From Athens- Wet Weekend ahead

Good move by CTG on moving Ogletree to the inside......said in another thread he would be my choice as the up and commer this season......only concern is our weak coverage on the D.....have some new and talented blood coming in at safety so it seems the Frosh will step up in the deep coverage and rotate at the corners......secondary will be my major concern....

ogredawg, share some of your "concern" about DB responsibilities in the new defense. For openers these guys are faced with one of the best QB's in college football. This guy lives on opponents mistakes. Will be interesting to see how the "old timers" and some of the new "pups" respond to Lakatos and his methods. Not sure we will face a more balanced, heady QB all season. Come on pass rush . . . or should I say effective pass rush.

Buc, I watched AO again yesterday after you mentioned it. You are correct sir, he is one BAD DUDE that will take your head off.......he has the potential to make us forget how hard Davis and Blue hit people.

wlayton, guess I had forgotten just how strong and how much of a head hunter this young man is. Some of those hits on the youtube film were classic Davis and Blue destroying type hits. Grantham will be on AO's butt to be great.

Another thought on AO is his height. Makes it that much more difficult for the QB on those crossing patterns. Appears that our Dline has considerable height, that along with 6'3" ILB's . . . I get excited with the prospects of folks tip-toeing in the middle and the increased probability of intercepts.

This defense could/will be awesome if they come together as a unit.

Buc wrote:

ogredawg, share some of your "concern" about DB responsibilities in the new defense. For openers these guys are faced with one of the best QB's in college football. This guy lives on opponents mistakes. Will be interesting to see how the "old timers" and some of the new "pups" respond to Lakatos and his methods. Not sure we will face a more balanced, heady QB all season. Come on pass rush . . . or should I say effective pass rush.

my concern is the over all play of the secondary over the last 2 seasons. Getting beat deep, poor tackling, failing to make a "play" (quitting)......AO made a difference when he started and the secondary looked better when he was on the field.....now with him moving to ILB we are not going to have the best in the secondary.......but we have new "pups" coming in that I hope will pick it up and get some major playing time......over all the secondary got beat by some QB's and RB's that they should of never got beaten by, Miss. State and UCF come to mind right quick......

ogredawg wrote:

my concern is the over all play of the secondary over the last 2 seasons. Getting beat deep, poor tackling, failing to make a "play" (quitting)......AO made a difference when he started and the secondary looked better when he was on the field.....now with him moving to ILB we are not going to have the best in the secondary.......but we have new "pups" coming in that I hope will pick it up and get some major playing time......over all the secondary got beat by some QB's and RB's that they should of never got beaten by, Miss. State and UCF come to mind right quick......

Without stirring up too much of a fuss . . . . .

That is one of the main reasons that we had and maybe still are going through "hot seat" issues. If UGA had a problem with lack of talent, it would be understandable from that point of view. UGA however did not and does not have a lack of talent. I understand the problems of different coaches and system, don't however understand . . . . . quitting and finger pointing. Thought that was gone with the WM regime.

ogredawg I agree with you on AO. The more he played, the more we saw #9 on the bottom of the pile. Hard for me to believe that there is not another "pup" or "gray beard" with enough talent to step up and play the position. Maybe not as well as AO, but well. Young man coming to Athens from down my way that I think would be perfect for the position . . . Ramik Wilson. Like AO, Ramik can play any position, offense or defense. Just a passing thought. He will push someone sooner rather than later for playing time, something along the lines of what AO did.

Problem with Ramik, he is going to continue to grow, will end up at one of the linebacking positions. Coach T will turn this young man into a football monster . . . .