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Season is perhaps the number one or the number two team they certainly are going to sport a you know very high kind of way too early top 25 preseason ranking and a lot of that chatter will begin you know next week you know you’ll already see some of that kind of stuff coming
Out and I would say that’s true for Georgia regardless of the result of this game but people like the idea of the momentum of get the bowl win use that to kind of build the preseason chatter and so to a certain standpoint that’s what Georgia sort of feels like it’s playing
For on Saturday the chance to kind of start the 2024 conversation on favorable terms that’s obviously what George is hoping to do Matt gobin checks in to say have early enroll East traveled to the Bowl game before I don’t remember that I assume they can’t play till next spring
Do they have to sit in the stance I believe they’re able to be on the sidelines one thing to keep in mind is is that there is a hard cap limit on what you can travel for an SCC Road game but that’s not true for bowl games so
It’s kind of always been true that you know the the bowl game if you want to go back to quaint by you know you know days of your the bowl game was supposed to be the reward for the season and so therefore as many people around the team
As possible got a chance to take advantage of that reward that meant you know there were a lot of uh you know walk-on type players or you know players kind of on the periphery of the program or or or people even on the periphery of the program they would get their chance
To come they would get their chance to be a part of that so that’s kind of the tradition of the bowl games now the bowls have started to feel a little bit different just because of the fact that everything in college football feels a good bit different than it used to feel
But there is no limit on who you can bring to the Bowl game you can essentially bring your entire roster and the the the reason why you hear more about the early enroll Le going through practice and also traveling is because a couple of things a there’s just more of
Them than there used to be you know the last couple of years we’ve seen Georgia and really around college football I think this is kind of a a burgeoning trend we’ve seen Georgia have almost more early enroll leads than not so you’re seeing more of this now because
Of the prevalent number of early enroll leads but the other part of this two is is that when guys have been going through practice in the past we weren’t all that interested in that because we were more interested in who George was playing the college football playoff and
Things like that part of the reason why this is getting more attention now is because people are just sort of more interested in 2024 than they are the end of the 2023 season if we’re just being completely honest uh let’s see what else uh so typically the uh dog
Nation.com comment section is not quite as salty as the YouTube comment section but there are a couple of comments in here today I can’t read which is a little bit different um bmax says will Florida State even have 70 players sued up no it probably won’t but ultimately
When You Subtract you know when you subtract like transfer portal guys and things like that I mean Georgia could also be under that number there as well that you know I I think when it’s all said and done the number of AA ailable players for Georgia and Florida States
Actually going to end up being somewhat similar now the difference is Georgia probably has a little bit more of its top players and there are you know guys like we’re hear from carmari last year in a moment you know guys certainly saying the right thing in terms of their
Desire to uh be a part of this game finish strong had a chance to hear from Kendall Milton on that topic a little earlier uh Milton essentially saying when we talked to him just a couple of minutes ago why wouldn’t I play so that attitude that Vibe seems to exist a
Little bit more around Georgia but the actual total number of players available for both these teams will probably end up being somewhat similar um dog Nation D says has anyone given thought to the fact that this will be the last Orange Bowl with two top 10 teams without playoff implications there
There’s our light we just lost our light there you go uh so we’ll do the rest of the show in the dark here a little bit by the way it’s completely raining uh out here uh not exactly Chamber of Commerce style weather in Miami here today but you know what we’ll Soldier on
We’ll make the uh best of all of that so yeah so obviously there’s a lot of change coming to the Bowl structure next year with the expanded playoff and I think there are a lot of us that are kind of just still trying to like like wrap our mind around
That a little bit uh as as you’re messing with the light it’s also bringing me a little down a little lower into the screen here so we’ll get me reframed back up there a little bit but yeah I mean I I think that it’s going to
Take a little while for us to all kind of get used to the idea that the entire structure of the of the season next year is going to be completely different and you know in a lot of ways this season has felt like
The end of an era in a lot of ways we’re saying goodbye to the Pack 12 we’re saying hello to an expanded sec to a different format for choosing who plays in the SEC Championship obviously a expanded and completely different format for the college football playoffs so
Yeah I think a lot of the early days of 2024 are going to be spent saying okay exactly what is this upcoming season going to look like I think that’s that’s very fair uh Richard D checks in to say Brock is coming back because he’s uh uh one and two yeah
So I I don’t I don’t think that Brock Bowers is returning but obviously I would certainly love that um let’s see what else bmax has a beautiful backdrop yeah I mean obviously you got the palm trees the things like that it looks the way that it’s supposed
To look it’s just not quite as sunny as it’s supposed to be now when I first got here yesterday in preparation for getting ready for the show I did sort of sit out there at the pool for a minute and got a little sunshine when that was
Shining and I had a chance to enjoy that I I try to take advantage of that because I had the intuition that might be some of the only sunny weather we got all day long so there you go Matt rukavina checks in to say good morning
We good to see you there Matt PD PDT checks in to say I love that their third string quarterback is throwing uh uh uh uh confidence playing a third SEC team and saying they’re just as good uh he says we’re definitely not the Gators yeah so obviously you know we you know
Have seen not only is Florida State playing without Jordan Travis we’ve also seen you know backup quarterback uh step up and he’s announced that he’s not playing the game so Florida State once again kind of back down uh to that you know to that number three quarterback so
Obviously you know they’ve dealt with a great deal of attrition at some key spots here uh no doubt about that we have time to take a couple more comments here Matt rukavina saying be happy early New Year’s Eve to you in the south Florida it’s 39 degrees here in Houston
Yes so winter weather kind of across the North American landscape here right now for sure low also checks in to say watching Texas A&M almost beat Oklahoma state with 22 players doesn’t bode well for Texas and Oklahoma and the SEC perhaps that’s the case and you know
This is the other thing too it’s like you know bowl games are not easy to predict whether you’re talking about you know who has more full strength than the other but it’s also the thing like last night we saw USC down to a quarterback that very few people know very much
About he had a huge like record setting day there for the Trojans and obviously you know that end up being a big win for USC as you mentioned you know Tex z&m was playing with an incredibly depleted roster but the players that were playing were hungry and wanting to see you know
What they could bring to the table so I think what you see is is that the entirety of the bowl prognostication process right now is a little bit of a crapshoot and perhaps that’s worth keeping in mind for the version of Florida State we see on Saturday there
As well all right it’s almost 10:00 a.m. let’s bring on the rest of our video audience and then after that we’ll get ready to get today’s show started so let’s bring on everybody else here live from Miami coming up the moment okay good morning dog Nation I’m Brandon
Adams and this is dog Nation daily the daily podcast for Georgia Bulldogs fans presented by Maryweather and Tharp and as you you can see we are live in Miami getting ready for the Orange Bowl Georgia Florida Today coming up on Saturday over the course of the last couple of days including this morning
Had a chance to hear from some Georgia coaches and players as they continue to sort of say all the right things as we get ready for the uh game coming up on Saturday we’re going to talk about that over the course of our show we’ll give
You a chance to hear some of that there as well and our buddy Mike Griffith is going to stop by and be a part of all of this too it’s a part of our continuing coverage of the action dog nature daily both today and tomorrow here from Miami
And of course traditional Game Day festivities coming up after that so we are really happy to have you with us personally I’m thrilled to be here after a couple of days of not being able to do the show live it is so much fun to be back doing this to some degree that
Feels like normal allbe it with us on the road here today so what do you say we get it started dog Nation daily the daily podcast for Georgia Bulldogs fans presented by Mary weather and th and it begins right now and with that said we’ll get things rolling here glad to
Have you with us and great to be back after a fun couple of days of enjoying family and friends I hope you were doing the same thing and now kind of back at it in the sort of normal Daily Grind of getting ready to see these Georgia
Bulldogs play for one final time here in the 2023 season against the Florida state seminal there on Saturday and I think one of the themes of today’s show is going to be the contrast between what we think might be true about Florida State and what we think might be true
About Georgia as to get ready for this game now I think part of the reason why it seems like there are some differences between Georgia and Florida State right now is the way in which George is talking about this game in comparison to what Florida state is uh sort of saying about the
