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👨💻🎥🎤 Atlanta Journal-Constitution-DawgNation SEC & Georgia coverage. [email protected]
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Joined April 2009
“It boils down to one thing: Do you want the four best teams in or not? It’s that simple,” .-- Kirby Smart, Dec. 1, 2018.
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#UGA played an #OhioState team that had extra week of rest missing its OLB1, RT1, w/ its RB1, TE1 and WR1 sick during game week, and lost its TE2 and OLB2 early in the game, missed two FGs and still won.
Ohio State went into Georgia’s house without their WR1, lost their WR2, without their RB1, a RB2 sick all week, without their RB3, lost their TE1, got screwed on every single 50/50 call, was better than Georgia for 99.999% of the game, and lost by 1 point. The better team lost.
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#Georgia was pretty disappointed, too, Marc, but their players' response was to opt in and finish the season together. That's not judgment, that's just fact.
The committee ripped FSU's heart out, and you want to cast judgment about their next game with half a team? . Get the hell out of here! . As if this game, with what you did to them, is of any consequence. when Florida State EARNED a College Football Playoff berth ON THE FIELD!.
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Tennessee #Vols on every level - parents of current players, former players, current coaches, former coaches - and coaches from other programs - universally against Schiano. Never seen anything like it.
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Wow, Notre Dame gets steamrolled 34-10 and gets in, Ohio State looks like garbage against a bad NW and gets in. This is not "Four Best.".Disappointing day for college football.
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The fake injury thing happening in college football is really sad for the sport -- it's time to take action and enforce rules.
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Kendall Milton was the MVP on the field --and as it turned out, off the field, as he helped spark the #Georgia "opt-in" movement this team will be remembered for .
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It’s amazing how many neutral fans & fans & media of other SEC teams - are still upset #Georgia won hard-fought game where it was missing several starters & had to come from 2 TDs down in final 5 1/2 minutes against inspired in-state rival. You know what that means …. ?
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#Georgia TD leader and team captain Kendall Milton committed to @OrangeBowl , 'no way would I abandon my brothers,' Bulldogs will need all hands on deck facing determined and unbeaten #FloridaState team .
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This narrative that Phillip Fulmer "undermined" the #Vols coaching search? Ridiculous -- he wasn't even involved in the coaching search until Monday, after Currie lost trust with Schiano. Keep the facts straight, and dig deeper into potential agenda.
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JT Daniels expected to enter the transfer portal:
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Told 'em what was coming down the tracks . .
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Kirby Smart has created enormous expectations when fans are irate over a Top 5 regular season that included 3 wins over Top 15 competition . .
#Georgia football clearly earned respect nationally this season, Bulldogs slip in polls but not as much as some might think:
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NFL Network endorsement: #Georgia "Just won a combine championship" -- Kirby Smart will "eat" on the recruiting trail off this NFL Combine for a long time:
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This must be said at this stage: #Vols have one of the best recruiters in history at their disposal, so why isn't HOF Phillip Fulmer on the UT plane out meeting and talking to prospective coaches? Seriously?.
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Carson Beck critics better find a hole to hide in . Beck was at his best when it mattered most for #Georgia, overcame six dropped passes:
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That was not worthy of a 15-yard flag - nothing flagrant - game too big for the official. Warning would have sufficed, especially after officials brushed off heavy contact on a roughing the kicker. To be clear, officiating didnt decide game, but no, it wasnt perfect.
Georgia was given a sideline interference penalty after the official collided with No. 39 Parker Jones during this play.
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Georgia is due to give its head coach a new deal/extension after the season -- Kirby is a $100 million man:
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So two teams that wouldn’t have made it in 4-team CFP Playoff format last year are playing for the natuonal title - neither one a conference champ. How much does this diminish CFB regular season?.
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No, blow has to be to “head/neck” area ….
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The narrative that #Georgia has internal issues is false - UGA has more football money than ever and is on brink of adding more facilities and landing yet another Top 5 class. Sometimes staff turnover is a good thing - Bulldogs are loaded with talent in 2019, so we will see.
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One coach won back to back titles with a former walk-on QB that received no other P5 offers, the other coach was 0-for-2 with the No. 1 Draft pick/ Heisman Trophy winner and failed to win his division last year . .
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#Georgia track star Matthew Boling does it again -- fastest time in the nation, second in the world .
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No love for Kirby Smart with SEC top defense despite only one preseason first or second team defensive player, and complete rebuild in WR corps and taped-together O-Line ? 🧐.
