't go wrong with that one. Yeah, I mean, yeah. It's it's a solid solid pick. It's the tried and true.
Game Logistics & Rankings
00:04:01
Speaker
All right. Um, why don't we get some news and notes? catsa Yeah, so let's do we'll jump through the matchup. So 730pm night game kickoff um in Tuscaloosa at Saban field at Brian Denny Stadium. um I will point out so just to just to confirm 730 Eastern or 730 Central.
00:04:23
Speaker
It is 7 30 Eastern time. Yes. So 6 30 little local, all those dogs traveling. Yes. Don't get confused. yeah Yes. 7 30 Eastern. That's like, we're, we're on fall break for Cobb County right now. So all these people are going to the beach and stuff. We're not going to the beach, but all these people going to the beach. That was always like, yeah, one of those, one of those travel travel wrinkles heading to the nice and nether, the nether time zone. Right.
00:04:49
Speaker
Um, I did find it funny that like in the Georgia matchup notes, um, they didn't list it as Sabinfield at Bryant Denny Stadium. Um, but I noticed that when I pulled up the Alabama Alabama's notes. So I thought that was kind of interesting. Um, I don't know if we're choosing not to acknowledge that or if that just hasn't made it into all the language yet. Um, the dogs are coming in. Yeah.
00:05:13
Speaker
The dogs come in 3-0, 1-0 in the SEC. Alabama also 3-0, but 0-0 in the SEC. So this is their first conference game ah this weekend. The dogs are ranked number two in the coaches poll. ah Sorry, number two in the AP poll, number one in the coaches poll. um And Alabama is number four in both. um This is the SEC on ABC night game. So we get the big crew with Chris Fowler, Kirk Herb Street, and Holly Rowe.
00:05:43
Speaker
And the official hashtag is hashtag UGA versus Bama. Um, history in the series, Bama leads the all time series 43, 26, and four. Um, and, uh, as we were talking about before we hit record at JP, um, this two schools do not disagree on the all time series. So not a true rivalry game, uh, by our definition here at my guide podcast.
00:06:07
Speaker
And last meeting obviously was the SEC Championship game where ah the dogs lost 27 to 24.
Historical Insights & WWII Impact
00:06:15
Speaker
Um, the weather, I had heard some stuff about like maybe like storm change coming through, right? Yeah. Yeah. But I, it's not made its way into the forecast yet at least. So, um, looks like right now, like 82, uh, sunny, probably cloudy. Um, 63 is the low in the evening. So if that holds, that sounds like a lovely, uh, late September football game weather.
00:06:41
Speaker
It sounds it sounds like ah it's going to be a pretty good pretty good game weather wise. Yeah. Yeah. So we'll we'll see if that holds. We'll definitely monitor the weather for those that are going into the game. Yeah, for real. Um, I think we were going to be light on the fun facts this week since we previewed these guys like every every season. I've done multiple times. What did you have?
00:07:03
Speaker
I do have some fun facts. I think that ah was it Seth Emerson posted something about this. Kirby Smart is 22-0 or something like that when he has more than a week to prepare. He's undefeated when he has more than a week to prepare for an opponent.
00:07:20
Speaker
Amazing. And yeah, I like to think that that bodes well for us, for the Bulldogs from Athens. ah um Then Bubby Dean also had a fun fact for us um that Mark Drict was 2-0 in Tuscaloosa. um He was suggesting that maybe we should have him there on Saturday night. Yes. I don't know if he will be there, but I can't imagine it would be a bad thing to have him on the sidelines.
00:07:48
Speaker
Hey, I'd be all for it. He was at the, uh, he was at the Clemson game. Uh, and that one turned out pretty nicely. So yeah, maybe we need to bring coach Rick to Morgan. Come on, coach, get out there. So my, my fun fact actually builds off of that. Um, so game day will be there this weekend. And for both of those Mark, Rick victories in Tuscaloosa game day was there for both of those as well. So.
00:08:11
Speaker
2002 the dogs won 27 to 25. That was the man enough game ah where Pat Dye said we weren't man enough to beat Alabama. um And then 2007, the 26 to 23 overtime game. That was the first game that Scott Howard called. um That was that season where Munson called only the home games in the tech game.
00:08:36
Speaker
ah So that got us the ah one and done baby ah Stafford to Mikey Henderson walk off touchdown. That was also the ah what is Brittany doing with her life? ah
00:08:48
Speaker
So that's amazing. I feel like we can't play these guys without without bringing that. Always gotta bring that up. What's Britney doing with her life? What is Britney doing with her life? I do have a semi-fun fact, more so just a history lesson. It'll help segue into our next segment, which I'm super excited about.
00:09:09
Speaker
Um, so I, I was, I found myself wondering, like, you hear the word Tuscaloosa, you hear Tuscaloosa all the time, Tidal Town, Tuscaloosa, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Do you know what Tuscaloosa actually is? Like, what it, what it means?
00:09:24
Speaker
Okay, this is a case of I actually think you gave this fun fact before and I've already forgotten it. So if I did, then I don't remember either. Yeah, I definitely don't. i Maybe on brand.
00:09:43
Speaker
Tuscaloosa is a it's actually named for a the name Tuscaloosa is a chief a former chief of a of a tribe that and I guess that there's not really any like definitive where where did he come from but they believe that he was Choctaw or Creek like his ancestors were in that in those tribes okay but Tuscaloosa was a was a chief of a of a tribe and a village in and around modern-day Tuscaloosa. And the name, um his name actually means Black Warrior. So Tuscaloosa literally means Black Warrior. And again, Tuscaloosa is famous for basically good being
00:10:34
Speaker
being kidnapped or taken hostage by De Soto, um when soto was you know when he had his expedition for of North America. And Tuscaloosa was, I guess when he was captured, they orchestrated ah behind enemy lines a method to try to attack and and beat back the Spaniards. And I guess that they kind of did for a while, but in Spanish, you know, with their technology and all that kind of stuff, basically.
00:11:02
Speaker
They were able to reenter the city ah that was his home fort basically. um He had a fortified city and they were able to get into it and basically they burned they burned and destroyed literally everything.
00:11:17
Speaker
wow So they put up a fight and DeSoto and the Spaniards came and basically pushed him back into into nothing and everyone died. they they literally it was It was a scorched earth a situation for for his people. so um there There are reports that he was basically a man that was like other otherworldly, really tall, and taller than the the Spanish people around him, like a foot and a half taller than the Spaniards. So he was a mountain of a man, if you will. um But yeah, basically, he was a really strong, fearful man. And he died at the at this battle, the Battle of Mabila.
00:12:02
Speaker
I believe I'm saying that right. That was the village that the Spaniard, Hernan de Soto destroyed. Got it. I hope that Kirby is channeling de Soto as we travel to Tuscaloosa. There we go. Brain full circle. We say burn the boats, burn the village. That's right. Should I cue the music?
00:12:26
Speaker
We should. We should absolutely cue the music. All right. As as requested, we have unearthed what we think is worthy of the music for Hasty's hard grit history.
00:13:06
Speaker
All right, so that's what the SEC on ABC song should have been. There was a lengthy discussion. You know, the episode always opens, joining conversation in progress and tonight is no exception. No exception. We did a breakdown, which this would probably be some good offseason content where we did a breakdown. It could have been a good bi-weeding content joke. The difference between that song and the song we're actually getting, Brett, we need to discuss this with you. My take is they did a new arrangement of the same song. At any rate, Hasty's Ugg Registry. My take is it's totally different. It is different. It's the same song, but yeah, very different. Totally different.
00:13:47
Speaker
It was better before. I don't know why they messed with it. I don't know why they quote modernized it. and So I should have left it alone. Yeah. I mean, when I'm listening to that song, Jim, I'm just thinking like, man, I'm sitting back at my dorm, um i probably at Oh House, Tyler's down, the down the hall. And we're just, we're just listening to Ron Franklin go to town, telling Holly row to calm down some weird art.
00:14:11
Speaker
I mean, it's totally Ron Franklin. It's such good memories. All right, over to you. I feel like there's got to be a cut of the music where we could probably cut in Ron Franklin's voice where he says, greetings from. I feel like I actually found one off the rails. I found one that was actually a Georgia, Alabama game.
00:14:35
Speaker
Um, that had that, like the old intro music, they, they, I will say they evolved. It was probably the Mikey Henderson game. I think they had already changed it a bit by then, but yes, like it was a version of it in the 2000s. They had already started to change it. It was, they basically, they keep making it worse. Like the one that I played is like the really good one. Um, I'll have to, I can't remember what year it's from. Um, but then they kept making it worse and worse and worse. And then we ended up with what we have now.
00:15:01
Speaker
Yeah. So they slowly degraded it. The one that we have here is glorious though. Yes, I agree. It is a, uh, quintessentially college football theme music, whereas whatever it is that we have now is a dropout music. I don't know. Yeah, it's not the same. Okay. This is a hasty target history for UGA versus Alabama. As always. Thank you, Jason. Appreciate it. And also happy birthday for those of you that don't know it was Jason's birthday yesterday.
00:15:30
Speaker
uh yes it was over the weekend on sunday yep sunday that's right okay like most georgia fans i am equally amused and inspired by the occasional leaks of coach smart's halftime and pregame speeches in 1942 though it was it wasn't hilariously profane and inspiring inspiring speech from the head coach that sparked georgia to a win over arrival, but a bitter remark from a teammate. The Bulldogs had struggled like many programs during the hard years of the Great Depression. Harry Mayer resigned at the end of the 1937 season. Joel Hunt lasted only one year in 1938 and Wally Butts took over to rebuild the program starting in 1939.
00:16:11
Speaker
By 1942, the Little Round Man, as Butz was affectionately known. Fun fact, I didn't know that. That was hilarious. That's hilarious. had Had built a powerful team around his innovative pass-oriented single-wing offense.
00:16:28
Speaker
Frank Cinkwich was a dual threat at the tailgate position, and he had a strong supporting cast around him, including all SEC guard and co-captain Walter Rort. Am I seeing that right? I believe so. And sophomore and sophomore back Charlie Trippi. Never heard of him.
