GT at uGA Post Game

[RonJohn]

I didn't post after the game last night. I almost did, but decided to wait until this morning. It still stings this morning. We had many opportunities to beat those MFrs, but didn't. I don't take any moral victories from it. We lost pure and simple.

However: Three years ago we lost this game 45-0 one week after losing in South Bend 55-6. GT was a joke of a team for three years. Last night we went toe-to-toe with a team that will be in the championship playoffs. A few weeks ago we beat a team that is one win away from being guaranteed a spot in the playoffs. Last night we dominated every stat except the score in front of what had to be an extremely large TV audience. Next week we will sign the best recruiting class in at least the last 20 years. I will be surprised if GT isn't in the pre-season top 25. Last night stank. But the future of GT football looks better than it did in 2014. The long term future of GT football looks better than it has since the late 90s.

I absolutely hate losing the game last night. But I am also extremely proud to be a Yellow Jacket!!!

 

[awbuzz]

It is much easier to get 3-4 yards running when there is 20+ yards of field to spread the defense out. It is much harder from the 3 when the entire defense is within about 6 yards from the line of scrimmage. ...

Fact!!

 

[stingerman]

In a game with a ridiculous number of 2 point tries, one is puzzling to me. Does anyone know why Kirby went for 2 after their first TD in the 3rd quarter?

 

[Golden Tornadoes]

Like many others have said, you only get these types of chances so often and you have to make them count. To have been able to come out of that game with a W after the injuries, blown lead, home-cooked egregious officiating, the home winning streak, and biased commentators would have been that much more satisfying. Not to mention we make the committee lose lots of sleep whether to include ugag or not.

I am so proud of the effort. I know we are on the upward trajectory and maybe can start our own winning streak in the series, but we really need to win this game when you have the chance and we had the chance tonight.

There’s one thing for sure though and that’s that nobody in the world is hurting more over this than CBK. And to me, that’s exactly what I want out of my coach in this game. Because if there’s one thing about CBK that I would bet the farm on, is that he won’t let the team or the fans feel like this after COFH ever again.

 

[AUFC]

I hate it. But I think the rationale is to force the offense to execute several plays hoping for a mistake. It's also hoping they run out of time.

The issue nowadays is all these guys had high level 7-on-7 experience so facing a prevent defense is just easy for them.

The idea is to avoid giving up a 1 play, 75 yard, 15 second drive that gets the opponent back in the game. That makes sense up 21 with 2 minutes to play. Santucci’s erred logic was that a 2 minute drive against prevent with 5:45 to play would not get Georgia back in the game. He was wrong as we found out.

 

[stinger78]

It was a historic failure by the officials. Social media is on fire about it.

The silver lining is the whole football world saw it. Our ACC mates, fellow SECheat fans, commentators, writers…. All saw it is living color. This kind of thing is one major reason why our record has been so bad against them since the 1970’s. They are NOT that much better a program, they just get this BS help from refs far too often.

 

[wvGT11]

In a game with a ridiculous number of 2 point tries, one is puzzling to me. Does anyone know why Kirby went for 2 after their first TD in the 3rd quarter?

I was thinking it was due to time of possession . We dominated the first half

 

[RonJohn]

In a game with a ridiculous number of 2 point tries, one is puzzling to me. Does anyone know why Kirby went for 2 after their first TD in the 3rd quarter?

I think they said on the broadcast that it was analytics, but I can't think of any scenario where it makes sense. They would have won at the end of regulation if they had just kicked the PAT.

 

[g0lftime]

Rocket toss (aka student body right) would have been a play when on the one in OT. Play calling in OT for 2 pt conversions was lousy. HK looked tired and beat up. Went to the well too often.

 

[alagold]

When I heard we wereup by 17 at half ,I thought-"it ain't enough" -----over there at night with SEC refs and a FG kicker that can miss a 25 yd FG.

 

[UgaBlows]

I think we got a makeup call on that one in OT. I thought the one called on them was as lame as the one called one us tbh.

That doesn’t make me feel much better

 

[UgaBlows]

Rocket toss (aka student body right) would have been a play when on the one in OT. Play calling in OT for 2 pt conversions was lousy. HK looked tired and beat up. Went to the well too often.

Amen, running straight up the middle with HK was SO unimaginative, everybody in the stadium knew that was coming

 

[kg01]

Egregious. How that did not even get reviewed for targeting is revealing. That’s all I’ll say as I was taught to win with grace and lose with dignity.

Nah, they don't deserve our grace. They were on the take, plain and simple. Maybe they weren't literally receiving cash. But, best believe, getting the 'right' outcome will lead to favorable assignments for them down the line. I believe that wholeheartedly.

In a game with a ridiculous number of 2 point tries, one is puzzling to me. Does anyone know why Kirby went for 2 after their first TD in the 3rd quarter?

'Cause he's dumb and is lucky they always have am on-paper talent advantage in games.

 

[LongforDodd]

Anyone else concerned Key apparently didn’t know the OT rules, calling for an XP when we had to go for two in the second OT?

No.

 

[Sugar3ThousandPounds]

Side note, but I’d love if COFH can lock down the Black Friday night game time slot for the foreseeable future. With our program’s trajectory and the mutts being the mutts, we should be set up for some gangbusters for years to come that are worthy of a standalone national TV audience like last night. Beats the absolute hell out of the snoozy Saturday nooners on SEC Network this game was stuck with for years. An extra day for mourning / recovering is nice too

 

[Golden Tornadoes]

The only play in overtime that really left me scratching my head was when we lined up under center with trips left. I knew the in-line screen was coming, and all of the ugag defense and coaching staff knew it was coming. Other than that one play, I could see what we were trying to do every time.

The two that hurts the most is the Singleton overthrow in the back of the ends zone, and the pass to Hawes coming across the endzone that Hawes gave up on and King ever so slightly overthrew. Either one of those would have ended the game.

 

[7979]

I’ve been a loyal Tech fan since 1970. I couldn’t tell for certain that the ball was tipped on the DPI, I for sure couldn’t confirm the ball was out on the one yard line, and it was really tough to see whether that was targeting on the fumble. I said out loud Key should have gone for two to win it at the end of regulation because with home field and more depth, I prefer to push all my chips to the middle of the table right then and there because I’m controlling my own destiny, not depending on our D or worrying about the officials. Would have been much easier- at least for me - to see it end that way. Instead it was a slow, painful defeat.

"Key should have gone for two to win it at the end of regulation"
Yup....
And Key should be embarrassed that he did not know the rules for OT that require a team to go for two in 2nd OT. He was forced to call our OT timeout..... the refs had to come over and explain it to him....
How is this possible?

 

[RonJohn]

Amen, running straight up the middle with HK was SO unimaginative, everybody in the stadium knew that was coming

One of the 2-pt conversion plays was a read option -QB dive - or jet sweep. King made the wrong decision. Singleton would have gone into the end zone untouched. That was after the mutts missed their conversion, and GT would have won on that play. Looked almost like when Marshall kept the ball on the last play of the Tenn game while Benson was open for the pitch. Different play, but same type of decision and same result.

 

[AugustaSwarm]

I think we got a makeup call on that one in OT. I thought the one called on them was as lame as the one called one us tbh.

You can't get a make up call for ones that kept the dwags alive. There's no way to make up for that.

 

[John]

I feel like crap this morning. All I did was watch on the couch.

Can't imagine what the players, coaches, and staff would be feeling. I'm sure lots of shoulda/woulda/coulda.

Proud of the fight they had in them. Would've loved it for them to have come away with the W.

Go Jackets!