My SEC Coach of the Year rankings:. 1) Ed Orgeron.2) Mark Stoops.3) Dan Mullen .4) Jeremy Pruitt.
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And, just like that, #Florida Gators are relevant in recruiting again . Napier did what #Georgia could not last year, hire #LSU guru Corey Raymond. CFB so fluid, blink, and you miss something.
First thing he did on Day 1: went to IMG and fixed what had been broken for years. Already paying off with 5-star recruit. #Gators.
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@KirbySmartUGA has officially built the most talented NFL Draft class in modern era history:
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ESPN analyst @KirkHerbstreit: CFP Committee let politics determine playoff field, likely knew #Georgia one of four best:
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The Big 12?
Frost talking about getting Nebraska "back where it belongs.".
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ESPN's Dick Vitale on national coach of the year: "My choice is Rick Barnes".
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#Arkansas is 1-2, but that's the coaching staff that has impressed me most through three games, in terms of offseason progress.
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So this just happened . Lady Vols win 6-5 on Abby Lockman’s bases-clearing hit, and No. 15 Tennessee will leave Arizona 6-0
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#Georgia talent is one thing, but the buy-in players have with Kirby Smart is what gives the 2019 team a chance to be special.
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#Georgia rising star Nolan Smith has made his decision on next season . Bulldogs fans will rejoice .
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#Georgia NT Jordan Davis takes his place in history, first-ever SEC player to sweep Outland Trophy and Bednarik Award .
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#Georgia fans take note: social media matters, even Peyton conscientious of Kirby Smart.
“I’m not gonna let Kirby Smart get a picture of me in black and red for their social media account.” - 👑
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Stetson Bennett has 6 interceptions and 3 fumbles in the last 3 games . and he lacks the arm strength to throw the deep ball. Kirby Smart maintains Bennett is also doing good things. There's a disconnect somewhere.
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Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint says he heard Brock Bowers has hit “19 or 20 mph” in practice ….
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Best CFB player in history.RT if you agree!.If not, comment who was….
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Nick Saban must become CFB Commissioner, or go back to coaching. His analysis is the best … love him or hate him, he’s simply the most reasonable voice in the sport.
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Most underrated #Georgia win of @KirbySmartUGA era …. RT if you agree, or comment otherwise.
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I'll say it again: Mark Dantonio deserves one of the 8 or 9 national coach of the year awards for bringing Michigan State back to a 10-win season after going 3-9 last season. Fascinating coach to cover, very intense, his teams follow his lead.
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#Georgia has the youngest roster in the SEC, and some of those players are beginning to emerge . just in time:
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ESPN analyst says #Georgia "one of the scariest teams" in the nation with WR Demetris Robertson granted eligibility:
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Blankenship showed up early for postgame interviews, answered every question, showed leadership and accountability at difficult time . .
WATCH: #Georgia PK Rodrigo Blankenship doesn't miss often, but he did on Saturday with the game on the line, here's what he said:
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It's almost like it was an in-state rivalry game with one team having 2 extra days of rest and nothing to lose, and another team having, potentially, 5 games left ahead of it including one that would allow them to clinch next Saturday regardless of Friday night's result.
Eagerly awaiting for @CFBPlayoff selection committee to move Georgia up 5 spots next week for overcoming tremendous adversity by winning a game no one on Earth gave them a chance to vs. Georgia Tech.
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#Georgia negotiating to keep Carson Beck -- not surprising considering draft stock rising and portal opens Dec. 4, others must make decisions
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If we are being honest -- this Ohio State team does not look like one of the four best in college football this season. One of four most talented, yes, likely Big Ten champ. But remember, it's not who "deserves it," it's who is "four best.".
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#NotreDame favored to beat #Georgia in Sugar Bowl -- UGA in underdog role for second-straight game, but only third time in past 57 contests .
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#Vols star and SEC rushing leader John Kelly @JKShuttlesworth taking in game at his HS Oak Park Michigan
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Maybe (probably) if Georgia was in the Big Ten or played the schedule Notre Dame or Clemson had, it wouldn't have . that's why the CFB Playoff Committee is supposed to exist, to sort these things out. #Fail.
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#Vols QB @josh_dobbs1 named South team starter (post-practice VIDEO, Dobbs does autographs, media coach):
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#Georgia has won 3 straight vs. primary rivals #Auburn #Florida #Tennessee and #GeorgaTech and had the best bowl win outside the CFP . 12-2 not bad for an "off" year.
