After Georgia loss, Dan Mullen says it's 'frustrating' that Gators don't control destiny
A frustrated Dan Mullen spoke after the 24-17 loss to Georgia on Saturday night and lamented that the 12-for-18 mark that Georgia was on third down was a key factor.
“You can go in any direction you want to go,” Mullen said, according to Kyle Wood.
He added, according to Edgar Thompson, “We didn’t get off the field on a third down. Third-down defense was a big one for us.’
Mullen pointed out that the SEC East wouldn’t have been clinched either way on Saturday, but admitted that Florida’s season has changed.
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“Unfortunately, we don’t control our destiny anymore, which is frustrating for us,” he said.
What’s left to play for?
“A lot. There’s a lot of football left to be played,” he said. “The division hasn’t been clinched by anybody. It wasn’t going to be clinched today.”
Mullen perhaps referenced questionable calls from officials and reviewed plays that went against Florida when he said, “they got helped out a couple of times.”
Mullen asked how close he is to meeting Georgia’s level: “Seven points.”
Mullen asked why they went away from Pitts or Georgia took it away after it was successful early in the game: “We had him open a couple of times, missed him. Two balls that were behind him a little.”
Congratulations to Georgia. They got a few good breaks but it didn’t matter. They played a sound football game. Coley called a decent game.
Looks like the report about Cager’s shoulder separation was b.s. Nobody comes back from a separated shoulder in three weeks.
I’d say Georgia was helped by the bye week and Florida’s offense lost its crispness with the bye week. I don’t see any huge talent discrepancy; I saw a Florida offense that wasn’t focused in the first half. You can very easily blame this loss on the offense’s several mental mistakes.
No complaints about Trask. He was off on a couple balls but I generally thought he performed pretty well given the pass protection. We’ve got to get all those talented true Freshmen offensive linemen ready by next year.
I do think we need better safeties and an elite defensive tackle that can bull rush up the middle. The front seven played well but I don’t understand why Grantham didn’t blitz more. My grandmother could have completed the throws Fromm was making. Heck of an effort by Greenard.
Don’t see anybody in the East beating LSU or Alabama this year. Gators need to focus now on beating Missouri, Vanderbilt and FSU.
You sound exactly like your coach. Boo-hoo. We beat you fair and square. Suck it up and beat us man to man and I will congratulate your win. If you can.
You might want to go back and reread the first paragraph.
That said, this is a Florida article, not a Georgia article. So I’m not sure my critique of Florida’s performance is any of your concern.
I was pretty clear on the part where you stated we got some breaks so yea…I read it. We won the game based on being the better team this week.
Sorry this is a SDS article so open to anyone discussing it.
Guess you missed the “but it didn’t matter” part.
Georgia did not win that game, the refs gave them a phantom first down and refused to call any holding penalties in the entire first half. – End of the day, Georgia will not win the SEC or a National Title and it will still be 40 years since Georgia won the National Championship and they no closer now, Florida has 3 in the last 20 years and are closer to winning one than Georgia is.
K…….
Don’t use the Georgia excuse of officiating. Every time they lose, officiating is a big reason for it. Mullen did not call a very good game. Fromm had one of those games where everything went right.
Lol Dongtaco
Come on let’s not play the excuses game. We lost because we were one-dimensional on offense and couldn’t get off the field on defense, not because of the refs. I love Trask’s quote from after the LSU loss- you can lose and start pointing fingers or you can lose and come together. Let’s finish strong Go Gators
Hahahaha I LOVE crybaby gayturd tears!!!! Waaaaa
Flarduh sucks snot! F the turds
This is why everyone hates Florida fans. You can never accept defeat. Face you got your as out played all night!!!! How many rushing yards?? How many catches?? No sacks, big bad ass defense could not do much!!!!!!! Go suck your thumb in the corner!
Are you kidding me, you want me to show you some of the WWE take downs your o line pulled on us?
UF’s left tackle #72’s pass blocking consists solely of stepping back and throwing his left arm around the DE’s neck and tugging away.
I’m sorry, I believe your looking for the childrens table. Thus area is for the adults. You are excused. If tou return you should be accompanied by an adult.
your – you’re, tou – you. Put down the crack pipe and take a deep breath there fella. Also childrens, should be children’s.
