Took 7 points off the board That was game. Otherwise a great game. This team has come a long ways since Southern Miss. hats off to the team and staff. Go beat Peay and go to a bowl
TD pass to interception
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Yeah and all the posters putting up the negative crap just can't stand it because the team has gotten better.Folks we are going to a bowl after the start we had,if you like it or you don't like it learn to live with it cause that's the bottom line
Our wide receivers really let us down tonight but there's plenty of blame to go around. In the end Georgia just executed better
Proud of the Cats and coaches. Just wish we had mixed it up on 1st and goal. Gotta believe Boom or Snell gets in the end zone if we run it outside a few times.
This is false. UGA punted after the interception. Nothing was won or gained from that. Sure, we can play hypotheticals, but where are we tonight without UGA's 3 turnovers? Can we say it would have been a blowout if Chubb doesn't fumble twice? I don't think so. Running the wildcat and then forcing our QB who hadn't touched the ball to throw a fade was a bad decision. Playing 8 yards off receivers when all they needed was a FG was a bad decision. What Badet did was a mistake, and it cost us nothing other than potential points, which mean nothing.
Leaving points on the field means nothing?
Maybe so,but then UGA still has time to get down the field,we are getting there but we aren't there yet.It is a different team than we saw earlier this year.
We played a tough game.
On paper UGA out athlete's us all over the place.
Both teams made some bad mistakes.
I thought the effort was outstanding.
On paper UGA out athlete's us all over the place.
Both teams made some bad mistakes.
I thought the effort was outstanding.
There was no guarantee that he would have scored or that we would have gotten a field goal out of his catch. My point is this, he made a mistake and it is amplified for stupid reasons. We rarely throw downfield and the one time we do, a freak play happens. We all focus on that instead of the fact that our Defensive play calls on the final UGA possession were awful. Our final Offensive possession was doomed when we hit the 20 yard line and did 0 variations on the same play. We didn't do anything to win, just stay close, and it cost us.
Sure, it would have been great to catch that ball, but to blame Badet for the loss is the equivalent of blaming Chubb for the lack of a blowout due to two fumbles. It's untrue.
Dude he was behind the DB and in stride on that play. He probably scores or at worst is inside the 10 yard line if UGA defender catches him. UK left 7 pts on board...3 at worst.
I agree. We just made a few more mistakes than they did.
Disappointing loss, but we are still going to a bowl. Not all is bad after this game.
And you know what, the one time we threw it to him a freak play happened. Can you tell me the last time a ball hit a db in the thigh and they had an INT? I can't. To blame the WR is similar to blaming the RB's of UGA for not blowing us out. Chubb coughed it up twice. At least we scored when they made mistakes. When that INT occurred? We forced them to punt. There were a lot of issues that occurred tonight, but to assume that Badet's freak play cost us the game is simple madness. Who knows what happens if he catches it. Maybe we go up +7. Maybe he falls down immediately. Maybe he juggles it and the DB has it bounce off his thigh into his hands and our defense force them to punt. Only thing I know is that a lot of other calls cost us this game, not that one alone.
I still have no idea what your point is...the Badet play was a major league game changer.
I'd also argue our OLBs played like crap today in Ware/Josh Allen. They did nothing vs. UGA bad tackles and never got after Eason for most of the game.
Badet just has to make that play. This is why UK can't get over the hump. The inability to make plays in the clutch. Turnovers cost them the game.
That's a whole other issue but I'd argue that forcing Allen to defend slot receivers cost us more than his rushing ability. Simply put, we didn't execute in a lot of ways. Johnson missed easy throws at times. Gran moved away from him because of that, then went back to him in crunch time. We gave a QB who hadn't thrown the ball well a huge cushion in crunch time, which was a mistake. Just a lot of playing to keep it close. There were many plays that turned the game but I don't see how Badet cost us the game alone on a freak play (unless you know we would have scored a TD which is beyond my capability and for which I apologize).
You really need to re-watch that Badet play...it was a TD. He was in stride and a good bit past the DB.
I agree that I can't stand the big cushion we give on outside WR at end of game. Westry plays like a total puss this year. Those were back breakers on the last drive to give up those easy tosses.
