The OFFICIAL 2019 College football RANDOM THOUGHTS thread

[MoneyTron]

I guess the dudes i listed weren’t highly touted, didn’t win accolades in the sec and did not make it to the league or get drafted high ???

You can deny what UGA websites and fans are saying with anecdotal evidence if you want. Bottom line is, there is statistical evidence point to how and why UGA's line recruiting under Kirby is on a different level from Richt.

 

[I AM WE ARE]

That catch

 

[PortCityProphet]

This catch this Baylor WR just made was spectacular. He froze in midair leaned out of bounds and tapped a toe

 

[blankstairz]

I wouldn’t say mental toughness so much so as two buzz saws in urban and Sababan

Yeah, Urban and Saban are/were much better coaches of course.

Talent was even among the 3 programs.

If they swapped their rosters at the time with Richt's, you'd get the same results.

 

[Sauce Dab]

He gone. shyt is tough when you’re not gifted an elite defense to work with

 

[UserNameless]

Richt did not recruit offensive line anywhere close to Kirby. He had the same problem in Miami.

Nah ... won’t accept that ... I remember year in and year out Georgia and Wisky’s lines were ALWAYS featured in ESPN graphics as 1 and 2 interchangeably for the heaviest lines in the nation .

 

[PortCityProphet]

BTW Wisconsin is nasty.
When they play OSU its gonna be deadly.
I think they can win that game with the way theyre looking right now just blankin everybody

 

[blankstairz]

Never said there was a rebuild for Kirby. I said he recruits far better than Richt does.

Far better and yet what are the results?

A few more wins and a NC appearance, and still choking.

He wasn't hired for that.

They look like the same UGA. Still crapping the bed against less talented teams which is an even bigger indictment of Kirby if he is the "far better" recruiter than Richt.

 

[MoneyTron]

Nah ... won’t accept that ... I remember year in and year out Georgia and Wisky’s lines were ALWAYS featured in ESPN graphics as 1 and 2 interchangeably for the heaviest lines in the nation .

Read the article I posted from from DawgNation. Never mind...

• During the 14 listed recruiting classes of the Mark Richt era, the program signed 12 Top 10 offensive line recruits on the 247Sports Composite.
• Smart’s classes have signed nine such recruits in his first three cycles. (Keep in mind that Smart and his staff had barely two months to recruit his first class back in 2016.)
• Sam Pittman and Smart have signed eight prospects which rated as Top 10 recruits at their position on the offensive line during just the 2017 and 2018 cycles.
• From 2002-2015, the Bulldogs signed 22 total offensive line prospects with a rating of 4-stars or better on the 247Sports composite standard.
• This staff has already signed nine OLs who had a composite rating of 4-stars or better since 2016. (We did count the signing of 4-star OT D’Antne Demery in 2017 even though he never enrolled.)
• John Theus was the only 5-star OL recruit of the Mark Richt era. Georgia has already signed a trio of 5-stars in Cade Mays (2018), Jamaree Salyer (2018) and Isaiah Wilson (2017) so far with Smart.
• The average offensive line signee under the previous staff was a 3.3-star recruit.
• The average offensive line recruit under this staff is a 3.92-star recruit. That is boosted by a 4.1-star average per signee over Smart’s first two full recruiting cycles.
• The Bulldogs signed 39 recruits with no more than a 3-star rating during the 14 years studied prior to Kirby Smart taking over the job. That was an average of 2.8 per class. With Smart, the Bulldogs have signed only four of those recruits in his first three years.
• Do you remember the 2011 “Dream Team” of elite recruits for the Bulldogs? When we examine that class we see that hyped-up batch of recruits included four OL signees with a 3-star rating. The top-rated OL in that class was 4-star OT Watts Dantzler. Dantzler rated as the nation’s No. 281 overall prospect.
• The Bulldogs signed 11 guys at other positions which rated higher than the top OL in the class. It adds to the perception that OL recruiting was simply not the priority.

Its not close.

 

[PortCityProphet]

How breh aint catch the game winning TD it hit him in the hands

 

[MoneyTron]

Far better and yet what are the results?

A few more wins and a NC appearance, and still choking.

He wasn't hired for that.

They look like the same UGA. Still crapping the bed against less talented teams which is an even bigger indictment of Kirby if he is the "far better" recruiter than Richt.

I don't care what the results are. I hope UGA loses every game they have for the rest of eternity.

I'm just saying that Kirby and their board(which has dumped $200m into the program to help them over the top) has put the team on a different talent level than they were.

 

[blankstairz]

I don't care what the results are. I hope UGA loses every game they have for the rest of eternity. I'm just saying that Kirby and their board(which has dumped $200m into the program to help them over the top) has put the team on a different talent level than they were.

They've stepped it up a notch as a program with Kirby.

They are in the conversation for National titles.


Talent-wise, there is no difference. UGA has always been loaded.

 

[MoneyTron]

Just to add, if Richt was still in Athens, both Bama and Auburn would be looking even more talented than they are on both sides of the ball.

Kirby's built a figurative wall around the state.

 

[smitty22]

BTW Wisconsin is nasty.
When they play OSU its gonna be deadly.
I think they can win that game with the way theyre looking right now just blankin everybody

Naw I actually don’t think it will be close. We have the defense to shut down their run game, and once there in passing downs it a wrap. Our offense has the talent to spread them out with athletes they haven’t faced yet, plus JK gonna eat. Bucks by 24. Not looking past Northwestern Friday though

 

[blankstairz]

Just to add, if Richt was still in Athens, both Bama and Auburn would be looking even more talented than they are on both sides of the ball.

Kirby's built a figurative wall around the state.

UGA can't sign everyone from the state though. The state is so talent rich, you can win with players UGA does not sign.