Oh spare me. You guys are the Buffalo Bills of College Football. Just can’t get the big one, yet because you’ve enjoyed some success “recently” all of a sudden you act like you’re a dynasty.
One day you’re the peacock and the next day you can be the feather duster.
You are dead on in this comment Nash. Very frustrating game for me to watch. We were beat by a better team and I feel we were out coached schematically in the first half. Our safeties are garbage. Blown assignments and horrible coverage. Luckily they didn’t have to make any tackles in the secondary like the LSU game or the score would have been worse. We need a big man in the middle of that D-Line as well. Great game UGA and much respect to Kirby. But in “All kinds of weather…” Go Gators.
That big man will be coming in the form of Gervon Dexter. Not sure what happened with Trey Dean in the off-season, but that guy just completely lost all ability to play football.
Yeah, it’s weird. He was outstanding as a true freshman.
To you I would say a great game! Florida is a good team and I totally respect that you aren’t making excuses. Georgia played a lousy last three games. Yesterday was different, but we hope we can continue. Again good game!
NashvilleGator,I mostly agree. I would say Coley called something above a decent game. All those 3rd down conversions were a back breaker, and it was against a great Florida defense.
I don’t see a great talent difference either. Talent and depth always play a part, but it was the coaching that made the difference. Georgia called a better game on both sides of the ball.
Agree it was GA’s 3rd downs that really decided it. To a degree UF’s game plan worked by keeping GA in 3rd and medium to 3rd and long most of the game, but props to the dawgs for converting anyway. Basically we had 2 chances on each play to get off the field- our secondary holds or the pass rush gets to From. But all the credit to the Georgia offensive line plus Jake Fromm and the recievers for simply beating us on 3rd down
I agree with you there. I think you guys still had fairly bland play calling. First and second down runs to nowhere but Fromm was back to form and the oline finally lived up to its billing to convert the thirds. My UGA friends said it was the best play calling UGA has had all year though.
the play calling was no great no matter that the dogs won ———run up the middle over and over for 1 or 2 yards is not great play calls —–did they forget how to run outside or toss sweep since every time they did swift or herrien make great gains
I’m disappointed we couldn’t get off the field on 3rd down, gotta make a play somehow…
Dawgs seemed to have the right play in every 3rd down situation, even freakin’ 3rd and 14.
It helps when the refs do not call holding on your O-line. Whatever, Georgia isn’t going to win the SEC.
Hmmmmm
Dong please do not make us look like South Carolina fans and blame the refs. We were beat pretty soundly. Out coached out both sides of the ball.
Yeah they had plenty of opportunities to win that game despite the refs, just like South Carolina did.
I would say there’s more salty fans for the Gators here complaining about refs than South Carolina two weeks ago.
Out of the three teams, at least Georgia owned up to the loss to South Carolina and moved on. South Carolina didn’t and Florida still pretends that the ‘dominated’ that game.
what about 72 on florida who held almost every down
Grantham needs to fly a f’n kite.
It always sucks to lose to Georgia, but it is always fun to remember they have not won a National Title since before I was born. They will not win one any time soon either. Let them have their moment. Kirby Smart is Richt 2.0 at best.
K…….
All I hear is a whining…..
You mad bro? If Kirby is Richt 2.0 then Mullen is Mcelwain 1.5. Except the shark humper beat Kirby his first year. Oh and you forgot to write “I HOPE” UGA doesn’t win a title soon. Hope this helps, refill your depression meds!
Please do not listen to Dong. He does not represent our fan base. No crying here. We were beat soundly and out coached on both sides of the ball IMO. Respect for Smart and the Dawgs. Good win.
Mister2Bits,as a Dawgs fan, much respect to you for an honest post. One question I have is why isn’t Mullen running the ball? Your backs are talented and the game was not out of hand in the first half to where he should abandon the run? I’ve been more surprised by the lack of rushing attempts by the Gators than anything else. Pierce and Perrine are good players.
I agree and I think Pierce should have gotten more touches. It just seemed like every time we got some momentum something crazy happened and it put us in pass heavy downs. Not sure just seemed odd offensively. I think he over thought it and I do believe Kirby out schemed him defensively.
Perine had a couple of nasty cuts that turned TFLs into nice gains. Reminded me of Holyfield.
