Georgia Bulldogs' one fatal flaw cost them in disappointing SEC rivalry loss to Ole Miss and Lane Kiffin
The Georgia Bulldogs have been one of the best teams in all of college football yet again this season. That doesn't change with a loss to Ole Miss. However, this second loss comes as a direct result of the same fatal flaw that has plagued Kirby Smart's team all season long: Carson Beck's decision-making.Heading into […]
The Georgia Bulldogs have been one of the best teams in all of college football yet again this season. That doesn't change with a loss to Ole Miss. However, this second loss comes as a direct result of the same fatal flaw that has plagued Kirby Smart's team all season long: Carson Beck's decision-making.
Heading into the huge SEC matchup against Ole Miss it was no secret that Carson Beck had tossed 11 interceptions in the last five games alone. Dating back to the Alabama game, Carson Beck's processing and decision making had been a massive problem. While he may have only thrown one interception against Ole Miss (instead of his usual three), this week's poorly thrown pick directly and immediately cost Georgia the game.
Some fans might suggest that it isn't fair to reduced Carson Beck's decision-making down to one poor interception. And that would be fair. But the truth is that Beck's decision-making and pass selection was fairly poor throughout the entire game against Ole Miss.
Most of Beck's completions came on easy dink-and-dunk underneath passes, bailing him out from looking completely incompetent on the day. His only pass play of more than 20 yards came on a busted coverage assignment that put Ole Miss defensive end Princely Umanmielen covering a much faster running back Cash Jones.
Outside of that one broken play Beck averaged barely eight yards per completion on the night. His slow processing and indecisiveness led to his five sacks (plus more taken away via penalty) and two fumbles. Beck just looked completely lost for the majority of the night.
The only drive where Beck and the Georgia offense looked anywhere near competent was the one immediately following halftime. The Bulldogs managed 70 yards, but Beck still couldn't finish that drive with a touchdown. The team could only scrape together 175 total yards of offense on every other drive of the game combined.
Georgia can still bounce back, very likely making the College Football Playoff if they win out, but Carson Beck absolutely has to clean up his decision-making and processing. If he doesn't then Kirby Smart and his Bulldogs might finish this year with their worst record since 2018.
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