Game in the case of Florida State a lot of their top players have been kind of high-profile opt outs whether it be top receivers like Johnny Wilson and Keon Coleman you know not just Jordan Travis injury but the backup quarterback he’s you know Tay rodmaker opang out of this
Game you know when you look at the overall numbers here you get the impression that Florida State’s likely to be without what seven eight nine of its top players perhaps as many as 20 players overall it sort of feels like this is a incredibly depleted roster for
Florida State going into the Orange Bowl on Saturday by comparison it seems less so for Georgia but in reality I think it’s important to know that the actual impact on the field of who is and isn’t playing for both Georgia and Florida State might not actually end up being
Quite as as you might think in other words if so and so for Florida State’s not playing because he’s officially opting out and puts out the social media edit the graphic things like that and a Georgia player doesn’t play because he’s legitimately injured and banged up the
Feel about why those two players are missing the game seems completely different but the actual impact on the field during the game perhaps is not quite as different as maybe it it seems in other words I think the perception out there right now is that Florida
State’s at far less of a kind of full strength situation than perhaps George is but in reality what we actually see you know from Hard Rock stadium on Saturday I don’t know that it quite looks that way to the same degree that some Georgia fans think that it does but
It’s probably to Georgia’s credit that it seems the way that it does because I think one of the things that you see from Georgia going into this game where I do not think you can sugarcoat this this is obviously just as big a disappointment for Georgia as it is for
Florida State not playing in the college football playoff you know not playing with the spotlight of the sport on you the way that Washington and Texas will have the way that Alabama and Michigan will have Georgia not having that after have had have having that the last
Couple of years is of course incredibly disappointing but when you listen to the way that Georgia talks about this I think you get the sense of kind of what makes Georgia Georgia their preparations are just as challenged as Florida states are or just as challenged as any teams
Would perhaps be playing in a so-called air quotes here meaningless bowl game but but Georgia has a way of going about its preparation for all of this that GE I think sort of sets it apart and kind of demonstrates it to be distinctly different than a lot of its you know top
Competition I’m going to be corny here for a second now some of you would say that I’m corny all the time but I’m going to be particularly corny about this there’s a phrase a saying you may have heard in the past then I know this seems like sort of positive thinking
Mumbo jumbo but nonetheless you may have heard it said that what you think about you speak about what you speak about you bring about I realized it’s kind of a corny thing but in the case of Georgia I was thinking about that a moment ago because as I’m standing here we’re at
The kind of the media headquarters Hotel we’re technically in Fort Lauderdale it just sort of sounds better to say Miami but the team headquarters or should say the media headquarters is actually in Fort Lauderdale but a couple of minutes ago here from the from the sort of media
Headquarters Hotel you had some Georgia players showing up you had some Georgia coaches showing up and it’s amazing to me how much every person I had a chance to talk to or every person I had a chance to hear from they were all very careful to make sure they used words
That kept the focus on whatever is happening on this particular game we talked to Kendall Milton a moment ago and Kendall was and we’ll play some this for you tomorrow but Kendall was terrific about reflecting on what his Georgia Career has been and the memories
That he’s had and the fact that for a lot of us it kind of goes by so fast but when it comes to okay well how about next for you are you coming back you going to the NFL uh you know Kendall was very ful to say I don’t want any
Attention on that right now because that takes attention off what our team’s trying to do against Florida State Marcus rosem me jackon I had a chance to talk to him a moment ago that was very much the same kind of way I don’t want to take any of the attention off this
Game I’ve got decisions I’ve got perhaps some announcements to make we’ll do that at a later time for now this is about what our team’s trying to do against Florida State even hearing from Mike Bobo a moment ago and you you go to the dog Nation YouTube page you can sort of
See the full conversation that took place with Coach Bobo today but Bobo very much the same way and there’s a lot of curiosity among media types about you know tell us about uh Trevor eten coming to the program things like that bobo once again saying I want to keep the
Focus on the guys who are here Georgia choosing to speak about the Orange Bowl in a way that makes the game feel big and perhaps speaking about the game in that way really does impact the overall performance for Georgia there as well hard not to notice that when you heard
From some of these Georgia coaches and players today you can see a lot of that yourself here on the dog Nation YouTube page and we’ll obviously have some of this for you on the show tomorrow as far as uh kind of continuing this conversation though let’s go back to a
Couple of days ago this is when Georgia coach Kirby Smart first arrived to uh Miami here in South Florida in terms of the overall conversation about well who’s playing and who’s not playing and do you have opt outs do you have these things and you know smart was able to
Talk about at the time about exactly what georg’s level of focus has been with the overall practice situation for Georgia has been like and just how much of a full roster Georgia will have for this game whether it be opt outs or injuries or whatever you want to call
Them in fact as a way of keeping this going let me let you see this and hear this this is Georgia coach Kirby Smart from the team arrival a couple of days ago right here in South Florida in terms of preparations the orange ball here’s Kirby Smart right now we’ve got our guys
That are healthy playing guys that are completely healthy and clear to play they’ve all said they’re going to play they’ve been practicing doing everything we do have guys dinged up and injured that have been trying to fight their way back but we’ll see if they can go or not for the
Game when you look at this team would you prepare for them with what they have on paper knowing who would play who might not play Kirby what what do you is it or just about you and getting better taking advantage of these extra practices yeah we we’ve taken the
Approach that I mean it’s not about them it’s about us and uh we don’t really know it doesn’t matter to us because we’re trying to play to our standard we’re always trying to play to our standard we’ve had a lot more good on good in practices it’s probably been the
Best Bowl practices in terms of not going against a scout team and going against each other cuz when you don’t know 100% what you’re going to see you’re better off going against really good people so we’ve done a lot of ones on ones twos on twos and probably have
Gotten more threes on threes than we ever have because we got good depth with the uh 9 10 11 I don’t know how many it is mid years that are there now so we’ve been able to get a lot of depth there I love that from Georgia coach
Kirby from the standpoint that listen we don’t really know what to expect from Florida State in this game to a certain extent we don’t really know who’s even playing for the seminol but it does create an opportunity to sort of free yourself up at practice and say okay
Well the best way to prepare for an opponent when you don’t know what you’re going to see is go out and produce the best competition you can during practice and it seems like that’s what you know George has been you know pretty intent on doing and that’s obviously you know
Continued here uh in South Florida since the team has arrived in fact back some of the things you’ll see on the screen today as we’re doing the show is some of those images from Georgia practice yesterday we had dog Nation folks on hand for that Mike grith Conor Ry were
There our buddy Cody Chaffin who helps us out he was there as well and so you’ll see some of those images as Georgia continues those preparations for Florida State but on the flip side of that you also heard Kirby Smart kind of put his own spin on who is and isn’t
Playing for Georgia and as I said before Georg is very careful about how it talks about this kind of thing Georgia doesn’t have opt outs but it does have some injured players those injured players won’t be available for UG and we are in the process I think now of kind of
Figuring out okay well exactly what does that look like from a roster standpoint exactly who will Georgia have available to them and you start to consider the idea that a Georgia team that was indeed very banged up near the end of the season obviously one of the things that
Caused some trouble for Georgia against Alabama was the lack of a fully healthy roster that some of that also lingers uh for Georgia as he gets ready to play against Florida State there as well and perhaps one of the most important names on all of that is the I think it’s safe
To Now call him a legend the legendary tight end Brock Bowers who we believe is putting a cap now on his Georgia Career courageously trying to come back from uh the tight RPP ankle surgery we saw him play in that final home game against Old
Miss we saw him give a go there against Tennessee and perhaps after that Bowers was never quite as healthy again in the remain of the season did not play against Georgia Tech it was not certainly fully healthy against Alabama and that’s the some of those injuries that are some
Of those injuries that are lingering for youga in fact when that team playing arrived and Kirby Smart stepped off and spoke a couple of the guys that were not seen guys like amarius Mims guys like Brock Bowers and we’re left to conclude well Brock could obviously still join