@KBP, I’m not a Florida fan, but to run the ball effectively your offensive line has to be able to bully the other team’s defensive line, and the Gators can’t bully anyone up front on offense because the line is so bad. I do agree that Mullen should call more run plays, especially from I-formations because they now have a pro-style quarterback.
dongtaco does an amazing job confirming all of the Gator Fan stereotypes.
2019; the season I hear more common sense from Georgia fans than Florida fans. Who would have thought….
There were clearly some officiating dicrepencies. My best guess would be Gators lose by 3 anyway. We are a solid 4th in the SEC on any Saturday. Our line is young. We are not top 10 offensively because we are not well rounded enough. That being said i think yhe guys on the line are developing into the kind of line that will make us very excited for a couple of years to come.
The number one standout issue in thus loss was the complete unwillingness to try to pressure Fromm on third down. I dont know everything, so who am i to question a coach, but that was todays real smack in tbe mouth. Third downs on both sides of the ball, but especially the defensive play calling.
Its interesting to see how the obvious official call of the completion in the first half makes everyone that much more nuts over the rest. I guess its better than home plate umpires calling pitches, but that doesnt appeal to me much.
Like I said above, I’m not about to blame officiating for a loss.
Grantham stubbornly rushing just four against Georgia in max protect was a big factor in the Dawgs’ third down success. They had six guys blocking four on several occasions.
But we still could have won the game if the Gator wide receivers had been more focused in knowing the next play, knowing whether they were supposed to be on the field or not, and lining up correctly. The lack of concentration was bizarre.
Our offensive line should be much, much better the next three years.
And UGA “could’ve” won the game by lots more than 7 if…..
……..maybe if THEY would’ve blitzed Trask more lol. He tends to GIVE other teams at least one pick on a blitz (see Allbarn and lsu games), yet UGA constantly rushed 4…..when they did blitz, that goofball ran backwards and lost 20 yards on ONE SACK lmao
Front 7 seemed to do their job. I just didn’t like the defensive play calling nor the play of the Randy Shannon secondary.
If Trubisky can be top 2 pick, then Trask should test the NFL waters. He’s putting together a good resume. Put him on the 201w team and we have a Natty. Oh well….
I don’t mind Grantham, but his reputation preceeded him. I don’t believe he is an elite DC and that he may have peeked. The only way Florida regains national prominence is with a dominant defense. We may need to look elsewhere. I’ve thought that since last year. Georgia had Stiner read on the last major 3rd down. We all saw the Miss. St game!
I want my DBU back!
*2012 team
@NashvilleGator, the talent discrepancy is the reason you had 3 points through 3 quarters. You have maybe 4 players who would start on our team. Your TE, both DE’s, and maybe a CB would start on our team. That is a huge talent discrepancy and with all due respect, this game was not as close as the score indicates. I believe the talent gap will close after Coach Mullen gets several top 5 recruiting classes and until then, there’s a distinct difference in talent.
We’ll just have to agree to disagree. If the Georgia superior roster talent argument were true, Georgia would have beaten South Carolina at home and would have beaten Kentucky far worse than they did.
This game primarily turned on Grantham’s reluctance to blitz and pre-snap mental mistakes by Florida’s wide receivers, which stalled at least four Gator offensive series.
Swift broke loose on one play the entire game. Fromm and the Georgia receivers did nothing extraordinary: He just had all day to throw because Georgia used max protect and Grantham rarely sent anyone extra.
I think Georgia will be in for a rude awakening when they face Auburn’s defensive line. The Georgia defense is very sound but the offensive line is grossly overrated. I know Georgia fans worship at the alter of recruiting rankings, but neither Florida or Georgia are CFP-caliber teams right now.
The SC game was about 4 turnovers and 3 of them in SC territory. We still have far superior talent than SC. We beat Kentucky 21-0. Swift didn’t have a great statistical game yesterday and we still won and to me that’s evidence of superior talent. There were no turnovers in this game but penalties hurt both teams. Regarding Auburn, we’ve actually handled their defense without much problem the last two games and will be going for 3 consecutive wins against them. Their problem is on the offensive side of the ball. You guys had handled them pretty well. At the end of the day, talent matters. I think Spurrier is a better coach than Saban and as a matter of fact, I think Spurrier is one of the top 5 coaches of all time, but Saban stacks 4 and 5 star kids on his roster better than anyone. Talent matters, coaching helps.