00:16:48
Speaker
In the preseason, the media expected that the Bulldogs would be a contender for the SEC championship and would challenge for one of the few bowl games that were then in existence. Sadly, Jim, at the time there was no Cheez-It Bowl, Duke's Mayo Bowl, or the Pop-Tart Bowl in 1942. Correct. I guess they just made them worse as they got as they went home. Yes, just like the ESPN music.
00:17:13
Speaker
Georgia went undefeated though ah so jordan went undefeated through a tough and early season um yeah early season schedule that was ranked number two in the AP poll. Going into the game against number three out Alabama on Halloween of all place of all things.
00:17:28
Speaker
The game was played at Grant Field in Atlanta due to the wartime travel restrictions that were then in place. Going into the fourth quarter, Georgia was behind 10 to nothing, and in a huddle between plays, a Georgia player whose identity has been lost to history bitterly asked his teammates, how do you think Tommy Witt feels about us now? Tommy Witt was a center who played it in 1939 and 1940.
00:17:55
Speaker
He had been killed in action earlier that month when hit the B-25 bomber that he was piloting on a mission against the Axis forces in the mid Mediterranean theater was shot down. The remark worked and inspired by the loss of their friend and teammate, the Georgia Bulldogs scored 21 unanswered points for the victory over the bad guys.
00:18:18
Speaker
Dude, that is so crazy. I had never heard that story. ah And this led to like a back and forth email exchange. when i mean When Jason sends us this, this one like sparked a lengthy, we probably should have hopped on the phone or something, emailing back and forth to each other. um It's just so it's so crazy to think about this.
00:18:39
Speaker
um Yeah, you know, like the greatest generation. Yeah, I mean, we, you know, we like have these games like hanging the balance and, you know, things like that to us. um Just unimaginable to me, ah unimaginable about this. So, but I know you were talking about the travel restrictions like.
00:18:58
Speaker
I mean, he was like, that that's what we were playing them at in Atlanta. I mean, at Grant Field. um I didn't know that. Yeah. Yeah. So there's a lot. where There's a lot wrapped up in the story that is touches on, you know, both the sport history, the UGA's history and then just American history. Right. It's all three wrapped up. It's like the perfect storm of the larger history. um So the travel restriction thing I thought was kind of interesting. So I had to like look that up really quickly.
00:19:27
Speaker
I knew that there were travel restrictions from my studies you know through throughout high school and college. um i It's kind of like the once you turn 40 or whatever, you you become an expert on on World War II history and all that that stuff. my dad My dad used to watch these History of your Channel and all that stuff. So I feel like I've seen everything about that time frame.
00:19:49
Speaker
But I never had heard anything about, um, the travel restrictions. So apparently, and this is something Jason actually added extra color. Like when we went, uh, was it 42 when we went to the Rose Bowl? Yeah. Yeah. So in 42, when we went to the Rose Bowl and UGA had it season, right? Like there were still travel restrictions that were in place. So they could only send.
00:20:14
Speaker
a small contingent of fans to the Rose Bowl, they could only send us send a small contingent of university people like the team, the coaches, small support staff, but no fans were able to go. So like, can you imagine making it to the Rose Bowl and not traveling to that game?
00:20:33
Speaker
Yeah, no, that's, that's wild. That's absolutely wild. but And it's not so much and it's not because of anything other than the US government telling you that you can't. Right. that the The concept of that is just mind boggling to me. And so yeah, I guess that there I never again, this is just a a segment of US history, I guess they glossed over because I guess the tyrannical US government at the time was doing a lot, a lot of shady stuff like ah imprisoning our imprisoning Japanese Americans americans and treating German Americans very poorly. um But ah one of the things that they implemented that I still find kind of mind boggling that they're able to do this, but they implemented a national wide speed limit called the victory speed or something like that. um That's where the 35 miles an hour came from.
00:21:22
Speaker
Got it. I hope Jason doesn't mind. I want to share the last email he sent. There may have been more, but we were exchanging emails about it and we were just talking about like like like not being able to imagine like, holy cow, like you know that these guys were were going through this. and um Jason said, like when you think about it, the remark must have hit the guys in the team so deeply. All those men knew they'd be in the military as soon as the season ended and possibly that they'd be killed. The possibility that they'd be killed was very real. Some men like Sinkwich had already been inducted, but it had been granted permission to finish out football season before reporting.
00:21:55
Speaker
Um, but he said of the men in that game, so Walter Rourke, who you already mentioned, um, he was killed in Belgium in late November of 1944. Um, and George Poshner was, uh, horribly wounded in the battle of the bulge in December of 44. Um, so just, just crazy. Um, which, and that's where, I know we've talked about it and we were in the email. That's where my, my grandfather was, uh, prisoner of war captured during the battle of bulge, made it home. Otherwise I wouldn't be here. Um, but yeah, so.
00:22:25
Speaker
It's, uh, crazy man, crazy, crazy times. Uh, thank you, Jason. This, I had this one one. I mean, this wouldn't hit me. Like when I was reading it and I was like, Oh my gosh, like I couldn't, I couldn't believe it. So this was a good one. There's a lot wrapped up in that. Yeah. We talked about these, we talked about these players, you know, Charlie Trippie, Frank Sinkwich, like about the the great seasons that they had, but that was all on the backdrop of just absolute worldwide chaos. Yeah. Yeah. Seriously. Seriously.
00:22:54
Speaker
Well, Jason, thank you. Incidentally, I saw Frank Sink, Frank Sink, which, uh, highlight today that, uh, that, uh, George Foster posted where he would just like went absolute savage on a guy that hit had a weight hit on him in the NFL when he played for the Vikings.
00:23:10
Speaker
Amazing, amazing. Well, yeah, thank you, Jason Hasty. um And reminder, ah you guys, if if you're interested in the stuff that we talked about from what Jason says, he's got an entire, he has the Athletic Association archives at the Hargroet Library um in Athens. This stuff is you know available to view, and there's always an exhibit going on.
00:23:33
Speaker
We're not always, ah but the in the fall there is. So this follows the Olympic, uh, dogs in the Olympic, um, exhibit going on right now. So stop by and check it out. Yeah. Or just say, Hey, that's right. That's right. And tell them, um, I got a podcast. Yeah. Yeah.
00:23:50
Speaker
All right, a couple of news and notes. um One, just looking ahead, you know, with the whole ABC ESPN thing, we've known most of the kickoff times, but some, you know, there aren't more had not been announced. and We did just find out the Auburn kickoff time next weekend. That is a three thirty game. So back to the ah the old number one game time slot as ah Georgia Auburn should be. So I was happy to see that.
00:24:19
Speaker
Um, cra good <unk> my style, Jim, my style for, for the weekend plans and the hot weekend. We'll get to that later. Okay. and the other cuing okay Okay. Um, so is he from Kirby's press conference? Um, we have, uh, the hopeful, the hopeful kiss of death has returned.
00:24:38
Speaker
um So Kirby was asked about and for an update on Michael Williams and he said, I'm hopeful. We'll see. He didn't do much last week. He had a lot of rehab. was He a lot of rehab Friday and Sunday and was able to run and do some things Friday um and Sunday, which is positive. He said he hasn't been out of practice ah today and we'll see how today goes. so Uh, um, he also said for Warren Brinson, um, also hopeful and he gave him the, uh, we're hopeful. I'm sorry. It was a Jordan Hall. He said for Jordan Hall, he said, we're hopeful to get Jordan Hall back. So when you're hopeful to get him back, definitely not playing. Uh, we know that. So we're not expecting to see Jordan. I speak, speak kerbeneze. Yeah.
00:25:24
Speaker
What was it like? You sent me a screenshot of it from ESPN. You're like, ESPN doesn't know what Kirby says yet or what he means yet. No, that was Brett. That was Brett. Amazing. Gosh, shout out Brett. That was a tweet.
00:25:37
Speaker
I think he tweeted it. Yeah, he tweeted the screen screenshot of the notification of the ESPN. That's really right. That's right. They clearly, they clearly do not speak urban age. Thank you for correcting me. I didn't, I didn't ah put this in the notes, but I was trying to find this in a text. This is something that we were texting back and forth today.
00:25:58
Speaker
Um, it was the smile London, uh, comment. And I feel like we should have, we should already have t-shirts for sale for this. He was asked if Alabama feels like a mountain Everest for Georgia. And he said, I wouldn't say that it's like getting over mountain. I wouldn't say that it's like getting over mountain because we done did that before. God, I love that energy. So we done did that before it needs to be a t-shirt.
00:26:22
Speaker
Yeah, seriously. I mean, it might make it a little bit more. I don't know. We could probably get 100 of design something. But yeah, I don't know. Don did that is has has ah has a nice ring to it. Yeah, I like it. I like it. All right. That's what I had for news and that's so nothing's nothing earth shattering.
00:26:42
Speaker
Nothing earth shattering, uh, official injury report, not out or availability report, whatever it's being called. Um, those are, those come out on Wednesday. Um, so the the question is, is it, if it says Michael Williams hopeful, that'd be amazing.
00:27:01
Speaker
Uh, inject that as the status we'll see, probably not. Um, well, yeah, I guess, I guess this is there there their, their, uh, their first, their first sec game too. So this is the first time they've had that. Yeah. This will be their first one. Yeah. I mean, and we, we had one for Kentucky, but remember it was like way shorter
Current Season Analysis
00:27:20
Speaker
than we thought.
00:27:20
Speaker
It would be Kirby's not pulling that everyone is day to day kind of thing. We'll see All right, well, let's let's jump into the matchup JP So, let's see. Let's do it. We said already both teams come in three, you know a couple of things just team wide so Turnover margin the dogs do have the edge there. So the dogs are plus three and the turnover margin Alabama's even so they've had the same amount of giveaways as takeaways. um But the net yards per play. I know something that you you like to track a lot. So Alabama has the edge there, so they are at 4.04. Georgia's at 3.4 and something I think we were. We've been kind of chatting just around the stats that Kentucky game is skewing a lot of stuff for Georgia when there's only when you're only three games into the season. One game one game can make a huge difference and you see that in the stats so.
