Some good news is that I'm building a PC right now, should be finished today, so my end of podcast audio should be better and I should be able to get the podcast out quicker.
My opinion of the UGA loss yesterday is a lot less hot takes than what UGA fandom Twitter was going on about. Not sure if anyone cares, but here goes.
The loss yesterday was unacceptable. UGA dominated offensive yardage, defensive yards allowed, time of possession, 3rd down conversions, etc. The game should not have been close. This UGA team is playing down to the level of the opponents.
4th and 1 with the game on the line and you have Chubb block as a fullback for 5'7" 160 lb McKenzie on a run off RT? That's an OC trying to be too cute. Give it to Chubb, tell your OL to dominate the LOS for one play, knock them off the ball, and get a yard. That should be easy.
This is clearly a rebuilding year. The OL is maddeningly inconsistent like most of our team. Eason is inconsistent but he's a true freshman (had a great game yesterday though). There aren't many upperclassmen that are contributing. And we have a first year head coach with a brand new staff.
All of the above combined makes me relax and say that we had a shot for a 9-3 season, stretch 10-2 season, at the beginning of the year. 8-4 wasn't out of the question and might be optimistic given what this team has shown thus far.
It's Kirby's first season as a head coach. Willing to give a little grace there because the decision to replace Richt was probably the right one, yet there are issues he inherited that I mentioned above, combined with learning on the job. He's got recruiting humming right along and I think that next year should be a decent improvement on this year but 2018 is when I'd expect to see a pretty good team. At that point we should be able to make a judgment on Kirby as a coach. Until that point, all the hand wringing seems really premature.
But what do I know.
It could also be worse. We could be Sparty this year. They can't blame their problems on a new coach.