I agree that Georgia should beat Auburn because Auburn’s offense is a mess. But it is a home game for them and that does make it interesting.
And of course talent matters. Florida will clearly pay for its talent deficiencies on the offensive line and at safety against talented teams. My point is that the differential in talent isn’t as big a factor as it is made out to be.
@ben I didn’t ignore anything I just didn’t read everyone of you bs posts, stats and facts, that’s rich I hit you with the stats and you lie about them you are that delusional
@trashille “ there is no transitive property in football.” – Nashville gator.
Since you brought up SC and talent and by Your passive aggressive attempts to congratulate GA on dominating the Gators, I have a few questions.
Do you really think FL is equal to GA and that the two teams are light years away from the rest of the East? Just curious.
Black Knight Bill,
1. Florida beating South Carolina, South Carolina beating Georgia, and Georgia beating Florida is an exact example of there being no transitive property in football. So I’m not sure what your point is in reciting that quote.
2. No, I don’t think Florida is equal to Georgia yet in roster talent. Our offensive line and safeties need to be upgraded. But that’s different than saying that superior roster talent is why Georgia won. It certainly didn’t hurt them, but as I said somewhere below, Georgia’s two biggest plays were made by a three star and a two star. And Fromm didn’t have all day to throw primarily because Georgia’s offensive line is stellar. It was primarily because on most passing downs they were in max protect against four rushers.
3. Yes, I believe Florida is capable of beating Georgia. The Gators made several unforced errors and were out-coached yesterday. The fact that they were out-coached yesterday does not mean I would prefer to have Georgia’s coaching staff. I still believe Mullen is a better coach than Smart and that he will win more head-to-head match-ups over time. Smart’s in his fourth season at Georgia. Mullen’s in his second at Florida.
4. And yes, I believe Florida and Georgia are both ahead of the rest of the East. Not light years, whatever that means, but ahead. Georgia lost to South Carolina, but I believe if they play 10 times, Georgia wins 8-9 times. Probably closer to 9. Missouri might beat Georgia or Florida. Who do I think is better day in and day out? Georgia and Florida. Do I think Georgia is a better team right now than Florida? Yes, I do.
@trashville “ We’ll just have to agree to disagree. If the Georgia superior roster talent argument were true, Georgia would have beaten South Carolina at home and would have beaten Kentucky far worse than they did.”
No transitive property…
If GA and FL play 10 times GA beats FL 10 times.
There’s GA and everybody else in the East, don’t believe me, why hasn’t anyone from the East not named GA won the SEC in over a decade.
Now if you will excuse me I’m going to go collect my winnings from the game
Keep dreaming.
You are nonsensical.
There’s nothing nonsensical in my statement, mostly just using your own argument against you. As far as the talent, there’s GA and then everyone else in the East, you guys put a lot of stock in a team that hasn’t won the SEC in over a decade, and whose HC has never been a head coach in an SEC championship, while trying to tear down other teams in the East. If you were GA you’d have an argument but you’re not.
Nash, you have pointed out that Georgia’s O-line was probably the MVP of the game. Before I say anything else, I do agree with you in that the fuss made over the “talent gap” between UGA and UF is sometimes overblown. However, let me point something out:
Other than Kindley, Georgia’s top five offensive lineman:
Andrew Thomas, #45 overall, #9 OT
Ben Cleveland, #90 overall, #10 OT
Trey Hill, #62 overall, #3 OG
Cade Mays,#22 overall, #3 OT (5-star)
Isaiah Wilson, #16 overall, #5 OT (5-star)
Talent makes a difference. I’m hopeful the advantage that upgraded recruiting provides will start to show itself at other positions at UGA. I think it’s showed most prominently on the O-line because that’s where Georgia began accumulating top talent the quickest. We’re slowly starting to get better talent at the LB and DB positions, and although the WR and interior D-line (and TEs) need work, I’m hoping some stars can start to finally emerge there.