00:28:10
Speaker
Alright, let's talk about what we're looking for when Georgia has the ball. Alright, so some notable defenders for Alabama. They're leading tackler. i Dude, I had to go to the pronunciation guide. There is a linebacker, Jahad Campbell.
00:28:26
Speaker
um I had to make sure his name was, I had to make sure it wasn't jihad. I was like, wait, is his name jihad jihad? It's jihad. So I did, I did find that out. Uh, they have a pronunciation guide. Um, so he's a leading tackler 18 tackles, um, 18 solo 28 total tackles and a half sack.
00:28:42
Speaker
um Keon Sab is a sophomore defensive back. He's got two picks for 87 yards and 11 total tackles and Q Robinson is a senior linebacker. He is their sack leader with three sacks um and also has 10 total tackles. So just some some guys there.
00:29:01
Speaker
Um, you know, this matchup, Georgia offense, Alabama defense, um, like, if you look at kind of like the FBS rankings, this, uh, I mean, their defense is more highly ranked than our offenses. Um, but like I said, I think that Kentucky games kind of skewing it a bit. Um, this is a good, this is a good defense.
00:29:19
Speaker
Uh, they're only giving up 8.7 points per game. Um, that's sixth in the, in the country, um, in the FPS, um, their third and success rate allowed. So it's a, it's a good solid defense. Saban's gone. Uh, but the Alabama Alabama defense is still, is still sound. So what what are you looking for out of our offense, JP, when they're out there?
00:29:42
Speaker
I'm going to be looking for our offensive lines. I hate to say it, but like yeah having Tate out is going to be, you would think, would be a ah pretty big deal. um So i'll be I'll be keeping an eye on the offensive line, how much time Carson Beck has in the in the pocket. I think that Coshay's did some you know analysis on you know last year versus this year kind of stuff.
00:30:10
Speaker
and Basically, the the takeaway, the big takeaway that I got from from that conversation was that it seems, it feels like Carson doesn't have as much confidence in his offensive line as he has in the past, because he's not stepping up in the pocket to try to create more time. there's it's it's either It's either the confidence in the offensive line, or it's a situation where he's just overthinking. And this kind of goes back, it got me kind of thinking, like,
00:30:40
Speaker
we We joked about it on the um the preseason episodes where we talked about the quarterback microphone and then they're able to talk to the quarterbacks, right? Yeah, yeah.
00:30:51
Speaker
Is there too much thinking going on? have we is is car is Is having Bobo in your head just before you snap the ball a positive or a negative yeah at this stage? right Or whoever whoever is talking to him. I assume it's Bobo, but whoever is talking to him, is it a positive or a negative because of the causing him to overthink and to not step up into the pocket?
00:31:15
Speaker
um I mean, if Coach Hayes noticed this, I figure that there's got to be some there's got to be some staffer at UGA that's that's notifying the coaching staff that, hey, this is what's going on. He's not stepping up in the pocket, which I don't know. We'll see. and But you know as the offensive line goes, so does Carson Becko. As Carson Becko goes, so does the offense go. um It would be nice to say that we can rely on the on the running game. But the running game has also not been super Hasn't been super jump off the page at me, right? Like you look at our offensive numbers and it's just like ah all intents purposes. We're middle of the road offense right now. Yeah. Um, I know, I know that, uh, you know, the Kentucky game is throwing things off, but like, frankly, I don't give a shit. Sorry, Carter. Um, like that's w we're a mid, we're a mid, we're a mid offense as, as Carter would say. Um, sorry, Carter, Carter vernacular. I like it.
00:32:15
Speaker
We need to, uh, we need to, uh, at this point, uh, I've been talking about the defense showing me at this point, I need the offense to show me. Yeah, man. I agree. I agree. I feel like, um, I think number one thing for me, what you said is like, as Carson Beck goes, so goes the offense. And I feel like this game is kind of on his shoulders. Um, and like, I think what I, what I really want to see from him is like the pretty snap reads.
00:32:42
Speaker
like improvements like checking in on the right play getting your protections set up correctly like in command of the offense and then like you said what coach Hayes would say like pull the trigger on these passes downfield um because if you go back and watch coach Hayes film review there there were plays there that were left on the field um i i think you're right that i i think there's something to what you're saying about the the confidence um because there were there were plays where the blocking was there and for whatever reason he didn't trust it and kind of scrambled, um got flushed out of the pocket when he could have just stepped up and made that throw. So I think that's going to be the big thing. And I don't i you know, no looking at the sideline saying what are we doing, right? Like in the SEC championship game last year, like I want to see him command this offense, like the offense is doing what you're telling them to do. So um that's what I want to see. I'm sorry.
00:33:34
Speaker
Well, in his defense, when he said that, what are we doing? I feel like that he was questioning the offensive game plan. But I agree. But that was my takeaway in that situation. But I mean, I guess what I will say that, you know, whatever has been drilled into his head this offseason, it feels as though like it feels as though he's been told to not make mistakes. he um And maybe he feels like he can't make any mistakes. And to his credit, that the one bright shining Stat that the I could point to you about this offense, which is probably going to be you know, knock on wood Jim um You know we We're currently FPS number one in terms of giveaways. We have zero giveaways this year. Yep um If you don't beat yourself, you have a lot more opportunities to win ballgame.
00:34:26
Speaker
Absolutely. And if and you look at look at what we did against these guys last year, you know, we had missed field goal, the turnover inside our own, whatever was 35 ish that led to a field goal for them. um Yeah, you take away those things, take away the Georgia mistakes. It's a different game. So Yeah, we're on the road. We're on the road in the SEC. We're playing those guys again, like mistakes. Mistakes are are things that, you know,
Georgia's Offensive Strategy & Challenges
00:34:54
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we can't happen. We can't have deflected passes, intercepted. We can't have um turnovers, really. So. Yeah. Yeah. They said the offensive line is probably going to be how
00:35:06
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The offensive line is where it all starts. is that That's the foundation. like We consider and talk about Carson Beck as Carson Beck goes. But really, like if the offensive line can give him time, then I feel like we're going to be in a much better spot. Totally agree. Even if the running game can't get going. Because I feel like the what the the blueprint that's out there right now in the Kentucky game is shut down the run and make Carson Beck beat you.
00:35:34
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e Yeah, yeah. I feel okay about the run game. I feel okay about the run game. There were a couple of runs that were almost home runs against Kentucky. I mean, first play of the game, if that backside blitzing linebacker doesn't get ETM, he goes to the house, I'm pretty sure. So I think, you know, last year I know it's new staff and all that, but a lot of the same guys are back.
00:36:01
Speaker
Um, we were, we were running on those guys, those guys early. Um, I think we were trying to deal with guys that weren't a hundred percent enforcing stuff to them. So, um, and we've got, we've got the the tools to do it. Uh, but yeah, man, particularly the ball take what the defense gives you and play our game, man.
00:36:19
Speaker
I'll quote Aaron Murray too. Um, not exactly. I'll paraphrase Aaron Murray. I guess what I should say, Aaron Murray on his podcast, um, said that, you know, you hear that Georgia has all these great wide receivers, that the wide receiver room is, is amazing and so deep and all this kind of stuff. And he also kind of levied a show me a challenge in that regard too, you know,
00:36:43
Speaker
Are you able to get open? Can you get separation? All these kinds of things are going to be, are also elements of what's going on on the offensive ah offensive line. So yeah, I want to see us get vertical with Dominic Lovett, man. That's what I mean. I personally think the most important wide receiver in the um the field is going to be Dylan Bell. Yeah. Yeah. Um, as far as getting vertical, I mean, Arian Smith and single coverage literally said that he loves, he loves the single coverage. Yeah.
00:37:13
Speaker
yeah So, I mean, I think that those are the kinds of things, you know, we've got James Coley's come back, you know, I hope, I'm hoping that the bad juju isn't back with him, but like, we've got to get separation. And I feel like that we've seen flashes of that in the season. um You know, London Humphries, like, is he going to get, is he going to be a factor in this game as well? Like, we've got all all these guys that can catch the ball.
00:37:41
Speaker
um We just need someone to get that separation and, and you know, show me. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. All right. Let's talk about, i think that I think that the, the, the crux, the crux of this game for me is I have full confidence in the defense. I have very limited confidence in the offense. So if I'm a Georgia fan, I'm going to be looking for the offense to do something. Yeah. Like that's like that meme with the stick, like, come on, do something.
Alabama's Offensive Threats
00:38:16
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Okay, okay. All right, let's talk about that that defense and what we're looking for when Bama has the ball. um So notable players for Bama offense, obviously it starts with Jalen Milrow. So he has these 35-52 for 590 yards, eight touchdowns, passing, zero interceptions.
00:38:35
Speaker
um And then from the running back position position Jam Miller is the leading rusher 29 carries 265 and three touchdowns Second leading rusher Justice Haynes familiar name 19 carries 165 yards Yeah, and to tie out to touchdowns Veron what's going on here? um And then their leading receiver is Ryan Williams 10 catches 285 yards for touchdowns and John I don't know I don't know if you know this or not, but he's only 17 and um Ryan Williams is 17 is the new Jake from played in a little world little league world series. By the way, ah you're gonna hear it like at least 95 times so during the broadcast on Saturday. That's all TV people talk about. um And then Jeremy his name at all. Yeah, seriously.
