UGA 41 SC 30

The Georgia/South Carolina game could not have been more exciting. With UGA's porous defense, GA obviously needed some breaks to go their way in order to win the game. In the first half Aaron Murray hit two receivers in the hands, and the receivers dropped the ball. Then the GA punter mishandled a snap, giving SC an easy touchdown. Can you blame Mark Richt or Aaron Murray for these mistakes?

In the second half the breaks started to swing Georgia's way. SC is driving. QB Shaw runs for another first down, but fumbles and GA recovers. Later Murray converts a third and 13 to a wide open receiver, who outruns the SC DB to the end zone. SC's spread out offense cleverly let the play develop before giving away whether it was a run or pass, which continually stifled GA's defense...until the fourth & goal play.

I cannot describe how incredibly stupid GA's senior defensive lineman Garrison Smith was, first leaping on top of the SC lineman long after the whistle had blown. Both fell onto the pile, and the officials called the obvious penalty. THEN Smith stood right next to the official as he called the penalty, another dumb move. Thirdly, Smith must've though his penalty had given SC a first down, because he stayed on the field even as the GA offense came out to huddle up. Could've cost GA the game.

The Clemson game was lost on one play: the high snap on the field goal attempt. Then against SC most of the field goal/extra point snaps were still high. The hold kept having to reach up and to his right, catch the bad snap, then bring the ball all the way across his body to place the ball on the ground on the holder's left side. Perhaps the holder should've been the player of the game.

Freshman cornerback Brendan Langley, from nearby Kell High in East Cobb, had a rough game: torched for two touchdowns. Langley did break up a pass late in the game, but should've intercepted the ball.

Prediction: photos of Todd Gurley running with the ball without a helmet will be displayed over and over again, like when Knowshon Moreno jumped completely over the defensive player. Unlike last year, UGA's game plan worked well: quick passes set opened up the running game. SC couldn't stop Gurley or Marshall….or freshman Brendan Douglas, who is listed as a tight end on the UGA roster. Brad Nessler should've known to growl "He's only a freshman!"

ESPN's Colin Cowherd admitted he wrongly said Clowney would be deciding factor in the game. Sunday morning Cowherd admitted he was wrong. GA gained more yards per play when Clowney was IN the game then when he was OUT of the game. He said this is why NFL teams should draft highly rated quarterbacks like Murray than defensive ends like Clowney.

Will did not get painted up for the game, but sat right behind the guys that did. I think I spotted him in a crowd photo.

I'm sure South Carolina had their reasons for how they used their timeouts. Teams go over so many details on what to do in each scenario. Everything is so structured, with nothing left to chance. Teams keep a card about under what situations they should go for two, depending on the score and time remaining. Coaches make mistakes and sometimes use the wrong strategy, but considering all the hours they work, they have a detailed plan on how to use timeouts.

You or I may think the timeouts should've been used. Needing two scores to win, even if SC used the TO's and stopped UGA, the Dawgs could have always run out the clock after SC scored the first time. On that last drive SC was not able to stuff GA on first or second down, so there wasn't an opportunity to call a timeout.

Then after the last play the ball and play clock were set so the Dawgs didn't need to run another play, for SC to call a timeout would have only prolonged the agony. I've got to hand it to Spurrier for not calling a useless time out then.

Talking about covering all the details. The jersey patches for the Chickfila kickoff game are in the hands of the team equipment managers at least a month before the game. In late June all the game and practice gear for the players, coaches, and trainers are sorted out and gotten ready for distribution. The game clothes worn by coaches and trainers are hemmed and tailored for exact fit. Same for player jerseys and helmets.