The team later than that initial arrival does that mean that he might be able to play in this game coming up on Saturday going back to Wednesday we had a chance to hear from Georgia tight ends coach Todd Harley he talked about the kind of unknown status for uh what’s going on
With Brock Bowers right now but also a reflection of just how courageous Brock has chosen to be and been able to be for Georgia all season long let me keep this conversation going by letting you hear a little bit from Todd Hartley going back to Wednesday on the status for hours in
This game and the career that he’s put together for ug we don’t know his status is still unsure you know he’s still battling that ankle injury that’s been nagging him it seems like forever now you know and but he uh he’s been great in his rehab um I hope he makes it I
Don’t know if he will still still something that we’re up in the air on wa to see but he um he’s been great in support of his teammates throughout the prep ever since you know ever since the Alabama game so we’ll see there’s a chance if he doesn’t play he can join
You all the sideline I don’t know that yet I think he’s just focused on getting that ankle 100% you know and if he gets 100% then I think he’s going to try to do everything he can to to help us and if he doesn’t then he’ll be their support his teammate
So it’s still the good thing about right now we still got a couple days until we play so I know he’s battling hard so we’ll see what happens I mean he’s a guy after the injury could have gone after CH could be could be somewhere at a combine training after vanderville right
He could have went somewhere right he didn’t have to come back whates that say about I think the people that are around us a lot know what type of person Brock is right you know what type of competitor Brock is and I think it just shows how much he loves his teammates
Right it shows how much he loves his coaching staff and it shows how much he loves Georgia man he he he is I y’all asked me a lot of questions about Brock before and just how much of a competitor he is like he loves to compete he is the
Ultimate competitor and so the fact that he came back back in what was it like 3 weeks it was it was unbelievable that that he came back from that ankle injury that surgery came back and and played at a really high level against Old Miss just shows how much he wanted to keep
Playing for again his teammates as coaches and this University I think what you hear from Todd Harley there is a little bit about what this week is about for Georgia some of this is figuring out okay what it’s going to going to look like for this
Team on the field on Saturday some of this is how do you get excited about what’s going to happen in 2024 based on what you will see but there’s also just to be frank here an element of nostalgia in the air Georgia is back in the spot
Where it was two years ago uh when it beat Michigan to win its first national champion or Kirby Smart and you know guys like Brock Bowers that factored so prominently in that we believe one way or another they’re time at George is coming to an end so coach Harley they
Are kind enough to kind of reflect on what has made Brock special the competitive fire that Brock has shown and the uh you know the energy around all of that and you talking to guys like Kendall Milton and others a little earlier you know that same sort of
Nostalgic sense has also been kind of a prominent factor in all of this of reflecting on the fact that for a lot of these Georgia guys are perhaps getting ready to play their last football game or step away from this team for the last time they are leaving incredible
Legacies in place to Georgia and no one stands any taller in that regard than Brock Bowers who you heard Todd who you heard Todd Harley talking about right there now in terms of who we who we definitely know will be playing in this game coming up on Saturday how
About the strong words from Kamari lter who has a chance to be like a first round pick and is among the very best players on this Georgia roster but in terms of what he plans on doing in terms on uh in terms of the overall uh I guess
Dedication to kind of finish finishing things off the right way and and perhaps really solidifying exactly what the overall mindset is in place for Georgia I I think that Kamari lter probably leaves you with a very hopeful tone in terms of exactly just how much these Georgia players still enjoy playing with
Each other despite the fact that their season’s not going to end in the kind of way they wanted it to with a chance to win the national championship but in terms of saying the right things and in terms of demonstrating what makes to special perhaps no one did that this
Week so far more so than Kamar lter who made it very clear and no uncertain terms that of course he plans on playing and he plans on going out leading these Georgia Bulldogs the same way he has all season long here’s Kamari lter on that honestly I’ll just say just for the the
Love of my teammates and Love of the Game itself you know um I always feel like if I’m able to play a football game why would I not play you know that’s what I’m here for I’m here to you know go to school and play football so I mean
There’s a game on the schedule I feel like I’m obligated to play I feel like you know I owe to my teammates I ow to my coaches I owe it to you know the fan bases you know just give my all it’s a young cornerback room guys
Like dalen Julian coming back next year what does this quarterback room have in it going forward with some of the guys that are projected to come back um it’s a very talented room I mean like you said it’s it’s a young room but uh at
One point you know I was a young guy so I mean you know it’s the room’s going to be young in order for it to have veterans you have to be young at some point so I mean these guys are they’re very talented and all the guys in the
Room they want to get better like they they they listen to coaching um you know they take their reps very seriously you know what I mean so um it’s just it’s just a matter of time and then what are your early Impressions been of Dante Williams and now him coming in from USC
Replacing Fran Brown what have you sort of seen from him and gotten from him as a coach at this point um you know coach uh he’s a really good coach I mean he he knows his stuff he and he really enjoys coaching like you know he comes in with
Great energy every day um he’s come in I mean obviously he doesn’t know everything in the playing he’s only been there about a week or so but uh he you know he wants he wants to be able to help us he went anyway he can so I mean
Just he’s doing everything he can to learn and Playbook as fast as he can and be able to coach us to the best of his ability very very good stuff from Kamari lter also some interesting things there at the end on what he’s seen from some of these young defensive backs going
Through all of this the very first time Georgia clearly getting a lot of energy from from guys who either haven’t played as much during their Georgia Career as they’d like or guys who are going through these practices the very first time interesting thoughts from that on Kamari last year but it’s actually the
Beginning part of that clip that Georgia fans rally around Kamari letting it be known that of course he wants to play of course he wants to lead his team to Victory that’s one of the things that has made Georgia special Georgia saying all the right things here as it with as
Many available players as possible gets ready to play a game against Florida State to put forth the best performance possible Kamari lter clearly trying to lead the way there on all of that my name is Brandon Adams and this is dog Nation daily the daily podcast for Georgia Bulldogs fans presented today by
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Has heard thus far from Miami and South Florida Georgia getting ready for Florida State when you go to the dog Nation YouTube page you’ll see some of the interviews that Mike was able to do a moment ago with Georgia quarterback Carson backck who we can now say still
In the present tense Georgia quarterback Carson back coming back for 2024 Mike Bobo on hand there as well and I guess Mike let me start with that here a little bit for people who haven’t had a chance to go to our dog Nation YouTube page as of yet these interviews just
Getting posted did have a chance to have a wide ranging conversation with Mike Bobo a moment ago what were some of the things that you heard from georg’s offensive coordinator here both looking back on the season that was and perhaps looking ahead to what the next couple of
Days are going to be like yeah well I mean it’s a great opportunity for Georgia to finish on a high note and Coach Bobo certainly wants to finish on a high note too he didn’t say it but I kind of thought it Todd monin scored 24 against Alabama and lost the first time
He got a second chance Mike Bobo didn’t and so here Georgie is now you know trying to win the Orange Bowl against an undefeated Florida State team this would be the third year in four years that Georgia has beaten an undefeated team in the postseason I don’t know how many
Other teams have really done that but you know I think boobo was dialed in a lot on talk about Carson backck and the guys that are here wanting to see these guys go out with really strong games I heard you mention Kendall Milton likely headed to the NFL you wonder about some
Of these other players um will lad mcon or Marcus rosemy ja Saint certainly Brock Bow’s a very special guy I asked him to compare him to Trey McBride who he recruited at Colorado State and now lighting it up for the Cardinals and he said boy I don’t even know if Trey
McBride compares to Brock Bower so certainly a dynamic comparison there uh from Mike Bobo yeah to me it’s what’s interesting is the way in which there’s kind of a Confluence of several different talking points on the one hand there’s obviously a game to for George to get ready for you know this upcoming
Saturday there’s also the look back on what a special run it’s been you know the the the First National Championship under Kirby Smart a lot of play kind of started here with this Orange Bowl win against you know Michigan just a couple of years ago in this same spot where
We’re standing so there’s a little bit of nostalgia in the air right now as a lot of these Georgia players who’ve contribute to those national championships perhaps see their careers come to an end and then there’s also the thing that we’re interested in that the Georgia coaches and players don’t want