00:39:20
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Uh, germany bernard. Hopefully i'm seeing that right. Uh, second leading receiver eight catches 125 yards in a touchdown so There like this is the even like higher power and strength on strength here the georgia defense elite um fourth and total and yeah total yards allowed uh first in passing defense yards allowed um third in the nation in points per game allowed the georgia defense is uh It's pretty much playing lights out and the BIM offense like the overall like stuff isn't as far as like FBS rank isn't as eye-popping, but they are they're explosive so ah When they hit the big plays, they're really big and that was something Kirby talked about like
00:40:03
Speaker
your definition of explosive play i think is over 20 yards and what he was saying was when when alabama hits an explosive play it's not for 20 20 yards it's for like 60 yards 70 yards um so that's what i'm i'll just jump to what i'm looking for is we've got a limit limit the explosive plays Um, so what I am super curious about is what is going to be the strategy to do that in the SEC championship game. Last year, we did this like spy kind of sit back thing and we tried to spy mill row and we saw what happened there. Although, I mean, they didn't, you know, they put up 27 points and we turned the ball over. Like you could say it kind of sort of worked. Um, but then we've seen, we've seen him struggle with pressure. Uh, we saw what Auburn did to him last year when they pressure pressured him. When they let off, he throws the miracles hush down to win that game.
00:40:48
Speaker
Um, but even South Florida was able to, to rattle them a bit and it didn't last. Um, cause they eventually hit a ton of explosives and, and pulled away late, but, um, I'm curious to see what the strategy is going to be. I was saying, I hope it's the whole like blitz thing and pressure him, but I don't know. I don't really know what I'm talking about. So I'm curious to see what the coaches come up with. Right.
00:41:07
Speaker
Yeah, I yeah containing containing I mentioned from the first one I'm looking for. um As Jalen Millroy goes, so does the Alabama offense. Yeah. um I guess that the biggest thing i'm I'm ruining some quick numbers here. Okay, so I guess that something that I didn't realize until we were just sitting down and you know just looking at you know the the contributors and the the did the the disbursement of how everything is set up. And I think that the takeaway for me is that not only is it Millrow, but also also just these wide receivers, right? So Ryan Williams is accounting for 48% of Jaylen Millrow's total yards, his passing yards.
00:41:57
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yeah When you combine this Bernard guy, um seventy percent almost 70% of Milrow's passing is to these two people. If you can cut off one of them, yeah um it makes Milrow's job that much harder.
00:42:18
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um And I do believe that we will figure out ways to get Malachi Starks on top of Ryan Williams. ah To me, that is a matchup that's going to be made in heaven for Georgia fans. You've got a experienced first round draft pick.
00:42:37
Speaker
um defensive back that is going to be tasked with a 17 year old. um And I believe that he's going to be able to keep him off schedule for sure. um So and that in that way, I believe that ultimately it's going to come down to can we keep Milrow in the pocket.
00:42:55
Speaker
um Can you keep containing keep him from doing damage? You look at the numbers, you look at the stats, you look at him and Carson Beck, you're like, wow, these two are basically the same, they have the same numbers. And and they do, and they do for the most part. um The one caveat is is that Millrow has a ton of yards rushing and has like six touchdowns rushing or or something like that too, I think. um So Millrow's wild card is,
00:43:23
Speaker
is his ability to to make to make ah make things happen with his feet. um Yeah, I mean, I think that our ability to keep him dialed in on on a couple of receivers and not be able to ah havent find any outlets, that's that's what happened with us with um when when when we played in 2017 when they Devante Smith you know came out of nowhere, right? So they were able to find an alternate wide receiver to go to when it mattered.
00:43:52
Speaker
right now it doesn't look like that they have someone that they can go to because literally 70% of the offense is these two guys right here. And I like they i like our chances on at least containing one of them and controlling one of them. Yeah. um So we'll see how that goes. um The other thing, you know, ah just ah just to back up since I made that connection, you know, you look at Carson's numbers and, you know, he's got a much he's gotten a much greater spread across, you know, his
00:44:23
Speaker
His arsenal only 20 something percent is to his number one right receiver, so he spreads the ball around a lot more. So there's opportunity for folks to step up, whereas they live and die with this right. They live and die with a 17 year old, which is a dangerous spot to live in when you're playing an elite defense.
00:44:41
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. No, you're right. Um, okay. You're right. Uh, Millrow does lead the lead Alabama with six rushing touchdowns. Um, and I, I, the one thing, I guess, well, all two things. One, I was really hoping Michael Williams will be back and maybe he will, the hopeful thing. I don't know. Maybe Kirby's trying to throw us off with a hopeful thing. That'd be amazing. If he's able to return, uh, I'd feel a lot better there just on the whole pass rush thing and and disrupting Millrow.
00:45:08
Speaker
The other is that we did see early success with Jalen Walker last year in the SEC championship game. And it's like, we kind of got away from it, but you know, the coaches put a big focus this off season and figuring out how to get Jalen Walker involved. And he has been involved heavily thus far. So that's, that's the other thing. I mean, if we can figure out a way to get him in the backfield and then have the, at someone else's, you know, containing the edge and not letting Miller get outside of the pocket. Uh, I think that's the path to success there.
00:45:36
Speaker
Yeah, that's so that's that's the but it's going also going to be a key as well from Georgia side of things. so like it's It's very obvious that that Walker is not going to be contained. like No one has been able to contain him. He doesn't have the stats.
00:45:53
Speaker
David Pollock was talking about that earlier this week too. um I heard an interview that he did for one of the podcasts, I'm gonna say on three or something, but um but polly he was talking about how just a freak of nature he is, which we all kind of can kind of see. But he gets he gets pressure. like We don't need him to sack people, we just need him to get pressure.
00:46:15
Speaker
We'd love him to get home, but um you know as as long as he's creating pressure, I just need the other folks to keep him in the pocket. That's that's that's the thing that we've got to do, like and that's that's the challenge against this guy that we've had the last.
00:46:32
Speaker
You know the last few times we've we've played them. So yeah, yeah agreed. Alright, a couple of quick special teams things.
Special Teams & Listener Interactions
00:46:41
Speaker
Actually, no, I sorry. The only other thing I i did forget to mention. um We talked about you had your one stat on the Georgia offense where the Georgia offense has not turned the ball over. Knock on wood. ah The Georgia defense is the only defense in all of the FBS that is not allowed to touchdown yeah thus far this season. So got that going for us too.
00:47:01
Speaker
Yeah. All right. Special teams. um Let's see. So, Alabama's field goal kicker, ah Graham Nicholson is a senior. He is yet to make a field goal this season. How about that? Who for one? like mean they don't They don't kick a lot of field goals. Watch this space though. Yeah. Yeah.
00:47:20
Speaker
In a, in a, in a game that, you know, I know that not to, not to spoil, but the spread is two points, right? Like, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So that could be a difference maker right there. For sure. Um, they, we, they do take their special team seriously. Their punter is Australian. Uh, so do you do have an Aussie punter, uh, James Burnip. He's like, they do not take their punting seriously, Jim. They've given up a return. I don't want to hear about it. This is true. This is true. I will, I will not, I will not listen. There's that's right. Slender.
00:47:52
Speaker
ah So yeah, um and he's like a Ray guy, you know, watch list, et cetera, type of guy. I think he was preseason, all SEC. So they do have a good punter. um Let's see. ah Yeah, I guess that was mainly it. Kendrick law is their kick returner and Cole Adams is their punt returner.
00:48:11
Speaker
So just some guys there. Yeah, so will we continue to see the Brett Thorsen? No puns returned streak continue and then also Georgia has Georgia has also yet to return a kickoff so far we have fielded Kickoffs, we just haven't weren't run one back yet. They've all been touchbacks Or we've ran one back against Kentucky, I think, but there was a penalty. So, or maybe that was Tennessee Tech. We've run one, at least one back, but it got called back. So it didn't count. Point of clarity. um Yeah. In our notes here, I see that Alabama is ranked number one in opponent kick return yardage. Is that, am I reading that right? Yeah, totally totally yards. see Yeah.
00:48:52
Speaker
okay so they're not they're not giving up that many many yards on kick returns is basically what's correct or <unk> how i'm reading that okay yep yep fair enough i mean we don't return them anyways so
00:49:05
Speaker
Well, that's not punt. That's kick. I know. Kick. We don't, we don't return kicks. We haven't, we have not returned a kick all season. Oh, right. Right. So, yeah. So I don't, like I expect their number to stay whatever it was because we're just going to let any kicks go to the end zone. Hopefully the only kickoff once. All right. That's crazy. Yeah. That's crazy. that that we We haven't returned a kick.
00:49:26
Speaker
And we had no opponents returning punts. Yeah, exactly. Basically, special teams are a fraction of the importance. That's right. That's right. All right. um Let's hit the listener questions. ah So as with every episode, listener questions are brought to you by working web media. ah So you know last offseason, we sat down and we were working web media. We wanted to redo our website. We weren't happy with it.
00:49:54
Speaker
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Nick Saban's Influence & Cultural Tidbits
00:50:16
Speaker
way. All right, J.P. First up, we've got our friend Red Building.
00:50:22
Speaker
Um, who tweeted at us and I said, you texted me. So sorry, Rhett. Thanks GP for correcting me on that. Um, so he said, uh, the building bonus TM, TM, TM one, how big of an advantage is it that Saban works for ESPN and is also a Bama advisor. It is kind of crazy. It is kind of weird. You know, like, yeah, I call, I call BS. I call BS. I feel like that if you are an employee of the university, you should not be on, on game day period.
00:50:51
Speaker
And, you know, when you're, um, I guess at least like he's not on the broadcast. Cause if with like the broadcast come crew comes in and gets like extra access to the team, gets to ask more questions to have storylines to talk about during the game. I don't know that like game day so much gets to do that. So.
00:51:09
Speaker
No, but like it's not so much that they get to do it. but like yeah he he is eighty He is an employee still of the University of Alabama and he is a marketing arm of it since they so people see his face every single week sitting at the at the desk on ESPN. So I don't know, I just think that I think that it's freaking weird. I think it's BS, especially for a game like this where we're going to be in Tuscaloosa. Basically every time he speaks, they're probably all going to be cheering for him and all that stuff. So yeah it is what it is. It'll make it that much sweeter when we beat these bastards.
00:51:46
Speaker
I don't know. I mean, I generally don't really watch it much anymore anyways, although when we're on it, I kind of watch it. I don't know. It might be unbearable this week with him there. and I am kind of interested to see how he plays it. So we'll see.
