Dawgs' flashes of genius in the first match are marred by too many unforced errors

Kirby Smart's Georgia Bulldogs seemed to be the contender at the national championship that they are supposed to be Saturday night in Vanderbilt – for a quarter and a half.

Whether or not the Dawgs will become a team worthy of the college football playoffs will depend largely on how quickly they solve the problems that tormented them the remaining two-and-a-half months of a 30-6 win over the Commodores. , in which they mixed flashes of play. sparkle with exasperating incoherence.

James Coley's The debut as offensive coordinator had an almost perfect start on Georgia's first three orders. The call of the game was heavy, as usual, but with some skillfully named passes effectively mixed.

Directed by From Andre Swift, who was found with 16 carries for 149 yards in the game (averaging 9.3 yards per run), the Dawgs have engulfed The distance between the two Georgia pilots made the effective weapon an effective weapon.

The highly touted offensive line was up to the bill from the start, opening huge holes for Swift, Brian Herrien (which was actually the starting half-tail) and James cook.

The young recipient bodies also look surprisingly dangerous, especially Demetris Robertson, and the defense that has almost extinguished the three offensive stars of Vandy Ke'Shawn Vaughn, recipient Kalija Lipscomb and tight end Jared Pinkney)it looked like a kick in the making.

Instead, we got a relatively non-dramatic game where the result was never questionable, but with a better team looking sloppy and fuzzy a good part of the rest of the evening, while Vandy's defense was pretty powerful to make successful adjustments and that Georgia hurt herself. with three calls waiting on the offensive and three flags of expensive personal crowds in defense.

As Smart said after the match, "We have to stay away from the masks because we basically gave them 45 yards and two goals on the pitch with unruly penalties."

In the score, Georgia's offense was pretty good at 479 yards, including 323 yards. Nevertheless, an offense which passes 1 for 7 on the third try, fails on its only attempt to convert to the fourth attempt, and must be content with second-half goals in the field compared to one of the lower echelon programs of his conference.

This is especially true in the red zone and in the short-distance match, areas in which Georgia sometimes had difficulties last season. Although Coley played in the first quarter, he was too conservative in the second half, especially in the third. The 2 minute attack towards the end of the first half also lacked dynamic game calls and was suffering from a lack of execution.

Smart, however, has tried to keep in perspective his team's failures by noting that with "325 yards rushing, I'm not going to worry too much about the 2 that we have not had or have 1 that we did not have. "

Yes, I imagine that he might have a little stronger ideas on this topic in the team's meeting room.

More disturbing perhaps, the Dawgs offensive line, touted as the best in the country during the pre-season, seemed simply average after the first three attempts, allowing Vandy to trim a few lengths and allowing the Dores to put a lot pressure on Fromm, which resulted in gaps in the passing game as he dropped from the back foot.

With 10 penalties for 117 yards, many of which were costly (including a scoring pass marking Robertson's 53-yard drive), and personal fouls leaving Vandy alive, it seemed like the Bulldogs' attention was coming into question after To be waived 21-0. You must understand that the coaching staff will focus on eliminating these mental errors in the next two cupcake matches, which will lead to Notre Dame.

On special teams, Rodrigo Blankenship was usual, but Georgia's return match needs work. A nice return was canceled by Tyler Simmons touching his knee to the ground while he was catching the ball, other players were dashed by blocks marked on the back. In addition, the Dawgs victim of a false puncture.

On the plus side, Georgia's defense kept Vanderbilt out of the end zone and put a lot of pressure on Vandy's quarterbacks, even though they only got two sacks. The Dawgs receivers seemed generally good (although Simmons let one third of passes pass between his hands).

Jake Fromm, who played the whole game, did a good job putting Georgia in the good game most of the time. But, again, he was better in the first half, completing 8 of 12 attempts for 103 yards and 1 touchdown before halftime, but a modest 15 of 23 attempts for 156 yards. Georgia has not been as planned as planned and Fromm is still not a threat.

Late in the game, Zamir "Zeus" White delighted the contingent of Georgia fans who occupied three-quarters of Vandy's stadium when he entered the match and showed his tough racing style, ripping himself through potential shooters, although he had to work on safety balloon, fumbling out of bounds of his longer run.

Overall, I would have given the Dawgs a B-minus rating for the game: good, but needs improvement. My highest grade would go to high school (an A), and I would give the defense a more global B-plus. The running game ranked A-less (which is again the short distance), with the offensive line winning a C-plus. Overall, the offense was average (a C), the special teams got a B-plus and their training deserved a C rating.

At his post-match press conference, Smart summed up the game well: "We still have a long way to go. We had a lot of unruly penalties and we did not play well in the second half on offense, but I'm proud of our guys. "

In the future, Smart has rightly pointed out: "The team has to decide if they want to improve – that's all I ask them -" Do you want to get better or are you just being good? "

"Good will not be good enough."