Here for the Wins

Yes, I have. Anything can happen but an honest and true evaluation does not lead one to believe Georgia will kill Texas. I am not a true believer in the Texas Oline, but a true analysis would reveal that Brooks was the weakest link. Go figure. It was reported here that he had no work at G prior to being inserted. I don’t anticipate a great rushing performance but that’s not needed if we work our passing game appropriately. It is a smaller sample but no one has picked Texas apart when at full strength. Not Ohio State. Not OU. And of the lesser teams - not SJSU. So we shall see on that front. I’m not sure Georgia has seen a front capable of creating pressure like Texas. Kentucky had success, but 13 points. This Texas is likely its healthiest all season. There’s a good chance this is the most equipped OLine we have had all season. The Oline, QB, WRs have had 3/4 of a season to see what defenses will throw at them. We shall see.

Any rationale as to why they believe that?

People will prop up the SEC as they have for two decades. Miami is good enough to beat Notre Dame just like A&M. They’re also good enough to not beat SMU. And SMU is good enough to be 0-2 versus the Big 12. Ole Miss so good they beat Wazzu by 3. The same Wazzu that lost to North Texas by 49. Yes, that Wazzu that’s so good they just lost to Oregon State. The same OSU that lost to previously winless Sam Houston only a week later. Alabama lost to the great FSU yet is undefeated in the SEC. But I’m sure that’s the reason FSU is 1-5 in the ACC. Home games matter. Timing of the games matter. Matchups matter. There’s not much to indicate the SEC top to bottom runs roughshod through other conferences.

They scored 13 points versus us including an OT possession. Against us, 78% of passes were within 9 yards down the field. On the season that is 63%. So that’s part of the equation. It looks like against UF he had a better completion percentage but was around that 65% at the shorter distances. Kentucky had two games coming off a bye this season. One on the road at USC. The other versus Texas at home. One was his first P5 start of the season, one was not. It stands to reason there was a pointed effort during the bye to give him some simple throws. His passing grade in his last 4 games from PFF has only Auburn lower than us. Of course, only Auburn was on the road.

Did Georgia dominate Florida just last week? Did Georgia dominate Auburn? Vandy abused the offense more than any other team this year. Now the Auburn offense had a good day too.

Seems some of you have not figured out the volatility of college football. That UF team that had Uga in a bind just last week is getting run over this week. Equals we cannot beat Georgia.

I wish it’d give MSU a 3 TD bump.

My ESPN app is telling me otherwise.

Georgia could have had targeting for the hit on Shapen. It’s been somewhat subtle but a very poorly officiated game.

Stockton should have been flagged for simulating the snap.

DO, I’m with you here. The LG position has presented the biggest question all season. Neto is one part of it but also no Robertson, particularly given Hutsons work having been at Guard leading into the season. The Brooks decision makes little sense and even less so now. I’d go Stroh over Brooks if we need to play one.

I think Watts was out versus Houston. Barron sat the first half. And Houston had a 1st and 2nd round draft pick on that offense. Holgerson threw some good pick action in there. TCU, in part, took advantage of a banged up Barron. Also looks like Hoover started 6 games with his 2nd lowest passing total was versus Texas. Of the 300 yards passing, 230 were to relatively highly drafted players. They also had a higher 3rd round olinemen drafted. Versus KSU, the D was pitching a shutout until the refs passed on calling PI on Worthy. Then blocked punt. KSU started with 6!punts and only two first downs. After 10 possessions, they have 7 punts, two turnovers, 1 TD. Think what’s his face broke the pocket on 3rd and long for a completion for a first that ultimately led to a TD on the that drive. Then back to back TDs after turnovers game them short fields. They hit up several screens too. KState was not overwhelming talented, but they had NFL level guys on the offense too. There were limited pressures in those games too. Some good talent and coaches that can get them open as well. The LBers were at the heart of a couple pivotal plays too. Sure the secondary whiffed some, but I don’t think it was a scheme issue rather than a confluence of factors.

This part of that comparison is largely ignored. Competition. Until we hit the playoffs last year, our opponents offensive skill talent, continuity and scheme was pretty weak. And actually their talent upfront was pretty mediocre too. I’d even say with Clemson you’ve seen their reversion to the mean this year so their talent was not overwhelming. AsU had a young QB and were missing their top WR. Georgia had good talent, but their WR were not consistent. OSU was likely easily the best from a talent and consistency standpoint. Then injuries. 2023 had Watts out quite a bit. Barron was out some then less than 100% effective. This year, Manny being out versus OU was a big deal. And obviously Taaffe the past two games and McDonald the majority of the last one.

Bobby followed up. It’s all fine. I wasn’t tuned in as much from the spring thru the summer so had forgotten about Moore missing the spring, Wisner missing time, etc.

So if we score, 5 TDs but in less than 90 seconds, you are not happy? But I guess you never said those drives needed to turn into points.

I meant in largely in jest although I’d suspect Kirby put in some off season work on Texas. Them having MSU this week works to our benefit. They can’t blow them off and still win.

All that means is they’ve been saving exotic looks for Texas.

Probably a critical yet understated part of the early season discussion. Then to start the early season with guys banged up and missing time didn’t help.

We know Moseley was not good to start the season, and that Wingo missed some practice time, but is there more to it than that?

Perhaps the LBs need to forego some aggressiveness in attacking the run to the potential detriment of the pass game. A little LB help could have kept 10 points off the board versus Vandy. That wasn’t really a run/pass type issue although a bit too much concern over a mobile QB is a possibility. Two Vandy TDs were due in part to the lack of contain as well.

Yeah. We all have strengths and weaknesses and they don’t all translate equally within the family. But watch how Arch walks and jogs on the field. He does look quite a bit like Peyton.

https://www.denverpost.com/2009/12/08/qa-mannings-happy-feet-dont-mean-hes-rattled/amp/ Here is an article about Peyton and his action in the pocket. Not sure how much of this thought Arch incorporates into his game.

There’s nothing wrong with them generally speaking. In my view, they were hypercritical given the circumstances. I don’t go looking for them, it seemed the number for Arch relative to other guys was more. Even Jesse Palmer in game 2 was feeding off the prior. There were 3 plays that he was pretty critical and basically full of it. I have recorded and rewatched games for going on 30 years. There’s always tons of stuff you see on a 2nd and 3rd viewing and sometimes you pause it to see it. Completely different than in real time. Angles matter. Including the tv view versus the end zone view. I suspect the live viewing versus the end zone or all 22 may take some tweets from a live perspective to a more balanced view. There’s often a disregard for throwing lanes. Really there’s tons of nuance that gets forgotten. Regarding the feet. It could be a number of things. Maybe the rush. Maybe inexperience. Maybe that’s a bit of who he is. There may be some because of timing too. He’s made very good throws when less than perfect footwork was in play. He’s not a guy that has to live in the pocket so by nature I’d expect him to vary his mechanics more than some. Playmakers won’t always follow traditional teachings.

I find these pretty interesting in a different way than most. I thought for dang sure Daniel was critical in his earlier review about the double hitch but was singing the praises here. The play discussing the 4th option. Livingstone had 6. This may be a good example of reading the defense. The Film Guy versus OSU wasn’t overly critical but highlighted a missed open receiver when Downs was playing games. You have to read quick so sometimes you will miss because once you move off that route you’re likely not coming back to it. Then he finishes the throw with less than stellar footwork but that’s ok cause it was on target. Believe this is the second critique of being antsy in the pocket. I have vague references about that being a critique of Payton. It may tie into the hitch too so a bit curious if that’s intentional.

Going back in time, but why did Burke only get 13 plays versus UF?