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WracerX

WracerX

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1. Our O looked a lot better the last two games after we stopped signaling in the plays. We went back to sending in the play by aback. Maybe the coach signaling in the plays sucks at it. Maybe our signals were so basic the other team could read them. Who knows? I hope to never see that again.

2. The TO down by the goal line with the fantom pitchman. When have we ever had the qb sprint playside without a pitchman? I am sure somebody got an ass chewing for that.

3. I am pretty sure that the OT was supposed to cut his man on that BBack swing pass. Did he miss or did he try to straight up block the DE? I haven't watched the replay and didn't catch it live. Either way, JT had to throw it high to prevent the DE from blocking the pass.

4. WTF guards? You know to fire out as soon as someone steps into the neutral zone. That can't be blamed on the freshmen tackles.
 
WracerX said:
1. Our O looked a lot better the last two games after we stopped signaling in the plays. We went back to sending in the play by aback. Maybe the coach signaling in the plays sucks at it. Maybe our signals were so basic the other team could read them. Who knows? I hope to never see that again.

2. The TO down by the goal line with the fantom pitchman. When have we ever had the qb sprint playside without a pitchman? I am sure somebody got an ass chewing for that.

3. I am pretty sure that the OT was supposed to cut his man on that BBack swing pass. Did he miss or did he try to straight up block the DE? I haven't watched the replay and didn't catch it live. Either way, JT had to throw it high to prevent the DE from blocking the pass.

4. WTF guards? You know to fire out as soon as someone steps into the neutral zone. That can't be blamed on the freshmen tackles.
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Has Trey Braun improved at all from his redshirt freshman year to now? Does anyone on this board believe he has improved?
 
Does not matter about Trey. He has finished his eligibility. His brother will be here as a freshman next year.

Go Jackets!
 
WracerX said:
2. The TO down by the goal line with the fantom pitchman. When have we ever had the qb sprint playside without a pitchman? I am sure somebody got an ass chewing for that.

3. I am pretty sure that the OT was supposed to cut his man on that BBack swing pass. Did he miss or did he try to straight up block the DE? I haven't watched the replay and didn't catch it live. Either way, JT had to throw it high to prevent the DE from blocking the pass.

4. WTF guards? You know to fire out as soon as someone steps into the neutral zone. That can't be blamed on the freshmen tackles.
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2. Pretty sure it was Lynn Griffin who messed up there.

3. It was essentially a screen pass. The way MOST people do it is to float the pass high over charging/leaping linemen and let the back run underneath it and keep going. Justin chose to throw it on a line and try to hit the cheerleader in the back of the head.

4. Agree 100%.
 
JT's upper body throwing motion looked much better than early in the season. He has gone from a baseball pitchers motion to a qb motion. No he needs to stop throwing flat footed to get his distance back. Regardless, he looks better throwing.
 
random thoughts: two people were supposed to bring in the fireball and jack Daniels. they drank it all before the game and I had to watch the game sober. It was horrible.
 
In the second half, uga cheated the backside linebacker upto the LOS to blitz. On one of our counters, the pulling guard actually had to sidestep to avoid hitting the LB. The LB of course tackled JT5 for a yard loss. Complete brain fart by the guard who was focusing on "his man" and not the actual defense being played.

It was corrected a few plays later, and got about a 4-5 yard gain.
 
Jerry the Jacket said:
Does not matter about Trey. He has finished his eligibility. His brother will be here as a freshman next year.

Go Jackets!
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I think the point is that we have a coach whose job it is to produce improvement. And none was really observed.
 
WracerX said:
2. The TO down by the goal line with the fantom pitchman. When have we ever had the qb sprint playside without a pitchman? I am sure somebody got an ass chewing for that.
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If it's the play I'm recalling, CPJ had stern words with IW3 following that play.
 
Regarding 4: was listening on the radio and after that play Sean Bedford said that unlike most teams that teach the center to snap the ball when the D jumps they were taught in the TO to remain still.
 
ee8384 said:
Regarding 4: was listening on the radio and after that play Sean Bedford said that unlike most teams that teach the center to snap the ball when the D jumps they were taught in the TO to remain still.
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CPJ has taught the guard to fire out, the center remains still. He has done this since 2008. I was stunned when we got uga to jump offsides and no one moved.

The only thing I can think of is that it is always the guard on the side of the neutral zone infraction. UGa jumped offsides over the center. But they should still know to jump and bring the flag.
 
