{"id":435526,"date":"2024-11-15T13:08:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T18:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=435526"},"modified":"2024-11-15T13:08:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T18:08:31","slug":"tim-tebow-explains-why-georgia-is-still-one-of-the-countrys-best","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/georgia-football\/tim-tebow-explains-why-georgia-is-still-one-of-the-countrys-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Tebow explains why Georgia is still one of the country&#8217;s best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Tebow and the rest of the college football production from ESPN are in Athens this weekend for a top-25 showdown between Georgia and Tennessee. The stakes are high for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/coaches\/kirby-smart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kirby Smart<\/a> and the Bulldogs, who enter the game with 2 losses already on the schedule and the knowledge that, if the College Football Playoffs began tomorrow, they would be on the\u00a0<em>outside\u00a0<\/em>of the 12-team field.<\/p>\n<p>Even still, Tebow told reporters on Friday he believes the Bulldogs are still one of the best teams in college football this season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think, if you&#8217;re trying to look at the 12 best teams in college football, Georgia is one of those to me,&#8221; Tebow said. When asked why, he started to laugh. &#8220;Look at their roster. I know that they haven&#8217;t played the way they&#8217;re capable of, but when they do, it&#8217;s a team that you don&#8217;t want to play. Especially when they&#8217;re motivated and frustrated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;ve got a lot of things to fix offensively. &#8230; It&#8217;s still a team that went to Texas when everyone thought they were No. 1 and dominated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tim Tebow gives his take on why Georgia is \u201cone of the best teams\u201d in the nation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XHc_acQUpf0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Bulldogs are coming off a 28-10 loss to Ole Miss last Saturday in Oxford. It was the worst loss a Georgia team has suffered since Dec. 7, 2019. And it ensured the Dawgs would finish the regular season with multiple SEC losses for the first time in a full year since 2016. (Georgia lost twice in 2020, but it played 9 league games that year.)<\/p>\n<p>For Georgia, the struggles of quarterback Carson Beck have been the most publicized. But Tebow said the Bulldogs&#8217; issues aren&#8217;t confined to the quarterback spot. He said the blocking needs to be better, the run game needs to be better, the pass-catchers need to be better, and the gameplan needs to be better.<\/p>\n<p>Beck has been heavily criticized, and Tebow acknowledged he sees a quarterback who &#8220;trusts his arm too much&#8221; and is trying to force plays, but others deserve criticism.<\/p>\n<p>Offensive coordinator Mike Bobo has been erratic, at best. Beck was sacked a season-high 5 times by Ole Miss. Georgia ranks 41st in rushing success rate. And the receiving corps leads the nation in drops.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think he (Beck) probably feels the pressure of trying to fit it in and make a play. You can&#8217;t score on every play. You can&#8217;t have that mindset,&#8221; Tebow said. &#8220;I always want to start by backing it up and saying, &#8216;Well, how is everything unfolding around him?&#8217; There were a lot of the plays last week where if you pause it and say, &#8216;Where is he supposed to go? What is he supposed to do?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s easy for us to just look at the quarterback, but he did not have a lot of time, they did not run the ball very well, and he does not have a lot of places to go. On top of that, he also has to play better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is do or die on Saturday against Tennessee. If Georgia is to stay alive in the CFP discussion, it has to win. 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