To do quite as much which is tell me about 2024 tell me about next year tell me what the team’s going to look like next year and how you’re laying the groundwork for all of that here right now that it’s just one of those things where there’s kind of three different
Conversations I think going on at the same time there’s the look back on what was there’s the mysterious attempt to sort of figure out what’s going to happen here this week with two teams that are in sort of various stages of disrepair and there’s obviously the The
Hope look ahead it’s kind of interesting to watch all those conversations I think sort of take place somewhat simultaneously yeah bowl games are always kind of their own season and you never really know what to expect and of course this Georgia team has been short-handed more times than not
Throughout this year whether it was uh lad makoni missing the first four games or Brock Bowers missing a couple games coming back at less than 100% dejon Edwards missing the first two games Kendall Milton with a little bit Inn out right tackle with am Marius mims in his injuries he lost your All-American
Middle linebacker halfway through the year you know I’ll be honest with you Brandon you know the overriding thing for me this listening is this you know look every team has adversity and Georgia’s had it all year long the fact that Florida state has had a little bit of adversity and we’re still hearing
About it 3 weeks later it’s at some point you just you just want to say just somebody just stop just Co play the game you have a chance to make a statement and you’re making one but it’s not the right one Georgia on the other hand is
Making the statement that hey got left out felt like they belonged in had won 29 games in a row never seen a number one team fall out of the top four much less with a three-point loss and Steve when Steve sper is making a case for
Georg be you know it’s got to be pretty extreme but that’s what happened a couple weeks ago and yet you see Georgia showing up here in Forest you see guys that are going to be going to the NFL and they’re talking about playing in this game you know potential first round
Draft picks and even though it didn’t end the way they wanted that’s the difference between a program that knows how to handle adversity and win championships and a program that still doesn’t know how to win Champion national championships or handle adversity I want to move into around the
Doghouse presented today by our friends at serve pro and I want to talk about Florida State a little bit as we do um I haven’t really gotten a chance to hear Too Much from the Tallahassee side on all of this but there is a very weird Cloud hanging over Florida State and I
Say that pun intended with the clouds that are actually in the sky in South Florida behind us here right now um you know we’ve endured a lot of change in college sports the last couple of years but I think what Florida state is attempting to do right now I think
Ushers in an era potentially anyway that’s unlike anything that we’ve seen Mike in sort of your travels here this week and people that you’ve talked to kind of the Florida State side of all of this how much discussion has there been about the fact that as Florida State
Prepares to play in this game in some form or fashion on Saturday they are also preparing to exit the the ACC in quite unorthodox fashion using any legal maneuvering possibly available to them to do so and the incredible ramifications that could come from that I I know that people have a tendency to
Kind of sort of gloss over and kind of roll their eyes back in their head about all of this sort of you know boardroom talk and legally type talk and everything sort of feels sometimes like it’s a little bit hard to understand but this to me is a really big deal that
That that Florida State’s attempt to implode the ACC as a way of getting a better Financial deal for them I understand why they want to do it my gosh you want to talk about you know reverberations and and uh you know kind of I I guess unintended consequences
Perhaps for others on the outside of all that there’s a lot of shrapnel to go around if Florida state does succeed in doing this how much talk has there been about that here this week with the seols you know really not as much here as there probably is behind the scenes I I
Don’t sense a very strong Florida State presence their fans have kind of fragmented around something Georgia hasn’t done I have seen a lot of Georgia people down here I’ve seen a lot of Georgia fans saying hey you know they’re proud of the way this team is handling
The adversity and the way these guys are going at it and the culture that Kirby Smart’s built is being tested I mean anybody can have a stiff upper lip and say the right things when you’re winning but things didn’t go Georgia’s way and yet it’s still the same Georgia program
In there it’s still the same camaraderie I mean I guess the example it’s it’s two disappointed programs there’s no doubt about it the the difference is you know the parent of one program you know leads the child out of the supermarket quickly and the other one is laying down in the
Middle of the aisle screaming and crying and throwing their hands in the air and it’s just the Florida state deal has gotten um it’s gotten really hard to watch and and digest you just kind of want to get to the game and see these teams play and and I feel bad for the
Florida State players cuz the players that are here are not the issue obviously um it’s it’s the overriding culture as you said and what it’s done as far as the acc’s future I I don’t think it’s going to help George against Clemson I think they’re still going to
Play a really good Clemson team at the start of next year in Atlanta now eventually that may catch up to the league Brandon but I don’t think it’s going to have an immediate effect as far as Georgia or the sec’s concern something else that you say that kind of
Comes to my mind here a little bit is is that and I mentioned this before you joined us which is obviously the way in which Florida State and Georgia have talked about their player absences have been completely different in Florida State we’ve had the sort of official opt
Out social media graphic the thanks null Nation or you know whatever whatever is sort of you know is kind of customary when it comes to those kind of Graphics we sort of officially know who’s not playing for Florida State and those are called opt outs in the case of Georgia
It’s more along the lines of injuries and things like that but ultimately I think the actual impact on the game may be somewhat similar I mean I don’t expect Brock Bowers play in this game I don’t expect lad makoni to play in this game obviously Carson backck is playing
Kamari lra says he’s playing Kendall Milton has been very emphatic that he plans on playing but the actual result on the field or at least the actual uh I guess presence on the field of available players I don’t know that it’s going to be all that different for Georgia than
It is for Florida State despite the fact that Georgia I think is talking about this in a way that’s more favorable what Florida State’s talking about Georgia is also going to be pretty short-handed in this game just to be completely honest yeah I mean at least 20 guys I mean you
Figure there’s 18 guys in the portal and at least two guys that are injured and you know we don’t know about lad I mean amarius Mims isn’t here so I I’m guessing he’s not going to play either so to your point both of these teams are missing players I Georgia had like I
Said pretty key injur earlier this year to jaman Dumis Johnson All-American middle linebacker that you could point to and say could have been the difference between beating Alabama or not and yet you don’t hear that talk you don’t hear those excuses and the way the game is being portrayed I’m with you is
Is a little bit inaccurate both teams have players missing yeah both teams have to deal with adversity this wasn’t either of these teams first choice to be here and yet one team is doing so much more with it and then to your point about the look ahead to 2024
I think with all the players that are in the portal we’re kind of already seeing it you know what we’re not seeing is we’re not seeing Trevor etan yeah we’re not seeing kby young and obviously uh humph is hum is here but he’s not playing not going to play so we’re not
Going to get to see those impact skill position players but I think a lot of the young players on the front seven you’re going to see the secondary I wonder about Brandon I’m I’m wondering a little bit about tyi Smith and Javon Bullard if this could be their farewell
Game so I think that could be a little bit different next year but a lot of what you’re going to see next year I think you’re going to see this year I think Carson Beck to me and I I’ve said this this is the start of Carson Beck’s
Heisman Trophy campaign people are going to talk about Carson Beck he’s going to have the national television audience to himself at 4 o’clock on Saturday and a lot of fans who maybe don’t normally turn the channel to watch Georgia during the season because they watch their favorite team they’re going to have an
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Maryweather and th rolls on here you mentioned Carson back also had a chance to hear from him um a lot of folks will see this on our dog Nation YouTube page later on but in terms of his decision to come back and the just the overall Vibe
For Carson as he looks at one final go of 24 what did Carson backck have to say today what did Carson backck have to say today I think Carson’s pretty comfortable with situ negotiation or decision making negotiation or decision making and your name is out front every day what Carson
Beck’s going to do and what Carson Beck wants and that’s a tough place to be at if you’re a young football player I know that free agency in the NFL we we don’t think anything of it when free agents are out there looking for the best deal
And yet when a young guy does that at College we’re not used to this model yet this is no different than what’s happening with a lot of football players it’s just that he’s the Georgia quarterback he’s a very visible figure the sense I got was relief this is a guy
Who’s happy to be here doesn’t really want to you know he was asked by some other people I didn’t ask him about it cuz I think the story is over but he was asked by some other people about you know what did you ask for what was the
Negot doesn’t doesn’t want to get in those details doesn’t need to get into those details he’s here to play football now the the financial or whatever those incentives that was not the priority that was not the biggest Factor he’s comfortable to be back with this team he
