Georgia's current run vs Alabama's from 2011 and 2012

[spidermayin]

I can't help but compare Georgia's current run with the run we had in the 2009, 2011, and 2012 years. Back in 2008, Florida was the big dog in the SEC and we were the new big dog in town. We went into that SEC championship game undefeated, but came up short. The next year we got redemption and then we dominated the next 2 out of 3 years. Georgia's run is eerily similar. We are the big dog in town and Georgia had come up short multiple times against us. They got redemption last year and then dominated this year.

We've got one more year of this 4 team dance before we enter a new era of college football. I would say let's avoid going the way of Florida did after the 2009 season. I think Saban has a new fire lit within him after last night hearing how Georgia is the new standard. It's going to be "We want Georgia" instead of "We want Bama". We've got plenty of motivational material to go into next season and I am really looking forward to how we bounce back next year. The starting QB is going to be a huge factor along with who's going to be calling the plays.

 

[Bamamonts]

All that Georgia talk is GOAT FUEL.
I can’t wait for next season. I hope we dominate and reclaim our spot on top of the mountain.
Im hopeful that Ty Simpson can develop and be our starter next year. ROLL TIDE!

 

[uafan4life]

Georgia is not the new Alabama.

Georgia is the new Clempson.

 

[crimsonaudio]

All that Georgia talk is GOAT FUEL.
I can’t wait for next season. I hope we dominate and reclaim our spot on top of the mountain.
Im hopeful that Ty Simpson can develop and be our starter next year. ROLL TIDE!

Hope so. We all thought the end of 2021 was GOAT FUEL yet we saw how 2022 turned out. Bama was arguably worse in 2022 than 2021.

*sigh*

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I think UGA, just like any team on a championship "run" is going to have to deal with unforeseen obstacles to continue the "run" and just plain ole human nature obstacles. UGA is going to have to deal with the following transition next season:

QB: I know it doesn't get much play by the talking heads because it would be considered "insensitive" in today's world, but having a quarterback in his mid 20's playing on the college level, not only covers a lot of weaknesses but allows the staff to do exponentially more with the offense compared to a quarterback four to five years younger. It's not a knock on UGA, Bennett or takes anything away from their NC's. But to think it doesn't play a huge role is being naive or willfully ignorant. Imagine Joe Burrow or Mac Jones still running a college offense at 24 and 25 years old.

DT: UGA's defense wasn't as good as the year before WITH Jalen Carter, who is projected to be a top 10 pick in the NFL draft. As we have learned, there isn't a guarantee the guy behind him will be as good or better.

OT/C: Losing a center and offensive tackle becomes a big deal if the next guy up has any drop off. Like the DT position, there isn't a guarantee the replacement is going to be as good or better.

TE: I think this along with losing Carter and 52 year old Bennett rears its head. For all the accolades Bower and McConkey get, this guy did A LOT to allow the other two TE's to do what they do. Keep an eye on this loss. As much as UGA depends on great TE play, this may hurt them a lot.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Hope so. We all thought the end of 2021 was GOAT FUEL yet we saw how 2022 turned out. Bama was arguably worse in 2022 than 2021.

*sigh*

The litmus test for me is what Saban and the team do after enduring what he had to endure last night on the ESPN set. When Pollack made it a point to glance over his way and say "Georgia has a hold/grip on college football" and hearing Rece Davis, an Alabama alum emphatically proclaim "Georgia is now the standard of college football", what does that "do" to Saban? How does he respond in his preparation, intensity, etc., when he gets back to Tuscaloosa? We should be able to tell right out of the gate next season what it did or didn't do.

 

[BamaMoon]

The litmus test for me is what Saban and the team do after enduring what he had to endure last night on the ESPN set. When Pollack made it a point to glance over his way and say "Georgia has a hold/grip on college football" and hearing Rece Davis, an Alabama alum emphatically proclaim "Georgia is now the standard of college football", what does that "do" to Saban? How does he respond in his preparation, intensity, etc., when he gets back to Tuscaloosa? We should be able to tell right out of the gate next season what it did or didn't do.

I'd say Pollack was poking the Bear/Goat - He literally looked at CNS when he said it.

Rece was simply doing his job. We may not like it, but Georgia has won two in a row and they are the *current* standard.

It's Bama's and everybody else's job to change that now.

 

[TideEngineer08]

Georgia is not the new Alabama.

Georgia is the new Clempson.

This. Emphatically this.

The SEC East during this time has been little better than the ACC has been during Clemson's run. It helps a "dynasty."

That said, I think Georgia is set up far better for sustained success than Dabo's Clemson was.

 

[DawgAlum2054]

This. Emphatically this.