Did talent make the difference in that game? No. But would we have won without it? Eh, I dunno about that,
IF UGA plays UF 10 times UGA doesnt win ten times. The fact you even said that is stupid. That is an opinion founded based on nothing more than you being upset that USCjr lost to UF again. I mean even look at Kirby’s record vs UF since he’s been at UGA. Every team he’s had has been far superior to UF and talent yet he still lost a game to UF. SO to just say that UGA wins 10 out of 10 is really dumb. Also LSU had superior roster talent to troy and lost to them. Clemson had superior talent to Pitt in 2016 and lost to them yet went on to win the 2016 NC. How many undefeated seasons has Alabama had? Yet theyve had the most talented roster for the past decade. Just because you have the most talented roster doesnt mean you cant get caught on an off day. There are definitely tiers to teams in the east. Uga definately being a top tier team. Then there are teams that are in the second tier of being good teams in the East such as Mizzou and UF. Then there is subpar/below avg teams in the East such as UTjr, USCjr, UK(teams fighting to be bowl eligible). Then there’s god awful teams being Vandy.
@ben how many times has Mullen beaten Smart? 10 out of 10 is not unrealistic, until you beat them, assuming fljr could win against them is asinine.
@ben yes the subpar team in SC that has actually beaten a Smart led GA team, perhaps Mullen could take notes lol
Should he take notes on how to lose to UT as well?
No it won’t be long before TN starts beating the gators again.
Obviously that is an opinion but even then that just goes to show how stupid your posts are. What reasoning do you have to even come to that conclusion of an opinion. We are 14-1 vs UT in the last 15 years and have beaten UT the last two years by at least 4+ scores. There is no logic or reasoning to come up with that opinion except that you are a whiny lil b*tch that’s upset because your team is trash and has never been or will never be relevant in the history of college football.
Lol @ben calling someone a little b*tch, lol speaking of b*tches you better hope your mom don’t see that, she’s take away your internet time. The only one that is whining is you, trying to convince everyone that the gators matter, lol they are done
I love how i constantly back up what I say with stats and facts and even am willing to post them for you. Yet everytime you post something you never use anything to back it up. Because you know you are full of bs. Just like how you ignore everything in my last post about UF vs UT because you know its true and that what you said was retarded. Hence why you deflect. The Gators dont matter to you maybe but nationally they do. Hence why we’ve had college gameday at our games twice have been the weeks best game 4 times this year and have been ranked in the top 10 all year. See how not only did I state that UF was relevant I proved my points with facts. You should try it sometime
@ben I didn’t ignore anything I just didn’t read everyone of you bs posts, stats and facts, that’s rich I hit you with the stats and you lie about them you are that delusional. You base relevancy on if Gameday comes to your town, the only thing you are proving is how much of a dipsh*t you are. Try this for relevancy, have you won your conference this decade? No you have not, and the motion you are closing on GA, a good measuring stick there would be actually getting a W against them, which Mullen doesn’t have against Smart., facts
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Lmao…..nobody said UGA was playoff caliber, it they are MUCH closer than the gayturds are!!! You think you know more about football than you really do. The o-line is just fine at UGA…..The UK game was a monsoon. Keep crying your gayturd crybaby tears!!! We love it
I love you coltscorch, can you take me home with you?
I agree on some of your points here. We definitely have work to do, the potential and talent is there if we can just get some consistent cohesion. That being said, I disagree about the Auburn opinion. I don’t believe we’ve brought out our best performance yet by far, but if we can stop getting intimidated by our own hype… I believe Auburn will be the ones with the rude awakening coming their way.
I agree on some of your points here. We definitely have work to do, the potential and talent is there if we can just get some consistent cohesion. That being said, I disagree about the Auburn opinion. I don’t believe we’ve brought out our best performance yet by far, but if we can stop getting intimidated by our own hype… I believe Auburn will be the ones with the rude awakening coming their way.
Puh-lease. For whatever reason Mullen decided to hire the former UgA trash, joke of a Coordinator 3rd and Craptastic. He was the difference in the game, well that and the zebras. Jawja is hype, has been since Herschel left, always will be. Ya’ll dont want to hear it, say what you want, but year after year ya’ll prove it to be true. And you will this year too.
So if UGA is all hype what does that make UF? We might not win a Natty this year but the frustration and tears in your post are more than enough satisfaction for this season!! 24-17 no hype just facts!
Slak…….crybaby gonna cry!! All hype??? Lmfao. That’s why Flarduh was ranked so high this week….hype! No way that team is even top 10! Keep crying this gayturd tears! 3 in a row AGAIN
Can I be your parrott coltscorch? My daddy in Alabama won’t let me play with adults. Got any crackers?