Likes the fact that George is going to bring in players they’re going to give him have have chance to be successful every quarterback needs that I think he’s ready to lead I think he’s going to be very I think he’s ready to lead I think he’s going to be very critical of
Himself this off season and I think you’re going to see a better version of Carson Beck and he was pretty dog on good this year but I think next year you’re going to see some really big numbers all right couple uh more things to go before we uh say goodbye to you
Mike because I know you’ve got a lot of stuff to do for dog nation.com here today we going to roll through some news potential items here for a moment any thought here on some of those guys that perhaps could come back L mcon comes to mind Marcus Rosy Jackson comes to mind
Uh Warren Brinson Nair stack house uh we did not hear from you know those guys when it comes to Media availability this week but you know any thought here on some of those guys because technically I believe there’s only one player on georg’s roster from this season that
Could not come back next season if he wanted to some of these guys it’s easy to assume they want obviously guys like Brock Bowers other guys we know definitely are coming back like Carson back how about some of those tweener guys that maybe they will maybe they won’t depending on draft status
Depending on things like that any thought on where some of those decisions might be going right now you know it’s really hard you know because you can see the logic going either way I mean I think we know right now that uh I think Zion log has declared he’s going to play
In the east west Shrine and Cedric van pran uh I I think the riding is on the wall for Kendall Milton I think he’s going to go pro I think we’re waiting to hear from Javon Bullard I think we’re waiting to hear from ta Smith I think
We’re waiting to hear you mention stack house I haven’t heard stack house say anything yet could he use another year to me lad makoni is is the most pivotal figure because I look at LAD Maki is and this this may be a stretch but I I think
If lad were to get a thousand yard season I think lad Maki could be a College Football Hall of Fame player now he’s got two national championships under his belt I think if he got a, yards next year I think he would be in the same breath with a lot of these
Georgia Heroes and and lad is already a celebrated figure that’s the other thing it’s been it’s been quite some time since I’ve seen a player from the state of Georgia uh that’s actually you know checked all the boxes and uh you know I mean the guy already graduated the guy’s
Won a community service award the guy’s an all player he’s a dynamic receiver uh and the reason that I think there’s a chance he comes back is because the injuries this year have affected his stock somewhat now NFL teams know how good he is make no mistake about it this
Is a guy who is going to start in the NFL I believe he’s an NFL starter I I compare him to mcaffrey in the open field not as strong as Christian yet but the quickness is just on another level it’s another game speed I’d like to see
Lad go in coming off of a healthy season and get full value no lower than midc round when guys come off of a season injured though sometime they fall down in the draft and then you watch him in the NFL and and I said this the other
Day Kenny McIntosh was a really good player geord had over a thousand yards but an injury in training camp and now he’s in Seattle and you wonder what goes through the mind of these players when they’re the lonely rookie on the roster that’s not playing and they’re looking
Back seeing Georgia competing for a national championship I would just hate to think that a guy like lad who is so special and means so much to Kirby Smart could have any sort of regret because he has truly become one of the great Georgia players of recent history you
Had a chance to see some of Georgia practice yesterday uh you shared some of that video with us but uh what did you see from this team going through its paces in South Florida well lad was one of the guys I saw running out there when
Kirby said that lad was going to play I said he is Kirby really saying that but then I went out to practice and and there he was and I just talked with lad I said well how how healthy are you and he’s like well had a little bit of rest
He feels good I I want to see what lad does in this game he’s one of the players I want to watch I want to see what Carson does he’s had a few weeks to prepare you know Kirby 19 straight wins Brandon when he’s had more than a week
To prepare for a game I that’s it goes all way back to the Texas Sugar Bowl it’s pretty remarkable streak uh I want to see what this defense does I’m going to be honest this Florida State quarterback he threw for 55 yards against Louisville I don’t know if you
Saw Louisville last night but I think USC threw for I don’t know they’re still count did they score again I mean so I I want to see if can can Georgia get a shut out can Carson throw for 400 Can Kendall Milton and dejon both go for
Over 100 I mean it’s a time to be greedy if you’re Georgia these guys have worked very hard and is one of our weekly guests on dog Nation daily likes to say Jake prom we worked awful hard some somebody’s got to pay that’s what Jake
From used to say when he’d come off the field all soop and wet after practice he’d say somebody’s got to pay and somebody’s got to pay for all the sacrifices and hard work that this Georgia program has put in in Florida straight they drew the short end they
Drew the Short Straw and of course last thing for you here the other topic that’s kind of out there is the fact that the transfer portal does remain open until January 4th so you know there is still the possibility of some movement here um when Mel Williams spoke
The other day uh you know he was asked question about you know his possible involvement of transfer Port he sort of sidestep the question and the way in which and folks can read the quote for themselves there at dog nation.com but the way in which he kind of Sid stepped
That question essentially answering the same way that every Georgia player answers every question this week of keep the focus in the game keep the focus in the game but the fact that he didn’t outright say transfer portal heck no I got no interest in that the fact that he
Didn’t say emphatically no he’s not going to go in the transfer portal did raise some eyebrows from some Georgia fans what did you I guess react to that that and you know what your kind of overall thought about the idea that you know for Georgia fans they’re going to
Have to kind of stay on pins and needles for a couple of more days on the other side of this game on Saturday about perhaps who you know could or perhaps could not choose to come back still for the 2024 season that’s interesting I I wasn’t you know the way this works
Different we kind of float around to guys so I wasn’t there for that conversation I was there for a story I did today about you know for for people that didn’t play football or people that don’t understand why does this game matter because anybody that’s played knows it has to matter in here
Apparently when you cross the lines are you’re going to get knocked on your tail but so I as I asked him about it and my question was next year if you’re a projected top 10 draft pick can you sit here and tell me right now that you’re
Not going to opt out and you’re going to play in whatever bowl game you’re in and he said yeah yeah I can now I I didn’t sense that that would be somewhere else you know we got into the topic of Georgia and the culture and I didn’t
Really get that feel Brandon I’m not saying it’s not true or that it’s not a possibility but I I do think that all these players have made a conscientious decision to wait until after the bowl to discuss any future plans so I wouldn’t read too much into it I think he’s a guy
That’s developed really well uh I talked to him about Trevon Walker you know here’s a guy that didn’t even make first or maybe even second team allc and he was the number one pick in the draft NFL teams recognize how Georgia does it and how Kirby does it and you go somewhere
Else I I mean you’re you’re you’re trading in a pretty good hand if you leave the Georgia football roster where they produce all these NFL players and all these men that were in the the same position groups that you were ahead of you that have gone on to have success
It’s hard to imagine another program out there where you could develop yourself and be this proven coming out of college just as a quick followup to that we’ll let you go after this Mike you know I think it’s worth our audience’s time I know it’s like a couple days after
Christmas people are still sort of figuring out this is that week of the year when you don’t really know what day it is it’s like post Christmas pre- New Years everybody just sort of stumbles around in the stuper the entire time but get your game face on at least enough to
Go back and watch some of what Glenn Schuman had to say the other day some of what Walker had to say what Mel Williams you know had to say in total there on the dog Nation YouTube page because I actually thought the theme of that particular day today was a little bit
More get around the offense the other day a little bit more get around the Georgia defense and I thought what Schuman had to say what some of these key Georgia players had to say about I think the desire maybe the the really the obligation to be a little bit more
Dynamic next year defensively they what they were this year I thought that was really very interesting now you can Define that any way you want to I’ve obviously been you know you know pretty clear that I don’t think the Georgia rushes the passer quite as well as I
Believe that it should 2021 they did and it’s greatest defense of all time and you know when they don’t quite have that you know level of pass rush not quite the same level result but nonetheless however you define what dynamic is you know how a guy like jayen Walker gets
Used Mel Williams how he would be used next year perhaps playing a little bit more of the outside linebacker position which might be a home position for him um What Glenn Schuman had to say about that I I loved what the Georgia defensive guys talked about the other
Day because I I think they pretty clearly have a mind towards whatever the step back was this year you want to statistically determine that or you want to Define that with words whatever that step back was this year I saw a group the other day that seems very intent on
