Did Florida's window already close? Georgia eager to reclaim SEC East
I’ve heard the phrase “the new normal” more over the past year than in my entire life.
Sure, once the coronavirus is finally under control, we’ll be looking at a world much different than the one we were living in. Hopefully that “new normal” means a 2021 college football season that resembles a more familiar rhythm than the one we saw in 2020.
And if you’re a Georgia fan, you’re hoping that familiar rhythm includes the Dawgs finding themselves back on top of the SEC East.
Florida had the boxes checked in 2020 — a quarterback in Kyle Trask who will go down as a program legend, arguably the best tight end in the country in Kyle Pitts, a versatile threat in Kadarius Toney, a talented receiver in Trevon Grimes, and a complement of other players that easily made it the most high-powered offense in the division. Georgia just didn’t match up with Stetson Bennett IV leading the way and it showed in Cocktail Party. As a result, Florida ended Georgia’s stay atop the SEC East.
Briefly.
All those names I’ve mentioned for the Gators, though? Gone. And that’s great news for Georgia.
Moving into 2021, there’s simply too much production to replace. It starts at quarterback, where the book on Emory Jones is being written, but despite his dual-threat tendencies, he’s not going to be the second coming of Trask. The defense has a number of key pieces returning, but as a whole, it wasn’t nearly good enough in 2020.
Don’t get me wrong: There are a few questions to be answered for Georgia, too. (Have you seen the list of players in that secondary that will be gone next season?) But at absolute worst, this should be a Dawgs team that wins the SEC East.
And you can look no further than JT Daniels, undoubtedly the most talented quarterback in the division. That’s not to mention a loaded running back room led by Zamir White and pretty much every key offensive player returning, including a stacked receiving corps with plenty of targets for Daniels to maximize.
Add that to the fact that the Dawgs have plenty of momentum on their side as opposed to the Gators.
For Florida, the cracks in the dam could only hold for so long, coming to a head against LSU where Marco Wilson’s footgear helped push the Tigers to an upset win at The Swamp. After getting torched by Mac Jones and DeVonta Smith in Atlanta and allowing 435 rushing yards to Oklahoma and getting blown out at Jerry World in the Cotton Bowl Classic, a one-time Playoff aspirant was left staring at a 3-game losing streak.
And Wilson’s hijinks and a leaky defense were far from the only issues Dan Mullen, who didn’t do himself any favors in the PR department in 2020, had to deal with.
For the Dawgs? Things were pretty boring in comparison.
Sure, they were pushed to the limit by Cincinnati in the Peach Bowl, but a last-second Jack Podlesny field goal capped a season that, despite a few lows, ended with Georgia on a 4-game winning streak following its defeat in the Cocktail Party, having gathered a good bit of steam heading into 2021 thanks in part to the play of Daniels. In some ways, the Sept. 4 opener in Charlotte against Clemson might feel more of a continuation — at least offensively where there’s been so little turnover — and not a full-on reboot.
And, without getting too far ahead of myself, outside of Clemson, it’s hard to see many teams giving the Dawgs a true test outside of whoever they’d potentially face in the SEC Championship Game (let’s assume Alabama).
Their West division opponent outside of Auburn is Arkansas, trending in a good direction under former UGA offensive line coach Sam Pittman but still with plenty of ground to make up. (Auburn, by the way, under the guidance of 1st-year coach Bryan Harsin, has a Bo Nix problem to solve, as the soon-to-be junior’s inconsistencies have hindered its ability to make headway in the conference.) In the East, Missouri looks to be on an upward swing under Eli Drinkwitz, but can you really see anyone in the division as it stands now capable of beating the Dawgs?
Maybe the Gators do go toe-to-toe with them in Jacksonville later in the year. But top-to-bottom, this is a Bulldogs team that is much more talented and Playoff-ready than their rivals in Gainesville.
And as far as the SEC East is concerned, that’s as “back to normal” as it gets.
Hey Florida man good news is if the window did close you could always attempt to throw a shoe through it.
Go Gators!
Georgia’s window closed in 1980…
Bro that is one funny post right there. What’s funnier is that they haven’t found out yet and every year stories like this one give them false hope. Georgia, pre season champs and world beaters since 1980
Awww. I guess i struck a nerve. Sad you have to stick to the same ole jokes of your parents meanwhile you keep giving georgia fans new ones every year.
@TheRealcojones…….Not the 1980 garbage again. That gets old after a while. FLORIDA NEEDS TO GET OVER IT ALREADY! So UGA did win a national championship. Big deal. The real fun was HOW WE WON IT.
Backed up deep and Florida thinks they have ruined our unbeaten season. But then suddenly. RUN LINDSAY! LINDSAY SCOTT LINDSAY SCOTT LINDSAY SCOTT!!!!!!!!!!!!
But honestly I thought y’all would be over that by now!!!! All this time and y’all still can’t forget!!! Try to!!! UGA RULES AND YOUR 4 LOSS A$$ KNOWS IT!!!
I thought it was a great joke. I’m sure y’all have a shoe to throw. But the window still is closed because it was never open!!! THE REAL UGA WOULD HAVE CRUSHED YOU!
PS. But y’all did impress me. I was one of those who didn’t believe Florida could beat our backups aka our B TEAM!!! But you did. So congrats.
King Negan
LOL
UF will be a different team in 2021. The exact same analysis was spoken last year when we lost Jefferson, Cleveland and half our defense. I’m not buying it. Too many good athletes and better talent on defense. Grantham better have on of the best defensive efforts seen in years.
I’m not sure if I’m misunderstanding but widely the analysis was that UF was going to win the SEC East preseason and UGA had more question marks. It wasn’t unanimous but I don’t buy the “exact same analysis” this year compared to last year.
I think what Marsh means is UF was expected to fall out with all of the talent it was losing in 2019. UGA was the East pick until their presumptive starting quarterback opted out, then it was slightly favored to UF.
To me, UGA should be the preseason pick for all the returning production, if not going else. I think this article is a bit too bold in thinking that no one compares and you should just pencil in UGA vs. Bama now. Mizzou is on the rise, Ark could surprise people, and while UF is losing players, they’ve got some studs to step in (Henderson, Copeland, Gamble, Bowman, etc). The question becomes Grantham and if the defense can improve.
