JessN: Georgia wrap-up: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

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I think the O looked great in the first half. I wish they had continued with the first down throws in the second half to get to a second and short. Also they need to learn how to run the clock inside 10 seconds when they have a substantial lead in the second half. No need to snap it with 20+ seconds on the shot clock every play. But overall i thought they played a great game. Glad to see Coach get excited over the missed PI call.
 

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It was my understanding from CKD, that the game plan was to NOT run up the middle or over tackle. They knew Georgia would be waiting for that. Instead, they attacked the outside. It was huge in the first half. Then Kirby made halftime adjustments to plug the outside.
I just don't know why we didn't adjust when UGA adjusted. We could have put 50 on them yet basically shut down the offense
 

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It was my understanding from CKD, that the game plan was to NOT run up the middle or over tackle. They knew Georgia would be waiting for that. Instead, they attacked the outside. It was huge in the first half. Then Kirby made halftime adjustments to plug the outside.
It looked to me like we made no adjustments, while Kirby made two key ones. First, plug the outside, and second, go wherever Milroe goes. They went back to spies, and everything else they could do to track Jalen. There were a couple of jet sweeps that I wish Jalen had given the ball on. I would have loved to see if they worked. Instead, Jalen kept it the other way and half the state of Georgia seemed to be waiting on him. But we still won! I'd much rather keep the pedal down!
 

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It was my understanding from CKD, that the game plan was to NOT run up the middle or over tackle. They knew Georgia would be waiting for that. Instead, they attacked the outside. It was huge in the first half. Then Kirby made halftime adjustments to plug the outside.
which makes a lot of sense to start, but when they adjust to play leverage outside, and the reads are showing give, we need to adjust to that and let the RB chew up the inside, and the clock.
 

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Thanks, Jess. Once again, I appreciate your hard work putting your write-ups together. I certainly hope that a positive that comes out of this game is that we stay focused and realize we haven't arrived yet. Super proud of the team. Roll Tide!
 

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But if you’re going to play the clock, then play the clock, which means not leaving 20 seconds on play clock.
radio stops working with 15 left on play clock. Just speculation, but that could have something to do with it.
 
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Great Write up!

1. I still love this Defense. I think because we blitzed so much in the 1st half that we were gassed at half-time and then finally the 6 minute drive by UGA in the 3rd coupled with a Vanilla performance by the Offense, paved the way for the UGA comeback.

2. I have to wonder if KLaw was a much bigger part of the overall gameplan with his motion in the 1st half onslaught. It seemed like after he went down we went to less motion and more empty backfield sets (Which I hate!).

Hopefully, we can get some of those things fixed.
 

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But the players can see the playclock on the field. There's no excuse to snap the ball with more than 5 seconds. I have to assume that's on the coaches.
exactly - coaches might want the ball snapped while they are still able to communicate with JM. Coaches in the booth can tell him exactly what to be looking for if they want to...