🏈 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly vs. Jawga

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Our offensive line was great. We may not have gotten the push we wanted for the run game, but Ty was clean and took no hits from their rush. I mean, we would have only wished for that in the last number of weeks when you look back at the comments. I'm saying ZERO sacks, ZERO!!! Box score shows one, but I don't recall a sack sack.

Sorta misleading... a bit. But the handoff to Bernard where he was gonna throw it (in the 1st quarter) was technically a sack.

 

[mando]

Who would've done better? I'm not saying I'm defending him at all, because i'm not. The touchdown on Jackson? I believe it was miscommunication between caoches and player. He thought he had a safety help over the top and he didn't. It definitely looked like that because on that play, I thought there was supposed to be a safety over top. Go back and watch that.

On other plays, all isn't on him. the OLB or ILB I can't remember, they didn't always set edge , and DL didn't do great job at times. It put pressure on CBs/ Safety often. Hubbard lead the team in 9 tackles. Jefferson is next with 8. By the way Jefferson and Green-hill did good job last night.

We may never know but I think he just bit on the move from the WR and got his eyes caught looking in the backfield and got beat. Eye discipline is what I was thinking when it happened and saw the replay.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

The Good- Poise. I was there on the 50, row 2. These guys were completely unphased by Sanford Stadium & it was loud as hell. My ears were ringing afterwards. I watched the team how they handled Jawja's punches. They had a errie calmness about them.

This was maybe my biggest concern going into the game... how would Bama handle the adversity, knowing UGA wasn't going to give up and go away. Sometimes, UGA is at their best when they get down early... the come out in the 3rd quarter adjusted and looking for blood. Bama weather the storm and stood with them punch for punch. The defense actually picked up the offense in the 2nd half, something they couldn't do last season. I'll admit, I was a bit worried late in the 4th when UGA converted that 3rd and 11 from their own 15 yard line. Felt like, here we go again... they only needed a FG to tie it and I thought they were going to get that shot. Thankfully, and somewhat surprisingly to me, they then had the 3rd and 9 from midfield that Bama stopped. I knew then the game was over and they were not getting the ball back.

 

[Crimson&WhiteGecko]

they only needed a FG to tie it and I thought they were going to get that shot. Thankfully, and somewhat surprisingly to me, they then had the 3rd and 9 from midfield that Bama stopped. I knew then the game was over and they were not getting the ball back.

-When the defense made the 4th down stop inside the red zone..... It happened so fast with hurry up that it caught most of the stadium off guard. . .

From that point on, utter bewilderment took over for the Jawja faithful. It was great. They were all "What just happened?" Then for most , it dawned on them that defeat was coming.

-The 3rd down in referrence was a bubble screen that was stopped dead in its tracks...... Man, folks started losing their mind "Only Bobo would call a bubble screen for a needed 9 yard gain!" I was just as baffled as they were but a bit more giddy about it though. HA!

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

-When the defense made the 4th down stop inside the red zone..... It happened so fast with hurry up that it caught most of the stadium off guard. . .

From that point on, utter bewilderment took over for the Jawja faithful. It was great. They were all "What just happened?" Then for most , it dawned on them that defeat was coming.

-The 3rd down in referrence was a bubble screen that was stopped dead in its tracks...... Man, folks started losing their mind "Only Bobo would call a bubble screen for a needed 9 yard gain!" I was just as baffled as they were but a bit more giddy about it though. HA!

Would have been great to be able to hack into the frequency needed to make all their little PixMob wristbands blink SOS in morse code after one of those stops.

 

[UAgrad93]

I don't understand why people think People won't play in NFL just because they had a bad game or two. NFL Draft is about potential. how many time we've seen players getting drafted for potential they show on the tapes?

IKR! Hell, Eddie Jackson got burned regularly as a freshman back in ‘14. Been in the NFL since being drafted in ‘17 by the Bears. Currently with the Chargers.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

IKR! Hell, Eddie Jackson got burned regularly as a freshman back in ‘14. Been in the NFL since being drafted in ‘17 by the Bears. Currently with the Chargers.

It's akin to saying Proctor won't play in the NFL. Unseriousness.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

We may never know but I think he just bit on the move from the WR and got his eyes caught looking in the backfield and got beat. Eye discipline is what I was thinking when it happened and saw the replay.

I agree he bit a bit on the pump, but I do think he played the receiver like he had help over the top. I think I mentioned in the game thread, the PBU by Jackson earlier in the game was pretty impressive, arrived on time with ill intent and proper form and location to separate the receiver from the ball.

I think Herbie said it during the game that Wommack grabbed the players as they came off the field and said, "that one's on me".

 

[BamaFan334]

I agree he bit a bit on the pump, but I do think he played the receiver like he had help over the top. I think I mentioned in the game thread, the PBU by Jackson earlier in the game was pretty impressive, arrived on time with ill intent and proper form and location to separate the receiver from the ball.

I think Herbie said it during the game that Wommack grabbed the players as they came off the field and said, "that one's on me".

I'm still left with how did he think he had help over the top when he was the deepest player on our defense? Sabb was inside the hash and lined up in front of him. His eyes never looked back and he was playing his man the entire time. As I said in an earlier post, not even Usain Bolt was going to get there of in fact we did have support over the top. Their alignment simply does not show that, and being a fourth year guy, how would he not know to look around to make sure the alignment was correct? Maybe Womack simply meant it was a bad defensive call, not that someone missed any assignment .