That’s not an accurate story for 2020. UF was favored by many for 2020 as soon as the 2019 season was over. Then when Fromm left early UF was favored by just about everyone.
Look at these fools trying to generate false motivation. Almost all sports outlets had the Gators favored to win the East in 2020. That includes this website which predicted that as well. Now that Florida won’t be facing UGA’s 4th string QB with several key starters out on offense and defense in a once in a lifetime Pandemic year – things look like they’ll go back to normal for Florida. Many unlikely events had to happen for Florida to have its best season in many many years (4 losses mind you – but still their best season in more than a decade).
I think what Marsh meant was to revise history and fit in a bogus narrative, because that’s exactly what he did.
Dumb pup, “normal” for Florida would be SEC East champs at the very least
Fly fishermen, you guys are the king of false motivations. It would take another fan base 4 decades to dethrone the puppies as most delusional. Booches when are you going to accept that you got beat in many ways and are just a halfa$$ program. You should’ve never been let in the SEC to begin with. Mizzou came for the money not to compete.
@Marsh: And there it is, yet another bogus narrative. You’re on a roll.
A lot went down in 2020, so it’s easy to have some differing memories as to how the preseason played out. In just looking it up, the media selected uf over uga for 1st in the east, while the preseason ap poll had uga 4 and uf 8. in short, there was nothing conclusive.
i, for one didn’t see the production that uf would have on offense. i expected a big drop off in production with what all was lost from the wr corps. i knew that pitts would get his and felt somewhat confident in grimes and toney, but certainly didn’t foresee uf averaging 40 pts a game.
So many Bulldog trolls… they know the window closed for them this year… Gators will win for the next 10 years…
Every team will be different in 2021 as they are every year. Click bait article again. Only time and playing the games will show how different.
WELL WE GOT A SNEAK PEEK AT NEXT YEARS FLORIDA TEAM. THEY WERE RAPED BY 35 POINTS BY OU!!!! I wonder if the little lizards still believe OU isn’t on their level???
PS. 35 POINTS!!!! Pure rape!!!!!!
King Negan
Its like you’re saying they said we wouldnt do well but look at us, we finished 8-4.
Thats what a team that actually expects to compete would think, but the gators are worlds beaters and can’t be bothered with facts.
Georgia, with JT at QB will be hard for anyone to beat! That’s not a knock of Florida, just reality. Kirby has recruited extremely well.
Except Clemson and Bama.
It will still be hard for Bama or Clemson. This will be UGA best team under Kirby imo, and the last couple of times Georgia played Bama it wasn’t exactly easy for the Tide
Perennial pre season champs
Every year and still doesn’t happen. Delusional
We were good enough to beat Florida’s paper a$$ 3 straight!!!! And we will do it again.
PS. Florida is the team always talking. And their fans are worse!!!
King Negan
That Georgia/Clempson game in Charlotte should be a good one. In that game I am a Dawg fan 100% so Go Dawgs, beat Clempson !
It’s gonna be like a Clem home game…loud like the game the Dawgs played in South Bend vs. Notre Dame & won.
Strange comments…
In South Bend Dawgs bought up nearly I’d say 40% of tickets.
If it was loud it was from barking not Irish fans.
Charlotte will be nearly 50/50. After a Covid year Georgia folks gonna travel WELL for Clemson game.
Most definitely will not be a “Clemson home game”
Except that he didn’t recruit JT. Daniels fell in his lap, which is just SOOOO Georgia.
Florida had a one year window. They swept the East but lost to three West teams. Very odd. I had UF as a slight East favorite last season mainly because of Trask. I think UGA is a big favorite this season, but only in part because of Daniels. The team just looks better across the board. Where is there an advantage for UF?
I’d say potentially the passing game, given the departures in UGA’s secondary. Our defense was terrible, so hopefully the trend is upwards next season. Emory Jones is a dual threat that will require extra defenders, which gives him Henderson, Copeland, and Whittemore (sp?) to throw to. It’s all going to come down to how much the defense can improve
cbmackay, Jones out passing Daniels would be a complete shock. Daniels was a 67% passer. Jones at 56%.
I don’t see that as even a possibility. Georgia will have one of the most talented and deepest receiving corps in the SEC – better than Florida, not to mention Darnell Washington at TE.
Better QB, better receivers means Georgia will have a more dominate passing game. Jones has a long way to go to even match Daniels 2020 production in the passing department.
Georgia has the defense to contain Jones running and force him into a passing game. It won’t work.
I’m just comparing units. UGA will have the much better passer and their receiving corps will only be better next season. UF will have an above average receiving corps but a QB that doesn’t scare anyone with his arm.
Is Daniels flat out a much better QB than Jones? Unknown.
Is Jones a weak armed passer that “doesn’t scare anyone”? Not even close.
Does UF have a weak WR room compared to UGA? No, not at all.
Same BS predictions about UGA superiority every pre season.
Same sheet since 1980
@TheRealcojones…….Umm, is JT Daniels a better passer than Emory Jones? You said. UNKNOWN?????? You best go to Emory Jones high school stats. Find out who the best is. Check out their high school stats.
Jones isn’t in the same class with Daniels. You could take every stat you like both running and passing. Add them all up. And it’s likely Daniels beat those stats as a FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL.
THEIR STATS AREN’T EVEN CLOSE!!! So don’t give me that unknown jazz!!! Emory Jones is a PROJECT QB! JT Daniels was elite day 1 in high school.
JT DANIELS CAME WITHIN ABOUT 10 TD PASSES OF TREVOR LAWRENCE!
Only Trevor Lawrence played a full 4 years!!! WHILE JT DANIELS SKIPPED HIS SENIOR SEASON TO PLAY POWER 5 FOOTBALL!!! Had he played his senior season. He was on course to pass Trevor Lawrence by probably 50 or more TD passes!!!
