Shane at halftime: "we're kicking their butts"

[18IsTheMan]

Ouch. Didn't age well.

Those halftime interviews are usually vanilla statements, with the winning coach usually poor-mouthing his team's performance and noting that there's a long way to go blah blah blah.

 

[Silverspur02]

Well, he told the truth....

so there's that.

 

[Prestonyte]

Turned out to be a ''foot in mouth'' moment - too bad it didn't continue for the full game.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Turned out to be a ''foot in mouth'' moment - too bad it didn't continue for the full game.

Yeah, whatever butt-kicking we did in the first half, they did to us x100 in the second half.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Well, he told the truth....

so there's that.

Eh, I would not call a 14-3 lead a butt-kicking.

 

[CockofEarle…]

Ouch. Didn't age well.

Those halftime interviews are usually vanilla statements, with the winning coach usually poor-mouthing his team's performance and noting that there's a long way to go blah blah blah.

FGF posters have their way with Shane:

 

[Maccmaine12]

He didn’t lie. We beat ourselves in the second half. I’ll place some blame on the refs as well but too many drops, refs didn’t review a play that could’ve went our way, false starts by the OL/WRs, UGA being able to get away with holds by their DBs were all critical. I remember in the first half they called a hold on DQ[I didn’t agree with it] to keep their drive alive but didn’t call not one hold on UGA DBs. Go look at XL targets

 

[18IsTheMan]

He didn’t lie. We beat ourselves in the second half. I’ll place some blame on the refs as well but too many drops, refs didn’t review a play that could’ve went our way, false starts by the OL/WRs, UGA being able to get away with holds by their DBs were all critical. I remember in the first half they called a hold on DQ[I didn’t agree with it] to keep their drive alive but didn’t call not one hold on UGA DBs. Go look at XL targets

lol, no, no, no. We didn't "beat ourselves" in the 2nd half. UGA adjusted to the fact that we are the most one-dimensional team that's ever existed in the history of college football.

 

[Maccmaine12]

lol, no, no, no. We didn't "beat ourselves" in the 2nd half. UGA adjusted to the fact that we are the most one-dimensional team that's ever existed in the history of college football.

So dropping the ball when you’re open isn’t beating yourself? Having false starts isn’t beat yourself? Getting sacked to take you out of field goal range isn’t beating yourself? We had a lot of opportunities to beat UGA and our defense giving up 24 points wasnt the problem. When you’re open against UGA, you can’t afford to drop passes.

 

[18IsTheMan]

So dropping the ball when you’re open isn’t beating yourself? Having false starts isn’t beat yourself? Getting sacked to take you out of field goal range isn’t beating yourself? We had a lot of opportunities to beat UGA and our defense giving up 24 points wasnt the problem. When you’re open against UGA, you can’t afford to drop passes.

Any team can claim to have "beaten themselves". Nobody plays a mistake-free game. UGA flat-out beat us in the 2nd half. Did we play a clean 2nd half? No. UGA fans likewise probably feel the beat themselves in the first half. UGA just made fantastic adjustments.

 

[Maccmaine12]

Any team can claim to have "beaten themselves". Nobody plays a mistake-free game. UGA flat-out beat us in the 2nd half. Did we play a clean 2nd half? No. UGA fans likewise probably feel the beat themselves in the first half. UGA just made fantastic adjustments.

And I wouldn’t have a problem with any team claiming to beat themselves if it really happened. You can’t drop first down passes that lol your drive and expect to beat one of the best teams. It seem like we’ve played the better two teams on our schedule already. We won’t face a defense that good until next season.

 

[18IsTheMan]

And I wouldn’t have a problem with any team claiming to beat themselves if it really happened. You can’t drop first down passes that lol your drive and expect to beat one of the best teams. It seem like we’ve played the better two teams on our schedule already. We won’t face a defense that good until next season.

We seem to have improved but we have to do it from week-to-week, which has historically been a challenge for us.

