All about the line, 'bout the line, 'bout the line, it's all about the line ... the line of scrimmage, and UGA has to do better at it

          Oh, for the love of God, can we get to kickoff? If only time could sprint.

          Georgia lost to Auburn because Auburn tackled very well – simple stuff – and Georgia didn’t.

          Georgia lost because Auburn’s coaches aren’t currently nearly as clenched as Georgia’s, ala the Bulldogs absurd situation with the pass game.

          Georgia lost because it tightened up and Auburn didn’t. Tigers’ plan was more open-minded and the Bulldogs weren’t disciplined in most forms.

          It’s really that simple.

          The game wasn’t over when Georgia missed the late first-half field goal.

          Auburn progressively took control because it played fundamental football. It blocked better, it tackled better, it had a short memory. Georgia seemed to exacerbate mistakes, seemed tight. The Tigers were fairly aggressive, the Bulldogs weren’t, inexplicably yet in the end, predictably.

          You drive down and score right away, and ditch that entire playlist?

          Georgia’s plan made Jake Fromm look worse than he was, and it was astounding the pinheads who started thinking Jacob Eason – who hadn’t played a meaningful snap since he was injured – was the answer.

          Unless he was taking over playcalling or suddenly becoming a white, skinny Orlando Pace, Eason wasn’t the answer.

          It went back, in large part, to what’s been hammered here for more than two months: you don’t get better at something by not doing it. Good Lord, football coaches make the game so complicated.

          Hey, it’s not like a tax bill you pass at 1:30 in the morning without reading it.

          You mention the complexity of the game to a coach, and he suddenly develops a south Georgia accent that makes Pat Dye sound like Benny from the Bronx.

          “Aw, man, it always comes down to just blockin’ and tacklin’, don’t fumble, just simple ol’ fundamentals, like my daddy taught me.”

          Mention the basic simplicity of the game, and they turn into Danny Debater.

          “You have no idea how complicated the game is. Football coaches get consulted by NASA and stuff. We can’t figure out email – so we say – but we got high schools using tablets and TVs on the sideline and al that.”

          The analytical blather about Fromm continues to miss the point.

          You pass block well, your QB and RBs can succeed. If you don’t, if you don’t adjust, if you don’t tweak the personnel when things go iffy, you will not succeed.

          Georgia hasn’t worked much on Saturday – which is markedly different than every other day on a field, no? – on pass-blocking, so yeah, I’m going to gamble on coverage and come after guys who aren’t used to backing up on a regular basis.

          You don’t get better at something by not doing it. Run whatever you want, heave a 700-page playbook – boy, if that’s not a sign of insanity at me – with 22-word/number playcalls, and tell me you get better at those things by not repping ‘em.

          Feel free to check out the past two months of Loughdmouthings here. Been saying the same thing the whole time, and that, in short, is why Georgia couldn’t hang with Auburn. Beat up front, and it was predictable.

          Will Georgia win today?

          Don’t know. It depends how much smarter the coaches have gotten in the past few weeks. Auburn may again outexecute Georgia, but the Bulldogs coaches have to, as the cliché goes, do a better job of putting the players in position to be successful.

          That didn’t happen the last time. For Auburn, it very much did. The Tigers played on their toes, the Bulldogs from their heels.

          Playing on the heels does not lead to joy.        

Loughdmouthings

          Two of the best kickers in the state will be in the Dome – OK, lowercase, dome – on Friday, and neither will get an outright full ride offer from a Division I program.

          And speaking of coaches losing their minds …

          Warner Robins’ Eli Mashburn and Peach County’s Mitchell Fineran are elite high school kickers, Mashburn a little more accurate and Fineran a stronger leg.

          The Demons would not be where they are –read that again and again – without Mashburn. Period. And Fineran is a threat who simply hasn’t been needed as much on field goals – at least on game-winners - but drills kickoffs galore into the end zone and has hit the field goal when needed. Mashburn is the Demons’ starting punter, and Fineran has taken that spot over with the injury to Kearis Jackson.

          And they’re waiting out preferred walk-on offers and such more than anything. It’s not about recognition, it’s about coaching philosophies.

          Hysterical. …

          Another thing that’s lost from UGA-AU, Part I: tackling fundamentals.

          As great as Nick Chubb and Sony Michel are, if you tackle properly and wrap up, they won’t get much. Ditto Kerryon Johnson. Let backs run through tackles, they get yards. Hold on until you get help rather than heave your body at ankles – hurdling is an easy exploitation of horrific tackling fundamentals – and yards after contact become minimal.

          Georgia didn’t tackle well. Auburn did. And it was a huge difference. …

          Dear ESPN & co-broadcastcomtwits replying radio screams all the time: somebody yelling 'Touchdowwwwwwn (whoever)' is not a signature nor creative call.

          Screaming in general is not creative nor signature (OK, screaming is signature; hellooo Stephen A.)

          And ain't none of 'em Munson, another reason to stop it. Wes Durham should do two games on Saturdays.

          OK, I'll mute more often. …

          The debate about the playoffs hasn’t changed since THIS was penned early in the week.

          So, about those Rivalry Day picks. Hit Ohio State, Florida State, Auburn, Clemson, Washington and Georgia.

          Way off on analysis for FSU, Clemson, Washington and Georgia, because those weren’t close at all. Congrats, FSU, for sucking less.

          Way off on picks for Kentucky and Tennessee, who got hammered.

          The Auburn last Saturday was the Auburn vs. Georgia. Not all that sure who the Alabama was, other than a much more mortal collection than usual, which – sorry Bama fans – is a good thing for the league and game.

          Was right in noting the continued overrating of Jim Harbaugh and Mike Leach, who probably wasn’t so witty after losing 41-14.

          No, this isn’t a Kentucky team on the rise, but that was quite a crash and burn.

          So much for Tennessee assistants getting much of a shot under a new regime, whatever the new regime might be. And dang, South Carolina, way to take absolutely no momentum from an otherwise decent year into bowl prep. …

          Quick picks: Oklahoma over TCU by 14, Clemson over Miami by 13, Wisconsin over Ohio State by 2, and, OK, Georgia over Auburn by 9. …

          Speaking of regimes, Greg Schiano was fired at Tennessee before he was hired. That’s, well, something.

          That and pretty much everything else: when a politician says his constituents know best, he/she clearly hasn’t dealt with one face to face in years, because fans are constituents, and they’ve absolutely humiliated the Tennessee program.

People don’t like reading stuff, and when they do get around to reading, most can’t much comprehend it. Or won’t. …

          Really, Wes Durham should do a noon game on Saturdays, and fly to a nearby prime-time game, when at all possible. …

          For the love of God, people, you give the winning/leading score first, trailing/loser score second. How hard is that?