JT Daniels was at a disadvantage. He had no spring and wasn’t the starter in fall camp. He did not receive many reps. But when he got his shot. He had over 400 yards and 4 TD passes. In his first game back!!! You know the rest. He was HISTORICALLY GREAT IN HIGH SCHOOL! MANY EXPERTS THOUGHT HE WAS THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL QB EVER!!!!! 152 TD PASSES in only 3 seasons in high school. That’s touchdown passes only!!! He had a bunch more tds with his feet!!!!
He isn’t going to run like Justin Fields. But he can run!!! Justin Fields never passed like JT Daniels. So please don’t even compare Emory Jones to JT Daniels or Carson Beck or Brock Vandagriff.
PS. It’s not bragging. It’s just a fact. UGA has 3 QBs all better than Emory Jones. If I went by my eyes. I would say Stetson Bennett is better than Emory Jones!!!! I know he played better!!!!!
King Negan
@cbmkay……..I hope Emory Jones knows how to throw off his back!!! Because that is where he will be all day!!!!
Dual threat doesn’t matter. Not when the linebackers are just as fast as him!!! Also remember. Kirby is not Dan Mullen. He recruits. Ask Kentucky if UGA knows how to stop mobile QBs! And we will have 5 STAR mobile QB. He can help us get ready for anything Florida can throw at us. Staying healthy is the real key to it all. But as for the secondary leaving? Their not all gone. But a few are. Don’t forget we had the #1 corner back in the country sign with UGA last year. He got injured but is doing great. He didn’t play last season. But he is a 5 star recruit and #1 at his position!!!
PS. Kirby Recruits elite DBs every single season. Don’t be fooled by the media. Kirby has them stacked up like poker chips!!!
King Negan
cbmkay………I’m curious. This is not really a trash talk post. Honestly I’m really wondering. Other than the logic that says. We can’t possibly get any worse. Other than that. What makes you believe your defense will be better?
I’m asking because I know you can get worse. It’s not impossible. Because one bright spot about Florida. At times they could get pressure mainly via the blitz. But should you lose that pressure. It could get really really ugly!
Yea UGA loses a bunch of playmakers on the back end of the defense. But like I said. If you think that automatically makes UGA easy to throw on. I think you’ll be surprised in a big way. Because the guys who are there now. IF THEY STAY HEALTHY. Some are more natural at there positions than the ones leaving. Tyson Campell was good but not great. Richard Lecount was a huge loss. But still Lewis Cene is a better tackler and a pretty good cover safety! I’m not worried about him. We have some real talent. I only worry about injuries. But I imagine that UGA will probably bring in some bodies via the transfer portal if they need it.
But UGA has talent and plenty of it. K Ringo was injured this year. But he was the #1 corner in the country. And will eventually fit nicely. I HAVE A LOT MORE CONFIDENCE IN OUR GUYS BEING BETTER THAN EXPECTED. THAN I DO FLORIDA BEATING UGA IN THE IN THE PASSING!
PS. You know the cure to the young secondary disease? It’s call the ELITE PASS RUSH VACCINE! UGA had 8 SACKS against Cincinnati. And that was not out of the ordinary for these dawgs. And I guarantee we will bring it!!!!!
King Negan
Don’t buy the “one year window” BS. Do you think LSU had it’s one year window in 2019?
Yes. That’s exactly what we had. We knew we weren’t winning a title this past season. Our window should open a bit this season.
Look below at the talent UGA has on the offensive side of the ball. See post below…….
King Negan
Hey I believe LSU will be newsworthy and in the title conversation. Way before Florida!!! Florida has to get by UGA and up till now. I haven’t seen it. I knew we were losing this cocktail party this past season. Because of Stetson Bennett and all the injuries on offense and outrageous injuries on defense. I’m not just saying it. Florida did play our B TEAM!!! But that’s the breaks.
But now I’m confident that we will have an elite QB regardless. Because we have 3 elite 5 star QBs. Brock Vandagriff and Carson Beck to go with JT Daniels. His wide receivers and weapons are as follows. READ ALL OF THIS. AND THEN TELL ME FLORIDA ISN’T GOING DOWN, NEXT SEASON!!!! THEY ARE!!!! But look below at just some of the UGA TALENT!!!! THEN CONSIDER THAT UGA HAS TONS OF STARTING DEFENSIVE PLAYERS COMING BACK.
Our D line is just riddled with blue chip 4 and 5 star talent. And the UGA linebackers are second to none and FAST!!! You will likely see 5 stars from Kirby Smart’s first few classes that are finally ready to play. If we have a glaring weakness. It would be in the secondary. But we have massive amounts of talent. They are just green and need to be coached up!!! But the talent is there!!!! Kirby Smart is THE BEST DEFENSIVE BRAIN AND AN X DB!!! He will have them ready. If anything we might have to go through GROWING PAINS ON THE BACKEND OF THE DEFENSE.
STILL A GREAT PASS RUSH MAKES ANY DB BETTER. SO DON’T BE SURPRISED IF OUR SO-CALLED WEAK SPOT. BECOMES A STRENGTH IF WE STAY HEALTHY!!!!
NOW LOOK BELOW AT THE OFFENSIVE TALENT OF UGA!!!!
5 star George Pickens , He is a 1000 + yard WR superstar. That has it all. Speed, size strength and jumping ability. Long arms and great feet along the sidelines. Is nearly unstoppable! Catches anything in his hemisphere!!! If he stays healthy. He is a day 1 NFL DRAFT PICK!!! Compared by most to AJ GREEN. But personally I compare him to a combo of AJ GREEN and JULIO JONES. If he stays healthy, he lacks nothing!!!!
5 star Demetrius Robertson=Lighting fast and was the only 5 star WR in his class!!!
5 star Blaylock former #2 WR in the country. Once tied for # 1 WR in the country. Dynamic playmaker that was injured last season. Can be a superstar.
Former 5 star elite WR, J Burton. He is super fast. Runs great routes and can jump over the moon. Practices jumping swimming pools. A practice I hope he has left far behind. No need to keep proving it. Has superstar written all over him!!!
4 star WR, Arrion Smith, Another lightning bolt with Jalen Waddle type speed and upside. Was hurt all season until very late. Looked like a superstar in the making when he played. I really love this guy. He is as fast as anyone. And has that rare ability like a Waddle or Smith to run to the open part of the field. Electric speed and just natural ability that can be a first round pick before it’s over!
