Tuesday was a busy day in the world of 2021 defensive recruits of the University of Georgia. Both Xavian Sorey and Kamari Lassiter made it known that their decisions will be announced sooner rather than later. Sorey simply put out a tweet stating that he’s committing “soon”. Lassiter was more specific and announced that he’ll, “be committing Thursday evening on the ACA football field, 7pm!!”
Georgia has heavily pursed both the 4-Star linebacker and 4-Star cornerback in Sorey and Lassiter respectively. Adding one or both of these talented prospects would add even more depth to the Dawgs 2021 class, currently ranked 8th in the nation after the signing of 5-Star tackle Amarius Mims. Also each would be prime out of state pick ups with Sorey being from Florida and Lassiter living in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
The addition of Lassiter would fortify depth at cornerback going forward. Cornerback is a position that the Dawgs could lose up to 3 very talented players at in Stokes, Campbell, and DJ Daniel at the end of the 2020 season. Lassiter is originally from Georgia, the Savannah area, and has visited Athens both recruiting and just to visit on a few occasions. When I last spoke to him and asked what he liked about Georgia and why he could see himself play there, Lassiter responded, “That defense! The defense is amazing, up in the top 5 in every aspect of defense last year. Coach Smart has a great plan. They play a lot of DBs and I feel like I could definitely fit well into that system. Also, the academics are great and that’s a big plus for me.”
I’m of the opinion that Xavian Sorey is the best linebacker available to the Georgia Bulldogs. Sorey is an incredible overall athlete and he also is likely to have a plus-one, so to speak. Sorey and 4-Star safety and fellow Florida native Terrion Arnold have made it clear they want to play college football together. Many prospects give this idea lip service but the desire to team up together seems genuine and is certainly something that the schools recruiting each have tapped into, including Georgia and Florida.
UGA getting Lassiter would be big! Especially with fellow 4-Star cornerback Nyland Green trending for the Dawgs. From what I’m hearing, Georgia is in a good position with both Sorey and Arnold. Whatever the result, it now appears we’ll know in the coming week or two on each.
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Think he was a wee bit long on that jump there…
https://twitter.com/Hadtwohurt/status/1318992426690875392
One thing that I have noticed that is a little odd is that when someone logs back on during the same day, their last comment appears as if it’s a new comment, even though it might have been posted hours ago.
Haven’t noticed that yet
@guest_49652 – This one’s for you
@b_miller This is supposed to be a private comment
Good afternoon BI.
Hey Bob
GP!
New commenting system I see. Who is it through?
It is actually the native WP system with enhancements by wpDicuz
Cool. It looked familiar but wasn’t sure if it was through WP or not.
All sorts of additional features – not one of which improves my typing
Heh.
I’m glad my Mom forced me to take typing in HS. While I hated every minute of it (I think I was 1 of 2 males in the class), it saved me a ton of beer money in college as I could type my own papers instead of paying someone to do it for me and has obviously been huge since computers became so prevalent in society.
One of the few classes I got C’s in was Typing 101 during my sophomore year in high school, and I ended up taking it because all the other electives were full. I couldn’t type to save my life the first semester and my teacher thought I was a lost cause. But it clicked at some point during the second semester that year.
It works very similar to Disqus IMHO
I just tried to send you a private comment
I got an email notification @g_poole , but not sure how to access the private comment (message).
can you see it – it is just above your ‘good afternoon’ comment
I am getting the email notifications but cannot see it @g_poole
And how does one do that?
Under the main comment box there is an eyeball icon similar to the CBS logo – that designates the thread as private
I don’t see that function but I wonder if one has to be logged in as something other than a guest to be able to use that feature.
Hello Bob,
Hope your day went well.
hmmmm…given my career in IT, it might surprise you how hard I am finding it to figure out how log in to the new platform…but for those who have seen me post over the years it probably wouldn’t surprise you at all…
well…look at that!
I knew you would say something to make me feel better about my struggles today
Buck and Hut being critical of Kirby when comes to QBs and I agree with em. But at the same time he can’t help it Newman left and Daniels isn’t physically ready. Hope we Figure it out soon because Kentucky and sc have good secondaries
As Kirby is the head coach, it ultimately falls on him to make sure Georgia has the players and staff it needs to compete and win. But as you pointed out, I think this season is a perfect storm between a coronavirus pandemic altered practice(s) and QBs leaving or being hurt.