Its funny that talent discrepancies have us lose by one TD…whats that mean when we get better recruits? You guys are ok but nothing special definately not NC special…should have kept Fields
You were down double digits until less than 3 minutes in the game. This was not a 7 point game throughout. Sometimes the final score and the play on the field says two different things. Our game against Texas shows that. They dominated the entire game but 28-21 makes it look like a close game. It was not. This is what I mean by talent gap: (1) how many of your players would start for us and (2) you held the strength of our offense in check all game long and were down by double digits all game long. How is it not a talent gap? The media says your Coach is much better than ours. There were no turnovers. The refs made calls that worked against both teams. When you get better players then neither team will have 3 year winning streaks. Respect to the Gators, go Dawgs.
You’re delusional, at best. Your huge talent gap, only won by 7, against a team that played very sloppy. Dogs will choke in Atlanta, again.
I’d rather choke in Atlanta than never get there at all.
KS, the Gators went to Atlanta in 2015 and 2016 and got boat-raced both years.
I’m actually not sure whether I would rather have gone or not. I do know that after McElwain left, we took down those East Division championship banners in the Swamp.
The Contender beat the Pretender. Gators still get a NY6 bowl.
Right. LSU will lose by 28 next week. If Florida is a pretender, whats that make LSyou?
Better than Florida.
That’s funny. And true, this year.
Please ignore slak He’s our version of Bill the USCjr fan
Please ignore Ben he’s a worthless dipsh*t that brings nothing to the table, in other words he’s a typical gator fan.
Lol man bill you get offended so easy
Not offended at all, Ben again you are being delusional
You constantly get offended and it shows by your childish insults that you throw at people such as saying you f*ck their mom, they smoke crack, lil b*tch, and all of the other stupid names you give people. The only delusional one here is you that you think that USC is on UF’s level and that you think UT will be winning against UF soon
Because I fire back a name at someone I’m upset, lol you Fl fans are just soft, you run your mouths then someone calls you on your bs and you cry about it, doesn’t mean I’m upset, I actually find it hilarious just how fragile your fan base is. And you are delusional if you think FL is a contender in the SEC, outside of the Auburn win, when was the last time FL beat a top 10 team?
I didn’t read any of this argument so don’t throw me in there but to answer your question Bill UF beat LSU last year who was a top ten team. We beat the same amount of top ten teams as UGA. Unfortunately their win was us!
Last year against LSU. See the difference is we may not be on UGA’s level yet but we are far closer than USCjr. Name the last time USCjr had a winning record in the SEC? I love how you say UF fans run there mouths and we are delusional. Yet all year all I heard was USCjr was going to b the second best team in the east, they were going to beat UF, they were going to beat UT ect. USCjr fans have constantly run their mouths and are delusional. The difference is UF is A) imrpoving year to year B) second best team in the east C) has a winning record D) doesnt complain for three weeks about a loss. Also to just show how deusional you are for 3 weeks when complaining about the USCjr vs UF you stated that USCjr dominated UF statistically. But once you posted the states it was clear UF won in most of those statistical arguments.
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Lol @ben do you are not only delusional, you are a liar, fljr did not lead in more categories than SC in the SC game
Florida played like Auburn today. Now you know what frustration we felt.
That call was bulls… Jawja fans know it. Florida fans know it. Even that sorry excuse for a color guy, ol’brainfart Gary knew it. Both of them nearly fell out of thier chair in the booth when those jokes of refs called that catch good. Florida lost by 7, that craptastic call led to a TD, the difference in the game. Enjoy getting absolutely wrecked by LSU or Bama little brother’UgA.
Enjoy not being in the discussion again.
Lmao, are you REALLY saying we are the ONLY ones that benefitted from questionable calls? Go back and watch that game again and think REALLLY hard about how many times you held your breathe when things were under review. Get real and stop lying to yourself.
Your guys played a strong game. Nothing to hang your heads about. As I expected, Trask was solid, your receivers were outstanding, and your secondary held the line. What I didn’t expect was Grantham folding by not using those stud OLB’s and blitz packages to get pressure on our passing game. The trade off to that I suppose was an unexpected resilience against our run game. I was also surprised that Mullen didn’t mix in more (any?) up tempo in combination with pre-snap motions. He’s usually one of the best play callers in the game.
