AUinfusion

After running off half of our talent and failing wildly in recruiting, the excuse was that Harsin only wanted “tough nosed, blue collar kids”. I don’t even see that. He has failed in every measurable aspect, and set this program back who knows how far.

It almost feels like you guys are arguing two different points. Steele: Calzada is better than Finley. This is true. WED: Calzada is definitely not an upgrade at QB from last year (Nix), and we reeeeally need an upgrade at QB to be a better team. This is also true.

Ok, you got me.

I'm pretty ready for that to happen, honestly. College football needs a seismic event like that so that we can *really* re-evaluate the entire system.

Are you serious, Clark?

Yup. In an environment where it feels like a few schools have built unassailable fortresses around paying players, this feels the kind of disruption that will let aggressive participants level the playing field. We're crazy not to be leaning into NIL, hard.

I am actually, oddly, a bit glad that we struggled some on offense in the second half. The struggles were not bad, more mechanical, and they give us some tangible areas to work on improving. Hopefully that keeps the team focused on the idea that "We aren't there, yet. We need to keep grinding".

I'm pretty sure that the key to beating UGA is making sure that Jarquez ties his shoe correctly.

I want to see a fired up, disciplined, four-quarters team. If we play with heart and discipline we can make this a game. I want to have a strong enough performance that the fans are cheering their heads off for the entire game, and even after the game, win or lose.

You have examples of this, or is that just “what he could be”? TJ did a LOT better against GA St, but prior to that my memory of him was he just stood in the pocket and either got the pass off ahead of the rush or got sacked. One of my specific concerns about him was that he seemed to have very little awareness of the rush. That’s coming from memory, not film study, but my memory was that he has a great arm, sometimes failed to see the coverage, and almost never saw the rush.

That seems like something that could change if we have a decent season and if coach Harsin gets a lot of buy-in from the players. I can see getting vastly different answers between asking senior OL whose coming back two months after a coaching change and asking that same group that same question after a solid year of steady improvement under that new coach.

Felt like a lot of growing up happened during the course of this game, for players and for coaches. What a big step forward!

Bo is the only reason we have any points in this game.

We tried to use him. He was getting hit in the backfield on every run. We’ve found a bit of a passing scheme that will work for us, no we need that for the run game. Also heard that Tank has been playing hurt. That’s straight internet gossip. I have no sources.

Err... AU also has a history of making backup QBs look like Heisman contenders, so...