00:52:01
Speaker
I mean, they all intents and purposes, he's been pretty impartial. yeah what i've what i'm ah Just to give you insight on when I look for when he's doing media appearances, what is the color scheme of his suit? What is his tie color? like I watched what his fit selections are for some of these games, and I'll definitely be looking for what he's wearing um in in this particular game.
00:52:25
Speaker
I feel like he's probably going to not be wearing any any colors for either team, but um yeah. I'm feeling a gray suit with a crimson tie. I'm feeling in a gray suit, yeah, exactly. I'm thinking a crimson tie, like a little, you know, like something just little subtle. Like a houndstooth crimson. Oh my gosh. If he comes out there with a houndstooth hat on.
00:52:49
Speaker
No, I don't think he's going to do that. He's not going to do that. He definitely is going to be wearing a gray suit is my prediction. Yeah. Yeah. Brett, we totally just ah went off the rails on your question. Hopefully that's okay. Yeah, but but no, it'ss it's, it's, it's freaking weird, dude. Like you're, it is, it is. If you work for a school, you shouldn't be, if you work for a school and getting paid by a school, you should not be on any net. It's kind of like the, the political version, like,
00:53:15
Speaker
When you're when you're running in politics and in an election like like you can't give like preference to one Candidate versus another for interviews and stuff like
Georgia's Psychological Barrier Against Alabama
00:53:25
Speaker
that. Like if if Donald Trump is on ah SNL They're more than likely you're gonna be required to give Kamala Harris if you do an interview with them and you're gonna have to do an interview with them Like that's the way that yeah, it's a more even even playing field um But it's definitely weird Uh, second part of Brett's, uh, the building bonus, what is up with teams in Alabama and multiple mascots and nicknames. Bama has the elephant and is called the tide. Auburn has a bunch you can choose from. Not sure. Um, it is odd. I blame the education system. for
00:53:58
Speaker
Nice, nice. The education system, seed oils and fried food. I don't know. Amazing. ah Let's see. Next up, we've got ah UGA Hoops Mafia. um He says Georgia lost last season to Alabama despite having a better team.
00:54:16
Speaker
Do y'all think that was due to the Saban factor or is Alabama our new 1990s, 2000s Florida where we are psyched out by the logo? Like we couldn't even beat Ron Zook because of that damn logo in our heads. Sorry, Carter. I was actually talking about that with somebody earlier today.
00:54:33
Speaker
Like this is where I hope that this whole thing was saving and it like it wasn't Alabama necessarily, but that it was saving. I don't know how much this Saturday is going to really answer that question, but um that's kind of what I'm thinking or what I want to live.
00:54:52
Speaker
I don't know. I, I think there were fairly even teams like from a blue chip, from a blue chip ratio. These two teams are basically fairly even. Yeah. Um, I think Bama has has a slight edge this season, but that's going to probably change as the, as we roll forward. But I also pushed back on having a better team because we had Brock Bowers and Laba Conkey were very clearly not themselves in that game. True. And as we know, uh, from our Alabama fans have told us, if you have any, if you have injuries, it doesn't count.
Listener Engagement & Historical Parallels
00:55:22
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, we had injuries going into the game. And I recognize that it's it's on us to, you know, not play them or whatever. But like, yeah, I don't know. I have a feeling that it's just like the fact that we played them when we played them, how we played them, like it wasn't, it wasn't the same team. So yeah, you just kind of chalk it up to, you know, we just we just didn't do enough. And we came close. Yeah, yeah.
00:55:50
Speaker
All right, let's see. 51-7, GATA says, considering the recent history between the two programs, how do y'all think Munson would describe the match-up Saturday? And then he ah he included our Munson-ing intensifies gif, was what he included there. i um I wasn't sure exactly where to go with this, so I did do a little prep on this one, JP, if you'll indulge me.
00:56:13
Speaker
I decided to go to artificial intelligence and tell a chatbot that it was Larry Munson, uh, and to describe the upcoming game. So I'm going to read to you. This was, this was a co-pilot. Oh, I'll credit my source being dot.com is free. All right. It was, this is decent. There's too much stats in it. Well, I'm just going to read it. Should I read it in my voice or should I do my bed? but I'm not going to do my monthly impression. that's true you totally do your minds in
00:56:43
Speaker
like So it says, uh, it said, get the picture, get the picture dog fans, like right after the bat. I thought that was pretty good to do that. So it said, get the picture dog fans. Here we are heading into Tuscaloosa, Alabama for what might be the biggest game of the season. The Georgia Bulldogs are beloved dogs are set to face off against the mighty Alabama Crimson tide. This is the game we've all been waiting for. The one that's been circled on our calendars since last December.
00:57:05
Speaker
And then it gets into some kind of interesting stuff. i'll get oh I'm going to leave out all those stats. This is going to be a battle, folks. A real slugfest. Both teams are undefeated and the stakes couldn't be higher. It's not just about the SEC. It's about pride. It's about legacy. And it's about proving who the top dog really, really is. So buckle up, dog fans. This one's going to be a a nail biter. Let's hunker down and get ready for a showdown in Tuscaloosa. Go, dogs. Not terrible. Not terrible.
00:57:31
Speaker
I will say he he would be more doom and gloom and to say but he would and he would just be he would talk about no row like he's unstoppable which I mean he's good but that that's how he was he you know the the time I picked him up to take him to the homecoming parade he like had me worried about losing to Kentucky on homecoming because that's the kind of guy he was
00:57:54
Speaker
Yeah, that's, that that's what I was thinking. I was like, I figured that he would probably be like, are you kidding me? We're going into, we're going into the enemy territory. We're going to be playing a Sherman tank back there at quarterback. goy I don't know what we're going to do about that guy. He would, and he would, he would definitely harp on the fact that he's like, ah and we got to go to Alabama. Like he's always so focused on where we're nowhere near the state of Georgia. Like that kind of thing.
00:58:19
Speaker
so we're gonna be playing those rabid red elephants and he was he would he would say something about and they got their old coach on game day like i don't know he he would he'd pull out all the things all right um okay we got a couple uh people like with alabama ties so onyx actual uh said how do i survive this week living in alabama And then, uh, Gene Fambro said, Hey guys, love the show. I'm an alum of both schools, Georgia undergrad, Bama grad school. And I met my wife at Alabama. Lots of friends and family are huge Bama fans. No question. Just was wish me luck. So both of you guys, uh, best of luck. Gene also is like, uh, works with the band at UAB if I don't, uh, if I recall correctly. So let's go on there.
00:59:06
Speaker
I mean, really he needs to find, he needs to find the Morris Hall crew out there. That's what he needs to find. it Sounds like he needs some, he needs some UGA friends and family. So Gene, find the Morris Hall crew. True. True. They'll be there. Otherwise, otherwise you're s sol sorry um butby do survive when you the week living in Alabama? yeah we didn't We didn't exactly answer that one.
00:59:32
Speaker
um I'd like to, I'd like to quote, I'd like to quote one, one Kirby Paul smart. Okay. you don't say
00:59:45
Speaker
Sorry. I would say whatever the full quote is there. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you're going to need to hunger down and, uh, hunger down. I'm sure there's some other Georgia fans go hang out with Jean maybe.
01:00:00
Speaker
Um, and, uh, I don't know. Yeah. Hunger down, stay away. Ignore them. let Let them talk themselves in a circle. That's kind of what I would do. Yeah. Definitely. Definitely agree that we're going to lose. We're going to lose a hundred and nothing. Like, I don't know what we're going to do guys.
01:00:16
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, I would definitely be playing I would definitely be playing that that angle which kind of like I mean I feel like that if I'm an Alabama fan like I'm sitting pretty I would be talking I would be blowing all of the smoke at Georgia fans this weekend because frankly like Like we're in a no-win situation here. So we win this game and it's like, ah, they're going to be saying, oh, you you guys won because David is not around. You never could win when Saban wasn't here. bo You remember when Saban kicked your ass? I mean, they'd be talking about all that stuff.
01:00:47
Speaker
But then if we lose this game, then it's going to be even worse. And that's going to be like, you can't even win when the same one's not here. Like, you know what I mean? Like, it's just it's just we're in an impossible position. So just just let them talk all the smoke. And then, you know, when we come in and kick their teeth in, like, then we can then you can then you can walk, walk that talk.
01:01:10
Speaker
Yeah, I mean like stuff like that is why I just like I kind of disengage from that stuff nowadays because it's like they can yap all they want or whatever I just I'm just gonna watch what's on the field like whatever like a lot of things me to trigger to trigger a friend of the show this game doesn't matter anyway. Yes, yes, if you know, you know.
01:01:33
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All right, Bubbie Dean said, what is the best way to get the vision of lex of the Lexington performance out of my head and replace it to have a glimmer of hope heading into Tuscaloosa? I'm going to do that. I think I can disperse that, make you feel better about it with a quick fun fact. um I was going to say this at the end, but but it works here.
01:01:53
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Did you know in that 1942 season that we talked about earlier in hasty's hard grid history, uh, where Georgia beat Alabama and Atlanta, uh, 21 to 10, by the way, and Georgia went on to be the Rose Bowl and national champions. Uh, that Georgia team went to Kentucky and only beat Kentucky by 1.77 to six. Uh, and then later in the season, defeated Alabama 21 to 10.
01:02:18
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So it's been done before, buddy. All good. Flush it. Yeah. And move forward. Yeah. I would also point, I would also point to the, uh, the recent history in, in Lexington for the Georgia Bulldogs with all world team.
01:02:34
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All World Team 2022, and we still had similar results. And that was under a different offensive coordinator for the Craig Lawson's of the world. um we yeah We did not have Bobo, and we still have a subpar performance. we we had we had We had a clunker andlunker in Lexington. So that's the best way to get the vision out of your head is that think about the vision that you had at the end of the 2022 season when we had a clunker in Lexington. That's right. We've been we've been here before.
01:03:02
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Pressure is a privilege. Assume nothing. Keep shopping.
