Corch Kirby Smart

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UGA will be much better this year. Lots of talent returning on both lines of scrimmages, thus the lofty pre-season rankings. But I think they have a limited ceiling with the po-folks version of Stetson Bennett running that tepid offense.

 

[Dwinstitles]

UGA will be much better this year. Lots of talent returning on both lines of scrimmages, thus the lofty pre-season rankings. But I think they have a limited ceiling with the po-folks version of Stetson Bennett running that tepid offense.

That QB looks like he’s being figured out. He hasn’t looked good at all. They had talent last season but I think he held them back.

 

[Canedog]

It’s pure horse****. He learned how to pay players at Bama and he’s been doing that since he’s been at UGA. Just that the last couple of years they haven’t had that easy little competition access to top shelf talent like Alabama, OSU, and a few others.

Now, with NIL, other schools like Miami are in the game, whereas they couldn’t compete in buying players before due to fear of the NCAA.

Georgia doesn’t pay NIL at the same level as a number of other schools. Elijah Griffin could have gotten more elsewhere but still chose Georgia. Gunner Stockton maid a lot less than a lot of quarterbacks last year; probably just over half of what Miami paid Beck. Still makes less than a lot of other QBs. Micah Morris could have gotten more in the portal but he stayed at Georgia. Georgia was out bid badly for LaDamion Guyton. Miami is almost certainly paying Jamal Meriwether more than he could have gotten by staying at Georgia.

Elijah Griffin and Guyton were close. Guyton would be going to Georgia with Griffin but Texas Tech paid WAY more than Georgia was offering.

And I got news for you, before NIL most schools were paying players.

 

[mik303]

And Sonny Smart’s passing was a secondary factor. Without Sonny running his game in the high school circuits anymore, Kirby is starting to lose more and more influence. He had everything locked down so well with $$$ and his dad running the state, and now daddy’s gone AND the market is leveled out now.

Both UGA and Clemson slipping back to mediocrity at the same time is a beautiful thing.

UGA has not slid nearly as much as Clemson. I dont love Smart either, but that's a bit much.

 

[OriginalCanesCanesCanes]

…And I got news for you, before NIL most schools were paying players.

Except UGA, Bammer and a few others had a get out of jail FREE card from the NCAA. We almost got the death penalty for ****** Benihana steaks. Think about it. We were this close to even worse penalties than what we got, and for what? Doing 1% of what Alabama, Georgia and other schools did.

That’s why it’s different now. The playing field, at least in terms of what you can openly offer players, has leveled to a much greater extent than it was.

 

[caneingville]

UGA has not slid nearly as much as Clemson. I dont love Smart either, but that's a bit much.

Clemson hasn’t slid much yet either. That’s why I used the words “slipping back.” As in, present tense. As in, it’s beginning to happen. Meaning it has not happened yet.

 

[Handsome Squidbum]

Hope so but it seems they have adapted every era. They must be swimming in money

They have basically unlimited money from an Epstein pedo partner in crime, Lex Werner. That university has benefited more from Epstein pedo activities than almost any other (Harvard tops on the list)

Wexner skips another OSU medical board meeting amid Epstein spotlight

The New Albany billionaire has been chair of the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center board since 2013.

www.dispatch.com

Ohio State investigating Epstein payments to gynecologist • Ohio Capital Journal

An Ohio State gynecologist said Jeffrey Epstein paid him for biotech consulting. The university last week said it was investigating.

ohiocapitaljournal.com

 

[QuattroCane]

I’m fascinated to see what happens at Clemson. I was on board with them LY and thought they were going to be very good.

 

[caneingville]

I’m fascinated to see what happens at Clemson. I was on board with them LY and thought they were going to be very good.

They’re back in all the preseason rankings again, so we shall see.

But how much of their issue last year was talent, and how much was coaching?