You're right,Badet makes that play and we get over the hump,we are as close as we have been in a long time but we just aren't there,that is another reason a bowl game and the extra time spent on football are so important to us
UK had a chance for something bigger than a bowl game. They had a chance to play for a SEC championship. That's gone now. The moment was just too big for them.
I'm not disagreeing that it was a big play, it was, I am disagreeing that it cost us the game. UGA had to rebound from 3 turnovers, why are we given an exception. We got the ball back 3 plays later? And, reviewing the play, he had a clear step on the DB and the ball was thrown perfectly, when was the last time you saw such a play? I've never seen a DB get an interception off his thigh before. Just a wild play. That said, it didn't lose us this game.
I wonder why we give the big cushion as well,do the coaches believe we can't cover without them or will get beat deep or do they want the DB to be closing on the reciever and ball
Yeah, and then we'd have been destroyed in that championship game, not that we were going there anyway. This isn't basketball. We're not a powerhouse. We should have won this game, and it sucks that we didn't, but we're still making progress. It is what it is.
UK will now lose 2 of the last 3. Probably blowouts. They have improved from the start of the season, but they are not improving in SEC terms. Meaning they are not becoming a real contender. Bash me if you want.
UK had a chance like they have never had, you have to take advantage of those situations. Instead, they played like the UK of old. Good effort, but no win. To really improve, that has to change.
Come on brother, we punched the Dawgs right back. We had some good play on both sides of the ball and were not totally outclassed, which we were just a year ago.
I'm not trying to bash you, but they ARE improving in SEC terms. At worst, 4 and 4 for the first time since Brooks, and, if we somehow beat UT (obviously, not likely) that's the first time we have a winning record in the SEC since Curci.
Very true. I am a bad loser and I admit it. I can't stand it. I just don't see any positives in losing. UGA isn't that good. Had multiple turnovers and still won.
Could he have handed off that touchdown pass to the other team any better? That was ...............
Reminded me a bit of a Vikings play on MNF back when Favre was QBing. He threw a pass in the rain to Freeman but Vikes Dishman had it picked but it slipped thru his hands and landed on Freeman's back( he was laying down) and somehow Freeman had the where with all to catch it and went in for the game winning TD.
Sure UGA had 3 fumbles....but those TOs we're not a) going in for an obvious TD and b) Badet inexplicably handed the ball to a UGA defender how it unfolded. (I.e. UGA had nothing to do with that play happening). At least on the UGA fumbles, UK was hitting them and around the ball. I can't say that for that big play.
And you're point is well made that in a game of 80 plays you can't argue one play in 3rd qtr decided it. But UK's WR play Saturday night was really bad. That group screwed the pooch on multiple plays in the game.
The way everyone is trying to make it sound like that was a TD with the catch is wrong. If he was so far behind the DB how did the DB pick it when it bounced a foot away off Badetts arm. The DB was about a foot behind him. Even if he catches that he probably would've been tackled immediately.
We may have well went on to score on that drive, and it was a huge TO, don't get me wrong. But everyones acting like it was a sure fire TD had Badett caught the ball is wrong.
We may have well went on to score on that drive, and it was a huge TO, don't get me wrong. But everyones acting like it was a sure fire TD had Badett caught the ball is wrong.
It's not over...still have a shot, but a much longer shot now probably 5%. Going to jab be to have a lot of help and beat the filthy orange in kville for the first time since'76
I believe UK beat them there in '84. You'e right though. A much longer shot now.
I am in the group that says that was a sure fire TD and they're not wrong. No way he doesn't stroll to the end zone if he catches that. If we go up 12 there with 4 minutes in the 3rd win percentage would've been about 90%. Could we have blown that, sure, but I'd like our chances.
That play was the game changer, everything else after i.e. bad play calls on 1st and goal from the 9 and our inexplicable D on Georgia's last drive wouldn't have taken place.
Should have won and played UT for SEC East. Looks like Smart don't have the necessities to be a head coach in the SEC. Stoops should beat UGA before Smart is replaced
Yep. it was a td. He had a few steps on the db and the pass was perfect. Crushing play