 

[EasyTider]

On the run plays? Not on him??????? You have me lost here because it's absolutely on him. The OLB or ILB have zero to do with him pushing it back inside, zero. Any defense I have ever seen the corners have contain. You're right, Hubbard was abused all night by their tight ends, but that means zero regarding Jackson. A bunch of excuses being thrown in for him. Scrape is a linebacker guy and I'm a DB guy, so I am sympathetic and hard on the DB's. Jackson struggled a lot and hurt us last night.

I’m sure Hubbard did get blocked during the game, but ‘abused’? He led the team in tackles and caused a fumble that directly resulted in points. Curious if you would give passing grades to anyone on D? If Hubbard taking up TE blocks on running plays, where are our LBs??? I saw somewhere Saab was credited for 4 tackles but I can’t remember any of them. IMO, he has been a bit of a disappointment thru 4 games. I did see him 5yds behind Georgia receiver who dropped the sure TD.

 

[musso]

Good

Bad

Ugly

Overall grade for the game for Bama?

Good: Simpson’s poise and accuracy in hostile environment, OL pass protection, Bernard, Overton, Brooks, Miller, Hubbard, Edric Hill.

Bad: Bama OL run blocking. Georgia (the worst UGA roster and coaching performance I’ve seen since Smart turned it around, NIL parity has now swallowed every team).

Ugly: Jackson (pathetic run tackling all game, lost contain multiple times.)

 

[BamaFan334]

I’m sure Hubbard did get blocked during the game, but ‘abused’? He led the team in tackles and caused a fumble that directly resulted in points. Curious if you would give passing grades to anyone on D? If Hubbard taking up TE blocks on running plays, where are our LBs??? I saw somewhere Saab was credited for 4 tackles but I can’t remember any of them. IMO, he has been a bit of a disappointment thru 4 games. I did see him 5yds behind Georgia receiver who dropped the sure TD.

Go back and watch all of those run plays where we got beat to the edge and he gets pancaked by Lawson Lucky, #7.

He absolutely had a great forced fumble as he stuck his head in there and squared up a very shifty back, so he definitely gets credit there.

Linebacker play on the perimeter was questionable. I specifically recall Jefferson going to the wrong hole where Lawson was filling, and the back popped outside with a nice cut and was off to a big gain.

In the end, I felt our defense played amazing. Giving up 21 points to a Top 5 team in primetime at their place??? Forget about it, it was a great night for them and the entire team. We gotta button up the edge and giving teams the corner, we gotta fill gaps, because teams will exploit that and capitalize with points.

3:56, 6:17 (stuck his nose inside), 7:19,

4:56, amazing job by Hubbard

A few others, but I didn't spot them in this clip as it was a quick search while I'm in a current work meeting, .

 

[mando]

I felt our defense played amazing

I would not characterize the D play that way. Gritty, competitive character etc.... but not amazing giving up 200+ rushing yards.

 

[BamaFan334]

I would not characterize the D play that way. Gritty, competitive character etc.... but not amazing giving up 200+ rushing yards.

Gave up 21 points. Willing to bet you $1M you never thought we'd make that happen.

 

[mando]

Gave up 21 points. Willing to bet you $1M you never thought we'd make that happen.

Do not bet but you are right. I think I predicted something like 35-34 Bama.

 

[BamaFan334]

@Justneedme81 Sorry to bring this up again, but sharing what I just heard in Josh Pate's discussion about the game. 22:25. He was at the game, so it from field level and made a comment about our ability to not hold the edge, and listen to the name he brings up...

He also calls the touchdown busted coverage. Still hard for me to believe that, but if I'm using him to express Domani's failures multiple times I have to accept it when it doesn't prove my point as well.

 

[rick4bama]

I'm worry about Bama rush defenses!

 

[Justneedme81]

@Justneedme81 Sorry to bring this up again, but sharing what I just heard in Josh Pate's discussion about the game. 22:25. He was at the game, so it from field level and made a comment about our ability to not hold the edge, and listen to the name he brings up...

He also calls the touchdown busted coverage. Still hard for me to believe that, but if I'm using him to express Domani's failures multiple times I have to accept it when it doesn't prove my point as well.

It's cool. I don't mind revisting this.

Wommack discussed that yesterday and said it's not acceptable at all.

 

[BamaFan334]

It's cool. I don't mind revisting this.

Wommack discussed that yesterday and said it's not acceptable at all.

I also wanted to temper myself a little here too because I was screaming bad coverage on the touchdown. I still don't see how it was busted exactly, but if y'all saw it and a guy like Pate saw it, I'll sit with y'all on that one.

 

[TerryP]

I also wanted to temper myself a little here too because I was screaming bad coverage on the touchdown. I still don't see how it was busted exactly, but if y'all saw it and a guy like Pate saw it, I'll sit with y'all on that one.

If I remember this right ...

Herbie called it when it happened. A few seconds later you saw the two coaches on the sidelines talking and to me it was pretty evident they were talking about help over the top.

It wasn't a game changer. If they didn't score, it may have been. The 43 yard rush in the second half was a busted assignment. Without that, do they score? Shit happens.