 

[Psycock]

If we would have just taken that kickoff at the 25 yd. line it may have been different. That sequence of events turned the game around.

 

[Island cock]

Ouch. Didn't age well.

Those halftime interviews are usually vanilla statements, with the winning coach usually poor-mouthing his team's performance and noting that there's a long way to go blah blah blah.

Ouch. Didn't age well.

Those halftime interviews are usually vanilla statements, with the winning coach usually poor-mouthing his team's performance and noting that there's a long way to go blah blah blah.

Yea, I cringed when that reporter said that. You can’t make that comment at halftime. In the famous words of Jackie Gleason…You can think about it, but don’t do it!!! Experience coaches don’t say those things publicly. Everyone knew UGA would come out of halftime focused. We had to weather the storm and we didn’t.

 

[Silverspur02]

Eh, I would not call a 14-3 lead a butt-kicking.

Coach did. And the way we were playing at the time, I would too.

 

[Jonesz2]

So dropping the ball when you’re open isn’t beating yourself? Having false starts isn’t beat yourself? Getting sacked to take you out of field goal range isn’t beating yourself? We had a lot of opportunities to beat UGA and our defense giving up 24 points wasnt the problem. When you’re open against UGA, you can’t afford to drop passes.

I figured they would wear us down much like Notre Dame did. We don’t have their depth. Any decent team that keeps it close will probably get us in the 2nd half of most games

 

[18IsTheMan]

Coach did. And the way we were playing at the time, I would too.

Problem is you come off looking goofy when you come out and play the second half like we did.

 

[KingWard]

Eh, I would not call a 14-3 lead a butt-kicking.

Well, it was really a good first half. No use taking a dump on it. That was for the second half.

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

I thought we played more aggressively on both offense and defense in the first half. More conservative in the second half. Maybe Shane thought we were going to win the game 14-3.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Well, it was really a good first half. No use taking a dump on it. That was for the second half.

Not saying anything at all about our first half performance. I know Beamer is who he is. He's a glass full and overflowing kind of guy and will always react emotionally like that (somewhat Dabo-esque). But, there's a reason your experienced head coaches don't say things like "we're kicking their butts" in the halftime interview: because they know you still gotta come out and play 30 more minutes of football. There's lots of other ways you can say it: "We've played great so far, but they aren't #1 on accident. Still a very long way to go in this one. I'm pleased with our performance though. If we can duplicate that effort in the 2nd half, I like our chances."

It is what it is. Not the biggest deal in the world, but it just comes off sounding quite goofy when you get absolutely dominated in every aspect in the 2nd half. Thankfully there's no video of him actually saying it (that I know of) or else it would be getting trolled hard.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I thought we played more aggressively on both offense and defense in the first half. More conservative in the second half. Maybe Shane thought we were going to win the game 14-3.

It was probably comparatively easy to come out and play like the aggressor when nobody in the world gave us a shot. You can play loose and easy because you really have nothing to lose. But when you come out of the half up 14-3 on the #1 team in the nation, it gets a bit more real. Hence the unforced errors and such in the 2nd half.

Also, our backs only had 7 carries in the game. UGA just adjusted to the fact that we were not even going to try running the ball.

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

UGA just adjusted to the fact that we were not even going to try running the ball.

Unfortunately we DID try to run in the second half. We were just wasting plays.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Unfortunately we DID try to run in the second half. We were just wasting plays.

I'm not sure how hard we tried. We had 5 runs in the 2nd half: 2 by Joyner and 3 by Rattler.

But, I agree, it was wasting plays to run it, though Rattler's 3 runs went for 13, 8 and 9 yards.

 

[kidrobinski]

It was probably comparatively easy to come out and play like the aggressor when nobody in the world gave us a shot. You can play loose and easy because you really have nothing to lose. But when you come out of the half up 14-3 on the #1 team in the nation, it gets a bit more real. Hence the unforced errors and such in the 2nd half.

Also, our backs only had 7 carries in the game. UGA just adjusted to the fact that we were not even going to try running the ball.

