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UGA Football Recruiting Daily Thread
Today’s Featured Recruits
Trevon Grimes
Class of 2017 – WR
Saint Thomas Aquinas HS, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Kearis Jackson
Class of 2018 – Athlete
Peach County HS, Fort Valley, GA
Nolan Smith
Class of 2019 – DE
Calvary Day High, Savannah, GA
OrTre Smith
Class of 2017 – Athlete
Wando HS, Mt. Pleasant, SC
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UGA vs UNC?
Frankly I’ll be real happy if Georgia beats the poorer teams and goes to the last minute of the 4th with a shot to win against UF and UT. Just show up for every game with a clear understanding of why they are on the field and a desire to break someone’s nose.
Swift and the Robison kid currently committed to bama are my favorite two.. If you haven’t already.. Watch Robisons film.. Good all around back and very instinctive
PTCDawg Didn’t mean to imply ‘lousy’. I meant they are young and thin. Time, training and recruiting adequate numbers are the answer.
Greg Poole Frankly Ok, Good! You have forgotten more about OLs than I will ever know, Greg, but my ignorance allows me to be ever optimistic!! :>) I will note that with two true freshman starting on the OL for Tenn last year they will took Alabama to the wall. We are way beyond that. Well..maybe not way beyond that but we are beyond that!!
Frankly There is no reason, as long as contending means going into the 4th quarter of the Florida and UT games in position to win (and beating the others). Georgia could sweep the East. The determinant will be health, IMHO.
Gotta have a down year for serious injuries.
Frankly Completely agree. Georgia should contend in the East without key injuries. Quality depth is the hold up, but that will change quickly.
Position 40 to 85 on the scholarship list are not where they should be.
Bulldawg Bob2
I am not predicting an SEC East championship or 10+ wins. But I see no reason that UGA shouldn’t be expected to contend for the east in 2016.
PTCDawg I didn’t mean to imply that. I thought this thread was in the context of an SEC championship. I do not think UGA will have the OL depth or seasoning to win the SEC in 2016. That’s all.
The last time Georgia was there, Alabama won the game because there OL wore out UGA’s D in the second half. That is the kind of team that CKS is building, but it is not there yet.
Bulldawg Bob2 need him
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CLTDawg Bulldawg Bob2 WillieWalden Yes indeed. There is definitely some momentum with D’Andre Swift.
Bulldawg Bob2 WillieWalden Swift, too. Two visits in 3 weeks is a lot for how far away he is.
Hobnailboot aka RobG I did not say it was impossible for Georgia to win the East, but I said it is not likely. It is not probable. Florida going to the SEC CG under a first year HC is not the norm.
First year coaching staffs face a difficult task of implementing their philosophy, getting players to buy into their system and then building the program to where it needs to be.
If everything was A-OK at Georgia, Richt would not have been fired.
Bulldawg Bob2 1mandawgpack WillieWalden I’m ok with that as I grew up with a guy who was pretty low key (Charlie Ward) who did ok for himself. I just know during the season he was very positive about UGA and just haven’t really even heard his name mentioned in a while. With Eason and Fromm and hopefully a whole bunch of “big uglies,” when coupled with the RB depth currently on roster, we won’t have any issues attracting a couple of the top 10 RBs in the nation.
1mandawgpack WillieWalden Coach McGee and he have been talking. Georgia is recruiting him, but he doesn’t talk a lot. Low key.
Greg Poole
I don’t disagree. However in college football there are annually 2 or 3 teams at best that do not have any weaknesses. UGA will face very few teams where they are clearly outclassed talent-wise, even on the lines.
I am not saying 2016 is a championship or bust year. I am saying that, all things being equal, there is no reason to expect that UGA will not be in contention for the SEC East and therefore the SEC championship in 2016.
PTCDawg Hmmm. I never heard Greg Poole say or even imply that Georgia will be lously on the o-line. There is talent there but it is young. There was a deficit of depth and size going into 2016 because of Richt’s practice of the o-line being an afterthought. Richt is a good coach, but he never made o-line a priority in his 15 years at UGA.
PTCDawg Frankly If Georgia wins the East and goes to the SEC championship game, I’ll eat my crow, but realistically, fans should expect an 8-4 to 9-3 season IMO. As a fan I want 10, 11, heck 12 wins, but that is a lot to ask of a first-year coaching staff replacing 3 starters on the o-line and a possible true freshman at QB playing significant minutes as well as replacing the kicker, maybe the punter, and several starters out of the front 7 on defense.
