'20 Recruiting Forum: Official Georgia Pregame/Game Thread

[nashvol1]

It was a team failure on O.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Agreed.

We are who most of us thought we were going into this game. Felt we had a puncher’s chance, but knew deep down we are a mid-tier SEC team right now.

That’s better than being a low-tier.

We’ve ran through coaches for a decade +.
Time to settle in and let Pruitt and company go to work. Most of us felt this was a 7-3 / 6-4 season with this schedule.

We still have some good opportunities on the schedule. Today was a test. We ain’t ready for the upper tier, but this ain’t time to go toxic and throw in the towel.

I hate it when a game goes pretty much like you thought it was going to. The score is not reflective of the competition of the game however. Thanks to JG reverting to brainlock mode and gifting them 20 pts it looks a lot worse than it was. Also Kennedy is a great guy, but he is a weak link. Cade is obviously Rusty, so was Sham, DJ excused himself early from the game, and our young OLs are...well...extremely young OLs and will only get better. I do not understand why people cannot see that...

 

[UTSuave’]

Elite offensive line was a myth.

You wouldn’t think so...after those first two games

 

[JacketVol]

Gotta agree, need to get backup some playing time.

No clue why at least last drive we didn’t get snaps to someone else for some live reps.

 

[UTSuave’]

It was a team failure on O.

Who’s surprised...starts from the top on that side.

 

[AllVol11717]

I hate it when a game goes pretty much like you thought it was going to. The score is not reflective of the competition of the game however. Thanks to JG reverting to brainlock mode and gifting them 20 pts it looks a lot worse than it was. Also Kennedy is a great guy, but he is a weak link. Cade is obviously Rusty, so was Sham, DJ excused himself early from the game, and our young OLs are...well...extremely young OLs and will only get better. I do not understand why people cannot see that...

Yeah I think Carvin might have a chance to start at center next week if he’s healthy. Kennedy’s seniority isn’t enough for him to hold his spot anymore IMO.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Yeah I think Carvin might have a chance to start at center next week if he’s healthy. Kennedy’s seniority isn’t enough for him to hold his spot anymore IMO.

He got mauled.

 

[nashvol1]

But in year 3 we should be competitive and once again we aren't. Thats not progress.

Kirby started 3 years ahead of Pruitt and is not still 3 years ahead. We are close. Reminded me of a 90s FL game. Stupid mistakes, no stops on third, and we didn’t establish the run

 

[Volbucky]

Yeah I think Carvin might have a chance to start at center next week if he’s healthy. Kennedy’s seniority isn’t enough for him to hold his spot anymore IMO.

There’s a reason a 4star center left Bama... he’s not that good sadly

 

[yourstruly23]

What got me pause, AV said we were going to throw everything at them. Don’t get me wrong, I still believe we are headed in the right direction. This game doesn’t change how I feel, but we are probably a class of getting there. This isn’t the end of the season, it’s one lose and showed where we are as a team.

AV knows things we don’t because he has money and access.. which is awesome for us when it comes to recruiting.. but he’s a fan just like the rest of us and showed that today with all the “short leash” comments.. JG isn’t coming off that field, period..

 

[OrangeShade]

I was impressed with our goal line/4th down defense. we got to be proud of that.

Same here. I think, in the end, the defense was just on the field too long. Then, we gave up back to back field goals on turnovers. It kind of let some of the air out our balloon. I will always love my Vols, just wish we‘d give Shrout, Maurer, or Bailey a chance.

 

[NMVol]

This was announced/planned before the game. I wouldn't put too much stock into it.

Coach was aggravated. Said some players had essentially regressed. Paraphrasing.

 

[AllVol11717]

There’s a reason a 4star center left Bama... he’s not that good sadly

He’s alright, sadly “alright” doesn’t come close to being competitive with the best D-lines in the SEC.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Kirby started 3 years ahead of Pruitt and is not still 3 years ahead. We are close. Reminded me of a 90s FL game. Stupid mistakes, no stops on third, and we didn’t establish the run

We are not close. Our o line got whipped. We got little consistent pressure. We constantly looked slower than Uga and still in year 3 have trouble lining up correctly.