Mullen was certainly off his game, that’s for sure. 3rd and 6 and you put Trask in the shotgun and run him up the middle for a 1 yard gain. That play call alone spoke volumes about how off he was.
I agree on that call Joe. Trask even ran the ball with a “like really, this is what you want me to do?” mentality on the play
Worst game of the year, as far as preparing, and having a sound strategy to utilize our strengths and expose other teams weaknesses. I still believe Franks gave us the big play threat. Trask is doing great considering what’s being asked of him, but he lacks that extra athleticism. Defensive calls on 3rd down coverage was far more conservative than we’ve played all year. Out coached.
As crazy as this may sound, given our offensive line struggles, I think Mullen gave up on the run too soon in the first half.
The Georgia defensive line’s pre-snap shift was a cheap trick, but it was a cheap trick that worked a few times in the first half against our inexperienced offensive line.
As for Grantham, there has to be a reason why he’s so out of character in not blitzing more. This isn’t the first game where they haven’t blitzed much and have played a lot of zone. Its hard with network TV camera angles to see what’s going on in the back end, but my guess is that the problem is Trey Dean at star and the safeties.
I wrote before the game that I thought they would play Marco at star and Elam at the corner opposite Henderson. Don’t know why they didn’t. Incidentally, Henderson has been almost perfectly in phase with receivers this year, but he’s lost some key fights for balls and committed some unnecessary PIs.
It’s funny how a game can be completely different based upon a couple of plays. Davis makes the one-handed interception against Auburn; yesterday he can’t hang on to one and Georgia ends up with a field goal on the drive. The Cager bobble that hits the ground ends up converting a third down and Georgia gets a touchdown on that drive.
Neither one of those two plays determined the game because Florida made enough pre-snap mental errors to offset them a couple times over. But the point, as other posters have pointed out, is that 7 point wins are not due to overwhelming talent differences.
As for this perennial yapping by Georgia fans about their all-world roster talent… It’s hogwash. Or maybe dawg droppings is more accurate. Their offensive line is vastly overrated; they’re just really big. They were in max protect most of the day yesterday on third downs and doubling Greenard. The player who came up biggest for Georgia yesterday, Cager, is a three star. A senior transfer like Greenard, but a three star. Wolf, the tight end who sealed the game with the third down catch, is a two star. But again, a senior transfer. Georgia’s best secondary player yesterday? J.R. Reed… a very low grade three star. Don’t get me wrong: These guys are and were all great. But the point is that this mythology about five stars is mostly just that.
Jabari Zuniga and Jon Greenard? Both three stars.
The biggest differences in yesterday’s game were pre-snap mental errors and game planning by the two coaching staffs.
I am willing to say that the Gator coaching staff got out-coached yesterday. It was not their best game. The Georgia staff used the extra week well. There was nothing discernible in Florida’s game plan that showed extra time spent on scheme.
And finally, I too agree that Trask may have an NFL future. He has prototypical size, decent arm strength, he finds open receivers and the kid is absolutely unflappable. Mullen is in love with big running quarterbacks, so he needs to be honest with Trask after spring practice next year if he’s going to favor Emory or Feleipe (if he stays). Trask absolutely needs and deserves to start somewhere his senior year.
Nashville gator…..I LOVE seeing you whine and cry! It is PRICELESS. ALL you are doing is feeding the trolls by making excuses, crying about refs, crying about UGA fans talking about superior talent, crying crying crying…..if you REALLY knew as much as you think you do about football, you’d know that NEITHER of these teams is “playoff caliber”, but you’d also know your whittle gayturd team isn’t that good at all! They were “sloppy on offense” (as you said) because they AREN’T THAT GOOD!!!!!! And maybe UGA’S defense had just a little something to do with it as well!
And again, Nashville gator just showing IGNORANCE about the UGA o-line being in “max
protect and doubling greenard”???? The gayturds blitzed plenty of times and it was picked up PERFECTLY by the o-line and the rb’s!! In fact, on a few of the blitzes, it is ABSOLUTELY man vs man….Flarduh has 5 on UGA’S 5 and it’s picked up PERFECTLY! So, quit TALKING like u know so much about football and maybe take off your orange glasses and LEARN some football!
And just an FYI……From was 83% completetion for 158 yards and 2 td’ s against the mighty blitz! Only 58% for 121 yards against 4 man rush hahahahahaha. You gayturd fans are CLUELESS!!
