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Jordan Davis is a three star recruit, who through hard work and dedication has transformed himself into the best, most dominant athlete on (possibly) the best defense in the history of the sport. Because he plays the wrong position, he will finish behind a quarterback who has racked up ungodly numbers against inferior competition.

I agree with all of that. Stetson Bennett is capable but certainly has a ceiling, as we found out last year against you all. No arguments on the chemistry either, I think it explains a lot of why Georgia struggled on offense in that first game (that and Clemson has a legitimate defense). The receivers in that game either had not practiced or were very green. My only real point is that I feel Georgia's offense has not peaked yet in terms of the statistical comparison offered in the article. With that said, the rankings are extremely irrelevant. We will find out on the field.

Edit, I listed Arik Gilbert twice, who probably should not be listed once. :) Justin Robinson has also missed time though so the overall number of seven should stand.

One of the issues I feel that is consistently left out of any analysis of Georgia is it’s wide receiver core, or current lack thereof. Going into the Clemson game, Georgia had it’s top seven pass catchers hurt, unavailable or having missed almost the entirety of fall camp due to injury. For reference those players are: • George Pickens • Darnell Washington • Arik Gilbert • Kearis Jackson • Arik Gilbert • Jermaine Burton • Dominick Blaylock All of the above are four and five star players who were expected to log significant minutes. Against Arkansas, we started a true freshman, Adonai Mitchell and a redshirt walk on, Ladd McConkey at our receiver spots indicating that the players above still are not 100%. Add in that JT Daniels has been struggling with injury and I have frankly been impressed with the offense to date, particularly Monken’s management. The point here is not to make excuses about our current strength; you play the games with the players you have. With that said, when talking about a future match up with two months to get even a handful of these players healthy, I feel like Georgia’s ceiling on offense is significantly higher than current expectations. By way of example imagine any other team, remove their top seven pass catchers and make them log half their snaps with their backup QB, how would they look?

The 6% death rate was the initial comparison of tested positive cases to deaths. That obviously didn’t include those who were asymptomatic or those who had minor symptoms and never got tested. Consequently the 6% number is almost certainly high. At the same time, the lower death rate of .4% or .2% is the estimated mortality rate including projected asymptomatic carriers and assuming every severe case gets the best possible treatment. One concern you have with the spike in cases is that if the numbers get really out of hand there are a limited number of ICU beds. That will limit people’s access to care. At the end of the day, no one knows with a great deal of precision how lethal coronavirus is. Personally I try to steer clear of those who say it’s no worse than the flu; just as much as I avoid those who say it’s incredibly dangerous and lethal.

Entirely possible. I don’t have the expertise and it’s been a few years, so it’s possible I’m misremembering the finer semantic points.

The office of legal counsel at UGA was a part of a panel discussion I attended. During that discussion they stated that the Packers had been very kind during the initial discussions in the 60’s and had granted UGA license to use their new design. They stated that when Green Bay made changes to their logo and inquired with them, they were happy to return the favor. A license is just a right to use and per that panel it was granted. I’ll own that I’ve never seen the form of agreement between the parties.

I am not taking sides here. Ron has a point that the original inspiration was Green Bay’s. UGA designed a similar logo and Green Bay liked the changes enough that they incorporated them into their own logo, such that now they look very similar. Luckily, the relationship between Green Bay and UGA is significantly more cordial than the SDS forums, which we can all be thankful for.

The original statement is accurate. Yes. UGA when it redesigned the logo in the early 1960s had a similar design to the Green Bay G. Given the similarity, Georgia sought permission and it was granted. Georgia’s logo has not changed since the 1960s. Green Bay has modified its logo over the years such that now they look much more like the Georgia G than as originally designed. Green Bay sought permission and it has been granted each time. Not really a big deal, but google isn’t the full story.

FYI. Green Bay licensed the use of Georgia’s G logo.

Administration controls a lot of things the coach can do, as well as the back end processes. Your support staff from nutritionists, psychologists, tutors and other non-coaching positions are generally retained by the administration. Administration also approves and builds facilities, such as indoor practice facilities. Administration also serves as the liaison for the program. This goes towards PR for the team, lawyers to represent and to assist the program (e.g. transfer appeals for students wanting to play for the program). Finally, the administration controls the money generally. You can have a great head coach but may not have the money to keep him or to pay his assistants enough so they don't transfer. None of this is particularly visible, but all pretty important in terms of operating a successful program.