HIGH 4 STAR WR, K JACKSON. Another 1000 + yard wide receiver last season.
OKAY WE NEED A TE RIGHT? WRONG!
UGA has a super TE room. Led by many many big-time elite talents. BUT…..
5 star SUPERMAN TE and his last name is Washington but he is nearly 6 foot 8 and weighs 260. A skinny athletic 260!!! Can also line up at WR!!! Has elite catching ability and big long arms. He is fast as lightening for a man his size. And he is another one who can jump out of the stadium!!! Can out run you or run you over!!!! His blocking ability is incredible. He has barely scratched the surface of his potential. Just think about the goal line possibilities? We call him THE BIG 0!!! Because he wears the coveted jersey number of #0!!!
Okay I’ll stop there but that is far from all. Y’all should know how UGA recruits big 5 star O linemen. We had one of the top O lines in the country. So good and so deep. That really talent o linemen like Neteri Johnson is transferring I believe. He was a big-time 4 star and nearly a 5 star lineman. That just never found a place with this team. We are always big, strong and elite up front. As well as deep. The coming season will be no different!!! We could even be improved up front!!!
Running backs…..
5 star running back, Zamire White, He was the #1 running back in a generation. Coming out of high school. He is strong and runs with great instinct and balance. He can run you over or get around you! He can also catch out of the backfield. Great blocker as well. The best part is he seems to have regained his burst he had in high school. Already possesses an NFL BODY. AND REGARDLESS OF HOW STRONG HE LOOKS. HE IS STRONGER!!!
5 star running back Kendall Milton. Again a big back. Similar in size to a Todd Gurley. Sitting side by side with Gurley. Milton looked bigger!!! His speed was up and down in high school. But that is because he didn’t need to be a sec faster! Watch his high school highlights and tell me he is not fast! At one time Milton was one of the top 2 running backs in the country. Was mentioned in the same breath with Zachary Evans. He and Milton were 1 and 2 in the country at one time. Evans was the faster of the two. But Kendall Milton was by far the most complete running back. HIS SPEED IS ALREADY FINE. BUT WILL ONLY GET BETTER IN A COLLECTION CONDITIONING PROGRAM!!! He probably goes round 1 in the NFL draft to anyone wanting or needing a running back!!!
5 star running back and super playmaker James Cook! Brother of former H TROPHY WINNER DALVIN COOK WHO IS DOING GREAT IN THE NFL!!! Many of the experts said. He was more talented than Dalvin. The family backs up that statement. Dalvin Cook himself said it to!!!
James Cook can now run between the tackles. Thanks to the conditioning program at UGA. HE IS DEADLY WITH THE BALL IN HIS HANDS IN SPACE!!!
High 4 star running back Edwards. Gonna be great I think. If he stays healthy. Another great one in the long line of running backs that come out of UGA!!! Saban recruited him IN PERSON many times. Twice in a week or two. But UGA got him!!!
High 4 star running back who’s name I’m forgetting. Another big strong guy with break away speed!!! Sorry I forgot his name. I know it. But it’s slipping my mind. Anyway a great running game is a QBS BEST FRIEND!!! UGA TALENT? UGA HAS IT IN DROVES That is why UGA is RBU!!!
Speaking of running backs. The current #1 running back in the country, is deciding soon. I think he is down to 3 teams???? He is from Alabama. And he is choosing between Alabama, Auburn and UGA! The Alabama fans pressure kids to stay in state. And you have to choose between Alabama or auburn.
Personally I think he should play for THE FUTURE DYNASTY instead of Alabama now. I’m telling you all. No matter what Saban says. He will retire soon. Like possibly as soon as he sees Alabama won’t be nearly as good next season!!! I think he can get out of the Alabama vs auburn feuding. BY CHOOSING UGA!!! Nobody emphasizes the run like RBU does!!! That is a fact.
PS. There are lots of guys I’m not mentioning and lots of elite talent. NO HYPE, JUST FACT!!!
King Negan
If you had asked me at the beginning of this past year I would have said GA was the team to beat. FL certainly was much improved but still surprised they won the East over GA.
But again I’ll pick GA as tops in the East for 2021. I can’t see anyone winning it but the Dawgs. We shall see.
I’m actually interested to see how Kirby handles losing a game when a “gunslinger” qb like JT throws a couple costly INTs. Should find out early next season …as Clemson will have all summer to prepare.
Kirby will respond in the same as when Fromm thru 3 or 4 int against SC in 2019. What Kirby won’t do is make excuses and or throw his players under the buss like mullin does.
Mullen is prob the LAST coach to throw his players under the bus. So much so that his protection of them is literally the reason everyone gives him such a hard time about his press responses.
mullen’s press conference after the cotton bowl says otherwise. he’s an egomaniac. most successful head coaches are, but he’s on another level….whether it’s simply on account of his poor speaking skills is up for debate.
Kirby will respond by further committing to an outdated run first offense.
this is actually a great question, topic to think about. there’s no doubt that cks has shown a propensity to pull the reigns on his offense and seem to more rely on his defense and a controlled, limited offensive scheme.
above noted, there seems to be more outright skill at qb and wr this year than he’s ever had, so it’s a great question to see whether he reverts or adjusts. no knock to the ’17 or ’18 teams, but daniels just seems to be more talented than fromm in ability to toss it around.
Clemson’s DB’s were not very good in 2020..we’ll see in 2021 vs. Georgia. Just hope Skalski’s gone as he’ll do his best to injure JT.
@Sparky……….How did you react with Trask throwing 3 INTERCEPTIONS to start the rose bowl???? Fans try to say it was the receivers fault. But that is TOTAL BS!!! It was Trask who floated the first pick 6!!! He threw it where the DB could easily pick it off!!! Then on another one. Track through the ball at a wr that was totally covered up. The db had position. Trask threw it straight to him. The wr would have had to jump over his back to catch it!
I didn’t see the 3rd interception yet. I did see 2 of 3!!!!!! And they were BOTH ON TRASK, NOT THE WR!!!! So stop saying it!!!! YOU ARE JUST JEALOUS THAT UGA HAS A REAL DEFENSE AND FLORIDA DON’T!!! And your jealous of the very thing your poking fun of!!!