Actually, I think it could have been worse. Kirby and the staff made sure to get Bennett back on board in addition to picking up two transfers in Newman and Daniels to go along with signing Beck
Part of the heat Kirby is getting is the hangover are fans perceiving that the coaching staff are not playing the best players or that there is no open competition in practice because he started Fromm over Eason in 2017 after Eason came back from the MCL injury and then Fromm over Fields in 2018.
The fact that Daniels in Athens is a testament to how hard Kirby is working to fill that QB1 slot. Most people thought it was bizarre that we chased after Daniels after the WakeForest Opt-out was being touted as a Heisman candidate. Those faulting Kirby for where we are at.. better hope they don’t get evaluated on their own jobs under that type of criteria.
Cleaned a car with roaches!
Disgusting
in the ashtray?
Yep but every where
Do the roaches remove tar and ground in dirt? Never knew that you could clean something with roaches. Learn something new everyday.
Dude I don’t know what you’re talking about!lol
Biggest Surprise of the SEC so far? Can be a team or player
Mizzou – much better than I thought they’d be
That’s a good one
Over the Arky Fighting Pittmans?
Forgot about Pitt-men
Boss Hawg is the Story of 2020.
Arkansas for sure, LSU biggest disappointment
To me, how much Sam Pittman and his coaching staff have improved Arkansas in such a short amount of time compared to the last 2-3 years.
And LSU going from a Nat’l Championship team to a “middle-of-the-road” SEC West team.
I think Arkansas is a good story. Really like Sam Pittman and am happy to see his team doing well
From a player perspective, Franks at Arky as been a big surprise to me as he doesn’t even look like the same QB that played for UF. He looks confident running the offense and isn’t just a turnover machine like he was during his time with the gators.
https://twitter.com/UGASoftball/status/1318982094295498752
I wonder if this LSU situation helps us with Forman. I feel like the NCAA isn’t going to think 8 scholarships is enough, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see a post season ban come down.
Can’t hurt
8 represents 9% of the total players allowed to be on scholarship (in a normal year), which seems pretty steep (or said another way, it’s about 33% of the maximum class size of 25 allowed by the SEC, again in a normal year).
That’s why I think anything further will be bowl bans. This is a straight up pay to play issue, and the NCAA is usually quite hard on those.
Was it a pay to play issue or was it Odell handing out $ on camera following the national title game (i.e., payment after the fact)? I honestly don’t know as I haven’t seen an article about it.
Said a player’s parent got paid by a booster is going to be what they admit to. I’m a cynic, I doubt it just happened that one time?
It’s both, a booster was embezzling money from a hospital (real classy fellow) to pay a player’s parent under the guise of a job (that he never had to show up for). The OBJ stuff is just tacked on, though the main issue is likely that the LSU administration said the money was fake only to have Joe Burrow say it was real a day later. I think the issue there is that they lied about it publicly more than OBJ doing it.
Thanks for the info – I just found an article and read it.
I had forgotten about their basketball program being named as one of the AAU ‘pay to play’ teams that was named in the FBI investigation (including a wire tap where the head coach is overheard talking about paying a player’s family).
With the football and basketball programs being under the microscope, the school may receive a ‘failure to monitor’ penalty, which would be a huge deal. While I don’t think we’ll ever see another ‘death penalty’ like at SMU, I do think the NCAA issuing that penalty would likely result in post-season bans in both sports, among other penalties.
One might make an argument that with reduced scholarships, it’s even more important that LSU sign the best of the best. Clemson built itself into a national powerhouse with recruiting classes having fewer than 20 recruits, so it’s certainly possible to remain elite even with fewer players. A post season ban might hinder that effort, though, as kids want to play for titles and in big games.
Hope we can add Lassiter to the fold tomorrow
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He’d be the 3rd CB in this class so I hope it doesn’t impact Green. I know there’s no guarantee we’ll get Green, but rumor is that we’ve gained a lot of momentum in his recruitment lately. I watched a little of Green’s game last weekend and it wouldn’t surprise me to see him convert to a safety at some point with his size (6’3″), particularly after he gets into a S&C program.
I know the whole QB controversy got heated yesterday. My apologies if I came off harsh or rude to anyone. The main reason I like to post here is because of the respectful nature and well informed posters. We all want what is best for our Dawgs and that is to win the Championship
You’re good, but the apology is nice anyway
I think it’s perfectly fine for people to have differing opinions on matters so long as it doesn’t get nasty on a personal level, which it certainly did not. I just bit my tongue yesterday and generally didn’t weigh in on the conversation much as it’s a lot like politics – you can talk/justify until you’re blue in the face but you’re likely not going to change the other person’s opinions or views.
