Loughdmouthings: they're baaaack, and start off with that *&#^( offensive coordinator

            Georgia is in the second year of a staff, which was fairly different than the last one.

            Second year of roster upgrades. Second year of a new quarterback, a true freshman quarterback. Second year of an offensive line transition as far as personnel and strategy.

            Georgia is 29th nationally in rush offense with 223.3 yards a game, an average of 4.88 yards a carry and nine rushing TDs.

            Georgia is 112th in passing yards per game with 166, with, ahem, a true freshman quarterback and transitioning offensive line. The Bulldogs are also 28th – ohhhhh, ohhh, OK then – in passing efficiency with a 155.10 rating.

            With um, true freshman quarterback and transitioning offensive line.

            They’re only 70th in third down conversion (40.4 percent), but 16th in yards per completion at 14.76 and 37th in time of possession.

            Georgia is 4-0, hammered a ranked Mississippi State team, would have beaten Notre Dame by two or three touchdowns if the defense didn’t lose all sense of fundamentals.

            So, yes, somebody call a realtor for offensive coordinator Jim Chaney.

Loughdmouthings

            Dear referees, why do you tell us that you made a call and that whatever is “by rule”? We know that. That’s why you’re there, to enforce the rules.

            Makes ya sound silly. ...

            No doubt there are always some iffy playcalls, but jeez, people gripes when there’s not enough runs called, then gripe that the offense isn’t diverse enough. ...

            I’ve not been sure what talks have gone on in the Braves’ front office the past three or four years, between transition of people in charge and the rebuilding and what one could easily see as Fredi Gonzalez kind of getting thrown under the bus and so many players – young and old – coming and going.

            So it’s hard to say if they should keep Brian Snitker or not. There are no doubt some questions about strategy – helloooo, Jim Johnson – but also an unsettled lineup.

            But at least we don’t have to hear the absurdity about “building for the new stadium” because that’s really irrelevant in making a baseball team better. The ball don’t know nothing about the stadium, and all the legal dimensions are the same.

            The Yankees played in an ancient dump for years and won. Ditto lately the Red Sox. ...

          Yeah, these would be considered Tweet-like observations back in the day. ...

          It’ll be a surprise if Tennessee doesn’t give Georgia all sorts of trouble, only because we’ve been waiting for awhile for Tennessee to live up to expectations.

          After losing to Florida, the Vols were flat against a winless UMass team. Unless the Vols are pulseless, they’ll work on having their sharpest week of practice of the season.

          And they’ll need it. Tennessee is without something, but it’s not a lack of talent.

          What to watch: How Tennessee responds to about 10,000 empty seats for a game against a ranked Georgia team. Might just piss off the Vols enough to play well.

          Plus, don’t we need the SEC East to step it up and be fun to watch again? ...

            Cincinnati better get good pretty soon.

            Head coach Luke Fickell had that year as boss at Ohio State, and had been part of the Buckeyes’ surge to national championship contention.

            His staff includes a former SEC head coach (Joker Phillips, Kentucky), former SEC defensive coordinator (Willie Martinez, Georgia), former ACC and Notre Dame defensive coordinator (Jon Tenuta, Georgia Tech), former Notre Dame offensive coordinator and associate head coach (Mike Denbrock). ...

            New England charged fans $4.50 or more for a cup of tap water recently after heat led to a run on bottled water.

            It’s almost surprising anybody paid attention, what with Houston leading in the fourth quarter and the Patriots needing a late comeback to win. ...

            Gee, Alabama is 103rd in passing offense, 29th in passing efficiency. Dang, Clemson is 65th in team passing efficiency. ...

            Memo to Odell Beckham Juvenile: You’re allowed to, you know, show some maturity and professionalism and less look-at-me-ness. And on a day where the NFL was more of a focal point than ever, outside of the postseason, you pull that dog-peeing stunt?

            Please, somebody hug him so he can grow up a little bit. ...

            One of those pesky facts that disrupts an agenda but gets ignored anyway:

            NASCAR ratings have digressed for years, although I have no idea why.

            So bragging that the kneeling situation hammered the NFL’s ratings, and thinking that it’s the first hammer in the league’s coffin, is pretty silly.

            It was one week of the saga, and ratings have been shaky in recent years anyway with rising costs and the influx of games on TV. Network changes, luck, streaming games all impact simple TV ratings.

            NASCAR, known for some flag waving, lost hard two Saturdays ago to college football, and ratings were down a half-million viewers with, according to Sports Media Watch, its lowest-rated playoff race.

            On Sunday, the New Hampshire race had 400,000 fewer viewers than last year.

            And it’s no lock that this year’s title sponsor, Monster Energy, will be next year’s sponsor. It wants more time to think about it.

            Hmmm.

            The NFL will outlive us all, rest assured. And a chunk of those claiming to never watch again will watch again, but they’ll either not tell anybody or they’ll deny they ever promised to never watch again. ...

            Of course, people whined about Mike Bobo, whose numbers as OC were markedly better than Mark Richt’s, and with more personnel problems to deal with. ...

            Good news for Florida. The Gators have stolen victory from the jaws of defeat two straight Saturdays.

            And the Gators have stolen credit cards and used ‘em.

            I want me some Florida players’ lottery tickets. ...

            The Red Sox got in trouble for stealing signs with an Apple watch.

            What, the Patriots aren’t busy enough with their own season?

Loughdmouthings: Born in 1988 at the Alexandria (La.) Daily Town Talk, continued at the Morgantown, (W.Va.) Dominion Post, and then to the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph - and still getting the occasional inquiry from Alexandria and Morgantown and Macon - it has been absent in print since late 2007.
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