Having that not be true in 2024 well they’ve had to work all year at it because they did drop off at the interior defensive tackle spot I mean you know Jaylen Carter is a big fix if you want to get some pressure up the middle and they just didn’t have that
And Kirby told us that in the spring that they would have to ways and weren some other responsibilities like you don’t some other responsibilities like you don’t see teams run wide on Georgia well that’s not by accident there’s a lot of responsibilities that these guys play you don’t see a lot of these
Underneath passes into the flats that’s because they do such a good job dropping a lot of these would be pass rushers into this match coverage and and Schuman went down as you said there’s an Incredible video where Glenn’s breaking all that down for you explaining why these numbers weren’t where they were
And and all the things that go into Georgia defense it’s not just lining up 11 guys and saying sick them I mean they really try to cover all these bases and be a team that doesn’t break off in responsibility you don’t see many broken plays we did against Alabama on First
And 20 from the 28 that was a freshman but you very rarely see that with Georgia so I’m with you I think this is something they’ve been working at all year long trying to solve and I think certainly they’re going to try to address the defensive tackle position
Which is why it’s important for Warren Brinson to come back which I think he will possibly Nazir Stackhouse come back which I ALS also think he will we know log is leaving but if you get those two guys back and and then Big Baby Jordan
Hall another guy on the come up as well right I’m not sure Christian Miller is he here I think that’s another guy we’re looking at we’re really one of the most important I think guys for development this year probably is Miller and and Xavier mlau the new recent transfer from
South Carolina so Georgia make no mistake about it Kirby recognizes that better than anyone that those interior defensive pieces mean so much because everything flows from there yeah I think it’s ex exactly right Mike good stuff thanks for being here today look forward to ringing a whole lot more from there
At dog nation.com maybe we’ll catch up again before the week is done that’s a deal good stuff there Mike Griffith here on dog Nation daily presented by Mary weather and Tharp and to kind of recap some of this here a little bit I I think the point that Mike’s making there at
The end is incredibly important is that if you want to make what’s happening this week be about getting ready for next year I think one of the most important offseason conversations that Georgia is going to have is going to be related to how do you make this be a
Great defensive line again now that does not mean you got to go out and find your jayen Carter because the truth is there aren’t a lot of Jaylen Carters you know a you know potential number one overall pick type guy top 10 pick type guy you know playing in the interior of the
Defensive line that’s not the kind of thing you’re going to have there’s a reason they call those generational talents because they sort of only come around once per generation uh at least you know based on the most specific definition of the term you know in in keeping with that you know you think
About 2021 when Georgia would have had four first round picks playing on that defensive line not an easy thing to be able to do right there so you don’t quite necessarily have to have that level of first round Talent overall you may never have that in this program at
The same time again but can you get back to the overall Stellar results can you get back to Stellar performance again and I think that is something that Georgia could very possibly do but it’s going to require some combination of veteran players like a Brenson or a stack house possibly coming back Mike
Mentioned the name Christian Miller to me Miller is one of the most important players in this program over the course of the off season the development he shows I’d put Jordan Hall in that category I’d put Jamal Jared in that category of these young defensive line S
A Jarrett a Miller a hall who emerges from that group a McLoud coming in as a transfer someone who perhaps because of SEC experience steps in ready made ready to go right away in SEC play maybe a little bit of Joseph Jon ja certainly he’s turned Some Heads This Week in
Terms of how he looks you know kind of walking around you know maybe that’s a guy that could also be a part of this conversation there as well but pivotal pivotal uh that Georgia kind of gets back to being Stellar along the defensive line again that’s going to be
One of the most important offseason conversation to have I’ll also give you one more thought here on Mel Williams and then we’ll kind of move on and look at some of the other stuff happening around the SEC I think it’s important to know for people who kind of saw that comment from
Williams the other day not exactly slamming the door shut on his future I think there are a couple things to keep in mind here a I don’t know how often in the future anyone is going to voluntarily diminish their negotiation leverage I just don’t know that they will whether there’s an actual
Negotiation going on or not I think that players much like coaches have sort of always kept their cards very close to the vest you ask a coach during a press conference are you considering taking so and so job the comment is always listen I just want to keep the attention right
Here on these players I I’m happy doing what I’m doing right now and we’re trying to go out there and beat whoever coaches have a certain sort of coachy way of answering things like that I think the answer from Mel Williams the other day is going to kind of reflect
The same sort of Coach speaky type stuff we’ve heard from coaches forever I think the players are going to probably start speaking a lot like that in the future but here’s the important thing to keep in mind because obviously if you’re Georgia fan I believe you desperately
Want a guy like Mel Williams back here Georgia next season and you’re perhaps you know uh phenomenally intrigued by what it could look like if he’s playing outside linebacker in a more regular basis and getting a chance to be a little bit more of an aggressive pass rusher I don’t believe that Georgia
Would have put Williams out there during that media availability because they had the choice of selecting which players to come out and speak selecting Mel William I believe is a little bit of a KN in the direction of Georgia expects Mel Williams to be back here on this team
Again next season they wouldn’t have him speaking in a situation like this they didn’t think that was the case now we also know that things can change wildly and dramatically in the last minute in this sort of transfer portal n age I understand all of that but just inside
Baseball you know kind of understanding how the sausage is made Georgia has the choice of who it puts out there and makes available to the media putting a guy like Williams out there is obvious an indication they believe that he’s a part of the future of the this Georgia
Defense that is something to keep in mind now we’re going to transition now here we’re live from South Florida we’ll go cruise around the SEC courtesy of Royal Caribbean let me reset here for a little bit and then we’ll talk about some of the stuff happening around the SEC and around college
Football here right now so we’re doing the show from the kind of media headquarters technically we’re in Fort Lauderdale just where it sounds better to say Miami we’re you know just a couple of miles from the where the actual Stadium where the game is going to be played earlier today we had a
Chance to hear from Georgia offensive coordin Mike Bobo Georgia running backs coach Dell McGee quarterback Carson Beck lad makoni Kendall Milton Marcus rosemy Jackson Cedric Von prawn Granger I think that’s it uh we had a chance to hear from a lot of these pivotal names from the Georgia offense so obviously this
Happens just right before our show began so we don’t have that for you on today’s show that’s to tight of a turnaround we’ll have some of that for you on the show tomorrow and you can go to the dog Nation YouTube page and see a lot of
This here right now as Georgia continues its preparations getting ready for the Orange Bowl we started Today’s Show by talking about you know what has been said here thus far and the fact that Georgia while it’s obviously not playing the game it wants to be playing and it
Doesn’t have the vibe around this game that it wishes existed they’re still saying all the right things trying to do all the right things and putting together the best possible preparation for this and obviously you wouldn’t expect anything less from Georgia and that’s so far what we’ve gotten now as
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Dogs of course spelled the way it’s supposed to Dawgs royals.com all right couple of stories here just for a moment first of all uh the Tennessee V is getting ready for a bow game against Iowa we do know now the Tennessee quarterback Joe Milton has opted out of that game and so it
Gives us a chance to see Nico IMA which to me sort of speaks to and I think I’ve actually even mentioned this before but it sort of speaks to the overall resiliency of college football in that we obviously know the bowl games the bowl system is not what it once was
And the whole vibe around a lot of these games is so much different but the resiliency of college football is is that even as things change things still sort of change in a way that makes everything really entertaining and really interesting and you know for uh
SEC fans to see what Nico imala looks like in this game uh against Iowa pretty fascinating this is a guy that allegedly came to Tennessee on some big nil deal but I actually haven’t seen a lot of Nico here this season so seeing him start the bowl game it sort of feels
Like if that’s what the bowl era is sort of Shifting to a little bit of a early preview of The Following season I don’t think there’s necessarily all that much wrong with that necessarily so that’s one of the stories to sort of watch there as far as Bowl action today as I’m
Talking to you right now we’re only a couple of minutes away from SMU and Boston College by the way two teams will be I guess at some point in time playing as ACC foes as the Mustangs get ready to join the ACC but they’ll play 11:00 a.m.