🙂
95% of the time BI folks debate and disagree cordially and with respect. You all do a really good job and us mods appreciate it.
Hello! Is this thing on? Check 1,2
Yep. On but still tinkering
https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/1318962247989907457
I realize that most won’t give Kirby and the DAWGS the proper respect until they beat bama and that’s acceptable, but I do truly believe that the time is coming and it will be this year in the ATL. KIrby seems to learn from past mistakes so I’m just keeping the FAITH the DAWGS will finally take over, bank it. GO DAWGS!!!!!
https://twitter.com/RossDellenger/status/1318969473907462147
Nah vacate last year’s SEC title and refund my SEC title tix and we’ll call it even.
Remember that the original story was this was OBJ handing out fake money…
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https://twitter.com/SEC_StatCat/status/1318965104461971456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Coach O Has Troubling Injury Update For QB Myles Brennan
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Wondering if LSU can finish .500 this year. Such a big drop off from last year but losing all of those players and coaches is a lot to overcome
There are probs in BR
Florida Gators shut down through at least week’s end
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What are the top five games for everyone this weekend?
I’m going to have to look it up
I’ve got:
South Carolina vs. LSU
Michigan vs. Minnesota
Alabama vs. Tennessee
Nebraska vs. Ohio State
Penn St vs. Indiana
Non Power Five Matchup of Cincinnati vs SMU will hopefully be entertaining as well
Thos B1G games will be interesting – just to see how they play.
Agreed
Just like most of the other football being played this year (including NFL), I expect to see some sloppiness. That said, the top 2 or 3 teams in the B1G are so far superior to the other teams in the league that I still expect blowouts.
Hanging the “Gone Fishing” tomorrow for 8 days of chasing trout. Leaving the football to the homebound peeps.
Where ya going fishing?
Lol, an hour west of Asheville!
I was going to ask you what kind of trout are you going after????
Rainbow
That’s awesome, Shultzy. I went fly fishing in Yellowstone right over my first wedding anniversary, to give you an idea of how much I love stalking trout. Best wishes for tight lines.
Well the bride and I celebrated our 25th a few years back on a secluded trout fishing trip. Her waders are already packed for tomorrow.
I’ll never take my wife trout fishing (she wouldn’t want to go even if I asked) as she’d likely show me up. Plus, it’d be harder to make up fish stories when returning from the trip : ).
The benefit of having the wife around Pack is that I always have someone around to let me know I’m doing it wrong!###
I resemble that remark for all things other than fly fishing
I’ll be in your neck of the woods in two weeks looking for the saltwater version and maybe some reds.
Aye, that is what I wuz a wunderin!
I’ll contact before I head that way.
Love going up big east fork to do some fishing. Although I haven’t caught anything yet.
Love standing in a cold clear stream fishing. Love it better when I’m catching.
Did you plan this trip before the bye week was moved or did you get lucky?
Got lucky. Make reservations 14 months in advance. Normally schedule the off week before Fla game. Campground does have cable so had the schedule not changed, would have watched the KY game on the truly small screen.
Good afternoon fellow dawgs!! New to the site but have been following UGA sports for a long time. Looking forward to discussing all things UGA and hoping to make a few friends in the process
Glad to have you!
You won’t find a better more informed and accepting of all DAWGS views group online. Game day thread is a blast. GO DAWGS!!!! Welcome
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i am having problems logging in.
If you’re trying to log in via the ‘connect with disqus’ feature, Greg hasn’t worked through that issue yet.
Thanks, I think I am good now.
Used to be the off week meant coaches were on the road to High Schools… Since that apparently is a no go..how will Kirby have them re-tasked?
My guess is watching lots of the Bama game film to identify problems that need to be addressed to make the players ‘better’ (as Kirby mentioned on several occasions in his presser yesterday) and watching lots of UK game field to prepare for them. With Kirby at the helm, there won’t be a fall break for the coaches, for sure.
Does this new commenting system make it more or less likely that someone gets “Rev’d”?
Can’t believe Greg got the bye week moved so he could implement a new commenting format
Greg has great power that he wields with great responsibility.
Seems the leaves arent the only thing changing these days!
Is there some secret to logging in?
Looks like you’re commenting as a guest. Greg mentioned earlier this morning that this commenting platform has lots of custom features that he’s in the process of figuring out and implementing. It looks like one option is to log in through Disqus and that’s a feature that I assume Greg will try to launch a bit later after he gets the basic commenting functions working properly.