The thing that was frustrating to me in this game was that U[sic]GA didn't seem able to stop us consistently. We were gashing them outside 50-75% of the time we ran it outside, but then they'd occasionally blow something up, and that seemed to totally derail us. Similarly, an incomplete pass or a penalty or a mediocre dive always seemed to derail us, and if that didn't happen, we'd turn the ball over, and if THAT didn't happen, then JT would get hurt and have to sit out a play. It was always SOMETHING, and we just couldn't put a dozen plays in a row together until it was too late to matter.

As well as the defense played, they also couldn't make the BIG play most of the time - letting them score on 4th down on that first drive hurt, dropping that pick late hurt, letting them out of the hole when we had them pinned inside the 5 hurt. Can't fault a D that held them to 13 points, but there were still some potential game-changing plays that (like all season) we just couldn't make.

JRjr
 
I hate the 10-12 drop we give the slot receiver. 80% of high school qb's can hit that guy on a post route if given the time. And we have no pass rush. At least pressure at the LOS and force the qb to check down.
 
WracerX said:
I hate the 10-12 drop we give the slot receiver. 80% of high school qb's can hit that guy on a post route if given the time. And we have no pass rush. At least pressure at the LOS and force the qb to check down.
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UGA hit the slot for a huge 3rd down (2ndQ I think) when they motioned him over to trips and our safety just took two steps forward from 15 yards deep to cover him. It was almost like we were baiting them to throw to the slot receiver before the snap, but we never made a move until the ball was in his hands. First down Dawgs.
 
vapspwi said:
The thing that was frustrating to me in this game was that U[sic]GA didn't seem able to stop us consistently. We were gashing them outside 50-75% of the time we ran it outside, but then they'd occasionally blow something up, and that seemed to totally derail us. Similarly, an incomplete pass or a penalty or a mediocre dive always seemed to derail us, and if that didn't happen, we'd turn the ball over, and if THAT didn't happen, then JT would get hurt and have to sit out a play. It was always SOMETHING, and we just couldn't put a dozen plays in a row together until it was too late to matter.

As well as the defense played, they also couldn't make the BIG play most of the time - letting them score on 4th down on that first drive hurt, dropping that pick late hurt, letting them out of the hole when we had them pinned inside the 5 hurt. Can't fault a D that held them to 13 points, but there were still some potential game-changing plays that (like all season) we just couldn't make.

JRjr
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When the mutts had that fourth and short on the first drive, I immediately thought of the TD Moreno scored on fourth and 1 in the fourth quarter of 08.

We got a lot out of the A back counter, but I think it was Devine and Joe leading the way and neither one of them did anything with Leonard Floyd, who made the tackle for a loss. I mean, they ran right by him and didn't even blink. PJ was hacked off about that in his post game presser.
 
vapspwi said:
The thing that was frustrating to me in this game was that U[sic]GA didn't seem able to stop us consistently. We were gashing them outside 50-75% of the time we ran it outside, but then they'd occasionally blow something up, and that seemed to totally derail us. Similarly, an incomplete pass or a penalty or a mediocre dive always seemed to derail us, and if that didn't happen, we'd turn the ball over, and if THAT didn't happen, then JT would get hurt and have to sit out a play. It was always SOMETHING, and we just couldn't put a dozen plays in a row together until it was too late to matter.

JRjr
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I feel like this was the case a game or two ago as well (they've largely blended together for me this season). It's not like we were getting shut down and going 3 and out. We'd pick up 2-3 first downs and then stall (due to any number of reasons you mention above).
 
swampsting said:
When the mutts had that fourth and short on the first drive, I immediately thought of the TD Moreno scored on fourth and 1 in the fourth quarter of 08.

We got a lot out of the A back counter, but I think it was Devine and Joe leading the way and neither one of them did anything with Leonard Floyd, who made the tackle for a loss. I mean, they ran right by him and didn't even blink. PJ was hacked off about that in his post game presser.
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That play epitomized this year. How could they not block the guy staring them in the eye in the backfield? We should just call 2015 The Year of the Stupid Play. When Skov ran the wrong way against ND and we didn't score the early TD it began, and it didn't stop until I emptied the bourbon bottle Saturday night.
 
I'm "pretty sure" Johnson's running the plays on the field is a Huge problem. But we pay him 3 million a year so he gets to do what he wants, right?
 
gnats67 said:
I'm "pretty sure" Johnson's running the plays on the field is a Huge problem. But we pay him 3 million a year so he gets to do what he wants, right?
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Do you mean signaling in the plays verses sending them by aback? Or do you mean playcalling?
 
If we would have kicked field goals on the two drives we were within range (one we missed going for it on 4th, one we got the 1st then backed out of range) the score could have been 13-13 at the end. Given strategies would have changed but who knows.
I remember thinking we needed the points when we were going for it both times.
 
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