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I've watched the Dawgs all season and what I saw Saturday was deeply disturbing. Not a single sack. SECCG passing record. Bryce Young made the Georgia D look pitiful. And when we couldn't stop him, we couldn't keep up on the offensive side of the ball. Over and over Alabama plays great and the Dawgs end up looking ridiculous. They always seem to play their best in big games, UGA cannot say that. Every time it looks like the gap between UGA and Tide is closing, we seem to find out it's actually gotten worse. Very difficult for me to believe that Kirby is ever going to beat Nick. SEC AM captured it perfectly. "The worst Bama team in last ten years, just beat the best UGA team in the last 40." And it WAS a beatdown.

As a Dawg fan, you learn to always have this sinking fear of 'the meltdown'. You don't always know when it's coming, but you know it's out there. This was the best team that UGA has fielded in a while, and the ass whooping it took yesterday afternoon was just awful. They aren't coming back from that, at least not against Alabama. And nothing else really matters. I don't really think we should even make the CFP, but that will still probably happen. Whether we play Cincy or play Michigan...there is still Alabama. And they AIN'T beating the Tide..so what is the point? Kirby can call it whatever he wants. But HE knows he ain't beating Nick no matter how he tries to spin it. The only thing he can do is pray that Saban decides to retire.

Tonight was a beatdown and Alabama owns the Dawgs. I had hopes UGA had turned the corner, but the collective demons that are known as the Crimson Tide still haunt UGA. I don't see us beating Alabama. Not in January, and not until at least 5 years after Nick Saban is coaching in the Great Hereafter. Kirby is not a bad coach, but he is no where near Saban....at least as indicated by results.

It didn't do any damage? Really? Tide just SHREDDED UGA's much talked about defense, and it's a good thing because it's a 'wake up call'. We got embarrassed AGAIN, and Kirby cannot find a way to beat Nick. There is a reason 5 start QBs are 5 stars. Walk ons seldom have the skills those 5 star kids do. Stetson is competent and gives it his all. But when he has to compete against a team like Alabama, he's simply outclassed. Kirby made the wrong decision with Fromm/Fields and he's doing it again with Stetson/JT. Or at least it sure looks like that. We didn't get over the hump tonight and I don't see any reason to believe we are going to if we get another shot at Alabama. I just don't see it. UGA should not be ranked higher than AL until at least 5 years after Nick Saban is coaching for the Great Hereafter.

NOT in the sphere of possibility.....

I don't see how this UGA teams beats Alabama in the SECCG and then again in the CFP. We haven't beat Alabama in 13 years and we are going to beat them twice after the worst statistical beatdown in Kirby Smart's head coaching career. That's just in the sphere of possibility.

Yeah, the trend toward beating middle average teams and getting blown out by the good ones, is disturbingly familiar to Dawg fans. The comparisons to Mark Richt are fair....unfortunately.

LSUSMC has it exactly correct. Bennett as a walk on is a great story, but you see exactly why he wasn't recruited out of HS. He's too short, doesn't see the field well, and likes to throw fast flat balls that all too often are batted down by opposing lineman. He's usually accurate, but those limitations are going to haunt him. And S/F, LSUSMC.

I think Dawg's defense is legit, but it's going to be a severe test next week in Tuscaloosa. But they are every bit as physical at Alabama and we'll see what Mack Jones can do with the Dawgs in his face. He hasn't had to be that mobile and throw much on the run and I think that's going to be a real challenge for him next week.

I'm reminded that Kirby Smart is not Nick Saban. It was a BAD loss yesterday and I wouldn't hang it on Fromm and Hot Rod. Play calling was uninspired to say the least and Kirby doesn't seem to make adjustments very well. Dawgs have flirted with disaster all season, and all the chickens came home to roost yesterday. Our NFL sized O-line wasn't opening holes or keeping the pressure off of Fromm. Love the Dawgs, but they have been riding on reputation, and unless there is some epic change, it's difficult to see them winning out. Same old story. Tons of talent, but something lacking to put it all together. I just hope Kirby is learning how to be a head coach, because all in all, the Dawgs don't seem to be improving much so far this season. Just saying....

Mountain Dog, I'm starting to think it's something in UGA's DNA. They just can't go a season without a complete meltdown at some point. Although this one was particularly bad.

The Dawgs have not been dominant in many of their games this year and they got caught WAY short today. To lose at home, against an unranked team playing their 3rd string QB is just almost unimaginable. Technically they can still win the East, but genuine championship caliber teams don't have meltdowns that bad. The coaches, the play calling and the whole team really need to figure some things out. That was one of the uglier UGA losses that I've seen in a LONG time.