For all you Davey Jones haters out there ...............
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for those not wanting to click...pretty fair article as GA is a mess. Was watching Richt on TV and that had to hurt for the kids that came to play for him at GA. For those that didn't see it, Richt was all up in "the U"...
PennLive columnist DAVID JONES
Overview: For all the horse hockey fed major college athletes by coaches about their teams being "family," the Georgia Bulldogs can't be buying it about now. They are part of a broken home.
In the wake of Mark Richt's firing and quick subsequent hiring at Miami, his old staff is a musical chairs game with a lot of the seats left empty or about to be. Replacing Richt for just the TaxSlayer Bowl is 32-year-old receivers coach Bryan McClendon. He's leaving after the game to become Will Muschamp's offensive coordinator at South Carolina.
UGa's OC this season, Brian Schottenheimer, was fired after the regular season. Tight ends coach John Lilly takes that title for the bowl but was not kept on by new head coach Kirby Smart. And Smart? He's not here because he's staying on as DC at Alabama until the Tide is finished in the College Football Playoff.
So, it's a whole ship full of guys coming and going or not here yet. In addition to McClendon, OL coach Rob Sale (Louisiana-Monroe) and running backs coach Thomas Brown (Miami) are headed out the door after Saturday.
Then you have recruits on the fence or de-committing because of the switch from Richt to Smart and their staffs. It's pretty much chaos and there's no other way to characterize it. Can the Bulldogs put all this aside and just play?
Player on the spot: Quarterback Greyson Lambert has had a rough season and will enter this game with a sketchy running back stable. Keith Marshall has a right leg injury but could play. Brendan Douglas is out with a shoulder injury. And, of course, Nick Chubb, the Dawgs' All-SEC feature back in 2014, was lost for the season in mid-October after ripping cartilage in a knee against Tennessee.
Lambert was benched by Richt in week 8 against archrival Florida but the resulting blowout loss put him back in the starter's seat. He is a static pocket quarterback and is vulnerable on long-distance downs if Penn State can stop the Bulldogs' running game.
Don't be surprised if... the Bulldogs take all sorts of risks and empty the trick play bin in a game that really has no consequences for anyone on the staff, least of all the head coach and OC, neither of whom will be here next year. That might just be a liberating factor for a team that otherwise might seem leaderless.
The pick: Penn State 24, Georgia 22.
PennLive columnist DAVID JONES
Overview: For all the horse hockey fed major college athletes by coaches about their teams being "family," the Georgia Bulldogs can't be buying it about now. They are part of a broken home.
In the wake of Mark Richt's firing and quick subsequent hiring at Miami, his old staff is a musical chairs game with a lot of the seats left empty or about to be. Replacing Richt for just the TaxSlayer Bowl is 32-year-old receivers coach Bryan McClendon. He's leaving after the game to become Will Muschamp's offensive coordinator at South Carolina.
UGa's OC this season, Brian Schottenheimer, was fired after the regular season. Tight ends coach John Lilly takes that title for the bowl but was not kept on by new head coach Kirby Smart. And Smart? He's not here because he's staying on as DC at Alabama until the Tide is finished in the College Football Playoff.
So, it's a whole ship full of guys coming and going or not here yet. In addition to McClendon, OL coach Rob Sale (Louisiana-Monroe) and running backs coach Thomas Brown (Miami) are headed out the door after Saturday.
Then you have recruits on the fence or de-committing because of the switch from Richt to Smart and their staffs. It's pretty much chaos and there's no other way to characterize it. Can the Bulldogs put all this aside and just play?
Player on the spot: Quarterback Greyson Lambert has had a rough season and will enter this game with a sketchy running back stable. Keith Marshall has a right leg injury but could play. Brendan Douglas is out with a shoulder injury. And, of course, Nick Chubb, the Dawgs' All-SEC feature back in 2014, was lost for the season in mid-October after ripping cartilage in a knee against Tennessee.
Lambert was benched by Richt in week 8 against archrival Florida but the resulting blowout loss put him back in the starter's seat. He is a static pocket quarterback and is vulnerable on long-distance downs if Penn State can stop the Bulldogs' running game.
Don't be surprised if... the Bulldogs take all sorts of risks and empty the trick play bin in a game that really has no consequences for anyone on the staff, least of all the head coach and OC, neither of whom will be here next year. That might just be a liberating factor for a team that otherwise might seem leaderless.
The pick: Penn State 24, Georgia 22.
I think the UGA situation puts PSU sorta kinda in a no-win situation with the CFB world.
PS wins, and "they should have won with all the disorganization at Georgia right now" leaving the team without a lot of respect because "Georgia has no leadership from coaches who really don't care."
PS loses, and "it's hard to believe Penn State was unable to beat a Georgia team that is in the situation they are in right now."
Unfortunately, I don't see the team getting a lot respect with a win.
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PS wins, and "they should have won with all the disorganization at Georgia right now" leaving the team without a lot of respect because "Georgia has no leadership from coaches who really don't care."
PS loses, and "it's hard to believe Penn State was unable to beat a Georgia team that is in the situation they are in right now."
Unfortunately, I don't see the team getting a lot respect with a win.
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This UGA coaching situation would mean a lot more if this was regular season and only had a week or two to prepare. They've known about this for a month and we're still talking about the same players that went 9-3 on the season. These guys still play for the pride of their school and conference - no chance an SEC team rolls over against the B1G this year.
I don't know that classifying me as a "hater" is correct, but if your thinking that Jones predicting a two point victory for PSU (after listing several excuses for a Georgia loss), ameliorates for past transgressions, no it doesn't.
Georgia has the #8 defense in total yards allowed, a great offensive line and a QB with nice stats. No way is this going to be some easy win.
I understand what you are saying...but just win and the rest will take care of itself. Few outside of PSU and GA fandom really care. Team has to win against the team put on the field against them. For us, this is a real challenge and winning is a great way to send off a special senior class.
This is the haters strategy for this game - pick PSU to win and then revel in it when they don't. Look no further than d**k head Cory Geiger who is using the same strategy. If we do pull the W they will all immediately discount it.
And Pitt thinks they have media issues... Pfft.
And Pitt thinks they have media issues... Pfft.
I will give them a click after they fire Jones.
Please don't link donkey-dick's garbage to the board in a weak attempt to get him clicks. Nobody wants to read his worthless garbage here.
Agree, their coaching carousel is likely to have a far bigger impact on the offensive schemes, than the Defensive Side of the ball. UGa's Offense was pretty putrid all year anyway and the strength of their team has been the Defense all year. Add it all up, I really don't see the coaching excuse as really that big of a factor because again, it isn't going to have that big and impact on how the Defense plays which is extremely good and has been the strength of the team all year. PSU is not going to put a lot of points up against their D, but PSU's D has a big advantage against UGa's Offense especially now that they are completely healthy. PSU's Defense has the ability to dominate UGa's Offense now that they have most of their play-makers back and PSU's Defense has shown the ability to dominate and even score on Defense when teams cannot control their Front 7 (which not many did until they had injuries -- before the last 3 games with all the significant injuries on the Front 7, PSU led the nation in sacks by a wide margin, 95 led the nation in sacks by a wide margin, PSU was near or at the top in TFL, fumbles behind the LOS, etc....