The SEC East during this time has been little better than the ACC has been during Clemson's run. It helps a "dynasty."

That said, I think Georgia is set up far better for sustained success than Dabo's Clemson was.

The east won more games than the west this season in east vs west matchups

the top 3 finishing teams in the west went 2-5 in their eastern matchups

2021 was different though

 

[BamaMoon]

This. Emphatically this.

The SEC East during this time has been little better than the ACC has been during Clemson's run. It helps a "dynasty."

That said, I think Georgia is set up far better for sustained success than Dabo's Clemson was.

I disagree with this comparison. There's another thread at the top of the board discussing it that I posted in if you care to consider my thoughts on it.

 

[sanjosecrimson]

This. Emphatically this.

The SEC East during this time has been little better than the ACC has been during Clemson's run. It helps a "dynasty."

That said, I think Georgia is set up far better for sustained success than Dabo's Clemson was.

Let's not forget, Georgia has benefited greatly from Tennessee, Florida and even Auburn being down the last decade or so. Expect that to change very soon. Imagine if Bama played Missouri, Kentucky, Vandy, and S. Carolina every season while the gators and vols languished in mediocrity for years??
Until recently, Georgia had a losing record when facing SEC West opponents under Kirby.

 

[UAH]

Let's not forget, Georgia has benefited greatly from Tennessee, Florida and even Auburn being down the last decade or so. Expect that to change very soon. Imagine if Bama played Missouri, Kentucky, Vandy, and S. Carolina every season while the gators and vols languished in mediocrity for years??
Until recently, Georgia had a losing record when facing SEC West opponents under Kirby.

All of the justification in the world is not going to change the fact that they have been in the playoffs for a number of consecutive years and have just won two NC's in a row. If we face it honestly the majority of us would believe that they would have beaten Bama last night with the Offensive and Defensive coaching that Bama currently has.

 

[TideEngineer08]

The east won more games than the west this season in east vs west matchups

the top 3 finishing teams in the west went 2-5 in their eastern matchups

2021 was different though

For 2022, the entire conference outside of 4 teams was down. So I'll grant that the "east was better than the west" this year but with the caveat that they both sucked.

 

[Padreruf]

Keyshawn Johnson is really defending Bama and saying that they aren't finished yet...love it.

 

[TideEngineer08]

I disagree with this comparison. There's another thread at the top of the board discussing it that I posted in if you care to consider my thoughts on it.

I saw it. I agree even the SEC East is not as pathetically weak as the ACC. And also that Georgia is legitimately stronger as a program than Clemson was. But I said that in my initial post. Kirby has built Georgia to last (at least as far as you can do in college).

It is going to be interesting to see how things work out, for all of us, when the divisions go by the wayside. I feel like it is going to balance things out nicely.

 

[jthomas666]

Let's not forget, Georgia has benefited greatly from Tennessee, Florida and even Auburn being down the last decade or so. Expect that to change very soon. Imagine if Bama played Missouri, Kentucky, Vandy, and S. Carolina every season while the gators and vols languished in mediocrity for years??
Until recently, Georgia had a losing record when facing SEC West opponents under Kirby.

They also benefitted greatly from opponents' injuries.

And holy hell, their schedule next year is a joke.

 

[92tide]

All of the justification in the world is not going to change the fact that they have been in the playoffs for a number of consecutive years and have just won two NC's in a row. If we face it honestly the majority of us would believe that they would have beaten Bama last night with the Offensive and Defensive coaching that Bama currently has.

they have only been in the playoffs for 2 consecutive years. and they were in the playoffs in 2017

 

[bamacpa]

All of the justification in the world is not going to change the fact that they have been in the playoffs for a number of consecutive years and have just won two NC's in a row. If we face it honestly the majority of us would believe that they would have beaten Bama last night with the Offensive and Defensive coaching that Bama currently has.

I may get mooed for this, but I think we'd have lost last night by 17 or more.

 

[TideEngineer08]

I may get mooed for this, but I think we'd have lost last night by 17 or more.

It depends, IMO.

If we played with the purpose we did in the Sugar Bowl, it would have been a great game win or lose. Otherwise, yeah, it would not have been pleasant.

I do not think the programs and rosters are so separated as many seem to believe. The NFL drafts over the next couple of years will bear that out.

 

[bamacpa]

It depends, IMO.

If we played with the purpose we did in the Sugar Bowl, it would have been a great game win or lose. Otherwise, yeah, it would not have been pleasant.

I do not think the programs and rosters are so separated as many seem to believe. The NFL drafts over the next couple of years will bear that out.

No, the rosters are comparable. Monken versus OBrien in terms of utilizing talent is a brutal loss for the Tide.