Once Dan Mullen gets his QB, they'll rule that division.

The crazy thing for me is, the combination of Jeremy Pruitt at Tennessee, and Smart at Georgia, has me actually pulling for Tennessee despite all the bad blood there.

But as for Mullen, I'm still in wait and see mode. I do think he is most likely capable and I'm certainly hopeful that anything at all makes life miserable for Smart in Athens.

But consider what Mullen was able to do this season. That was not a 10 win team, IMO. I think it was pretty impressive he got that much out of that team.

TideEngineer08 said:

The crazy thing for me is, the combination of Jeremy Pruitt at Tennessee, and Smart at Georgia, has me actually pulling for Tennessee despite all the bad blood there.

But as for Mullen, I'm still in wait and see mode. I do think he is most likely capable and I'm certainly hopeful that anything at all makes life miserable for Smart in Athens.

But consider what Mullen was able to do this season. That was not a 10 win team, IMO. I think it was pretty impressive he got that much out of that team.

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As long as Fulmer is associated with the TN program, I just cannot pull for them.

Kirby Smart and Mark Richt numbers after 1st 3 years at UGA:


CMR overall record: 32-8
CKS overall record: 32-10
CMR 2001: (8-4)CMR 2002: (13-1)CMR 2003: (11-3)
CKS 2016: (8-5)CKS 2017: (13-2)CKS 2018: (11-3)


CMR:2001-03: 2 SEC Champ. Appearances, 1 win, 1 Sugar Bowl win

CKS: 2016-18: 2 SEC Champ. Appearances,
1 win, 1 Sugar Bowl loss. 1 Rose Bowl win, 1 Natty Appearance

CMR could’ve made CFP in 2002. Ended season ranked 3rd I’m AP poll.


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B1GTide said:

As long as Fulmer is associated with the TN program, I just cannot pull for them.

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When push comes to shove, I can't either. But I can delight in the frustrations of Smart and Georgia.

The thread title says it all.

If Coach Mullen gets his quarterback.

Frustrating that Emory Jones only had 2 plays in the Peach Bowl. As much as Franks has progressed since Coach Mullen arrived, I've never felt he was the one we needed to get Florida back to championship contention. Jones has shown a lot of promise in the few appearances he's had.

Supposedly, we'll have open competition in the spring and fall for who starts. We have a new QB coming in who was specifically targeted and recruited by Coach Mullen. 4 star Dual-threat Jalon Jones. So I'm wondering how that works out in the mix. Probably redshirt his first season as he learns the system and we develop Emory.

No way am I underestimating Georgia - especially with Fromm coming back. He's a great QB and Georgia will be loaded with talent.

The East is going to be pretty interesting next season. We'll see what happens....

TideEngineer08 said:

The crazy thing for me is, the combination of Jeremy Pruitt at Tennessee, and Smart at Georgia, has me actually pulling for Tennessee despite all the bad blood there.

But as for Mullen, I'm still in wait and see mode. I do think he is most likely capable and I'm certainly hopeful that anything at all makes life miserable for Smart in Athens.

But consider what Mullen was able to do this season. That was not a 10 win team, IMO. I think it was pretty impressive he got that much out of that team.

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I'm with ya.

I like CJP more than I like UT, but I don't hate UT as much as many on our board.

I think the SEC will be better in teh east if UT gets decent. Of course, I just want them to push UGA and UF to the point that we get pushed in the west.

But I think CJP may one day have the coaching chops to coach at Bama a long time from now.

Thread title reminds me of a Charlton Heston line in the original Planet of the Apes. Upon seeing the hunter-gatherer humanoids foraging for food, he says, smugly: “If this is the best they've got around here, in six months we'll be running this planet.”

And with that line still ringing in the air, the apes announce their presence with authority...

My friends in Starkville, for years, thought of CDM as a used car salesman. Liked him, didn’t trust him.

BAMAVILLE said:

I think the key point is how CKS handles the program in the midst of these losses. It was how CNS that handled these losses that made the difference with our program and in turn, we've seen several SEC programs lose head coaches because of the way they didn't ... ie Les Miles and Mark Richt. The formula is already known, but being able to execute it is a horse of a different color all together.

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Exactly.

While it is easy to give him a partial Mulligan, for the way his team performed, after having their guts ripped out (yet again!), in the SECCG, the fall-out from yesterday's dud hasn't even started yet.

He already has players looking to bolt. How many more are going to want to re-think being there? And what about recruits? If you are a stud recruit, still sitting on the fence, and you look at how poorly prepared UGA was (along with reports of players having poor attitudes), and compare that to how UF looked, in their bowl game.................well, we'll see how that also plays out.