01:03:08
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Dude, I think the Kirby saying is fix everything. It's amazing. All right. Uh, see Dwight said, uh, why are there so few dentists in Alabama? Oh, wait, I meant it like I was going to update the, uh, the soundboard and have like the rim shot, like I forgot to. So, but I like it. Um, Greg, uh, dog span forever. Milrow hurt us with his legs in the SEC championship game when his receivers were covered downfield.
01:03:34
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Safety and corners have to be able to release upfield and defensive ends, hold good containment so linebackers can scrape and make tackles beyond the line of scrimmage. Do you think the D can do this on Saturday? Go Dawgs. Man, we should have just read Greg's thoughts when we were talking about what to look for when Alabama had the ball.
01:03:50
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Well, we're kind of talking about that a little bit. I do. i I do think we can. I do think we can do that. um I think it's the what you said, John, keep Milrow in the pocket. Don't let him break contain. That's that's going to be the hardest part of that equation, I think. um And we we certainly can. And I think Jalen Walker is going to factor her in heavily there on that flush up the middle. So we'll see. I think that it's definitely in our arsenal to do. um I'll add another layer to something I did not mention earlier, which I should have, which I have heard through the grapevine that practices this week, this bye week have been very intense. Yeah. I imagine part of that intensity is because we played like absolute buccock on defense in terms of tackling. Like, yeah, true. Like we had so many missed tackles. I've never seen that many missed tackles on a Curvish smart team. So, um,
01:04:47
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This guy can't be tackled with his arm. You can't arm tackle Milrow. Like you got to actually like bring him down. So, um, yeah, I think that we can, I actually think that we can do this. Yeah, me too. Uh, let's see all school, can our defensive line hold up with the injuries? Can our OL get it together? How nucked up are we? I think we, I think we hit the injuries earlier. So, um, I think we can, we can, but yeah, um, I think we hit on that earlier. Uh,
01:05:14
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The offensive line is definitely the key there. Yeah, like I said, defense has shown me and I had questions about defensive line also you know preseason or whatever. I feel pretty confident about where they're at right now. It's the offensive line.
01:05:29
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Yeah, agreed. Let's see, ice dog and fresh IRC podcasts. I think we hit those on like some kind of schematic stuff earlier. Um, uh, Jonathan, Jonathan, I need a pronunciation guide to Gil the gala not sure. Uh, let us know, uh, prediction on number of sacks between Williams and Walker.
01:05:47
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How will Kirby out coach debore? I think we're probably looking at just Walker um So I would set the over I don't mean shoot I said the over under it one probably It's possible you can do more Yeah, I think the the question here is I feel like that as a as a fan base Which probably get away from the sack metric? Yeah, cuz the last couple years it's been all about pressures. I mean Obsessing over the sacks seems like a fool's errand and a defense that is just absolutely murdering people right now. I mean, we talked about it on on the podcast before the podcast that was lit. um You know, look at how Clemson is carving people up and what our defense did to them. Yeah, true. As far as the out coach, the board is an offensive guy, right? Yeah, yeah. So
01:06:44
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This is his first SEC game. um Welcome to the SEC punk. um I feel like that that could be an opportunity for... I'm i'm trying to harken back. You know, we've we've talked about Coach Rick. Do you remember early Coach Rick when he made mistakes with the clock?
01:07:02
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Yeah. Clock management. Yeah. I feel like that we could see something like that where there's like a clock management situation or it's a situation where instead of being aggressive, he should go to a field position. And I feel like that, that patience, that SEC like seasoned veteran coach patience for waiting for the right moment to make a move as opposed to like being too aggressive and shooting your wad too early or whatever.
01:07:31
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Um, I feel like that's probably how Kirby would present an out coach, um, opportunity. Yeah. Yeah. That makes sense. Um, all right. Let's see Fletcher Proctor. If Georgia, if Georgia wins this game, then he said, hopefully when, uh, where does this rank on a list of regular season road victories, uh, list, then this was under Kirby. Uh, so he had said South Carolina 2018 was nice. Anyone in Auburn is nice. Last year at Tennessee was fun. Um,
01:08:01
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I mean, I think for me, just because of the environment and the atmosphere, Notre Dame's number one for me, personally, as far as road wins in the Kirby era. And I feel like that was kind of like the launching point for where we are at now. I mean, 17 Tennessee was also pretty sweet. Oh, that's a donut. Was that the donut game? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So it was just donuts.
01:08:29
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But I don't know. I mean, does this mean we can come back to this? I know it it would be pretty high. It would be pretty high, I would say. But a lot of that so much of that to me, though, also has to do with like ebb and flow of the game and stuff. It's hard to say before knowing what's kind like how it plays out, you know. Yeah, I was just about to say like, I don't know that I can answer that question because like I could answer it now and say like, OK, if we won, like it would be great. It would be up there. Right. But like, let's say and say we go and win and then Alabama continues to like down like it's it's just a a nosedive right like yeah yeah
01:09:04
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So there's so much like how would we feel about that at later in the season? If they don't win another game the rest of the way, you know what I mean? Right, right. I don't think that's going to be the case, but like, yeah, you know there's a lot of there's a lot that goes into it as far as like context and stuff that we just don't know yet. So right. Yeah. So we're going to we'll push. I'm going to table. I'm going to table. We'll come back to it later. Clarifying, clarifying question. Yeah. Yeah.
01:09:27
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ah Let's see aaron king said big picture wise with a win. ah Can we finally get over the mental hold bama save and have. Had on a since kirby got here also a big picture where are we with a loss with the rise of texas and tennessee anything we could be considered between the third and fifth best team in the sec i mean i think it's the best place to be that's the best place to be and it's gonna.
01:09:50
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Yep. number Third in the SEC is the sweet spot.
01:09:56
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Good news. Good news. This game doesn't matter that's at all. I was going to say, yeah, good josh Josh is like shaking his fist at his radio right now. listen see I can't wait. I can't wait to get a rage text.
01:10:09
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Uh, so yeah, I mean, big picture wise, this game really like, if we lose this game and win the rest of them, we're, we're fine. Like even if we lose this game and lose another one, we're probably still fine. yeah like In the context of the essays of the expanded 12 team playoff. I mean, the weight of this game is not what it would have been a year ago. Like you just can't, the soul crushing loss does not exist anymore. Yeah. Yeah. So, and as far as like the mental hold, like, bro, that, I mean, the mental hold there is like,
01:10:39
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If you have a mental hold on Bama and Sabin, that is a you problem, not a reality problem. Because we like as as one, Smea Mandan was quoted as saying, we done did that. Thank you. i was was I was about to chime in with that. Do we have a sound bite on this? you already hit but half as got i don't I don't. That is going on the sound board.
01:11:07
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Oh, so good. All right. Um, okay. Chad Jarvis, this is inside sources. Cause he and I were talking about this. He said, if we get to 30, do the dogs win? Uh, yes. And, uh, so here's my, here's a, this is episode of fun facts. When we said we weren't going to be heavy on fun facts, Georgia has only scored 30 or more and lost to Alabama once ever. So if we score 30, we win. I'll move on. Um, yeah, I would say, I would say that's probably a ah fair analysis.
01:11:36
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Yeah. Uh, let's see. Will Garland two parter. Can any play ever top Keely Ringo interception as the greatest moment in Georgia versus Albion rivalry? And why is the answer? No. So yeah, we assume it. me I mean, I, I, i cried I cried and John set up fireworks with Carter. So, uh, can't top it.
Pregame Rituals & Weather Concerns
01:11:56
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Yeah.
01:11:56
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Let's see. Okay. This was, I already, I already discussed this one earlier with, with Kim. Boss dog says, what are your pregame routines going to look like over, under on fit changes by halftime and how many times are we going to sack mill row and who will have most of the five sacks? Um, he said, also Jim, please don't go for a run pregame and John, please do. So that's what I discussed with.
01:12:20
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You know, here's my thing about this. Is that because is that because you went on ah on a pregame run for Kentucky? Yes. Let's see. here's Here's my thing. How do we know that Georgia wouldn't have lost had Kim and I not gone on that run? What if that run fueled the dogs to the one point point victory? We can't we can't be sure either way. So that's something I mean, we don't wait we don't make the rules, Jim.
01:12:48
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I understand. Um, I don't know. Okay. So I will say my actual answer is the homecoming dance is Saturday night here for Lily at our high school. Um, so pregame daily activities are going to be focused on having her ready to go to the dance. So that's what's going to be going on at the wood household. And you're going to be doing for that though. Like, I'm curious, like, what are you going to be doing for that? I'm just getting her ready and then go take pictures and stuff before the game. That's all.
01:13:17
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My teenager is like, I'm out. Yeah. Um, over, under fit changes by halftime. I don't, I don't plan to change, change fits for this game. So you don't change fits during game either. So not in the plans. Don't see it in the cards.
01:13:35
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I'll probably throw on my game day polo, some comfy black shorts, which I like to wear the comfy black shorts and when I'm watching at home. And yeah, we'll go to town. Other than that, like pregame routine is going to be, you know, just making sure I knock the run out nice at some point. Like that's the problem with the night games.
01:13:55
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almost feel like I almost feel like I need a more constrained timeframe on which to get my run done because it forces me to do it earlier. Whereas if it's later in the afternoon order, and then I have like longer to push it off and I can like, I'm a notorious procrastinator. yeah My wife's probably raging out right now with me saying that. but like Um, yeah, I'm a notorious procrastinator. So if I don't have to do it, I might push. could do it after
01:14:28
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I should be, I should be doing it in the morning. that That's what I should be doing. That's my goal. I'm going to do it in the morning. Right. I tell you what I'm not going to be doing, I'm not going to be going to a minor league baseball game. That was actually there. Please, no more baseball. All right. a Friend of the show, Tim Riley. ah and I've got the big picture with the full ah Tim selfie for those on YouTube again.
01:14:53
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Hey gents, coming to you this week from St. George Island, Norway, Vegas, ATL, SGI, the last two weeks. With the impending prediction of tropical storms slash hurricane, how do we see potential rain impacting the outcome? Who does poor conditions favor? Cheers, hashtag beachrips.
