2013 UGA football - The positives

I will not give personal thoughts on individuals or coaches, but rather the team.
1. Not having 4 or 5 guys suspended at beginning of year or having anyone dismissed from team during the year.
2. Winning games against ranked teams (LSU & SC)
3. Beating UF for 3rd consecutive year.
4. Beating GT again
5. Teams positive attitude during adversity.

Go Dawgs. GATA!

Looking back again. Some interesting reading in this particular thread if you have the time. Kind of traces some of our footsteps over a period of time.

Read the article below and really got into the comments to the article. One comment posted really caught my attention. Actually one of many. Showing the progression of Mike Bobo, and here we go.

Interesting looking at Bobo's progression from 2009 until now.

 Lay off Bobo While his play calling isn’t perfect, he’s a fantastic coach. His offenses have put up more points than any other, including Richt’s. And I’ll give the fact that his talent pool was better than when Richt was running the offense, but he’s still great.

Just look at the numbers from last year’s injury ridden season. 17th in Total Offense; 6,284 total yards and 21st Scoring Offense; 477 total pts. and 36.7/game. And how many players missed games?

Previous Years:

2012: 18 total offense. 10 scoring.
2011: 27 total offense. 21 scoring.
2010: 51 total offense. 32 scoring.
2009: 66 total offense. 41 scoring.

I mean I understand the past dislike of Bobo, but he’s really come into his own as a coach. I really gained a lot of respect for him last season. He had one of the hardest jobs in college, and he excelled.

www.dawgsports.com/2014/4/30/5668708/a-l...ense-going-into-fall

Here is another weapon for sure. Cole Minshew from Douglas, Georgia . . . . this is the type back you would be blocking for.



This running back coming to Athens in top shape according to South Florida reports. Think twice Cole Minshew.

The progression of Mike Bobo was due to Aaron Murray. Lets see how well his "progression" is with Mason......

ogredawg wrote: The progression of Mike Bobo was due to Aaron Murray. Lets see how well his "progression" is with Mason......

The same AM that many on this board and others wanted to step down and allow Mettenberger to take over?

Is it possible that AM got better with the more time he had under center?

Question. Who was it that chose AM, responsible for his college offer? What was it that UGA saw in a 6 foot quarterback from Plant High School?

Hutson has had a lot of time to prepare for 2014. Personally, think he will have a pretty good year. Fair question on Mason, involving our quarterback coach.

Offensive line will determine just how good Hutson or any of the running backs will be. Bigger concern for me. That too comes under our offensive coordinators responsibilities. My opinion, that has been the biggest Bobo/Richt failure.

OL will always be the big factor with UGA Buc. We just don't recruit or get the players we need to get to the next level.

My problem with Bobo on Mason was why oh why was his "footwork" and release an issue this spring. He is a 5th year QB in this system and should step right in like uh Joe Cox did..............doh...

the D is going to get better but it is going to be a lot like last year counting on the O to win....Pruitt has to get the players playing into his system and that takes more than Spring and the 24 or so practices before Clemsun.....maybe just maybe it will be alot like the NC run years when you hand off to your RB and not be "pass" happy but those days are behind us......also we have 3 new on the OL stepping in. Takes a while for them to gel as a unit....

We have a HC who is not very open to changes
We have an OC that is vanilla in his play calling
We have an unproven DC who has won with other coaches players
We have no special teams to speak of other than the kicker
We will still be a pass first Offense even though we have the best stable of RB's in the nation

My opinion and hopefully I will be able to come back and say I was wrong....

In my opinion you make a thousand good points ogredawg. Not unusual.

Footwork with Hutson Mason still has me scratching my head. Bobo's Dad is the one that supposedly "fixed it".

Believe that Mike has progressed, matter of fact know that he has. How far? You are spot on when you often ask "when".

Still stick to what I have said more than once . . . . hope that Richt just does what he does best, recruit. Leave on field coaching to the "coaches".

See where Will Friend is in Cole Minshew's wheelhouse. South Georgia farmboy that has a lot to offer. FSU wants to keep him. More of that "late offer stuff" from us again.

As Richt said in Savannah, all scholarship offers must come though him. Feeling from where I sit is he was sending Sherrer a message. Back to that "pecking order thingy". Much larger problems with the "system" than to be speaking to that. I would call that "internal" and should be handled that way.