So I guess Georgia

[HiggiePiggy]

Did the right thing in getting rid of Richt.   They are finally playing for a national championship. 

[Bubba's Bruisers]

I agreed with this when it happened.  He's a very good coach, but he's vanilla.  Always fields a good team, but one that's never great in any phase of the game, which you have to be to make any real difference.  He never quite lived up to the talent he signed.

And Showed up again in Miami's bowl game this season.

[TNhawgfan]

Smart looks like the real deal two years in

[Atlhogfan1]

Yes. And they will be this good for a while with how they are recruiting.

[rtr]

Yes. And they will be this good for a while with how they are recruiting.

No school has the built in recruiting advantage that Georgia has.

[12247]

I readily admit that for years I have believed Richt was a top 5 coach.  He is still good but not top 5 and never was.

I had Georgia wining this game but I never felt they would have to work this hard.  OK was one of those teams that refused to lose.  Came in with less overall talent but likely the bigger no quit, no matter attitude.  Both teams deserved to win. 

[hoglady]

Jim Chaney did a heck of a job tonight.
Really good play calling and he's done a fine job with a true freshman QB.

[Dirty]

Jim Chaney did a heck of a job tonight.
Really good play calling and he's done a fine job with a true freshman QB.

So what happened here?

[Peter Porker]

Jim Chaney did a heck of a job tonight.
Really good play calling and he's done a fine job with a true freshman QB.

Really? How many yards a carry were they averaging? And how many times did they run it?

[Großer Kriegschwein]

So what happened here?

Well Bret Bielema is really what happened. Then not getting George McDonald in as a WR coach and settling for Michael Smith didn't help either. Smith was an "alright" recruiter, but his skills as a WR coach were barely over Sunbelt standards.

[hoglady]

Really? How many yards a carry were they averaging? And how many times did they run it?

So you think Chaney called a bad game tonight??

They scored 54 points tonight - so I think he did a great job.

[HiggiePiggy]

Jim Chaney did a heck of a job tonight.
Really good play calling and he's done a fine job with a true freshman QB.

Lol. He was the cause for the first half.  17 passes in the first half and only 11 runs when your RBs were averaging over 15 yards a carry. He is the biggest reason the game was so close.  If he wasn't so dumb in that first half the game would have not gotten to OT. 

[hawginbigd1]

So you think Chaney called a bad game tonight??

They scored 54 points tonight - so I think he did a great job.

At times yes, and at others no.

[hoglady]

Lol. He was the cause for the first half.  17 passes in the first half and only 11 runs when your RBs were averaging over 15 yards a carry. He is the biggest reason the game was so close.  If he wasn’t so dumb in that first half the game would have not gotten to OT. 

Well - Kirby Smart doesn't agree with you.
As he said at halftime our offense is the only thing keeping us in the game.
When your defense allows Oklahoma to score 5 out of 6 possessions - you're probably going into halftime behind.

[hoglady]

Lol. He was the cause for the first half.  17 passes in the first half and only 11 runs when your RBs were averaging over 15 yards a carry. He is the biggest reason the game was so close.  If he wasn’t so dumb in that first half the game would have not gotten to OT. 

Dumb Offensive coordinators don't play for National Championships.

[Bubba's Bruisers]

Well - Kirby Smart doesn't agree with you.
As he said at halftime our offense is the only thing keeping us in the game.
When your defense allows Oklahoma to score 5 out of 6 possessions - you're probably going into halftime behind.

Was to be expected.  Easily the best offense they've faced all season.  But champions make the adjustments, and did they ever do that on defense.

[HiggiePiggy]

Kirby smart isn't going to throw his coaches under the bus.  17 passes compared to 11 runs.  Then you see the second half plus overtime where they don't throw more than they run. He was told at halftime to quit with the cute crap and run the damn ball more.  Only had 12 passes and 23 rushes in the second half/overtime. 

[hoglady]

Was to be expected.  Easily the best offense they’ve faced all season.  But champions make the adjustments, and did they ever do that on defense.

Yes they did.

[hoglady]

Kirby smart isn't going to throw his coaches under the bus.  17 passes compared to 11 runs.  Then you see the second half plus overtime where they don't throw more than they run. He was told at halftime to quit with the cute crap and run the damn ball more.  Only had 12 passes and 23 rushes in the second half/overtime. 