 

[C-town Vol]

That’s the thing. He still makes freshman mistakes. That interception was something you’d see out of a true frosh making his first SEC start.

Not denying it was a bad, bad decision by JG.
But Chaney didn’t do him any favors. It was 3rd and 1. Where was our determination to run the ball there. Was a bad play call that led to a bad decision .

 

[BarrythesnoUT]

WELP.

We arent there yet. UGA was just too good in the second half. Bama will be about the same, I guess. We played very poorly offensively in the second half, and I wish we could've tried some quick slants and routes over the middle to open things up a bit, since they were basically in the backfield every play. But GA was clearly the better team. We need some elite recruiting classes to match up with them. Our defense was on the field way too much, even though they played well they were gassed in the second half, especially with the field position we gave them.

Looking forward to whipping UK next week.

 

[Orangeredblooded]

But in year 3 we should be competitive and once again we aren't. Thats not progress.

We were up into the first of the second half. I still didn’t see any quit in them, even in the fourth. It’s only the third game. Maybe when we were laughing at Georgia for being overconfident, we should have at ourselves, but it’s football, that’s what we do. It’s too early to write off the season, it’s only game 3 and the sky’s not falling.

 

[Jimmy Football]

Not denying it was a bad, bad decision by JG.
But Chaney didn’t do him any favors. It was 3rd and 1. Where was our determination to run the ball there. Was a bad play call that led to a bad decision .

Chaney had a bad game too. No question.

 

[engineerVOL]

Can jim just take like a quarter of a lap?

Oh you ain’t right.....
but yea that’s a good idea.

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

If we didn't have #11 on the defense, we would be in bad shape.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

We were up into the first of the second half. I still didn’t see any quit in them, even in the fourth. It’s only the third game. Maybe when we were laughing at Georgia for being overconfident, we should have at ourselves, but it’s football, that’s what we do. It’s too early to write off the season, it’s only game 3 and the sky’s not falling.

This UGA team is far from good. Getting blown out by 30 is bad. This team aint beating the only 2 teams worth a damn left on the schedule.

 

[C-town Vol]

But in year 3 we should be competitive and once again we aren't. Thats not progress.

I hear you. Progress is relative. We have gone from 0-8 in conference play to firmly in the middle of the SEC pack. We have made progress.

I can’t say authoritatively that Pruitt can take us to the upper tier of the SEC, but I can say we have learned through 4 coaching searches that there is not white whale out there who we can throw money at and they will win instant championships.

As a fan base we’ve gotta take a different approach. Let Pruitt build. What we need most, and I have grown to love JG, is Pruitt needs to hang on until he strikes gold with a QB.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

I hear you. Progress is relative. We have gone from 0-8 in conference play to firmly in the middle of the SEC pack. We have made progress.

I can’t say authoritatively that Pruitt can take us to the upper tier of the SEC, but I can say we have learned through 4 coaching searches that there is not white whale out there who we can throw money at and they will win instant championships.

As a fan base we’ve gotta take a different approach. Let Pruitt build. What we need most, and I have grown to love JG, is Pruitt needs to hang on until he strikes gold with a QB.

How does he know if hes going to stoke gold if he won't play another QB?

 

[C-town Vol]

This UGA team is far from good. Getting blown out by 30 is bad. This team aint beating the only 2 teams worth a damn left on the schedule.

This team won’t beat Bama, but this team ABSOLUTELY can beat every other team on the schedule.

Aside from Bama, every game left is winnable.
Aside from Vandy, every game left is loseable.

Let’s let it play out.

 

[Orangeredblooded]

This UGA team is far from good. Getting blown out by 30 is bad. This team aint beating the only 2 teams worth a damn left on the schedule.

This has been a different kind of year, no, I’m not making excuses. I’m going to watch and still not give the Alabama or Florida game a automatic loss until I have to.