Depth, my friend. Our OL was playing against 5 stars substituting for 5 stars. Two 5 star linebackers.

Depth. Were getting there, but against the two time undefeated national champions at this stage...

Had little if any to do with Beamer or 'adjustments.' They are better than us right now; no shame in that.

 

[Lurker123]

Depth, my friend. Our OL was playing against 5 stars substituting for 5 stars. Two 5 star linebackers.

Depth. Were getting there, but against the two time undefeated national champions at this stage...

Had little if any to do with Beamer or 'adjustments.' They are better than us right now; no shame in that.

I disagree. If it were solely depth, it would not have been a sudden change at half, but more gradually over time.

And immediately after half, our D should have had some gas, just due to the time off.


Esit: After rereading this, I thought I should add that depth was certainly part of it. They are deeper than us. I just don't think it was the determining factor immediately after half.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Depth, my friend. Our OL was playing against 5 stars substituting for 5 stars. Two 5 star linebackers.

Depth. Were getting there, but against the two time undefeated national champions at this stage...

Had little if any to do with Beamer or 'adjustments.' They are better than us right now; no shame in that.

Depth certainly was a factor in the long run, which goes right along with what I said about not being able to sustain what we did for the first half.

But UGA obviously made halftime adjustments, and that was a major factor. Good teams always make halftime adjustments.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I disagree. If it were solely depth, it would not have been a sudden change at half, but more gradually over time.

And immediately after half, our D should have had some gas, just due to the time off.

Yep, it's like a switch was flipped at halftime. That's not just depth.

I don't doubt that UGA's depth factored in as the game wore on. But it was Jekyll and Hyde from the first half to the second half.

 

[Lakemurraycock]

To be fair UGA had more to fix than we did. What we needed to fix (run game) could not be fixed during the game.

 

[Tngamecock]

I just hope and pray, that he somehow did not hurt Kirby’s feelings with that statement.

 

[Tngamecock]

Yep, it's like a switch was flipped at halftime. That's not just depth.

I don't doubt that UGA's depth factored in as the game wore on. But it was Jekyll and Hyde from the first half to the second half.

It’s a 60 minute game no doubt. I retort that very thing to all the “fire somebody“ crowd every time we punt. My favorites are the ones that decide wins or losses after a series. Bottom line, UGA is better right now. 2nd half was the perfect storm. Big plays called back, penalties, drops, hard rain when we are behind and need to throw, no rain when UGA has the ball and simply needs to burn clock. He is right, and we can say we beat ourselves in the second half. They can say it in the first. But they won and deserved to win.

But if you can’t see better starting talent over what Shane took over you’re mistaken. We are further along this year….I hope it shows in our record.

 

[18IsTheMan]

But if you can’t see better starting talent over what Shane took over you’re mistaken. We are further along this year….I hope it shows in our record.

I never said anything to that effect.

The sole thrust of my OP was pointing out what I perceive to be shortsightedness in boasting at halftime of a 14-3 game.

 

[muscleknight]

Dabo has been beating himself for years LOL

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

. Good teams always make halftime adjustments.

They made adjustments while we were whooping it up in the locker room. Then we backed off on our coverage.

 

[Prestonyte]

Our defense should have been fired up coming out of the locker room for the 2nd half with the goal of continuing their first half performance and getting the ball for our offense to extend our lead. I did not see that emotion or aggression and it appeared that halftime discussion did not take place.

 

[kidrobinski]

I never said anything to that effect.

The sole thrust of my OP was pointing out what I perceive to be shortsightedness in boasting at halftime of a 14-3 game.

Beamer said 'we're going to win the game' going in at halftime at clemson last year. Was that 'shortsightedness.'

You can't 'adjust' better depth and talent. We're getting there. We'll get there.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Beamer said 'we're going to win the game' going in at halftime at clemson last year. Was that 'shortsightedness.'

You can't 'adjust' better depth and talent. We're getting there. We'll get there.

lol, yes. If you say crazy things every once in a while, one of them is going to come true.