01:15:11
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So we talked about that in in the opening that that's kind of out there floating around. We don't really know what the status of of that is as of yet. I mean, that would really be the first one we we thought we could maybe see some rain for Kentucky that that didn't happen, although shoot, maybe it would have been maybe it would have been better off Kentucky with rain.
01:15:29
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Um, I don't know. I don't know. I feel like the rain tends to favor, uh, the line of scrimmage and being able to run the ball. Um, which I think both teams are capable of doing. So I'm not sure that it really favors either team here, to be honest. Also, last I saw, I'm not, i I still, like I said, when I looked at the weather, it looked fine, but yeah.
01:15:50
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I feel like when I looked at it, it was supposed to rain earlier this week, like before Saturday. I mean, I definitely see that there's potential because I'm trying to see like where the heck. I think I've got where the weather could factor in, JP. Could we see swirling winds impact of the banner kicker who has yet to make it feel good? So I say it for sure. I say it favors Georgia.
01:16:15
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I would say that it definitely favors Georgia. um I mean, I guess that we're, I would classify this as like, we're, check with me on um Wednesday on how I feel about this, because really it could, it could change at any moment, right? Yeah. Because I guess it's, I guess it's still too early.
01:16:35
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Yeah, honestly, the thing that I what worries me the most about stuff like this and this has been happening a lot this season is the whole like weather delay thing. That's what I don't want to see. Yeah, yeah. We've seen a lot of that in college football this year. Knock on wood. We don't want any of that. Yeah, I mean, I don't know when this picture was posted. but Yeah, I mean, by Saturday, it's supposed to be gone. But I guess that it depends on how big those Wayne those rain bands are, right? right Like, yeah, I mean, I guess I guess it's possible that it could be raining. But I should have reached out. I actually know a meteorologist. I should have. I should have reached out to get a good answer to this question. She went to Georgia Tech, but still a good friend. All right. We'll we we'll check in on that later in the week, Tim. All right. ah Let's see. Last on the listener questions. ah We got the hug dog and Jason's would you rather JP? Jason says it's a big one. First, would you would you rather
01:17:32
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Sack mill row three times or win the penalty game back mill row three times or win the penalty game Mm-hmm. I definitely would take three sacks. Hmm. No, sir. You definitely think about games with these guys in the past You want to win the penalty game?
01:17:51
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I mean, when the penalty game could mean a number of different things, right? Like, I don't know. I guess maybe, i'm mean like maybe I'm playing too much into it and say when the officiating game, because that's tough to do against these guys. I got, I, now I understand. Okay. Okay. Uh, okay. But that aside, that's not what he asked, but that was my job. I mean, gen in general, I would say that if we have three sacks, that means that our defense is playing really well against these guys on the, um on the, on the trenches and trenches.
01:18:21
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Right. I was, I'm still going to say when the penalty game for the, ah for other reasons. Um, would you rather a score first? think it Wasn't there, wasn't there like, uh, I think that both of these teams have been penalized equally. They have. Yes. We're both are averaging like eight penalties a game or something. It's it's like something pretty high. I did see that. Yeah. Both teams have been pretty heavy, evenly penalized. So we will see if that trend continues on Saturday.
01:18:49
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Um, would you rather score first or last? We just both sit here. I'll let you answer. Uh, I mean, either they could, it could go so many ways. I guess I'll go last. I don't know. I guess it isn't really in the game that I feel like is going to be fairly tight. I would say scoring first. Okay. Okay. Especially on the road. Right. I feel like we can put a lot of doubt in that stadium by scoring first.
01:19:16
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Yeah, I was just thinking we scored first in the SEC championship game last year. That's where, that's where my head went. Nice. Would you rather Beck throw deep, but throw one pick or stay tight to the sticks with no interceptions? No interceptions. Agreed. 100% agree. Uh, would you rather have a rain game or a dry game? Dry game. Dry game. Agreed. Uh, would you, and this one, he said, uh, would you rather sing Dixieland delight or Rocky top? And he gave like throwing up emoji.
01:19:45
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ah Unfortunately, I regret to inform you that I've taken the cyanide pill.
01:19:56
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maybe But you forced me to pick and I couldn't take a cyanide pill, I would choose Dixieland Delight big only only based only on the fact that that is a made up tradition that is absolutely like not founded in anything other than like the dumbassery of Alabama people.
01:20:15
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Well, it's not even a about Alabama. I know that's what I'm saying. Yeah. Like the only reason that it's a thing is because it was around the time when, uh, Bear Bryant, like, yeah. I mean, it was sung by Alabama, like they sang it and that's who made it popular, but the song's about Tennessee. So it came out, it came out around the time Bear Bryant came. Like that's how it kind of became a thing. Yeah. But yeah, like literally they're talking about Tennessee. Like what the hell?
01:20:40
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Um, yeah. Uh, then, uh, that was it. But Jason finished up with a don't have tickets yet, but we will. So Jason, uh, happy hunting on the, on the ticket front. Oh, wow. Yeah. All right. JP. I have a feeling they're going to be out there. Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Hug out hu dog. Hug dog. We'll come. We'll come through with the tickets. Always. All right. Um, that's it for the listener questions, but obviously we've still got, uh, one more segment.
01:21:13
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Oh my God!
Game Predictions & Weekend Plans
01:21:14
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My God, a freshman. Trying to put glasses on. It is time for Coach Trubill's Over Unders, Alabama edition. JP, you still have the lead by one game or by one over under, I guess, one pick, as they say. ah So you get the honors of choosing. Do you want to go first? Do you want to kick or do you want to receive?
01:21:43
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I'll receive. Okay. Uh, over, under Carson Beck passing yards, 225. I'll go over. Ooh. I got to stick with that. Over. Um, over to me, over, under 125 Georgia rushing yards. Um, hmm. I think it's a pretty good line. I'll go over. 125. Yeah. I'll go over. All right. Over to you. Over, under five and a half Georgia players with the catch.
01:22:12
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but
01:22:18
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I'll go over. Okay. I'm going to go over because you dropped the nugget earlier on how Carson Beck spreads the ball around. We're not a two receiver team, so I'm going to agree with you there. My nuggets ruined my over unders. I'm going to save my fun facts to coaches over unders. So good. um i'm Glad I sold you though.
01:22:41
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Nice. Uh, I guess it's your turn. I don't know my turn. Um, you said, you said, you said UGA players were the catch five and a half. So you took the over. I took the over. I've got to answer. Nice try. No, you already answered it.
01:22:57
Speaker
Did I? Yeah. Cause remember you went first and this is the third one you said over. Okay. And I agree with you. So now it's my turn, uh, over to the defense over under one and a half Alabama rushing touchdowns. This is a tough one considering Georgia hasn't given up any touchdowns all season. There's my nugget for you, JP. Um, man. And Milrow is averaging two rush touchdowns a game himself. I'm going to go under.
01:23:22
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Yeah, I'm gonna also take the under on that one. and Okay. um Over to you over under 150 passing yards for Jalen Milrow. Over. Agreed. Over. And then over, under, 100 rushing yards from Miller. I'm going to go under there. I'm also going to go under. OK. I was about to say, if you take the over on that one, I'm like, how many points are we scoring on this game? Yeah, I know, seriously. Yeah, take the over on the points, though, if that was the case. OK, your turn. Over, under, for special teams, over, under, five and a half total punts. I believe that is across both teams.
01:23:58
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total punts hmm I'll go over okay so I'd be like both teams punt three times ish that would hit it I could see this being a bit of a defensive struggle honestly um now I'm gonna go under because I'm gonna be crazy and get some separation on the over unders hopefully hopefully that's not a Caitlyn DeBower miscalculation and You're going to outcoach me like Kirby's going to outcoach the board. I don't know. Hopefully. Hopefully. And then the last one, miscellaneous, over, under two and a half, Saban versus Kirby mentions, slam the over, all night. Yeah, slam the over. Here's a question. Do you think that they'll show Kirby and Nick together before they show Caitlin DeBoer and Kirby together? Good question.
01:24:48
Speaker
I'm feeling that there's going to be handshake between Nick Saban and Kirby Smart before we're going to see anything related to Camden and Kirby Smart. Yeah. Although, possible maybe maybe Kirby's going to be, he'll he'll keep the main thing the main thing and not even get and anywhere near Saban.
01:25:08
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yeah ah Yeah, that will be interesting. ah Well, he'll he'll be on the set of game day at some point, I would assume. So he'll see him then. But come come like, oh, that's right. Yeah. But come pregame time, like in the stadium. Yeah. I don't know. They usually sit next to Saban, too, don't they? don't They usually sit. Isn't it usually? Yeah. Herb Street. And then there's like the guest picker and Saban.
01:25:33
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Did you just go back to Fowler Fowler is not on game day anymore, but I like I like where your thought is because Reese Davis this venor back Desmond's on the left Reese Desmond Reese Herb Street saved in and Now herb streets on the end her her herb streets on the end. Yeah. Yeah i'm i'm I'm like I'm like trying to visualize what it is. It's like it's corso there too. Like um like what if there's too much going on with gaming or so is only at the end though and Okay, see I don't even know I haven't I haven't really watched it this season yet So maybe I'll watch it on Saturday horses at the end. Yeah, and then you also got McAfee's in there, too, right? Yeah, he's kind of middle Yeah, because they always have Saban and McAfee next to each other, right? Like the polar opposites. Yeah. All right. Well, yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm pretty sure they throw the guests pick the guests and the coaches like right in the middle right, right and
01:26:23
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All right. Well, coach, as always, thank you for sending the over unders and tracking them as always. All right. Onto the predictions. ah Let's look at, okay. So the spread is currently at Georgia minus two. It's, it's moved around a bit. um But right now as we're recording Monday night, so as of right now, Georgia's here by two and the over under is 49 and a half points for the total.
01:26:49
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That would give an implied score of Georgia 25.75 to 23.75. We you see Odd Shark, their predicted score has Georgia winning 37.4 to 30.2, so that would be a a win, a cover, and hit the over.