Today you got Ruckers Miami coming up later on this afternoon and a pair of top 25 matchups later on today with uh North Carolina State and Kansas State and then Arizona and Oklahoma future SEC team Oklahoma getting ready to take on what has been kind of a surprisingly pleasantly surprising Arizona team here
This season so that’s Bowl action from around the rest of college football will make that cruising around the SEC courtesy of Royal Caribbean we’re also right here near the uh Fort Lauderdale Airport kind of reminds me of the old days of like if you grew up watching
Like the Braves on TBS they at sha Stadium right there in the flight path for JFK we just continually just buzzed by airplanes the entire time we’ve got some of that going on for us here today there as well couple of quick shout outs before we get ready to wrap things up
Here and don’t forget we’ll be back here live tomorrow same basic format looking at uh some of the things that are happening as Georgia coaches and players going to file through our hotel here getting a chance to hear from them we will hear from Kirby Smart tomorrow and of course
Florida State coach Mike Norville as well right before our show begins so all of that kind of going on there let me also give a shout out to our friends in Cartersville Georgia and of course you can start 2024 off with something fun Cartersville bto’s got everything for
You that you need from Cuisine to events attractions a whole lot more plan a winter break getaway for or just a fun weekend right now you can go to visit on that all right let’s give you a couple of golden shoes as we get ready
To say goodbye to you here today we had some very fun sort of Christmas themed golden shoes I want to give you a few of those here right now starting with our buddy Mad Dog Who and I got this meme so much I I couldn’t put everybody who sent
This to me here today but the very funny in light of Trevor Etienne who you know flips to Georgia on Christmas and everybody’s having a good time with that the very funny meme if you’re watching on video you see this of the kid getting the Trevor n Jersey the Florida fan and
Being so sad about about that mad dog and others sent that to me one of the best memes we’ve seen there in a while hilarious stuff indeed and a great Golden Shoe going out to all who sent that to us here this week also moving on here our buddy Bill Sanders also sent
Out a Merry Christmas themed dog Nation uh graphic to us there as well and hope all of dog Nation enjoyed a very Merry Christmas indeed uh that is great stuff Bill will’ll give you a golden shoe for that here today um also in light of what
Happened almost exactly a year ago uh Mr Hurley on Twitter sent uh you know the classic Christmas song Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer we see Marvin Harrison Jr being the grandma we see Javon Bullard being the reindeer truly a great throwback to a year ago and a
Great thing to do in honor of this Christmas season by the way Bullard perhaps may be getting ready to suit up for the Georgia Bulldogs for the Last Time Marvin Harrison Jr status for his bowl game still uncertain here right now for Ohio State we’re obviously watching
That when it comes to a lot of these star players and then our buddy Frankie Fibonacci who we hope to see by the way here in South Florida he says he’s going to come by and see us at some point time maybe at the stadium there on Saturday
He sent a nice message a fun graphic breaking news Santa Claus is just committed to Georgia so very funny stuff and fun stuff from Frank there on all of that uh great great great golden shoes to uh kind of celebrate the transition from Christmas to a look ahead of the
New year with Bowl week in between obviously the allous these stinking Gators they don’t have any of that to enjoy I don’t know the number I don’t have in front of me but we do know the gator hit updator keeps on going and keeps on climbing we love that each and
Every day and we appreciate all of you being here on dog Nation daily presented by Maryweather and Tharp we’ll look forward to seeing you all back here again tomorrow and on video time now for our RS Andrews cool down RS Andrew is the one you turn to for your air
Conditioning heating Plumbing electric needs they show up on time they do the work that’s promised the price that’s promised you can trust them on all of that we are glad to have all of you here with us here back doing this live again after a couple of days of not able to be
Live with you here but we’re thrilled about being here today so um let me go over to YouTube first we’ll get some comments there we won’t be able to go super long here today just because we got a lot going on uh a lot of stuff we
Got to get turned around but we’ll do some of that here um Chevy two time also pointing out you know obviously George has lost a couple of harrises out of the defensive secondary AJ Harris we do believe to be on his way out but Daniel Harris who put
His name in the transfer portal seems to have wavered on on that a little bit he’s with a team here in Miami and perhaps you know considering staying here as a part of uh this team here moving forward Scrubs also asking about other guys that are returning for
Georgia so my guess is in the immediate aftermath of the game on Saturday you’re going to hear a flood of announcements and it’s going to be the same thing the transfer portal thing was where it’s going to be a bunch of guys leaving bunch of guys leaving bunch of guys
Leaving and you hope to eventually get a couple of nice announcements of guys who were staying that you know perhaps sort of set the stage for what 24 is going to be but right now pretty much everybody around Georgia wants to hold off an announcements until after the game but
In the immediate aftermath of the game you’re going to hear a flood of announcements start to be made at that point in time uh Jonathan Aaron says who do you think makes a bigger step next year and impacts the game my money is on hall or
Jarrett on defense and Rah or Bell on offense I like all of those names I think that Jamal Jarrett is going to be a really interesting player for Georgia this off season because because of the specific role that he can occupy where you know if you do get back to and you
Don’t have to be I mean here’s the thing is like Jordan Davis was a first round pick level sort of nose guard nose tackle but you don’t quite have to be at that level to still be really effective that the space eating sort of zero technique style you
Know interior defensive lineman sort of oneman run stopping machine that guy can have incredible value even if it’s not quite the super freak athletic first round pick style player that Jordan Davis is and so you know when I say oh you know Jordan Davis Vibes around Jamal
Jared you know I’m not talking about a guy who’s going to go on to be you know the face of the Philadelphia Eagles or something along those lines I’m just talking about a guy who can give Georgia that big you know sort of space eater right there in the middle of the defense
Jarrett’s emergence with that makes the job of everybody else in this Georgia defense perhaps a little easier their jobs get a little easier if they’re able to do that so I think he would clearly be one of the most important names here for Georgia here this year uh yes so
Frank Patterson our buddy Frankie Fibonacci says can we meet up this week before the game when and where so we will be in Miami uh Frankie on Saturday uh Kay be doing the pregame show from outside the stadium we’d love to see you there for that we’re also in Fort
Lauderdale here right now so I don’t don’t know exactly how close you are to all of that maybe on the maybe game time on Saturday outside the stadium we will make a plan to see uh Mr fibon we will indeed do that for sure because we’re
Happy to be in Frank’s Hometown he’s got this place wired so we’ we’d be more than happy to be able to do that uh Dart 42 says who’s the new name we should look to see make an impact on Saturday that’s a good question as far
As a a new name goes who could perhaps be that guy interesting question to think about there for a moment um for sure I think it’ll be interesting to see what Georgia does and like the safety position you know if we do see maybe less of a Javon Bullard we do see some
Of that you know who kind of steps up and plays there if tyi Smith’s not able to you know maybe play the entire game there at the start position or something like that you know what do you see there in the secondary that could be a spot
And we mentioned Harris a moment ago seeing more of him on the field you know could be a thing that we’ve seen there as well Spencer Clark says Ernest Green strikes me as the next great offensive lineman for us here’s what I’ll tell you about Ernest you know I think we
Probably have not spoken about him as much this year as we possibly should I think it speak to the overall job that he’s done that he’s very quietly kind of manned that left tackle position done so very well with very little fanfair just sort of speaks to the fact that he’s
Just a you know pretty professional dude who’s kind of you know running things the right way and that you know not getting a ton of attention for the fact that he kind of handled his business here this year I think that’s to his credit it’s not always the the flashiest
Performance there at the offensive line sometimes it’s this is a guy that doesn’t give me very much to worry about and I would say that for the most part this year Earnest green just didn’t really give you very much to worry about he just took care of his business so I
Do think he deserves a lot of credit there for that Miriam Corbin says is it cool there I see long sleeves so Miriam here’s what I’ll tell you and I don’t I know that none of y’all are going to shed tears for me on this but I was so disappointed
You know like I like I know this is sort of a obnoxious thing to say but I do like you know get a little tan during the winter right I don’t want to be sort of I’m pasty and wi enough as it is I want to get a little tan going going and
So I was looking forward to coming down here you know to kind of get some of that going on and it’s like 60° right now I do have shorts on you can’t see that uh but um it’s like 60 degrees I got the pullover on today when I was
Getting packed up I had to throw like three or four pullovers into the overall bag because like it’s not going to be like I think yesterday 77 for a while is about as warm as we’re going to get the entire time we’re here so I realize no
One’s shedding tears for me on this and obviously we’re here to work but doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a little sunshine watch you work uh so yeah it is not true like Miami weather here this week Mariam I am sad to I am sad to uh say sad to say
Um Genie buddy Tage says uh what about Center in 2024 yeah I mean obviously right now it seems like Jared Wilson has kind of emerged as the backup to CED on PR Granger it’ll be interesting to see does SVP play the entire game on Saturday do we see more of Wilson I
Think some of the emergence of Wilson perhaps played a role in Austin blasy maybe deciding to take a look at the transfer portal I’m just guessing and speculating on that but it seems like Wilson has performed pretty well there and so you know it could be that
He is the next Center in line for Georgia I got to tell you this of all the fun off season conversations and this is no disrespect to Jared Wilson the idea of um replacing Cedric Von pra at Center is not a fun conversation it seems like he’s been in Georgia for 75
Years uh he has played almost perfectly uh the idea of like oh it’s time to get a new center for the first time in a half a decade like that does not seem enjoyable at all so obviously Wilson is going to have big shoes to fill I had a
