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It’s time to admit the Iran War has cratered the Republican Party


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I know 15-0 is a good trump card, but I will contend to this day that the 2021 Georgia team was better than 2022.

Yes, they had the one loss, thanks to generational-level performances by Bryce Young (Heisman-winner) and Jameson Williams in the SECCG, but dear God, look at every other game that team played that year. The only other game that was within 10 pts was the season opener against Clemson.

The talent level of the 2022 team was insane, but now go add to it Jordan Davis, Devonte Wyatt, Nakobe Dean, Lewis Cine, Jamaree Salyer, Zamir White, George Pickens and James Cook and you have the 2021 roster (minus Starks).

It might be the last true super-team in CFB history.
Here’s the dirty little secret…

Georgia beats that Michigan team by at least 20. The Peach Bowl was the real natty that year.

re: Using all of these TEs?

Posted by BranchDawg on 8/15/26 at 7:31 pm to
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So what's the plan reckon?..... 2 TE set? 3 TE set? 3 TEs and line one of them up at fullback?


All of the above.

frick it, we ball.

re: QB1 Faizon Brandon for VOLS

Posted by BranchDawg on 8/15/26 at 3:28 pm to
Tennessee fans get their hopes up for nothing, episode 28

re: Rule Change that makes sense

Posted by BranchDawg on 8/11/26 at 4:49 pm to
Offensive pass interference shouldn’t be a 15-yard penalty. It should be loss of down and 5 yards.

I know the goal is for it to be the same penalty as the defense would suffer, but a 15-yards penalty inherently hurts the offense worse than the defense because 25+ yards to go in a set of downs is almost always insurmountable.
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Will anyone in our WR room be any less impressive than Kearis Jackson or Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint?


Kearis Jackson and MRJ were never our #1 WR’s. We always had a Cager or Pickens or McConkey.
When you look at our roster, every other position looks to be good to great with known quantities

QB: Gunner returns
RB: Frazier, Bowens and Phillips are back
TE: Ton of talented young guys led by Lawson Luckie’s experience
OL: Mostly returning starters with some very quality depth behind them
DL: Harris and Griffin should be studs
LB: Wilson, Cole and Walker
DB: Stacked at both corner and safety

WR is a question mark. I know a lot of people are counting on Taylor and White-Helton to have breakout years, but if they don’t, you’re looking at a room that is full of guys who aren’t really #1 options. Branch and (when we had him) Young bailed us out a lot last year, and it worries me what our options will be on 3rd and longs if we don’t have that go-to guy out wide.
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2009 vs Florida- black pants and helmet


I remember the rumor mill around this one was that the original plan was to wear all black (black helmets, black jerseys, black pants) against Florida in 08, but the Alabama game happened and those plans were scrapped with a vengeance.

Then the team was stuck with these helmets and pants that they had already paid for and figured “screw it” and just wore them with the white jerseys in the 09 Florida game.

Don’t know if it’s true, but the logic tracks considering the blackout stuff was at peak popularity after the 07 season.

Also, as much as I hated the black-white-black look, I think the all-black look would’ve actually looked worse lol

re: Was Toby G robbed?

Posted by BranchDawg on 8/8/26 at 8:37 pm to
No…

…BUT, I miss the era of the big, burly running backs just running through people for 1,500+ yard seasons.
As a Falcons fan who grew up hating Brees, I have nothing but respect for him.

And if any Saints fan has anything but great memories of him, you should probably take a look back at the history of the franchise with Brees and the history of the Saints franchise without Brees.

Brees IS the Saints’ history.
Sounds fun until you realize you now have to worry about women stealing her away from you as well as men.

re: More Fake Juice from Camp

Posted by BranchDawg on 8/7/26 at 2:06 pm to
So the Bobo hate has officially reached the “drawing conclusions about the direction of the entire program based on his facial hair” threshold. I’m honestly surprised it took this long.
So, the correct answer for Georgia is obviously Herschel.

BUT, if we’re gonna talk about the modern era (post-2000), I would argue Brock Bowers.

Georgia was beyond stacked defensively headed into 2021, but there were a lot of question marks on offense. Bowers becoming the generational player he was, virtually from day 1, along with the emergence of McConkey made Georgia a force on the offensive side of the ball too, at least enough to truly become dominant when paired with that defense.
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It's always been difficult to compare teams across conferences, but now you can't even reliably compare two teams within the "same" conference.


And the disparity between conferences has greatly increased.

I think I saw somewhere that Georgia’s schedule for 2026 was rated as one of the “easiest” in the SEC. That “easy” schedule includes road trips to Alabama and Ole Miss, and a home game against Oklahoma. Three playoff teams from last year, with two on the road.

And then if Georgia goes 9-3, I’m supposed to sit there and hear how an 11-2 non-conference-champ team from the Big XII is “more deserving” despite MAYBE playing one team that level or higher all year.

I don’t like a world where a 9-3 jumps an 11-2, but when you allow the Big Ten and SEC to consolidate 90% of the power programs in America, that’s the world you necessarily create.
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I mean damn Texas A&M....what the hell?


That one’s obviously the headliner, but an underrated one is OU going 26 years without a title.

Considering it’s one of the most decorated programs in CFB history and it’s not like a Nebraska situation where they’ve just been awful for 20 years. Since that 2000 title, they’ve played in 2 BCS title games and been to the CFP 5 times.

Honestly reminds be of the stretch Georgia went through from 2002-2021. One of the best programs in the country, but just haven’t found a way to break through.
Years since last national title:

Georgia: 4 (2022)
Alabama: 6 (2020)
LSU: 7 (2019)
Auburn: 16 (2010)
Florida: 18 (2008)
Texas: 21 (2005)
Oklahoma: 26 (2000)
Tennessee: 28 (1998)
Arkansas: 62 (1964)
Ole Miss: 64 (1962)
Kentucky: 76 (1950)
Texas A&M: 87 (1939)

Teams with no NC claims in their histories:

-Mississippi State
-Missouri
-South Carolina
-Vanderbilt

Will someone break their drought this year? :cheers:
I thought this was actually the best movie of this Tom Holland iteration of the character.

No Spider-Man franchise has gotten this deep into the character’s life to be able to explore some of these character themes that the comics have been able to do for decades, and I think it gave the writers the freedom to tell a really good Peter Parker story.

Jean Gray is wonderfully done and can’t wait to see what they do with her moving forward. And the Punisher is awesome.

8/10 IMO.