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Kirby is fanatical about recruiting, yes. But he hasn't really been at a disadvantage as much as you think-- - last year, UGA played 15 games total. NINE were either in Athens or Atlanta. And if hosting in Athens is soooo critical, why not do a home and home with Oregon last year vs. going to ATL? - This year, SEVEN of the 12 regular season games are between the Hedges. Yes they may not be top 10 matchups, but still better than 50% of schedule. Hard to sympathize with Kirby on the # of recruiting opportunities lately.
Have Emphatically agreed for years. Whether Kirby eased off after a few wins, Nattys or even if the big money folks in Athens (who know the payout is better in JAX than Home & Home) told him to button his lip about it... It's really a great tradition and one that a city like JAX really does need for it's economy. And to be honest, the only folks who want the home and home are UGA fans who live around the Athens/Atl area- It's more convenient and they love their home games (who doesn't?), and hate Jacksonville as a city. This subgroup of UGA fans also would very likely NOT even travel to the away game in Gainesville (if you disagree, see what happens in a couple years when TIAA is being renovated). I live on Amelia Island and the amount of dressed up Red/Black & Orange/Blue walking around the past couple days is just neat to see. Hate to lose that. Anywho, my two cents.
Agree, They punched their ticket to ATL for SECCG the week before in beating Tennessee, that the home re-scheduled LSU game was inconsequential in his mind. Keeping Pitts out was clearly because of that. The shoe toss was inexcusable, and LSU came to play that night, but we shouldn't have been in that situation late in 4th to begin with.
There were a lot of comparisons to AR and Cam Newton (size, speed; etc), and Cam did play backup at UF for a year. The difference though was Cam was very raw while at UF (run? yes. Bowl over defender. sure). But he didn't read defenses well and his throwing was strong but very erratic. Plus he wasn't on any draft boards at UF. When we went to Blinn, TX playing against much inferior competition than the SEC, he was able to worked on mechanics and improved his touch on the ball. So when he showed up at Auburn, he was really a different and far better polished QB. Richardson simply doesn't want to wait. Agents in his ear, 1st round NFL guaranteed $$$ prediction. Even if he stayed, he would still have been 'cautious' about his body and have compromised team play.
Uh, against Michigan in Texas start of 2017 season ring a bell?
If this does happen, who would go to the East division? Would UT and OU stay in west and (gasp!) Bama & Auburn move to East? Or would like was done with Mizzou, just assign one of them to the east for simplicity?
Minor correction in article- Alabama last visited Gainesville in 2011. It wad Muschamp’s first year with UF, both John Brantley and Jeff Driskell got injured in game which setup Jacoby Brissett as starter. The 2010 matchup with Urban Meyer still as UF coach (his last) was in Tuscaloosa.
It's just human mental fatigue. I've read it in several articles for past couple months. Kind of thought it would kick in after a few months of this last summer. I wear a mask and try to distance and forgo going out or enclosed places, but I'm almost 50 and more of a homebody by nature- it's easy for me. College kids at that age, with all the partying, bars, female eye candy, very hard to ask them to stay indoors all the time and play video games. Football players are human. Always thought the single week to makeup games was optimistic, but here we are. Remember this is still 2020- Any ounce of normalcy in anything this year left us long ago.