01:27:07
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um College football insiders. So the model that stats award puts together, um, has Alabama winning, uh, 29, 29.56 to like 18 and a half. Um, so those are some of the things I've, I've seen out there. Um, I don't know, man, this is, this is, uh, definitely not just a, um, protect the ball, win the game.
01:27:32
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uh kind of game um we're gonna need to see more more than that from the dogs um this is uh i mean this is a true i i think to me i feel like this game feels like it's gonna like live up to its billing like a true heavyweight matchup under the lights in tuscaloosa number one verse number four or two verse four depending on who you're asking um this feels like one of those big georgia alabama slugfest, um, while I said, it's not a protect the ball, win the game. I will say, you know, like last year when we played them in Atlanta, if we predicted the ball, um, I think it worse that games going to overtime, um, the best we, we win it. Um, so to me, it's predict the ball, take what the defense gives you limit the explosive plays by Alabama. Um, I'm going dogs 27 to 24.
01:28:23
Speaker
Hmm. Yep. I'm looking at how did, how did you get to the McConaugh's football insiders thing? Oh, 27 31. Okay. So they're saying 27 to 31. So that's changed. Yeah. That's why I was. Yeah. Okay. So I did that yesterday. And so, yeah. So now it's 31 to 20, 31 to 27, basically Alabama. They've still got Alabama wind, but a lot tighter.
01:28:47
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Yeah, that's a lot better. um o Yeah, I'm struggling with this one, especially given the context of that I predicted that Carson Beck would go over. um Those things don't have to match up. way
01:29:04
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we're We're totally, we're totally de degenerate gambling predictors right now. um I want to say like a, what was your score? 27, 24 dogs.
01:29:17
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2724. That feels pretty good. I was going to say 2826. You know what? I'm going to go 3126 Georgia. and go I like 30 points to get to 30. I think that we're going to see a different evolution of the offense. I feel like that Kirby is tired of this narrative and I think that having the edge as being and and an experienced coach in a foreign territory, well, foreign territory for most people,
01:29:49
Speaker
Obviously, it's not foreign for him because he's played there before or, you know, he's played there before and he's coached there before. So, um, I have a feeling that he's going to be able to instill a lot of confidence that came under board just physically is not going to be able able to establish that confidence. And I feel like, I feel like that's going to be the difference. Kirby's been there and done that. This is came under Boer's first show. We done did that.
01:30:13
Speaker
dead of that. Print the t-shirts. Yeah. Okay, cool. I Yeah, man. Keep, keep, contain Miller. Oh, I mean, they're not in the same field. They're not in the field at the same time. But man, this definitely feels like a ah quarterback tool type game. So we'll see.
01:30:33
Speaker
I hesitate to say that it's going to be a quarterback tool. I just think that it's going to be a quarterback tool of who can flinch first. Who's going to flinch first and because that will be where the edge comes from is who makes the mistake. Neither one of these quarterbacks have made many mistakes.
01:30:52
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Right. Yeah. Yeah. Neither one is throwing a pick so far. Right. All right. Let's do coaches pick them games. We've got first up Mississippi State against Texas.
01:31:07
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um Texas is the team to beat right now. Yeah, agreed. I'm with you on that one. This one could be interesting. Oklahoma. is that That's at Texas though, right? That's what I was looking for.
01:31:21
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I feel like every game that Texas plays is at Texas right now. Yeah, they don't ever play they don't ever play any away games. Yeah, it is at home. ah Mississippi State at Texas. Yeah, I mean, they're horns big. And that one. um I mean, I feel like this, this is definitely ah a if you are Texas, and you don't like, bring this bring, if you don't get home on on this schedule, like you may be in trouble. Yeah. Because this schedule is probably as kind as it's going to get.
01:31:51
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Yeah. um Next one, Oklahoma at Auburn. So number 21, Oklahoma. Smash, smash over. What does that mean? Auburn to win? Over to win. Yeah. Okay.
01:32:02
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um I mean, neither team as much of an offense. I mean, on in in Auburn, like, yeah, that's a tough, that's a tough place to go for. Yeah, that's gonna be their first. Is that their first road SEC game? I think so. I mean, they hosted they just lost to Tennessee this past weekend lost to Tennessee. Yeah. Yeah. So which I believe was their first SEC game.
01:32:25
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I'm going to take Oklahoma. I'm going to take Oklahoma with their new quarterback that they switched to um last week against Tennessee. So I'm going to go Oklahoma in this one. I mean, that Oklahoma defense held Tennessee down. I remember I was watching it under like, I wasn't able to like completely dial into the, to the game, but um yeah, dude, I was, I remember looking up and being like,
01:32:46
Speaker
Huh, it only scored 20 points. It's crazy. Yeah, their defense was good and they kept getting turner. They kept turning Tennessee over and then turning the ball back over and like one play. So it's going to be crazy. Sounds amazing. Uh, okay. Next one, Arkansas against Texas A&M. This is a neutral site game technically in Arlington, Texas. Oh, okay. Yeah. I kind of want to go with Pittman just because. Let's go with Pittman. Yeah. Yeah. Let's do it. Cause it's our podcast and we can do it. You can do whatever the hell I want.
01:33:15
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Um, and then the fighting hunters, uh, Ole Miss against Kentucky. Uh, let's see, that is Kentucky at Ole Miss. That's a Nooner. So that's an 11 a.m. local kickoff. Ole Miss against Kentucky. Ooh. Yeah. Is that a, uh, is that a trap game? I mean, is it? I mean, yeah. I mean, I think that by definition, I would say, yeah. Um, can Kentucky slow down that Ole Miss offense? No one's been able to do this or I'm going to go, I'm going to go with hunters on the modern. Yeah.
01:33:45
Speaker
It's, it's the fighting hunters. Yeah. Although I'd love for Kentucky to give them an absolute like barn burner because then it would shut everybody up about our game versus them. Yeah, seriously. Yeah. Hey guys, Kentucky is pretty good. Yeah, that's right. All right. That's it for coaches, pick them games. Um, let's see. So we, so I said for me, we've got homecoming going on. We'll not be going to baseball game run as kind of TBD.
01:34:10
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Although if it makes everyone feel better, I'll just say well we won't go for a run. Kim had actually vetoed the run already anyways, I think, so we'll see. ah See vetoed. How far did you guys go? um Like two and a half miles. Not bad. Yeah. not um What do you, what what do you get going on? What are your, what are your watching plans? well we'll We will be watching in the back porch. I know that. I am.
01:34:34
Speaker
up in the air right now and what I would be doing got probably here at the house. Um, but I'm up in the air. Okay. It came time decision. Yeah. I will say that there's a, there's a wrinkle. There's a crazy wrinkle in me. That's like, I'm going to drive. I'm going to drive down there and do the game. Nice. But there's a, there's a more rational side of me. I will say that it would be a little bit more braver if, if, if I didn't have a worry about the the weather situation, but yeah.
01:35:05
Speaker
Have you ever been there? Never been. Okay. I don't really go on the Wii games really. Yeah. I did it like when I was in school, I went last two years, I went like everywhere. Um, so I was at that O2 game, but that's, that's the only time I've ever been there.
01:35:18
Speaker
yeah Um, probably would just be a ex in game day, the experience situation for me, but yeah. Yeah. Anyway. Um, I think that, uh, I think I'll probably just end up cause Carter Carter's got a flag football game. I think actually, I don't know. I need to confirm his, I don't think he actually don't think he has one cause it's fall break. So that wouldn't make any sense. Yeah. Okay.
01:35:42
Speaker
okay Yeah, the only thing i got learn we got a killer, we got a killer slider recipe that picked up picked up from a ah couple friend of hers that I had had an I actually ate it on Saturday on on the bye week. And I was like, man, this is amazing. Nice to do this.
01:36:03
Speaker
You know what I just realized? Because everything has been different this this season, the way like our weekends go and everything, because Ella is away at college. It's just us with Lily. Lily will not be at home for this game because she'll be at the homecoming dance. that i think I will say this, ah like true Georgia fan. She at one point was like, dad, I can't go to homecoming because I have to watch Georgia, Alabama.
01:36:25
Speaker
So I, not that me saying this had any like influence, but I was like, that's kind of ridiculous. Like, you don't need to not go to the dance with the game. Um, unrelated. She decided to go, but, um,
01:36:37
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Yeah, so we'll be at home. Lily, but so Lily is not a huge fan of the bean dip. Ella is a huge fan of the bean dip. We have not been doing game day bean dip. So he didn't do a game day bean dip. So we're doing the bean dip on Saturday. Uh, I think Kim and I will just do the bean dip for dinner. So that's, I just came up with that plan right now. So that's what we're doing. I like it. So I can i can get on board with that. Nice. Cool. Maybe I'll make, maybe I'll make a bean dip too. Nice.
01:37:02
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And you've got the recipe, so I've sent it. I know you've sent it. I can send it again. I'll have to find it. You need to tweet it out to the folks. Let's tweet it out to the folks. Join us in our Bean Dip revelry. I like it. I'll do that. I'll do that.
01:37:17
Speaker
i mean I did make banana bread today, I will say that. There will probably not be any left for games. I would imagine that. Yeah, early early early week recording. We recorded this on Monday. ah JP, this will free you up for your Braves watching.
01:37:32
Speaker
uh for the rest of the week with the big brave series coming up uh thought that may make it a little easier so yeah man uh yeah it's gonna be it's gonna be like wednesday thursday ish is where i'll be where it'll be more of a wrinkle which we weren't gonna be recording those days anyway yeah I believe I'm pretty sure we're we're two games back, right? I haven't looked at it. I, I, I don't know. I looked the other day. I thought it was more than that, but I could be wrong. Oh, two games back at the wildcard. Correct. Got it. Sorry. I had looked at the division. All right, man. Well, this was fun. Uh, I'm expecting a slugfest. Like I said, a heavyweight slugfest in Tuscaloosa. Um, can enjoy our bean dip and, uh, bullet dogs through.
01:38:18
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Absolutely, man. listen sir but How do you eat an elephant, Jim? I don't know. How do you? One bite at a time. Nice. Go dogs. Go dogs.