You just don't know how to read and comprehend what other people post. Look at my post right above yours. "No one is saying crowd noise has no impact on pre-snap penalties." But crowd noise doesn't guarantee pre-snap penalties if guys are locked in. It certainly shouldn't be pointed to for SEVEN pre-snap penalties over the course of a game. Pointing to "crowd noise" is an excuse. We don't have those penalties if guys lock in and don't allow outside factors to influence them. It's like if a guy false starts and we say "well, his girlfriend did break up with him a few hours before kickoff." Excuse. Lock the [uck fay] in.
The atmosphere was much rowdier than I expected. My ears were ringing several hours later. That said, the crowd was completely deflated by UGA's early fumble. If we score a TD there, who knows how much they get back into it. Once they held us to a FG they were right back in. The play calling seemed different the whole game. Felt like something was off but maybe that's because WRs weren't getting open and/or UGA getting pressure.
Small went out and Hyatt was injured. IMO those absolutely factored in. Smart mentioned 2 critical keys for them and that's our inside run game and our outside deep pass. IMO both were taken out by the 3rd drive due to injury and not specifically UGA's defense or pressure early. Once we limited our offense due to the litany of factors and the rain came... so too did the sellout blitzes and that's when they got us. 5 of 6 sacks came on 2 drives in the rain.
You mean it wasn't the loudest crowd in the history of the football universe on our first drive of the game, where we had not 1, but TWO false start penalties? I don't believe it!
again, you can’t process. This team and Hooker have never been in an environment like that. Only a handful of teams will all year. And there’s nothing you can twist or post to argue
atlvol1, who, based on his post, was at the game, just said that the crowd was "completely deflated by UGA's early fumble." We had 2 false starts on that opening drive. If the crowd was completely deflated by UGA's early fumble, they weren't the loudest crowd in the history of the football universe on that drive. Yet we false started twice. It flies directly in the face of everything you've said. Just acknowledge it, stop making excuses, and move on.
IIRC he wrapped his ankle and I would imagine probably had treatment of some kind in the tent before coming back out. Still had a good game but there is no way he rolled his foot like that and wasn't bothered at all... just not enough to risk reinjury or keep him out of the game. Kid's a fighter.
Playing mistake-free ball is actually very hard. Most teams shoot themselves in the foot a couple times a game.
Tennessee tends to get two pre snap penalties and a hold on 2nd down of the second or third drive and then play nesr perfect
Hooker was also good for a bad overthrow on the first or second series for about the entire first month of the season, plus Georgia.