All gator fans love points!!! Your just jealous that you don’t have a gun Salinger!!! You better worry about YOUR GUY, Emory Jones!!! He is the interception king. Not JT Daniels!!! He happens to be. One of the SMARTEST YOUNG QBS in the country! And probably THE VERY BEST, to!!!!
But there is an outside shot. You might win 6 games next season and go to a bowl. Maybe if your lucky enough!!! Whatever window you had has closed!!! I think next season. Florida will be sleepier than Joe Biden and that is bad!!! LOL
UGA had a better record than Florida and y’all backed into the east. Simply because overall probably 80% of our starters were injured and could not play. That is unbelievable but true!!!! Stetson Bennett was our 5TH STRING QB!!! See ya next season or in a matter of months!!!!
PS. I just loved your head coach all dressed up as DARTH VADER. Complete with his plastic lightsaber!!! WOW, NOW THAT WAS SCARY!!! I’ll bet that costume was a $10.00 special at Kroger!!!! HOW CAN Y’ALL TAKE HIM SERIOUS? UGA FANS SURE DON’T!!!!
King Negan
Mullen will once again coach circles around Kirby, leaving the little guy hopping up and down like a deranged frog as his invincible 5 star defenders have their pants pulled down on national TV– again!
Absolutely this. UGA has basically no chance as long as Mullen is roaming the sidelines for Florida
Have to settle for 3rd place in the division because we know Tennessee is going for that #2 spot
It was a nice, albeit lucky, stretch winning the East but we know it’s all Florida going forward
Your post is almost accurate. I wouldn’t say no chance, slim chance is better. And Tennessee won’t be in 2nd place, either Mizzou or you guys. Other than that you are spot on
misstruthless, your drama queen of a head coach will throw a hissy fit on the field when his uncoached and uncoachable 5 star QB turns the ball over 3 times. He’ll have his agent calling NFL teams the next day.
We don’t have a 5 star QB you Moron and yet …….1980
Maybe you were thinking about your 5star QB turning it over 3 times. Now that is entirely plausible
Wasn’t Emory Jones the #6 dual-threat for the Class of 2018, according to Rivals? I know it says 4-star but he was a heavily anticipated recruit that year.
CFB, Emory is the highest rated QB Mullen has ever signed, but he was a consensus 4*, for whatever thats worth. Most Gator fans think that if Emory struggles any, Richardson will steal the job. Time will tell.
If Emory was any good he would have done something by now. Florida is in a lot of trouble next year. They are going to go back to “same old Florida” in a hurry.
mtruth,”once again” as if it’s ever happened before.
Mullen has never outcoached Smart. Mullen had an extra week to prepare. Kirby lost his two best on defense, and his best receiver was out, while Mullen happened to fall into a great offense.
That’s what it took for Mullen to finally beat a Kirby Smart coached team. It won’t happen this year. No chance…
Kirby will spend the whole offseason watching film of the game, his eyes bleeding from the strain, and he will still be no closer to understanding Mullen’s offensive genius. Kirby was like an 8 year old playing Madden, just randomly calling different defensive plays hoping he would get lucky, but Mullen was always 2 steps ahead, laughing at his simplistic schemes.
Like I said Kirby is 3-1 head to head versus the drama queen. We’re not counting all the games when Kirby was DC at Bama and beat the hell out of Mullet’s MSU offense. As a coordinator DC versus OC Kirby is about 10 and 1 against Mullet.
Kirby is 3-1 head to head as HBC versus the drama queen.
haha Mullen is 1-3 vs Kirby head to head lmaooo
Do you have a point?
How is it not obvious to you? He’s 3-1 vs. Mullen. Kirby owns Mullen when they meet on the football field. He wins 75% of the time against Mullen. That’s owning. There I spelled it out for you.
UF fans are a little slow. And they don’t do advanced math such as percentages.
I can’t wait to see UGA play Clemson to start off the year. We saw this past year that Uiagelelei is very good, but he’s not Trevor Lawrence, and that’s a gap that another off-season of preparation isn’t going to bridge for him or for their team. That’s the only real test Clemson will get next year, and I like the Dawgs’ chances.
This is the kind of rat poison UGA needs to avoid, though. Mizzou, Ark, and UF all have the tools in the east. UGA has the better on paper personnel and the most returning production, but the gap isn’t so far that they can sleep through the East schedulr
Ark is not in the east. Did you mean UK?
Sorry, read that wrong. You said UGA is the only test Clemson will see. I agree 200%. I like UGA in that game
Does anyone really see Emory Jones beating teams with the pass?? Not taking trash just reality. Emory Jones is not an elite QB. Losing Trask was massive and then to lose Pitts and Toney…catastrophic. Please give me some logical reasons that Dawgs lose in Jax. Go Dawgs!
Jones is going to be a big drop-off from Trask.
It won’t take long before Florida fans are calling for the back-up. His running ability will get it done against most teams. When they play a top 10 team with a good passing game and a good defense, Jones won’t get it done.
Emory is a good passer and he will beat teams with the combination of pas and run. You guys act as if the only thing he can do is run. Hope Kirby thinks the same way.
Losing Pitts and Toney is as catastrophic as the year we lost Jefferson, Hammond and the other 2 seniors
How many times did we hear from Dawg fans going into last season that Trask wasn’t an elite Qb? I love all delusional predictions that come from you guys every offseason. Keep them coming. It makes for some good laughs when they’re proven wrong 99.9% of the time.
Clemson has a free pass to the CFB playoff every year. It’s a joke. Ohio State has it a little tougher but not much. Expanding the playoff would be good news for the SEC. The conference would get a second deserving team in there virtually every year.
If Clempson loses to UGly next year they won’t get in the CFP unless a lot of other things happen. So its up to UGly to protect the rest of CFB from the acc :)
If UGA beats Clemson they will still get in the playoff if they win out. Very small chance they get left out in that scenario.
whether clemson will be a notch below what they’ve been in the past several years is up for debate. they’ll of course miss lawrence, but i believe their entire defense is returning.
this game is an opportunity to see if cks is one of the better head coaches in the country….or simply just one of the better recruiters.