I guess I’m slowly figuring this out and when I say slowly I mean as slow as Tennessee’s rebuild of their football team
The search bar is pretty cool. You can search people or topics
A few minutes ago, I was seeing new comments, including one from Blayne that said something along the lines of ‘there will be a new dawg soon’ or something like that. Because new comments weren’t always loading, I refreshed my page and now none of those comments, including the one from Blayne that I referenced above, are showing. I know you’re working through wrinkles but just thought I’d mention this issue that I’m having for your consideration.
Try going to the top of page 2 of the comments
There is a search bar#####
Counting from phone now
Seems to work okay
Commenting that is
Go Dogs!
Woof
new dawg coming soon
Line Backer?
My guess is Kamari Lassiter, the CB out of Tuscaloosa (originally from Savannah though, I believe) who is committing tomorrow night. His only crystal ball projection is from an Auburn insider and was made yesterday, although it was given a confidence rating of 5 (medium).
Should I look up top?
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Ok. How do I change my avatar?
You old gravatar should work
Is there a tutorial somewhere?
Not sure
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Thanks, like the new format
Thanks, It’ll get better as I learn about it. It does have some neat features
Mine pulled over, my Avatar
Great!
Did you create an account with the new software to get your avatar to pull over? Or did you just input your info into the ‘post comment’ feature and it pulled over?
I put in my posting information and it pulled over
Mine didn’t, gotta figure it out…
GameDays are gonna be a little tricky with this format and the page number system.
That is also optional – in fact not much you see here is set in concrete – but there are hundreds of options and it will take a minute to get it customized like we want it.
Check
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https://twitter.com/lancemccurley/status/1318912764044283909
Yea replies are working
Looking at overall success and rush success on 1st and 2nd downs. Dawgs are bottom third in success rate and YPP. Kirby talked about OL conditioning and running tempo. But, tempo with low efficiency on early downs don’t mix. UF Bama are close to 6 YPP. Dawgs sub 5.
Couldn’t agree more.
It’s ironic that the perception is that we went pass happy in the second half while in fact, based upon your statistics, we actually ran more than passed in the second half (vice versa in the first half).
It’s also not lost on me that the majority of the UGA fan base last year complained of wanting a modern, spread offense rather than the ‘man ball’ run heavy offense that we had under Chaney and Coley. We now have that and fans are now wanting more focus on the running game. Unlike last year, WRs were open on passing plays, so I’m still excited and optimistic about the changes that Monken has implemented to the offense to modernize it. We’ll continue to improve as this pandemic made it tough on every team, but particularly on a team implementing a new offense/OC, new OL coach and trying to identify a starting QB when we’ve had so much consistency at the QB position the previous 3 years (at least as the starter is concerned).
This is still an ongoing process – probably will not be finished until this afternoon sometime – I have to go to my dentist at 11
New look?
Looks like we’ve lost information regarding our number of posts and Likes.
I think I can import that from Disqus
What about our Avatars? Can those be pulled over?
Not aure right now but if it was a gravatar the most likely
BTW this is a private comment and so is the one above – at least, it is supposed to be private
This is the system that has private commenting – I haven’t gotten to that yet. There are a ton of customizations available and I’m trying to address them in a systemic manner
Chicken fans are coming out now!
Good
thats not good for me Greg
It’ll give you more pleasure when UGA beats them 85-0
I’m mad, we forced zero three and outs!
Disappointed that we had zero 3 and outs on bamas offense.
I feel like I’m lost!
we found you
Hello. Can anybody hear me?
Yes sir
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Kinda sounds like Kirby will have Daniel’s ready to maybe at least play against Kentucky, I still think Stetson will start , losing one game won’t cause a change unless Stetson struggles, IMHO
We’ll see
I would agree with this. I’d love to see JTD get more reps.
I think it’s really too early to know anything regarding what might happen 2 weekends from now. Kirby will never purposely throw a kid under the bus during press conferences and media interviews so his responses regarding Stet’s performance against Bama didn’t really surprise me. In addition to the ongoing knee issue, Greg posted yesterday that JTD is also dealing with an ankle injury. While he’ll have a bit more time to heal up with the off week, those injuries could cause issues with respect to how many snaps he might be able to take in practice this week and next. So, I think there are far too many unknown variables to make a prediction on the starting QB role against UK and which other QB(s) might see game action.