Two weeks in?

How bout we try to get a little bit of perspective on our season. Last year after we beat MST in the bowl, Stafford, Moreno, Mo Mass, and Asher left. We lost four very important pieces to a team that dissapointed with three losses. After we knew that Staff and company would leave I prepared myself for a very long and trying season this year. Yet over the summer I once again bought into the hype of being a top ten team again this year. I bought into a win at OKST. I bought into Joe Cox and the young tlent we have. I bought into RELOADING.
After two games I find myself settling into a relazation, we are not as bad as I thought we would be at the end of last year nor are we as good as I was lead to believe during this summer and camp. We as fans expect alot and should with our programs tradition, but When you loose four players to the NFL and three in the first round, things are going to be tough. We do have alot of talent but it is young. Our two freshman QBs have tons of upside but Joe Knows more than probebly any other Qb of the Richt era what it takes game in and game out.
So I have a few points that I have learned over our first two games and compare that to what you all have seen. Maybe my observations are totaly off base, maybe not.


As unimpressive as Joe cox was a week ago, he showed a very courageous performance last night. Joe seemed to have more pop on the ball and Il take 17 of 24 every game. One concearn I have with him is his awareness. The throw to Norwood was beautiful, he hit him right in the numbers but Norwood is a COCK. Joe gets very rattled under pressure which is something a 5th year player should not be, although he hasnt played alot in college. And the decision making so far has been on par with Stafford. Yet Stafford often had the skill to overcome mental errors.

Our running game is going to be fine. I liked what I saw out of Samuel last week in his first start. I loved what I saw last night. Samuel ran like he wanted to hurt someone and refused to go down on first contact. He also caught the ball out of the backfield and looked good doing it. No he is not Moreno, but who is? I really believe Samuel is our every down back and his punishing style will open up oppertunities for our scatt backs. Also getting Caleb back can only help.

Branden Smith is as advertised. Branden has made a couple of mistakes some of which(bringing out of the back of the endzone on returns) our coaches have taken the blame for. Or atleast passed it off to our up back. Yet Branden is lightening fast and shifty. The reverse last night was beautiful. He looked like one of the fastest players weve had in awhile. Smith has also played some db and played well, although he did look a little lost covering a pass into the endzone as his back was turned. Branden is just a Freshman in his second game, he is going to be really, really good.

The D has been mediocre. Last week we only gave up 24 points to what is supposed to be a prolific offense. 17 of those points were off of turnovers but in their first two games OKST has been less than impressive. Last night SC got the game of Garcias carrer against us. Once again our O and special teams gave the opposition points off turnovers. We surrendered atleast 19 points off miscues. So the D gave up only 18 points earned. But 18 points is huge against a Carolina team that mustered only seven against NCST. Alot of that can be attributed to the aggresive play calling of TOBC. Yet OKST and SC shot their self in the foot with penalties on multiple occasions. We cant keep depending on teams to beat their selves with penalties.

KICKOFFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Blair showed last night he has plenty of legg and looked how that turned out. Fabris needs to just kick it deep and live with the occasional return. Whereas the dirrectional kick will always be returned thus being more dangerous. Also how about Blair Walsh, i love the fact that we are in stiking distance at the forty. This kid is GOOD.

Bobos play calling has left alot to be desired the last couple of years. He has his moments and then all thought and theroy dissapear. I dont have a clue why we ran Samuel so few times when he was so effective. I did like the reverse call to Smith with Carlton being the intial ball carrier as the speed of those two requires the Ds attention. We need to use Orson ALOT more as he has shown great route running and good speed. The call on AJs touchdown was beautiful, as was the catch and throw. The "balance" we hear about is not just equal running and passing plays but keeping the D guessing, cmon BOBO!

The freshman: Oher than Charles and Smith we have not seen them. Wooten and Brown have had three total snaps in two games. I dont see them everyday like our coaches but havent they made this mistake before (Knowshon). Wooten and Brown both come highly touted and could help AJ if they only decoys. I just see getting those two and Ealey some snaps here and there can only help going forward. I can see red shirting Mett but why not give Murray a few snaps when the O is stagnant. Next year we are going to need each and everyone of these guys as the expectations will be high when the Mighty Gayturds fall.

Logan Grey: I would understand us not seeing him if Joe Cox was clearly the man, but thats not the case. Logan offers up alot of problems for defences with his running ability. I have another question though, if Logan can throw the ball pretty well as we saw in the GDAY game then why dont we bring him in for a bootleg or two? When the D sees Logan come in they are going to naturaly think run so why not bootleg out and throw down the field. Its worth a shot isnt it?


You have to feel good after a win and I do, but there are alot of questions going into next week. We as fans need answers. I do see us winning the next two games and putting the wood to Mallet but we need to really grow in the next couple of weeks. We are a good football team, and we will be ok as long as we keep getting better and the coaches come around. GATA Dawgs