PThePicker…Clemson’s D was young last year and the O-line was in the “we are learning” mode. I believe they will take a step back next year…their new receivers are not up to the standards of let’s say 2-3 years ago.
I think DJ’s issue was that he didn’t have good rhythm with Etienne yet which explained some of the fumbles and overall less-than-crisp handoffs.
Rat poison.
KS, I’m not sure how good Ga will be. The secondary is a big question mark, and even a lack of depth could come into play with injuries.
The O-line needs to improve. I’m not thinking SEC Champions. Or even that they will beat Clemson, especially considering it’s the first game, combined with an unproven green secondary. The new Clemson QB is good. Toss up at this point.
I just don’t see Florida, with Jones as much of a threat.
Grantham being there is a bonus…
Yeah Timmy Jones sucks, all he can do is run
I would not be surprised if UGA won the SEC and went to the CFPs. I think Bama is going to have a little drop off due to the loss of experience, and may lose in the SECCG. I look for Bama to be back on top in 2022.
No way BAMA will ever lose to uga next year!
Don’t like to say it but Bama is #1 until proven otherwise.
That is the way it should be, but not how it is. Regardless I think If Bama and UGA meet in the SECCG next year, UGA has the decided experience edge. Of course injury and other things can change a team’s strength to a weakness in a hurry.
They can have a drop off from this season and still be in it though.
Very disappointed in how the Gators finished out the season. In addition to the players graduating, I now question the coaching and the character of the team. 2021 will be a crucial year.
I’m cautiously optimistic with an emphasis on cautiously given the amount of times I’ve been bitten by optimistic.
such as 2003, 2004, 2008, 2013, 2015*, 2018, 2019…with very high pre-season hype?
*being favored against bama heading into that early reg season game, only to get punched in the mouth/
Any rational fan or analyst looked at last season and said be tough and Florida was 50-50 at best with most of the analysts picking the Gators.
All that QB drama and they still won the games they were supposed to win and got better where they needed to as the season progressed.
I give some props to Kirby for that. Sometimes you need a steady hand and I think it will pay off this year.
Bama would be tough
We only know one thing for sure…The Fact: uga never adds up to anything. There is a lot of talk about them year after year, now uga is just a back ground irrelevant noise. A bark with no bite. How many time were we told this is the year….I say your year was 1980. Stop making useless noise. I guess they are good for some young writer to stir the pot…like a classroom project!
Your not even a Bama fan. You’re just a UGA hater. And an idiot.
1980
1905…
That was the last year UF had a number 1 NFL Draft Choice…only problem is, UF didn’t come into existence until 1906…all that talent all those millions of national championships and thousands of Heisman winners and yet…ZERO = the number of number 1 NFL draft picks…strange eh?
Leg, I know you’re just arguing with cojones….but why would a cfb fan care about draft picks? Emmitt did more in the NFL than any GA rb ever. Doesn’t mean be won any titles at UF.
Yeah it’s a 1980 vs 1906 historical midfield scrum with cojones for sure… but that being said I was truly shocked when I recently found out that UF is one of three blue blood top 20 programs never having a number 1 draft pick, and even more shocking, Clemson…all the talent that have played for those two organizations and zero…that blows my mind…
1980 rings hollow as an insult when your program’s last championship came more than a decade ago. Most recruits and commenters on this site (such as yourself) were literally too young to care or remember.
Just wow, can the EAST possibly be anymore LEAST?
I was just about to say the same about the west. Pathetic bunch of teams.
Dude, there is Georgia and there isn’t a team in the LEAST division with a prayer of a chance to get to the SECCG much less the playoff.
Other than Bama who has a chance? Nobody. LSU is a train wreck about to go on major probation. Auburn is completely starting over. Wake up man. Bama has a cake walk to the SECCG for the next 3 years at least.
Texas A&M?
I think A&M’s offensive line was all seniors this year.
The West blew out the East this season. It wasn’t close.
Aggie’s Kenyon Green was a true sophomore. Four O-line starters will not return. Two guys will likely start that have some experience in the rotation, but the remaining two spots will have to be filled with players with little to no game experience. Jimbo’s recruited some highly rated guys, they just haven’t seen the field yet.
No one else with a prayer? What a stupid comment
The west did not blow out the east LSUSMC, Alabama and aTm blew out the east…8-0 As compared to 11-9 for all the others I’d say it was somewhat close…I know, big IF…
Believe it or not, those schools are both a part of the West. LSU went 3-1 against the East. If we take them out too, it would be a tie. As it stands, it was a blowout.
Hence the disclaimer… I know, big IF…
But did you know IF we also throw out Vandy as well the East would actually have the edge 9-7, BIG IF
I don’t really get the divisional superiority complex. The SEC is the only conference where fans chant for a conference and definitely the only one where people try to vouch for their division.
I personally don’t think divisions should exist, but I don’t particularly care if the East or West is strong or not. It’s funny a Bama fan cares to be honest. Usually it’s the fans of teams who aren’t playing for anything who care about divisional superiority. Just like fans of other teams try to take credit for Bama’s success by saying the “SEC won the championship,” no Bama won it this year and LSU won it last year.but if I wanted to feel better about the conference my team belongs to I could go on and on about the SEC’s championship winning streak.
I also believe a better conference game rotation could be achieved if you get rid of the division concept.
Should make a better championship game too. For instance, UF was virtually out of the CFP race but A&M had a chance if they had an opportunity to prove their progress (aka SEC Championship) and they would’ve been the conference 2 seed without divisions.
I agree. Dissolve the Divisions.
The battle for 2nd place in the SEC.
We’re going to hang a banner.
Enjoy it while you can. Saban is no spring chicken. Maybe you guys can get back to the Shula days?
Even Shula beat Florida..
Drinkwitz was trying to win the East with half a young coaching staff last year but only got to 3rd place. It’s not hard to imagine that he could beat Florida or Georgia next year. He will have better coaches and better players by a substantial margin.
Actually, it’s very hard to imagine.
You have a very active imagination
true, mizz finished 3rd, but it was a very distant 3rd to uga at 2nd. 49-14
wolfman…Unrealistic hope springs from Mizzou.