Kirby Smart got a statement win in the Sugar Bowl -- a reminder #Georgia football runs with the elite, dominating its rivalries, and now 8-4 vs. Top 10 under Smart and 5-1 vs. Top 25 this season:.STORY:
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#Vols booster confirms Mike Gundy "most likely" candidate . Tennessee ready to invest heavily.
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#Georgia has the best defense in the country returning, 9 of 11 Sugar Bowl starters, . led SEC in Total Defense, Scoring Defense, Run Defense and No. 8 nationally in Pass Efficiency Defense . And “IF” Jamie Newman and freshmen WRs pan out . 🏆very possible!.
Odds to win 2020 @CFBPlayoff title via @SuperBookUSA:. Clem 9/4.OhioSt 3/1.Bama 6/1.UGA, LSU 8/1.UF 14/1.Aub, ND, OU, Ore, PSU, A&M 30/1.Mich, Texas 40/1.Wis 60/1.ArizSt, ISU, Minn, OkSt, Tenn, USC, Utah, Wash 100/1.Iowa 200/1.FSU, Ind, Miami, Neb, TCU, UCF, VT 300/1.
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Saban is 💯 correct … not sure what the rub is?.
Nick Saban on calling last season a rebuilding year after Alabama won the SEC championship and was the national runner-up: . "I don't think our standard is like everybody else's standard."
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#Vols legend Fred White, on Al Wilson's emergence as leader at halftime of 97 SECCG: "He stood up on a chair in middle of the room . last thing I remember him saying was 'if you come out of this locker room, and I look in your eyes and I don’t see it, I’m sending you back in'.
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FLASHBACK: Two national titles and some three years later, the future is still right here in #Georgia . RT if you agree.
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Kirby Smart and his staff can learn a lot from game, but No. 1, it's time to turn loose Jake Fromm.
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Jamie Newman will be wearing a Wake Forest helmet at Senior Bowl after going through "tremendously tough" fall sitting out .
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If @jtdaniels06 & Jordan Davis return for #Georgia, the Bulldogs are instant favorite to return to the SEC Championship Game, no question.
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Kirby Smart 'gut reaction' timeout saved the day for #Georgia -- the Dawgs head coach shares what he saw, and how he really felt about that win .
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The most talked-about non-QB on the #Georgia offense is a true freshman. you will know his name soon if you don't already:
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CFB legend @jordanxdavis99 continues to make #Georgia fans proud, winning new fans in Philly -- @NakobeDean is proving to be every bit the 3rd round steal DawgNation told you he was on his draft day!
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#DetroitLions get a steal, #Georgia TE Isaac Nauta in the 7th round . he'll make the roster and have a long career
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There's been a lot of talk about the White #Georgia helmets elite recruits have been modeling this weekend:
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#Georgia WR George Pickens is working with the offense again, getting integrated and getting familiar with the plays, per Kirby Smart .
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Good grief do you really believe SMU would beat Alabama, Ole Miss or South Carolina? It’s about getting the best teams in … schedule strength should matter. SMU can win its way in via league title game - otherwise, schedule non-conf games better!.
All-State playoff predictor gives SMU a 67% chance of making the playoff. Let's get this out now: If the committee leaves out an 11-2 SMU in favor of a 9-3 SEC team because SMU played an extra game, we need to just scrap this playoff formula after Year 1 because it's a joke.
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#Georgia RS sophomores Kendall Milton and Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint poised to live up to their Top 100 ratings:
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#Georgia could be on the verge of producing a second-straight No. 1 overall pick --- Jalen Carter is back and better than ever .
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Azeez Ojulari had 36 -- thirty-six! -- QB pressures, became first freshman appointed captain under Kirby Smart . .
#Georgia defense has bright future with OLB Azeez Ojulari leading the way, named one of seven @TheFWAA semifinalists for @shaunalexander Freshman of the Year honors:
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Adam Anderson attorney files for case dismissal, former #Georgia LB impresses in NFL workout attended by 17 teams:
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Yeah, no - none of the Vols fans I know have said that. Not. One.
Laura Rutledge says Tennessee fans may say "we wish we could have had Greg Schiano" given the candidates that may be interested now. I'm guessing that's not accurate. At all.
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Transfer Trevor Etienne would provide quick -- and necessary -- lift for reloading #Georgia offensive backfield: Elite tailback in search of championship culture -
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