For the record I was certain Florida was going to beat Georgia. Even at halftime I figured FL HC Dan Mullen would make adjustments to win the game. Mullen is a good coach (best in the SEC after Saban) – winning with a backup QB who hadn’t started in high school. I was on pins and needles the entire GA/FL game. Dawgs were converting third downs and the Gators weren’t. UGA had a couple of calls go their way early (later several calls went Florida’s way). I kept waiting for Florida to come back. They came close, but it was too little too late.
As expected, UGA WR Lawrence Cager (#15) was the difference. The GA offense had slowed without Cager. The vaunted “DB U” couldn’t stop Cager and the other Dawg receivers. Cager had a big day but Fromm spread his passes around to WRs, TEs, and RBs. At least three passes were dropped, and in all three cases the receiver should’ve caught the pass. One would’ve been a touchdown (#5). Deandre Swift’s TD run was called back because a WR was holding (#5). Not sure if the Dawgs got field goals on those drives, so I’ll just say the score could’ve been 32-17. Great catch by RB Brian Herrien.
Kicker Rodrigo Blankenship had another perfect day, going 3-3 on field goals and 1-1 on extra points. Finalists for the Lou Groza Award are named this week, and Rodrigo should be on this list.
UGA QB Jake Fromm doesn’t get the respect he deserves. Sure LSU’s Joe Burrow may be a step ahead of Fromm (though Burrow has better receivers) and Tua is no slouch (though slightly injury prone), but Jake is never mentioned as a top QB despite all he’s achieved in his career. National championship game appearance. Two SEC championship game appearances. 3-0 against Florida. Ran off two five star QBs who couldn’t beat Fromm out. This year his 70% completion percentage is the highest of his career. Fromm continues to climb the Total QB Ranking list. As a freshman Fromm finished 6th in the nation and last year as a sophomore finished 3rd.
1. 95.8 Tua Tagovailoa AL junior
2. 94.7 Jalen Hurts OK senior
4. 91.2 Joe Burrow LSU senior
8. 92.4 Trevor Lawrence Clemson sophomore
10. 82.1 Skylar Thompson, Kennesaw State
12. 80.9 Jake Fromm, UGA junior
20. 75.5 Dan Ellington Georgia State
39. 70.6 Jacob Eason Washington
48. 67.5 Ian Book Notre Dame
56. 65.0 Shea Patterson Michigan
61. 63.0 Kelly Bryant Missouri senior
63. 62.1 Jarrett Guarantano Tennessee
65. 61.4 Ryan Hilinski South Carolina
72. 59.2 Bo Nix Auburn freshman
80. 54.7 James Blackman FSU
98. 48.0 Jarren Williams Miami
119. 31.4 James Graham Georgia Tech
Pitt beat GT 20-10. Panthers scored on a long run and a long pass. GT’s only TD came on a long pass. GT was behind and needed two scores to win, but was letting 30-45 seconds tick off between plays. Even if you don’t have talented players you can play with urgency. Keep hearing several experts saying they’re not so sure about the new head coach. We’ll see if there’s improvement next year. Jackets wore another different uniform. They’ve only worn one outfit twice. Whatever. For the record on Saturday I wore my GT pullover and GT colored sneakers.
Not many other good games. Wake Forest may have a decent team. Deacs rolled over pitiful NC State with Mark and Marnie Mullen Crumpler in attendance. Neither can match up with Clemson, who had an easy time with Wofford. Clemson wore purple jerseys and pants for their annual military appreciation day.
FSU fired head coach Willie Taggert. Many think Urban Meyer will take the USC job. FSU lost to Miami who lost to GT.
Maryland wore nice throwbacks against Michigan. Didn’t help.
Chiefs wore grey facemasks Sunday against their Super Bowl 4 opponent, the Vikings. Minnesota looked terrible in their modern unis. Former Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket / Westminster Wildcat kicker Harrison Butker booted two field goals both longer than 50 yards – in the last 3 minutes to tie and win the game. I love the grey facemasks, but the Chiefs are one of the few teams who look good with white masks, since their colors are just red and white. White masks are easy to spot, but note below how the grey masks are barely visible - so they don't take away from the rest of the helmet and uniform. Wish GT could understand that.
The Eagles were “black in black” Sunday. There’s an overused phrase. The Falcons used it back in the 80’s. Now the Eagles can be cool and special. Like the Raiders. And Falcons. And Cardinals. And Steelers. And Lions. And Ravens. And Jaguars. And Ohio State. And Oregon. Texas Tech. South Carolina. North Carolina. Miami. And half the other college teams.
The Giants also wore throwbacks against Dallas.
Learned that Georgia State had not renewed the contract of head baseball coach Greg Frady, who’d spoken to our Hot Stove group two times. Not sure about his record. He probably was paid a relatively high salary, so maybe GSU wanted to go with someone cheaper. Haven’t seen where construction has started on the GSU baseball stadium down where Atlanta Stadium used to be. Or the basketball arena.
At the end of May the Georgia State University announced that they are not renewing the contract of baseball head coach Greg Frady. Through 13 years with the Panthers he compiled a record of 370-365-1. However in 2018/2019 they went 15-41. The 56-year-old Frady is well known in European Baseball coaching the German Baseball National Team from 2004 to 2014. With Germany he played in the 2007, 2009 and 2011 Baseball World Cups and won a bronze medal during the 2010 European Championship.
Frady was replaced by the head coach at Gwinnett College, where my niece’s husband is in charge of the sports facilities.
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