Here is the Nov. 16 edition of The Daily Recap presented by JFQ Lending.
Future FCS games unlikely
With the SEC adding Oklahoma and Texas to the conference, Georgia head coach Kirby Smart acknowledged that games like this Saturday’s against Charleston Southern won’t happen nearly as much in the future.
“There's a group of young men that are going to come in here and get an experience they would never get otherwise—an opportunity to go play. From that perspective, I'd love to be able to, but what you just mentioned (the addition of Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC) is going to make it hard,” Smart said. “The league is going to expand. The league is going to get bigger. There's going to be more games, and fans want the bigger games. Fans don't usually want these games. It's a pulling of two separate ways. If you're asking me personally, I'm all about promoting the game of football.”
Smart pointed out that FCS programs are going to take a financial hit if they are not able to play teams like Georgia.
“I think some of these programs are really struggling, after talking to some of their athletic directors, talking to some of their coaches pregame,” Smart said. “It funds sometimes 50 percent, sometimes 45 percent of their budget to have one of these games.”
Smart also said he’s worried that if FCS teams lose their funding and can’t field football teams in the future, that could take away opportunities for young men to play college football.
“My concern is that fewer kids grow up wanting to play football because fewer of their parents may have played football and reached out to another sport. When you take away the opportunities at these universities, you take away a lot of opportunities for kids to get scholarships and go play,” Smart said. “Some of these FCS schools are what keep these kids' hopes alive to play football in college, when you might not be an SEC-caliber player."
Injury update
Georgia received some good news on the injury front following a scare in last Saturday’s win over Tennessee.
Although Nolan Smith (elbow) and Devonte Wyatt (knee) suffered injuries in the game, Smart said they aren’t too serious.
“Nolan should be fine. He’s got an elbow that’s dinged up. It shouldn’t be an issue,” Smart said. “Devonte Wyatt is fine; he had a little scare in the game but should be fine.”
Smart added that left tackle Jamaree Salyer is expected to return to the field against Charleston Southern.
“Jamaree just wasn’t able to play last week; we thought he was close. He went out in warmups and went. It bothered him a little,” Smart said. “We thought he would be close last week, an emergency guy, but we think he’s going to clear this week.
PFF grades
Paul Maharry compiled this week’s player grades from Pro Football Focus. On offense, running back James Cook earned an 82.0, which included a 90.9 on passing plays. In addition, right tackle Warren McClendon earned an 80.0 grade.
On defense, Nakobe Dean posted a 90.5 and Wyatt notched a 90.2.
Film don’t lie
Dayne Young and Brent Rollins broke down the defensive game film from Georgia’s win over Tennessee. Both Young and Rollins noted how Tennessee attacked the edges well in the passing attack early in the game.
“Kirby Smart said future opponents will look at how Tennessee spread Georgia's defense out and attacked the edges,” Young wrote. “Those future opponents are likely to include teams quarterbacked by Bryce Young and C.J. Stroud. Will they be as quick to tuck and run as Hendon Hooker was against Georgia? We'll learn in time.”
“The next quarterback the Bulldogs will see like this is Georgia Tech's Jeff Sims,” Rollins wrote. “He has over 400 yards rushing and 16 runs over 10 yards this season, but it's obviously been a struggle for the Yellow Jackets in 2021. While Young and Stroud are somewhat threats to run (and more so Young), they want to throw first and only have a combined three yards on designed quarterback runs (Young does have 179 on scrambles). They definitely would not want to run and be hit by this defense. The only other possible quarterbacks the Bulldogs might face who are also threats as runners are Anthony Brown of Oregon, and one they're quite familiar with: Cincinnati's Desmond Ridder. Those are the only two who can compare to Hooker from a size and speed perspective.”
Highlights
Players of the game
Outside the Vent
Will the SEC get two teams into the College Football Playoff?
Miami elected to fire its athletic director on Monday.
Jimbo Fisher said he isn’t leaving Texas A&M for LSU.
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