How many loses did they end up with?
We already saw Florida fall off, and that was before the season even ended.
You fell off before the season started. Losers
Of course it did. Gators couldn’t take advantage when the window was open, now Kirby and Co slam it shut.
Once jones gets spring and fall camp with the starting receivers and routes and his timing with the starters i think he is going to be better than we think. With the sample size we’ve seen its hard to tell as is Daniels he”s played four games and beside Cinncinati the competition wasn’t great. The game against clemson will tell us a lot about Daniels when he goes up against their defense. If he goes out and shreds that defense up wilk make me feel a whole lot better about 2021.
If you think Cincy wasn’t good competition, you’re an idiot.
That’s a team that had NINE seniors on its defense, and every one of them played in the bowl game.
If you don’t understand how important having that many seniors on one side of the ball is, you don’t know anything about college football.
That was the best defense besides Bama the Dawgs played all year.
You mean the team that beat Army 24-10, or the one the beat Tulsa 27-24? You guys trailed the whole game, couldn’t run a lick on them with all your “studs”. Great team, whatever. I see you didn’t mention any of the best offenses you faced this year. We could have put 60 on you if Mullen didn’t start running the clock out. Kirby ever seen a wheel route before?
@ corch, you must not have read what i posted. I said besides Cincinnati the competition wasn’t great. Everyone that post”s on this site knows who the real idiot is. The village idiot! That’s you corch
Seriously? You think we haven’t seen enough of Jones or Daniels to make a decision? Here I thought Jones can’t pass and Daniels is a Heisman candidate and the best QB in the SEC
Now you’re the real idiot! Most Dawg fans (outside of Corch and a couple more) agree we haven’t seen enough of Daniels to predict anything, other than HE COULD BE a good QB. I honestly haven’t seen enough of Jones to make a comment other than he’s not likely to be Trask 2.0. You should worry about the rest of your offensive depth/skill being gone. And BTW, you still got Grantham, so that’s worth 14 pts to most teams you’ll play. Enjoy being the East Co-Champs for a few more months before we take it all back.
I love how MuLLLen’s “BEST SEASON EVAR!!!” as a head coach ended with three straight losses, four all together, and ranked outside the top-10, behind Georgia.
There’s just something poetic about that, given how the entire country saw exactly what we’ve been saying about Sideshow Dan the Clown since the very first time he opened up his fat mouth as ‘turd head coach and started talking about blind squirrels.
I don’t know if we’ll win the SEC and go to the Playoff in 2021, but I do know we’re beating Floriduh winning the East.
Pollyanna UGA fans (we’re the best every year!), even though you have 100 5-stars and Bangs can’t develope ’em, even though he let a No. 1 NFL pick run off to Columbus, even though he choked the SEC and Natty in the final 2 minutes, wouldn’t know normal if you bit you in the butt. You guys are the same starry-eyed, we’re good fans who pull for the Falcons and the Braves. Also can’t win the big ones. Here’s normal: 2011-2020: UGA up 6 wins to 4. Wow, domination. 2005-2020: UF up 9-7. 1990-2017: UF up 18-3. You won 3 games in 21 years. I got your normal.
Wow, just wow.
Another crackhead turd that is actually dumber than cojoneslicker, nobody saw that coming
Allow me to channel cojoneslicker – moe-ron
Yeah, butt sniffer, historical facts are truly moronic. You’re “wow, just, wow” analysis was much more eloquent and impactful. But hey, you surprised me. You spelled them right. Not something I was expecting.
Actually his analysis was spot on, so you’re the Moron
moe-ron
That wasn’t an “analysis”, it was a regurgitation of some selective facts sprinkled in with a weak attempt at trash talk. Also, how many 4-win season has Florida had the past decade? More than UGA in the prior 4 decades. And it’s such a shame Mullen totally squandered away his best and most experienced team ever, which was also the one down year of his biggest rival, and ended the season with a 3-loss streak. What was that about less is more?
So J-Ditty/Cojones likes to look at history but truncates it. Convenient that you truncated your data to coincide with the Spurrier/Meyer eras where two coaches had 36% of your historical wins over the Dawgs. Don’t ignore the FACT either, that only 6 of your coaches have a winning record against UGA and two of those McElwain/Zook you fired just as they were start to crash/burn. And also ignore the fact that the Dawgs are still 53-44-2 all time. You still got a lot of catching up to do and BTW, Spurrier and Meyer (the only two coaches to dominate UGA) aren’t walking through that door in that craphole you call the swamp any time soon. If we stick to the here and now, Kirby owns Mullet at FLA and MSU and you know it.
So to quote the great philosopher, TDOWTheGreat, “Moe-ron”
Every time cojoneslicker posts “moron” I get a visual of that nerd looking freak in the Animal House movie
“What the heell are we supposed to do you moe-ron”
You just know that cojoneslicker is that guy in real life.
Florida is winning the East again, followed by lack of talent development by Kirby Stupid.
“Quick, put Fields in to run the fake punt.” – Bangs
“Quick let’s act like we totally weren’t interested in this NY6 bowl game on account of us getting mercilessly curb stomped” — Mullen
I thought that was the UGA fanbase when they lost to Texas?
Having to dig back a few years now for that one, I see. Well, you’re partially right, that was the response from corners of dawg nation at that time. But being that I pretty much summarized Mullen’s post-game press conference, I think it encapsulates Mullen and the current general vibe from gator nation far better than the UGA fanbase.
You have to dig back a few years for a lot of things when it comes to UGA..
An oldie but goodie
Yep, they are a shoe in.
As much as you are
Kirby is 4-1 against the State of Alabama’s #2 college football team.
Does AU finish ahead or behind Miss St in 2021?
Really, the chances of AU finishing last in the SECW are greater than AU even finishing 2nd or 3rd in the SECW.
Irrelevant..
Yes, AU is irrelevant
Aubie108, J-Ditty and conjoneslicker all on the same post
Proof that there really is a gaydar
There you go again. Grow up Moron
That makes no sense TDOW, but then neither did chasing Newman off by bringing in Daniels. Oh, and the Athens hype is always real. Newman was the next Heisman candidate. Then he wasn’t.