Didn't see the game, but if the play calling was a bad as some here think, who takes the fall? We know it won't be CKS. He is their CNS. Except he is only a CNS imposter. CNS would own the mistake(s), and work with his staff to correct the issues. Does he have that in him, or will it lead to a festering situation, behind the scenes?

Everything he has said or done, since he weaseled his way out the door, leads me to believe his future is at turning point. No, they won't get rid of him, if he lays an egg, the next few years, if he doesn't learn and grow. He'll just be Richt 2.0.

Which is all that UGA deserves. And probably will ever get.

Over to you, 92................

I don’t know about ruling the division, but Mullen is going take away UGA’s cakewalk to the SECCG.

I’ve been buying stock in Dan Mullen ever since he went back to Gainesville a year ago. I fully expect to retire a millionaire within 5 years.

Mullen is one who likes to out think himself at times. He is very arrogant, and the MSU people I know wished he would have left sooner, even when they were winning with Dak. Between Kirby and Dan Dan, there is plenty of self-belief to go around in the East. They should both be able to recruit where they are now, and Kirby has clearly shown that he can, so there should be some good Gators and Bulldogs battles in the next few years.

Pruitt will have UTe on his heels withing two seasons, methinks. His rebuild is more of a project than Mullens' and Mullen has more head coaching experience, but i don't think we can bury the Viles yet.

Unfortunately.

teamplayer said:

Mullen is one who likes to out think himself at times. He is very arrogant, and the MSU people I know wished he would have left sooner, even when they were winning with Dak. Between Kirby and Dan Dan, there is plenty of self-belief to go around in the East. They should both be able to recruit where they are now, and Kirby has clearly shown that he can, so there should be some good Gators and Bulldogs battles in the next few years.

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I think MSU is really going to live to eat those words. His run in Starkville will likely not be equaled for quite a while.

Loam said:

Not Georgia. What I am seeing from Georgia under Smart isn't that special. They could have accomplished what they been doing now under Mark Richt.

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Georgia won 11 games in the regular season under Richt in 2012 and 2002, Kirby has done that back to back in his 2nd and 3rd season. Under Richt UGA never went undefeated in the east and Kirby has done that two years in a row now. To say that it could have been accomplished with Richt would be incorrect in my opinion has he never accomplished what Kirby has already done.

Dan Mullen had his QB and team at MS state when they lost 31-3 inside sanford stadium... Mullen has also never won more than 10 games in a regular season

Georgia has never been a elite program, and Kirby has done more in his 3 years there then any other coach in the last 30. Dan Mullen may make things more difficult, but I do not think he will "rule the east"

DawgAlum2054 said:

Georgia won 11 games in the regular season in the under Richt in 2012 and 2002, Kirby has done that back to back in his 2nd and 3rd season. Under Richt UGA never went undefeated in the east and Kirby has done that two years in a row now. To say that it could have been accomplished with Richt would be incorrect in my opinion has he never accomplished what Kirby has already done.

Dan Mullen had his QB and team at MS state when they lost 31-3... Mullen has also never won more than 10 games in a regular season

Georgia has never been a elite program, and Kirby has done more in his 3 years there then any other coach in the last 30

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With all fairness to Mullen, he coached at Starkville when Alabama, Auburn, and LSU were good to dominant programs most years. He got to 10 wins with a pretty lame offense this year. I think Georgia should be concerned because Florida has kinda been a thorn in their ass since Spurrier got there.

DawgAlum2054 said:

Georgia won 11 games in the regular season under Richt in 2012 and 2002, Kirby has done that back to back in his 2nd and 3rd season. Under Richt UGA never went undefeated in the east and Kirby has done that two years in a row now. To say that it could have been accomplished with Richt would be incorrect in my opinion has he never accomplished what Kirby has already done.

Dan Mullen had his QB and team at MS state when they lost 31-3 inside sanford stadium... Mullen has also never won more than 10 games in a regular season

Georgia has never been a elite program, and Kirby has done more in his 3 years there then any other coach in the last 30. Dan Mullen may make things more difficult, but I do not think he will "rule the east"

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The SEC East was much more competitive in 2002 and 2012 than it has been the last two years under Smart.

GrayTide said:

The SEC East was much more competitive in 2002 and 2012 than it has been the last two years under Smart.

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2017 season you would be absolutely correct, 2018 season is debatable in my opinion. Credit to Alabama for winning 3 games against the east in the year 2018... but the West was only victorious against the east 5 times this season, again hats off to Alabama for being 3 of those wins

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With all fairness to Mullen, he coached at Starkville when Alabama, Auburn, and LSU were good to dominant programs most years. He got to 10 wins with a pretty lame offense this year. I think Georgia should be concerned because Florida has kinda been a thorn in their ass since Spurrier got there.

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Georgia should and always will be concerned about Florida. Mullen will make the road harder that is for sure, but I do not expect him to "rule"