He had no problem throwing his defensive coaches under the bus at halftime.
In fact, said the coaches had done a lousy job on the defensive side of the ball in preparing the players.

[Großer Kriegschwein]

At times yes, and at others no.

Oklahoma was loading 8 in the box. They ran the ball well when the defense showed blitz or made alignment errors. Fromm did a real good job of identifying inconsistencies in the OK defensive alignments and made them pay for it.

Throwing their way out of 8 in the box was the absolute right thing to do. Fromm played like a senior most of the night.

[IronHog]

So what happened here?

Nothing

BB ran him off and it was downhill from there

[NuttinItUp]

Was a good move for Richt and GA.

[jkstock04]

A lot of noise that Georgia was dumb and made a huge mistake getting rid of Richt. Looking like everyone who beat that drum were wrong.

[hoglady]

Oklahoma was loading 8 in the box. They ran the ball well when the defense showed blitz or made alignment errors. Fromm did a real good job of identifying inconsistencies in the OK defensive alignments and made them pay for it.

Throwing their way out of 8 in the box was the absolute right thing to do. Fromm played like a senior most of the night.

It's hard to believe that kid is a true freshman.

[nesjunk]

Georgia is recruiting lights out.  They will be the Beast of the East for the next several years.

[hawginbigd1]

Oklahoma was loading 8 in the box. They ran the ball well when the defense showed blitz or made alignment errors. Fromm did a real good job of identifying inconsistencies in the OK defensive alignments and made them pay for it.

Throwing their way out of 8 in the box was the absolute right thing to do. Fromm played like a senior most of the night.

There is more to playcalling than just the play, formation and personnel grouping are part of it, Oklahoma only loaded the box when Georgia didn't spread them, he passed too much in 1st half, and went typically conservative when they took the lead. I would give him a High B for the entirety of the game.

[ChicoHog]

Georgia is recruiting lights out.  They will be the Beast of the East for the next several years.

I think Saban has said that is the best job in the country because of the HS football in Georgia and only the Bulldogs and GT as big time schools in the state.  And Tech really isn't close to UGA in tradition, relevance and prominence.

Also I thought Riley had some questionable play calls at end of regulation with 3rd and 2 wheel route long pass and then the TE reverse on 3rd and 2 a little later.  Very strange calls. 

[Bubba's Bruisers]

Smart/UGA could be the next Saban/Bama.

[BroyledNutts]

Did the right thing in getting rid of Richt.   They are finally playing for a national championship. 

2 Years into Smart's tenure, with a freshman QB ... watch the impossible ...

[Jimbob111]

Was to be expected.  Easily the best offense they've faced all season.  But champions make the adjustments, and did they ever do that on defense.

This is exactly what I was thinking. After the past 5 years, I thought the SEC had changed bylaws to prevent defensive halftime adjustments.

In the 2nd half, their defense was much improved although they still gave up a ton of points.

[Großer Kriegschwein]

There is more to playcalling than just the play, formation and personnel grouping are part of it, Oklahoma only loaded the box when Georgia didn't spread them, he passed too much in 1st half, and went typically conservative when they took the lead. I would give him a High B for the entirety of the game.

It's a good thing that games are 4 quarters. They adjusted well.

Oklahoma, rightly so, went out of their way to stop the run, which would have led a freshman quarterback to check to pass or likely lean toward pass in RPOs from before the snap. Settling down and adjusting to balance, playing toward your teams strengths got them the W.

[#1 STUNNA]

Smart/UGA could be the next Saban/Bama.

yep

[HiggiePiggy]

This is exactly what I was thinking. After the past 5 years, I thought the SEC had changed bylaws to prevent defensive halftime adjustments.

In the 2nd half, their defense was much improved although they still gave up a ton of points.

Defense gave up only 10 points in the second half/ overtime.  Compared to 31 in the first half.  Offense gave them a fumble TD to give them 17 points in the second half and overtime.

Probably would have been less in the first half for Oklahoma if the run/pass was flipped for Georgia's offense. 17 passes to 10 or 11 runs.  They ran for almost 200 yards in the first half.