Chance to talk to Cedric a moment ago for a minute you know last year in preparation for the Peach Bowl the media day remember the artwork that he was drawing the SEC network showed you that I asked him I said no drawings no artwork today and he said no Cedric is
Truly one of the great guys like I mean this is one of the things if you’re a Georgia fan and I’m obviously Lucky in the role that I play here in the media you know distinguished me member of the broadcast media that I get a chance to
See you know some of these guys in a way that the typical fan would not be able to see but you know I root for them just the same way that you all do and when you see a guy like C Von pra Granger in a situation like this like the one thing
That you’re really left to conclude is man every cheer you’ve ever you know used on him was absolutely you know uh given to a great dude a guy who is so deserving of that that there’s nothing that’s better for Georgia fans who love cheering for Georgia to know that the
Georgia players are really worthy of those cheers and what a dude I mean just a guy just a a gentleman that c Von pra Granger is I mean can you imagine like what a great great guy and sad to see his time night Georgia coming to an end
I wish he could play here forever because when you’ve got Center sort of taken care of like that as a football team you’re usually in a pretty good situation uh Miriam Corbin also saying she’s looking forward to seeing the seniors wi their 50th game I like all of that uh Matt Rina says
Point to Bear Alexander and Shamar Stewart as cautionary tales you want to play for seven and six Seasons or play for Kirby and listen I think that’s fair game man I really do in the overall conversation about where you should go what you should do when you see guys go
Other places and really kind of flounder or the teams around them flounder I think All is fair and love and recruiting right now and that ought to be a part of this and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with negative recruiting of you can be here it’ll be
Hard uh we’re not going to you know constantly shower you with how great you are but you can be be a part of a great football process where you feel like you’re a part of something important and oh yeah by the way you can leave here
And go be a first round pick or you can go to one of these other places they’ll shower you with attention they’ll tell you how great you are but they won’t truly have the ability to develop you into something better I absolutely believe that’s fair game to be able to
Say that I absolutely do Mike mzelle says I have a Kush job that is indeed the case I do not take that for granted not at all um let’s see what else is going on here Barry Watkins also talking about my hard knock life here yeah listen I realized
That if the worst problem I ever have in life is it not quite being as warm as I would like in Miami I realize that things are going pretty well I I totally understand that and totally appreciate all of that um Mike mzelle says Senator Von P
Granger Felts like he stayed here about as long as tson benett did listen he was here for a while and every single moment was a a good thing indeed let me get a couple of dog nation.com comments here as well Bill Russell says welcome to
Florida ba we just got back from uh next to Canada and I’ll take the Florida weather yeah obviously you know the idea of a Florida winner is still much more pleasant the idea of winter most most places I I certainly get that uh bmax says how about some of Gunner stock in
The second half hey I’d love to see Gunner the same way the Tennessee fans are kind of gearing up no disrespect to Carson of course now that he’s coming back this is what we do now that Carson’s coming back all right let’s see Gunner stock can play in this game I’d
Love to see Gunner Stockton playing a good bit there on Saturday and honestly you know I’m kind of curious to sort of see what perhaps Mike Bobo may have said about Gunner Stockton today because I think that Stockton is very important for Georgia here right now the backup
Quarterback at Georgia is a pretty big deal and we see how Carson Beck used being back up to set himself up for success I think gun Stockton could be about ready to do some of the same stuff uh there as well um somebody asked the question about the 85 scholarship limit uh I
Think it’s BAC that asked that yeah so while I mean a lot of guys have that covid year not everybody but a lot of guys do you are still sort of hard capped at 85 so almost everything in college football is different than it used to be and
Coming up in the future we we may not even have like eligibility uh limitations anymore you may be able to play for 100 years if you want to um but for now the one rule that is still sort of hard cap in plays is there is still 85 scholarships and that
Is the one thing that you cannot break you can sign 30 guys you can uh you there’s all kinds of like sort of loosened uh restrictions around some of that kind of stuff but the 85 is still a hard cap it is that is that is indeed still the case
Um let’s see what else um let me go back over to YouTube Here For a Moment see what folks are saying over there then we’re going to have to get ready to wrap it up here for today on the YouTube side of things here just
For a moment Paul Moon says part of me Wishes the true freshman could play I want to see pug Frasier and Ellis yeah I mean we’re going to try to show you some of that on uh the practice footage obviously but you know seeing more of
Those guys it’s a reason to look forward to gday of course and here’s what I’ll also tell you too now I have a pretty high tolerance for recruiting drama I don’t care about like Hat shows and things like that I think all that’s kind
Of fun I I sort of like theatrics so I don’t much of an issue with that but for those of you who think that over the course of years that the recruiting process has gotten too dramatic I think you probably like the current ERA in which we’re in right now because
Honestly for a lot of these guys signing day and all that kind of stuff was not about some you know possible Flip or whatever else it was about getting on campus going through practice and by the time we see these guys in the spring they will have been here now for quite
Some time and they will have had a lot of experience not playing in games but being around a roster like George that’s a pretty big deal which sets them up we would believe for more success in the upcoming fall so yeah it’s cool to have I think it’s 15 total I
Believe they’re here for Georgia right now that’s a pretty cool thing and um um you know them using that time I’m like you I wish we could see more of them uh myself give them a chance to play on Saturday I think it’d be fun even though
Kirby would say they have zero idea of what they’re doing I think most of us say it’s a bowl game what does it really matter but um but the the stuff they’re going through right now just sets them up for perhaps more success sooner at a place like
Georgia in the last couple of years this has become more of the norm there’s a lot more early enroles than not now which is kind of a fun thing to uh consider um let’s see what else couple of more than we’ve got to go Dart says
SVP G is just a different kind of guy no doubt I mean really an impressive impressive guy like he’s one of those guys there are some recruits like for whatever reason you know like van Prim wasn’t a five star he was ranked like the top 50 or something like that or
Right there around 50 but like there was Zero doubt he was I mean he’s just a can’t miss prospect it’s like a guy that had his head screwed on so straight as a high schooler so well put together it was just so obvious he was going to be a
Good player it’s kind of funny when you see and not all recruits are obviously like this because there’s very little certainty in anything related to college football but they’re just a handful of recruits that are just sort of obviously going to be good players and from the
Word go even as a junior senior in high schol school he was obviously one of those guys all right let’s see what else then we’re going to get ready to wrap up um Paul Moon also kind of pointing out that you know getting van Prime was a
Little bit of a fora into a Louisiana a state that has not always been very good to Georgia and that’s actually a really good point a very good point Bob Hayes says I can’t wait until Saturday a kickoff against Florida State I believe we’re going to see Beck have a great
Game Bob I like this I I do think that Beck coming back not only obviously benefits Georgia greatly in 2024 but I think it makes this game a lot more fun too I I think you’re right about that um I think you’re right about that Paul
Moon want to see more of Janelle Aguero I’d agree with you on that all right what else we’re going to wrap it up for right now we got to get ready to turn all this around so we’re GNA have a lot more coming from you for uh coming for you
From South Florida here that’s going to be a lot of fun I’ll be back tomorrow some of the stuff we alluded to today some of the Carson Beck Mike Bobo stuff we’ll give you that on the show tomorrow we’ll hear from Kirby Smart just before our show begins tomorrow we’ll have some
Live reaction to all of that and then it’ll be one more day away from game day I love the fact that the game is Saturday like to me in a very weird week and kind of a very different type of postseason situation than what georg’s dealt with the last couple of years at
Least it feels like a normal game week where the game itself is on Saturday so I really like that all right uh we’re going to wrap it up for now though big thanks to our friends at RS Andrews to make the RS Andrews cool down possible air conditioning heating Plumbing
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Coverage as the Georgia Bulldogs get ready to play the Florida state seols actually come before you wrap up look who just fresh off the plane look who just got here I mean you talk about camera I mean she just rolls out of the bed camera ready here how about Kaye
Manzel here how was the flight in uh well it was good I like an early morning flight but the airport was absolutely insane for holiday travel so didn’t really account for that but we made the flight and still had time to get breakfast how about the fact that you’re
Like flying all camera ready and everything at the hair get the makeup get everything going well I’m at the age now where you never know when specific instances are going to happen you never know who you’re going to meet so you have to stay ready at all time if you
Stay ready you don’t have to get ready wise words there from Kaye Manzel we’re glad you’re here me too we’re going to have a fun time you’ll be seeing Kaylee a lot more the rest of the week but for now we’re going to wrap it up and say
Goodbye see you back here tomorrow dog Nation daily presented by Mary weather and th we look forward to talking to you that everybody
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I've been saying to anybody who will listen, we can't take Fl ST lightly, We have to come out and play. This team went undefeated. Great broadcast BA/with Mike !
Go Dawgs from Tifton Ga
Fla state ….just another cupcake for ga !!
Is Trevor Etteine available to play in this game?
As I have previously said, we can beat any team put in front of us on a consistent basis except Bama. I’ve come to the realization that we’re inferior to Bama. Look at the SECCG – we were outcoached and we didn’t play to our standard. They whipped our ass in the trenches. Our DL got their shit pushed in the entire game. Then again, I’ve said all year that our DL was lazy and inconsistent. We play at Bama in 2024, and I don’t expect a different result. Do you?