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I looked at this play but was unable to decide if Georgia will show up.
Georgia does not have a coach. They say new coach will be there , but that seems a distraction to me.
Georgia will not want to get players hurt and may pull up alot.
Dont know alot about them but Penn St could pull off the upset easily me thinks.
GL
All very valid points. that is only concern for me. That worry aside, Georgia has better athletes.
what do you know about Penn St ?
QB ?
RB ?
WR ?
Defense strong as usual for them ?
come on Chippy talk me into it.
On another subject, the natty will b decided by the QB. Normally, tide has edge cause they have better players. Clemson has just as many pro prospects, and probably more than Bama. Better at skilled positions and just as good in trenches. Ml tigers and take the oiints. :0074:0074:0074
Likewise, the Nittany Lions? (7-5) offense will be under the direction of a temporary coordinator. Ricky Rahne (pronounced ronnie), quarterbacks coach for the last two years, put in the game plan for the bowl and will call the plays against the Bulldogs. That?s because head coach James Franklin fired John Donovan as Penn State?s offensive coordinator. He has since hired Joe Moorhead and he?s already on the job, but won?t work the bowl game.
Georgia?s new head coach, Kirby Smart, is still coaching Alabama?s defense, along with one of the assistants he?s bringing with him to Athens, eventually. But he?ll be at Saturday?s game ? as an observer. Smart and his new offensive coordinator Jim Chaney flew into Jacksonville Friday and were in meetings all day at the Sawgrass Marriott, where the team is staying for the bowl game.
Meanwhile, the Bulldogs? defensive coordinator all season, Jeremy Pruitt, is also with the Crimson Tide. So they have two defensive coordinators in Alabama and one interim one ? Kevin Sherrer ? at Georgia.
In the meantime, four former members of Richt?s support staff are now filling on-field assistants? positions. None of them are certain what they?ll be doing next week.
?Yeah, there are definitely a lot of dynamics going on,? Georgia senior tackle John Theus said with a laugh.
All the disorder would seem a recipe for disaster in the bowl, or at least for rampant disorganization. But the Bulldogs insist it?s anything but.
?I feel like we were actually more focused (for) bowl practices than we have been in the last three or four years since I?ve been here,? UGA senior outside linebacker Jordan Jenkins said. ?We knew we were facing a little bit of adversity and knew we had to respond to it, and get guys in the right mindset for the practices. We came here focused. We listened to B-Mac and all bought in. We?ve just practiced hard and kept our heads up the whole time.?
Bryan McClendon, Georgia?s interim head coach, is often referenced by the Bulldogs as a rallying factor. The 32-year-old UGA graduate and letterman will leave for South Carolina and a new job as Will Muschamp?s c0-offensive coordinator next week. But players say he has been unrelenting and driven about his temporary assignment and has been on them to the same way.
?Obviously, there?s been a lot going on ? but Coach B-Mac and the rest of the staff did a great job keeping us focused,? Theus said. ?Honestly, we had some of the best practices we?ve had in a long time. Guys really got after it, starting back in Athens and we continued it over to this week. If anything, we practiced a little bit better for that reason. Guys are ready to play this week.?
While Penn State?s changes haven?t been quite as sweeping, it has also required some adjustment. Quarterback Christian Hackenberg flourished under Donovan?s tutelage, starting every game for three seasons and setting school records for career passing yards, attempts, completions and touchdowns. The 6-foot-4, 228-pound junior is expected to give the NFL a long look after this season and most anticipate he?ll make the jump.
But the coaching changes won?t be an influence.
?It?s been a pretty flawless transition,? said Hackenberg, who has thrown for 2,386 yards and 16 touchdowns but has been sacked 38 times. ?Coach Rahne is a guy we know very well, a guy who we?ve worked with every day. It?s just he?s calling the plays. So I guess it?s a different voice, but a lot of the same messages.?
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I found this much.
Penn St QB sacked 38 times
It would be nice if Georgia could sack him. But I doubt it.
Go Georgia !
Georgia?s new head coach, Kirby Smart, is still coaching Alabama?s defense, along with one of the assistants he?s bringing with him to Athens, eventually. But he?ll be at Saturday?s game ? as an observer. Smart and his new offensive coordinator Jim Chaney flew into Jacksonville Friday and were in meetings all day at the Sawgrass Marriott, where the team is staying for the bowl game.
Meanwhile, the Bulldogs? defensive coordinator all season, Jeremy Pruitt, is also with the Crimson Tide. So they have two defensive coordinators in Alabama and one interim one ? Kevin Sherrer ? at Georgia.
In the meantime, four former members of Richt?s support staff are now filling on-field assistants? positions. None of them are certain what they?ll be doing next week.
?Yeah, there are definitely a lot of dynamics going on,? Georgia senior tackle John Theus said with a laugh.
All the disorder would seem a recipe for disaster in the bowl, or at least for rampant disorganization. But the Bulldogs insist it?s anything but.
?I feel like we were actually more focused (for) bowl practices than we have been in the last three or four years since I?ve been here,? UGA senior outside linebacker Jordan Jenkins said. ?We knew we were facing a little bit of adversity and knew we had to respond to it, and get guys in the right mindset for the practices. We came here focused. We listened to B-Mac and all bought in. We?ve just practiced hard and kept our heads up the whole time.?
Bryan McClendon, Georgia?s interim head coach, is often referenced by the Bulldogs as a rallying factor. The 32-year-old UGA graduate and letterman will leave for South Carolina and a new job as Will Muschamp?s c0-offensive coordinator next week. But players say he has been unrelenting and driven about his temporary assignment and has been on them to the same way.
?Obviously, there?s been a lot going on ? but Coach B-Mac and the rest of the staff did a great job keeping us focused,? Theus said. ?Honestly, we had some of the best practices we?ve had in a long time. Guys really got after it, starting back in Athens and we continued it over to this week. If anything, we practiced a little bit better for that reason. Guys are ready to play this week.?
While Penn State?s changes haven?t been quite as sweeping, it has also required some adjustment. Quarterback Christian Hackenberg flourished under Donovan?s tutelage, starting every game for three seasons and setting school records for career passing yards, attempts, completions and touchdowns. The 6-foot-4, 228-pound junior is expected to give the NFL a long look after this season and most anticipate he?ll make the jump.
But the coaching changes won?t be an influence.
?It?s been a pretty flawless transition,? said Hackenberg, who has thrown for 2,386 yards and 16 touchdowns but has been sacked 38 times. ?Coach Rahne is a guy we know very well, a guy who we?ve worked with every day. It?s just he?s calling the plays. So I guess it?s a different voice, but a lot of the same messages.?
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I found this much.
Penn St QB sacked 38 times
It would be nice if Georgia could sack him. But I doubt it.
Go Georgia !
good job
could have gone either way
one thing about madjacks, a win is never good enough. Its always whats next now and hurry up.