Hey there illiterate. You need to learn to read.
You’re right in that UGA’s recruiting has probably a year or two to truly take effect, but you’re dead wrong if you’re arguing that superior recruiting doesn’t make a difference based on the cherrypicking of a few star players. Swift is a five star, Jake and Andrew Thomas were top 50 recruits, Nolan Smith was a five star, Tua was a five star, Mecole Hardman was a five star, etc, etc. There’s a direct correlation, but the vast majority of UGA’s five stars are underclassmen still.
Lose 2 games of course you don’t control your destiny nor should you. So your best win this season is USC that’s being handled 14 points.
Actually, our best win by far, at the point in the season when it occurred, was against Auburn.
Yeah, don’t know where he was going with that. That’s Tennessee’s mantra for the past decade. Their only saving grace is occasionally beating a ranked Gamecock team.
our best win is definately not a 4-5 USCjr team. Go to sleep
Oof, that’s going to sting for a while. Georgia was no doubt the better team for the first three quarters of the game, so they deserved to win. Still, the sour grape in me is frustrated that a single bad call by the refs was likely enough to deny us a chance to finagle an OT win. What’s important now more than anything is that the Gators shrug this one off and prepare for the remainder of their schedule as if everything was still on the line. Because almost everything still is, including a chance to go 11-2 and secure some serious talent for next year, which will make the difference in games like this.
The difference in THIS game was NOT one play or “blown call”! The difference was the BETTER TEAM controlled the entire game and therefore came out on top!
Dawgs, beeotch! Keep making excuses and crying those gayturd tears!!! It’s HILARIOUS!!!
And Nashville gator, I can read just fine…..in fact, I’m reading the crybaby post you made right now!! Hahahaha. Your poor whittle crybaby gayturds lost to the dawgs yet again!
yeah let’s not fall into blaming the refs. We had 2 chances to get off the field on defense on most of GA’s drives on 3rd down – either with the rushers getting home, or the secondary locking down. Neither happened, so we lost. Credit to the dawgs O line and Fromm for doing what it took to win.
Grantham was blitzing on nearly every play that I saw. In fact, his blitz was not working. It led him to call several SAFETY BLITZ!!! The plain fact is. The UGA offensive line lived up to their billing!!!! The ref took points off the board for UGA. The truth is simple. Florida kept it closer than they should have!!!
PS. But who do you trust to win one game? Smart or Mullen? Well considering each record in big games. ILL TAKE KIRBY!!!! The Smart choice!!!!
King Negan
BRAGGING RIGHTS FOR ANOTHER YEAR!!!!!!!! Go dawgs!!!!!!
King Negan
FloriDUH and JawJUH both look much different from that of an elite team. JawJUH used ref help to get the extra TD which spun the incredible momentum going into the half, and if you don’t think that matters your an IDIOT. Momentum is EVERYTHING in kindergarten/I mean college football, just kids 17-2o yrs old. The better coaching staff this game appeared to be JawJUH’s for sure. If JawJUH really has that much more talent, it really didn’t show since they out coached the other team, got the freebie TD and still only won by a single score. JawJUH fans should be concerned, because if you struggle like this against a supposedly inferior, star lacking team such as FloriDUH. then how the hell you gonna beat LSU, Bama, ClimSON or the BlackEYES….that’s right, you won’t….your panties will be wrapped around your faces when you get sent home… embarrassing YES. As for FloriDUH…..definitely need to hit the recruiting trail to win the paper champ tile of the recruiting world….in the long run with proper coaching it will lead to success, consistency, and titles. Just ask Bama and ClemSON. FloriDUH also should be concerned their offense couldn’t get push through a wet paper bag, while their 3rd down defense is equivalent of rocks on the side of the road stopping a JawJUH fan from leg humping anything it likes, or AKA 3rd and GranTHUMB. JawJUH has had the head start in the coaching change with little to know rebuild and FloriDUH is fresh on a new change with an apparent rebuild needed, but you’d never guess with how close these to frolic together. It’s apparent that neighter team wants to make the moves to consistently challenging the upper echelon teams….too bad, so sad.
Do you actually think anyone is going to read this nonsense?
Mullen the offensive genius…. how the hell did the Dawgs win???