Fromm possibly entering draft

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Atlanta917 said:
UGA will lose Andrew Thomas for sure and possibly Isiah Wilson. UGA’s o line recruiting has been lights out, so I doubt line play will be an issue for them next year. Receiver and QB play should be much more concerning. UGA went 3-1 against ranked teams and won the east for the third straight year. I’d have to see them lose the east before I’d consider UF or UT the new leaders of the East. If they beat Baylor they’ll technically show improvement from last year.
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O line recruiting and coaching was lead primarily by the guy they lost in Sam Pittman so I definitely think their O line play regresses next year. Fromm would be wise to consider that... I personally think objectively there is no where to go but down next year as far as exposing his weaknesses even more, worse receivers and not having as a line to protect him. Not objectively as a VOL I hope he stays so we can help the downward spiral. GBO!
 
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bag12day said:
O line recruiting and coaching was lead primarily by the guy they lost in Sam Pittman so I definitely think their O line play regresses next year. Fromm would be wise to consider that... I personally think objectively there is no where to go but down next year as far as exposing his weaknesses even more, worse receivers and not having as a line to protect him. Not objectively as a VOL I hope he stays so we can help the downward spiral. GBO!
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He’d have more experience with the receivers from last year. Even with fromm’s limitations he’s certainly a better option than Bennett or any of the guys who’ve never taken a college snap. UGA’s schedule will be weaker next year, so some of the issues will be hidden. I still think QB play and receivers are a bigger question mark than o-line though.
 
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Atlanta917 said:
UGA got better when Georgia high school football got better. The issue is Atlanta has a huge transplant population, so a lot of the kids didn’t grow up UGA fans. Richt had UGA relevant once every 5 years. 2002, 2007, and 2012. Smart made the playoffs in 2017 and narrowly missed in 2018 and to a lesser extent 2019. Id say that’s fairly decent. College sports are a bit harder to predict since some teams are loaded with young talent and others may have experience. I agree UGA has had some missed opportunities, but in college recruits follow title winners to create dynasties like bama and UGA just doesn’t have that title to sell.
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I would give Richt major props for leaving Kirby a full cupboard. He left a better situation than when he got there. The only time in recent Tennessee history when that happened was when Fulmer inherited enough talent to improve on Majors success (yes history buffs will point to the fact that Neyland left a talented team but he left on his own terms and I am only concerned with what I can personally remember).

To be honest, Jim Donnan doesn’t get enough credit either. UGA was a dead end when he took over. Remember when Glen Mason backed out of the UGA job to take the Minnesota job? Donnan was a terrible game day coach, but he left enough talent on the squad for Mark Richt to have immediate success. Richt then left enough talent for Smart to have a 1 year adjustment and then have immediate success.
 
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05_never_again said:
In at least a couple of the Peyton years where we lost to Florida, Tennessee was more talented. Perhaps more. At least on offense. Spurrier was simply a better coach. They were directly blocked by Florida in 1995 and 1996. In 1997, they might have been crowned champs if they beat Nebraska. The extent to which Tennessee was totally dominated in that game still kind of surprises me. Not that we lost, more how we lost.

I've heard Al Wilson say multiple times that the 1997 team was better than the 1998 team, and some have argued that the 2001 team was better than the 1998 team too.

When you get down to it, Tennessee had a team capable of winning a title in 1995-98, and perhaps 2001 (they would have run into one of the greatest CFB teams of all time in 2001 though). At least we got the one - imagine the "what ifs" if we lost the title game in 1998 or something, especially given how the last 10 years have gone. IMO, the only thing keeping Fulmer out of the category of being one of the most underachieving coaches of all time is the fact that he did win that one title.
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The 1999 team was as talented as any we’ve ever had. Problem was the lack of playmakers at WR and there was no replacing Al Wilson’s leadership on defense. Cedric Wilson, David Martin, and Wric Parker we’re talented complimentary WRs, but were nowhere near as talented or as good as Peerless (Stallworth hadn’t developed into a reliable target yet).
 
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perico said:
The 1999 team was as talented as any we’ve ever had. Problem was the lack of playmakers at WR and there was no replacing Al Wilson’s leadership on defense. Cedric Wilson, David Martin, and Wric Parker we’re talented complimentary WRs, but were nowhere near as talented or as good as Peerless (Stallworth hadn’t developed into a reliable target yet).
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The talent was there in 99. The problem wasn’t only a lack of playmakers, but complacency and too man guys worried about their draft positions.
 
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Tennesseefan2019 said:
He's an unbelievable idiot if he enters the NFL Draft after the shytty season that he has in 2019:rolleyes:
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I heard someone on Childers and Neuheisel’s show on XM 84 saying the same thing today. Unfortunately, I couldn’t agree more. The problem is that he‘s a good QB who had a bad ending of the season and now he will be highly motivated to prove himself next year.
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
I heard someone on Childers and Neuheisel’s show on XM 84 saying the same thing today. Unfortunately, I couldn’t agree more. The problem is that he‘s a good QB who had a bad ending of the season and now he will be highly motivated to prove himself next year.
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Season ain't over yet. Who along that weak OL is going to block for him in the Sugar Bowl? Andrew Thomas ain't.

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That's just only what's coming after him from the center of the line. There's a 1st Team All-American coming from the blind side.
 
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BUBear said:
Season ain't over yet. Who along that weak OL is going to block for him in the Sugar Bowl? Andrew Thomas ain't.

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That's just only what's coming after him from the center of the line. There's a 1st Team All-American coming from the blind side.
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The C is returning, Kindley is returning, Mays and Salyer have experience and are both 5*'s. Only 1 spot will have a inexperienced 4/5*.
 
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I think he should go. Next year he’ll have to compete with Lawrence and fields...at very least. And if he comes back and doesn’t improve his stick will really drop. He could go now and always say that a new oc causes the regression. He won’t be able to say that if he has 2 bad years in a row. All that being said I’d be surprised if he doesn’t come back. He seems to love playing college ball and I doubt his family is going to put any pressure on him to go (for the $) as some of these kids experience
 
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They don't have a QB behind him, so they really need him to return...I'd assume he's returning, he's not an elite NFL prospect.
 
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BUBear said:
Season ain't over yet. Who along that weak OL is going to block for him in the Sugar Bowl? Andrew Thomas ain't.

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That's just only what's coming after him from the center of the line. There's a 1st Team All-American coming from the blind side.
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Womp womp.

Granted I didnt pay enough attention to k ow if they were getting pressure. But the hubris is enjoyable.
 
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BUBear said:
Season ain't over yet. Who along that weak OL is going to block for him in the Sugar Bowl? Andrew Thomas ain't.

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That's just only what's coming after him from the center of the line. There's a 1st Team All-American coming from the blind side.
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lol this post didn’t age well. Baylor’s pressure was almost nonexistent.
 
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