We Just Saw The Standard.

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Offense struggled against a top flight defense with corners that hit the receivers coming off the line, with the strength and speed to cover and close, their best defensive player did not even play, the left side of our offensive line was embarrassing with the constant false starts, running up the middle was not successful and could have been abandoned by the second quarter, not a very good day for the explosive offense, those things happen

The defense struggled with the deep ball in the first half, open field tackling in a one on one setting and covering on the blitz packages, defening the slower but bigger tight ends, although did improve in the second half, Georgia has set the framework for what a top tier SEC defense should look and play like, whether or not Heupel is cognizant of the type of defense it will take to play year in and year out with Georgia, Florida and Alabama will remain to be see, he had very little to work with after the Cornbread meltdown departures but we cannot expect to boatrace the top tier SEC teams, going to have to build a successful defensive alignment,

The talent, scheme and competitive gap between Georgia and Tennessee is comparable to the same gap between Tennessee and Missouri/South Carolina, but we are in a much better place now than at any point since 2001, still controlling our own destiny for a run at the Sugar Bowl, might back in to the number 4 playoff spot if the undefeated teams and Alabama take a loss, just have to continue to play smart and win.
 
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DisgruntledVol said:
Kirby was given the keys to a Ferrari. Heupel was given a restoration project that's still a work in progress.
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ScornedPapaVol said:
That is the type of size and speed and power we are going to have to recruit on a consistent basis. Winning the East outright depends on it. That is irrefutable. Georgia is the new Alabama. You need elite qb play and legit talent everywhere across the board. Or you need a miracle.
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And the Standard saw the future of the Standard. Go Big Orange!
 
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Another thing to consider about this game was Georgia came in with their A game. Kirby Smart had an energy and a focus that I haven't seen from him all year. I don't see them playing like this for every game.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
I mean how do you get the recruits necessary to beat UGA when UGA always signs a top 3 class? It possible that we don’t beat UGA while Kirby is there.
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For a good long time to come the fight in the SEC East will be for #2. Personally i'll be happy with 9-10 wins every season with an 11-12 win special season every now and then.
 
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I really believe our coaching staff is working hard to get us to that std. Tonight can be a good tool for them to use. See where we need to be. Keep winning and the recruits will come. Hype has a good reputation with players. They like him, that helps.
 
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ScornedPapaVol said:
That is the type of size and speed and power we are going to have to recruit on a consistent basis. Winning the East outright depends on it. That is irrefutable. Georgia is the new Alabama. You need elite qb play and legit talent everywhere across the board. Or you need a miracle.
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Georgia doesn’t need elite QB play obviously. Their defense won the game
Today.
 
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Meh. Georgia has excellent team speed. Still two pretty evenly matched teams, imo. They played better than we did. The crowd was a factor too.
 
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NIL and transfer portal have changed the landscape of recruiting. Let's see if TN can capitalize on this season. Also conference and playoff expansion are going to change things in the coming years.
 
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Kirby’s supposed all world defense last year got lit up by over 500 yards and 41 points last year in the SEC championship against Bama, yet Georgia was able to beat them in the rematch.

Each game is different and can produce unlikely outcomes.
 
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508mikey said:
Ask Jimbo he signs top 5 classes
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Exactly… be glad we finally have a coach that can beat a team like Bama with 5 stars all over the field… and if I’m right about Heupel, he’ll take this loss personally and the Georgia game will be circled for next year in Neyland.
 
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If we keep going like we are and keep landing at the 10+ win mark we’ll keep getting more and more top tier talent.

This thing’ll be going full force soon enough.
 
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Zues1 said:
Kirby Smart, thats who!
Until CJH is here for a few years and can build an elite team by recruiting these 5* Jimmy and Joe's you'll see more of these type games.
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Funny, we need those 22 “guys” Pruitt was talking about.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
I mean how do you get the recruits necessary to beat UGA when UGA always signs a top 3 class? It possible that we don’t beat UGA while Kirby is there.
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Georgia has more 4 and 5 star players than California, with 1/ 4th the population. Georgia has produced the most SEC players for 8 years in a row.
UGA recruits nationally, so we probably sign15/year from GA. There is plenty of talent signing elsewhere. UT needs to get some of these.
 
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DisgruntledVol said:
Kirby was given the keys to a Ferrari. Heupel was given a restoration project that's still a work in progress.
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Both coaches had to change their program's culture. Both successfully did in their second year. CJH had to deal with a far more significant roster talent issue than CKS.
 
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