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Park Gothic

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  1. I politely decline your invitation to add yet another argument about semantics to this thread.
  2. TSRH. I'm not going to weigh in on the asinine and at this point extremely tired argument of whether Quinn is a pussy, is just playing like a pussy, or if he's still our perfect golden boy and it's actually everyone else who's terrible. But he is playing to not get hurt - that is clear. Whether that's justified or not, playing to not get hurt is a great way to get your shit rocked. Playing loose and looking for a fight is part of accepting that football is a violent game and being okay with that level of violence. You're ready for someone to bring it to you and to bring it to them. As the QB you can't be stupid about contact, but you can't avoid the fact that you're playing football too, just like everyone else on the field. Look at this Pavia kid - do you think he's worried about contact? Fuck no. He's not trying to get his head caved in but he's not thinking about it either. If it happens it happens, that's the game. Even within Ewers' own career we've seen this - dude plays better after he's had a little contact. After a hit he sees that it's not a big deal. It's like he needs a shot in the mouth to wake himself up. But we haven't seen that version of him since UTSA. Pretending like you can avoid the violence that's inherent to football is not only dumb, it's dangerous. Ewers is not only playing worse, but he's going to get himself hurt worse too.
  3. Great video, and great explanation of what is happening some of the time when Ewers is getting blitzed. I was just talking to a buddy about the QB controversy, etc. and I said the one thing that I'm not understanding is why we aren't punishing teams for the outside blitzes. Inside blitz - okay, Ewers throws side arm and it's too easy for a blitzing LB in the A-gap to throw up his arms. But when the blitz is from the outside we should be able to throw to pressure. We just didn't read the backside blitz against UGA, but I know Ewers recognized it a couple of times since then and just hasn't been able to throw the ball. It has happened a couple of times with Wingo but also with Golden. It's just another example that the struggles for the offense are a team failure. Ewers is a part of the problem - especially in the UGA game - but the WR and OL aren't doing him any favors. Couple that with a running back room that is struggling between the tackles and it becomes clearer why we are killing so many drives on offense. It's like every room on the offensive side of the ball is plagued by either penalties, failure to read the defense, or inability to execute. Most of it is fixable, although I don't think we'll ever see Ewers reliably throw the deep ball or the RB run effectively inside. But at least we can get Wingo to recognize blitz and Cam Williams to stop with the stupid penalties. I swear he accounts for half our penalty yards every game.
  4. The second team defense runs a dummy version of the opponent's defense in practice against the first team offense. So if Vandy runs a lot of stunts and blitzes, then our starting offense will see a lot of stunts and blitzes in practice in the week leading up to the game. It's the reverse for the first team defense, who runs our defense against a dummy version of the opponent's offense. Just because PK doesn't run those schemes doesn't mean they're alien to him or the rest of the staff. The chief issue is that our second string defense is probably not as good at running those schemes as Vandy's first team defense is, so the look our guys get doesn't quite prepare them for the game speed. That's part of why it's important to have talent at depth - iron sharpens iron. The better our second string defense is, the better they prepare of first string offense.
  5. Honestly, I won't be able to stomach a loss to any of the next four teams. Florida and Kentucky because they are down bad, Arkansas and A&M because fuck them with a rusty rake.
  6. Weirdly optimistic considering your post history since the UGA game. Nice to see, though.
  7. That's a weird way of saying that Vandy is the only SEC school with a winning record against Texas.
  8. tl;dw: "It's there a little bit, but that's just the way injuries go. It's in my mind a little bit...but it's not a big deal" Paraphrasing, but it sounds like it's still bothering him and that it may be affecting him mentally. Not so bad that he has to sit out, but it sounds to me like he should sit out. This is literally why you have a back up QB - if QB1 can't play to the level we need due to injury, put in QB2.
  9. OP, you are a gaping vagina who has been bleeding all over this site since Saturday. Seek help. We're going 11-1.
  10. When I think of ref jobs, 2015 vs. OSU is always at the top of the list.
  11. I don't doubt the quality of the content, I'm just not up to putting myself through the experience again. Detailed analysis of the slow-motion horror show that was Saturday night is not something I can sit through.
  12. I appreciate the post but there is no way that I am watching that. I'd rather watch someone drown puppies in a bath.
  13. Expanding on this with an good post from the LHN subreddit: I've seen this alluded to but not really discussed. The defense played better than you think and the offense played worse. Here are UGA's drive summaries from the first half: First drive starts at the UGA 25 and ends in a punt. Second drive starts at the UGA 17 and ends in a pick (UT gets the ball at the UGA 42 and goes nowhere). Third drive starts at the UGA 20, ends in an interception. Texas gets the ball on its own 5 yard line, take the ball to the 28, then fumbles it back. Fourth drive starts at the UT 13, ends in a TD. In other words, UGA's offense got the ball inside the Texas 20 and scored 7. (total: +13 yards, +7 points). The next UT drive starts back in our territory and ends in a terrible punt. So... Fifth drive starts at the UT 28, ends in a FG from the UT 15 (total: +26 yards, +10 points). The next UT drive ends in an interception, so... UGA's sixth drive starts at the Texas 34, ends in a TD (total: +60 yards, +17 points). Seventh drive starts at the UGA 45, ends in a field goal. I'm not adding this to the total because the UGA offense "earned it" even though they started off at their own 45. Eight drive starts at the UGA 20, ends in a punt. UT's next drive ends with the Manning fumble, so... UGA's ninth drive starts at the UT 30, ends in a field goal after they only gained 4 yards (total: +64 yards, +20 points). The score at half was UGA 23, UT 0. UGA only scored 3 points when they had to start on their side of the field - and not even deep on their side of the field, I'm talking just barely. To score the other 20 points in the first half, UGA's offense only had to travel 64 yards. Fucking 20 points, off of only 60 yards of offense. If our offense had just held the ball and punted at an average level, UGA is probably up by less than 10 at half time. The defense played one of their best games of the year, and the offense turned around and fucked them. Like, actively worked to undermine all the work our defense was doing. We're not doomed. UGA is a very good team, especially on defense. But this game was winnable but for some terrible decision making and execution by Sark, Quinn, and the O-line, in that order. PK is not getting paid enough.
  14. This is the dumbest, most bitch-made post I’ve seen today on Surly. And somehow this one is even worse.
  15. Kirby Smart is a fat fucking retard but the idea that UGA was stealing our calls is pure cope. Offense just got manhandled.
  16. This is not a good thing. It is, in fact, a very bad thing. bit we can use it. If Sark is smart. we down bad. But not dead yet.
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