Bulldawg Bob2 WillieWalden Haven’t heard much about McFarland since last year
PTCDawg Greg Poole I’ve talked with Isaiah Wilson and he likes Georgia. Long way till NSD and a lot could change between now and then, but he likes the Dawgs.
PTCDawg Greg Poole I don’t think anyone is saying our O Line will be Lousy just that we are thin, young and not many that would be Starters under “Normal” circumstance. They may well Gel and come together to produce a very solid and productive Unit. If you remember we had some O Lines that were similar under CMR and CMB that produced well. Others seemed to “Fit the Mold” and under produced.
btw, Greg, one other thing I have been meaning to say…excellent move with Livefyre!! It really is a huge difference!!
WillieWalden Akers will be a battle to get, but Coach McGee and Georgia have his attention. Right now, Sermon and McFarland are the two most likely. Keep an eye on Toneil Carter as well.
Bulldawg36 He’s probably right about Lambert. Hard to believe he may be the starter again this year. Not great throwing mechanics and not very mobile…but he can get everyone lined up correctly and get the offense in the right play…which apparently is an elixir for coaches.
Only 137 days away from playing unc!!!! What a long wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Greg Poole Greg, your implication is that we will be lousy on the OL this year and I just dont get that. We may not match up well against Alabama but no one does. I see no reason to think we will not be at least solid on the OL with the guys we have. Look around the SEC East and tell me why we shouldnt feel really good about our chances this year.
Well that makes sense then. Just hope we can land Deanglo Gibbs
Chip is on those programs because he works for AJC. He does not get one minute more practice viewing time than any other beat writer – no more interviews – just more exposure.
What running backs do we end up with in this class??
Greg Poole I didnt know how old that info was. 4 different schools have CBs but we have zero. Excellent news though!
While that is true, there are still talent/size issues on the OL, especially. Due to the generally poor ranking of OLmen, recruiting class rankings are easily distorted when OL are under recruited and those ‘ships go to skill positions.
Almost all of Georgia’s OL depth is from RS frosh and sophs.
Look at his size. He is very small. UGA is recruiting CBS over 6 feet – trying to anyway.
WillieWalden
Yeah I didn’ t realize that either. Should be interesting. Auburn has Clemson this year also.
Not to be a smart@$$, but Lucas isn’t making it up.
Bulldawg Bob2 CLTDawg MMCSDAWG WillieWalden Saw Brandon Douglas hit pretty hard later in the game Sat….. He was wearing a Black Jersey. I believe he was taken to the ground hard. Was surprised I didn’t see a coach in the defenders grill afterwards.
Bulldawg Bob2 Bulldawg36
To counter that however is the situation that Kirby is walking into is very different than what Saban had at LSU and Bama. He’s entering a program that has averaged double digit wins, top 10 recruiting classes and has loaded up on top talent for the last two classes. There is truly no reason that UGA should not be in contention.
Bulldawg36 I think Kirby prefers bigger DB’s and its a year in which the state is flooded with elite DB’s.
Greg Poole dsw61 forgot the “########”s
PTCDawg Reddawg13 Sorry PTC but I saw very little at G-Day that would make me comfortable at all with Lambert. Seldom if ever did he have his feet planted, several times including that 98 yard INT he was actually jumping backwards as he released the ball. What I saw of Lambert was worse that what we saw last season. Yes I know the record but talk about an inept offense…….
If we are going to have some growing pains with Eason lets do it at the Beginning of the year where a loss is more forgiving that one later in the year. Pay his/our dues and be better prepared as the season continues.
the Lucas Hot Board says Isaiah Wilson is a ‘Georgia lean ATM’…is that for real? Are we really in it for IW?
DawgByte RumRunnerDoogie well u could tell they havent played together long, a lot of knock ons that were pretty bad. Yea seems like i was watching a match in the pacific and not stateside haha
RumRunnerDoogie DawgByte Just watched a nice breakaway and dish off by SF. Then they made a bone headed mistake and lost momentum and the ball.
RumRunnerDoogie DawgByte What did you think of the quality of play? Lots of Samoan’s out there.
DawgByte RumRunnerDoogie i mean hell they pick up bowling? Rugby draws bigger audience than that lol
RumRunnerDoogie DawgByte I’m watching a match now. ESPN has got to pick this up and the crowds will grow.
DawgByte RumRunnerDoogie i think they said over 3, apparently rules are no ties so the denver match went into sudden death
Ok just wondering
RumRunnerDoogie Rummy how many fans you think they had for the SAC vs. SF match yesterday? Looked like about 1,500 to 2,000 at most.
Is jamyest Williams a Clemson lean? Noooooo