Cojoneslicker
It’s 2021 and you should be proud of who you are; there is nothing wrong with your lifestyle and it is to be celebrated.
You should consider my observations of you a good hearted endorsement of who you are.
Seriously, consider my light hearted jokes an endorsement and validation!!!
DumbsOfWar you know nothing you big Moron. It’s 2021 and you’re still one delusional, ignorant and infantile fool
I like how the idiot from Allbarn comes in to trash UGA who is 13-3 against AU in the last 16 meetings. Allbarn will be lucky to win 6 games this year. You got rid of Malzahn who was inconsistent but at least could beat Bama every 2 or 3 years. AU won’t beat UGA or Bama for at least the next 5 years. Enjoy that mediocrity.
Thanks for insuring that we won’t beat you or Bama next year. Might as well not even play because as long as you speak it, it won’t happen..
UGA has had more individual player awards under Kirby than Gus. Have fun with the first steps of a long and uncertain rebuild. It would be a shame if this was all just a really expensive and circuitous route for Auburn to maintain 9 wins per season.
I don’t really care how many more awards Kirby has lol. Hopefully we can take a decent year, get our receivers experience, fix Nix, and look on to 2022, which should be a big year for us.
When you throw out comments about lack of player development, it’s clear you don’t really care about the awards Kirby’s players have earned. Also, it might be a bit early to invest hope in 2022 being a big year.
Here’s the reality, if Kirby would actually turn his 5-stars and 4-stars into what they’re expected to be turned into, they’d have already won a recent championship. Hopefully Kirby is at Georgia, for a long time.
That’s not reality that’s just the musings of an Auburn fan. Kirby has an outstanding record against top 10 and top 25 teams, which is precisely where you’d see evidence of your so-called reality. Good teams lose to other good teams every season and sometimes talent development isn’t a factor. If Kirby critically suffered from not being able to develop his talent, he’d have a much worse record since 2017 overall and versus ranked teams.
1980 1980 1980 1980 1980 1980 1980
It’s 2021 and UGA vs UF is defined by Kirby Smart and mullet.
Kirby Smart owns mullet on the field, Kirby Smart owns mullet in recruiting and Kirby Smart owns mullet when it comes to “developing players.” Don’t think Kirby owns mullet when it comes to developing talent – between Kirby and mullet who has produced the most All SEC players, All American player and NFL draft picks? Where did Felipe Franks have his best season to date – at Arkansas or UF??????
UF had a really good offense in 2020 and UGA never got its offense off the ground until J-TD became the starter.
When UF beat UGA in 2020 UGA was starting a 5’10’’ walk-on QB who sprained his shoulder in the 1st qtr. of the game. UGA was missing an All American safety and an ALL-SEC defensive linemen. UGA’s middle linebacker was hobbled by a foot injury. For one half of the game UF did a great job exploiting UGA’s defense with wheel route passes. UGA was actually still in the game in the 4th qtr.
A healthy 2020 UGA team lead by J-TD cleans the clock of the 2020 UF team and everybody knows it.
UGA’s questions for 2021:
Is J-TD a legit Heisman contender?
How many RB’s go over 1000 yards for the season?
How many WR’s go over 1000 yards for the season?
Does UGA average over 45 points?
What the over/under for ALL-SEC Offensive players – 4, 5 6 etc?
UF’s questions for 2021:
Any hope we can sign a talented player in the portal?
Which one-dimensional QB will be the starter?
Does 3rd and Grantham make is the full season?
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Turds, you better party like it’s 2020 for as long as you can because you will be assuming the position in 2021.
FACT: Coach Dan Mullet has led the mighty reptilians of Gator Nation to their 5th (YES COUNT EM -5th) season since 2010 where they lost 3 or more games in a row…because that’s what elite coaches do…lose 3 in a row…
FACT: Coach Dan Mullet after back to back top 10 recruiting seasons and individual per player ratings of .9000+ 247 comp – has led the mighty reptilians of Gator Nation to their worst (YES COUNT EM – the WORST) per player rating of .8990, the most pathetic since 2017 when they finished a paltry .8911 per player average.
FACT: Coach Dan Mullet has Florida regressing at a rate unseen since their glory years following the back to back east championships under Sharky McSharkhumper, so YES the WINDOW has closed…oh, did I ask yet, how is it conceivable that an ELITE coach with elite talent loses back to back to back games in a single season and regresses in recruiting after capturing a division crown…HOW??? Inquiring minds need to know…
And one final question, did you hear the story about the shoe and the barricade?
Georgia will likely own the SEC east for years with all the 5 star talent that Kirby has accumulated. Florida has some big gaps in recruiting.
Breaking news, this just in.. Florida will finish third or fourth in the East behind Kentucky and possibly Mizzou. Georgia out of reach now unless injuries take over but get ready for the Cats… y’all put us down and overlook us all the time and that is fine by us. You heard it first here and will discount it later when it happens but that’s how it is in the SEC
I’m rooting for the Wildcats to kick some Gator a$$.
I certainly would like to see how Georgia’s offense evolves in Monken’s second season with a full (hopefully non-COVID) offseason of work. You don’t necessarily need to become a pass-first team operating out of the gun spread formation but it’d probably be helpful to use lots of flood concepts as well as bunch and trips formations.
I think what’s most irritating about Georgia’s resurgence at the end of 2020 is that Kirby started to (finally) come back down to Earth – and then JT Daniels was there to save the day. Georgia has had some of the best recruiting classes in the country the past five years, but Smart had to go look all the way across the country for a quarterback? Really, Georgia?! Y’all have had a bazillion five star players and there wasn’t a QB waiting in the wings? Never fear, the transfer portal was there to save the day. A majority of schools are fighting for table scraps because Georgia, OSU, Clemson and Bama are hoarding all the good players. So OF COURSE Smart was able to find just what he needed 3,000 miles away. The transfer portal needs to go away – except for extreme circumstances.
The portal is here to stay and unfortunately it’s going to get worse. Hell, it’s going to get chaotic. I think good coaches will get fed up with CFB and go to the pros first chance they get.
By the way, what do you have against Kirby and the Dawgs? 13-3? Lol.