Gators HC Jon Sumrall Takes an Early Look at Georgia Bulldogs

We have a new challenge this week in Georgia. They're really good. They're a team when you turn the tape on, you don't see weakness. Usually as a coach, you're trying to figure out what are our team's strengths and weaknesses. I see a lot of strengths. I don't see weakness. You can tell. I think it's year 11 for Kirby there. You can tell they have layered development. They've recruited great players. They've done that year in, year out for the entire time he's been there. but then I think they're developed and they're calloused and they're strong and they're physical and you can tell that that has been layered like it's been built over time and so a really impressive outfit that we're playing that I have a lot of respect for and it's a big time game as we all know so we have to play our best to have a shot in this one I think offensively the thing I would say is when we've stayed on schedule and not put ourselves in third and long because we played good football. When we haven't, it's been really hard for us. We have to stay out of negative plays and stay on track, if you will. And then defensively, it's been interesting. I think you can watch us in spurts. You're like, all right, there's a good football team in here somewhere. It hasn't been consistent enough. It's been detailed execution at times, and then sometimes other teams make plays. But we've really kind of looked at a lot of things on that side. And then special teams, I feel like, has been really good outside of the punt return that we gave up. And a little bit of that was on the coverage. A little bit of that was on the punt. Wasn't as much hang as we're used to. It was into the wind. Wasn't quite the hang we usually get from Alec. But special teams, for the most part, I think has played really clean. And then as you kind of take the deep dive that we take during the bye week, Monday we reflect only on ourselves. and this year's team. Where are we? What's going right? What's not going right? Who deserves more opportunities? Who maybe deserves less? What do we need to lean into more? What do we need to stay away from doing schematically? Basically, what's working and what's not? And then Tuesday and Wednesday, we spend a lot of time on like I do personally spend a lot of time on like what does 27 look like to be quite honest with you because the transfer portal and The player movement and all that stuff will come at you fast if you don't have your eyes up a little. Now, I don't do it for very long. I take a couple hours with our front office and each shot of the ball and just kind of project, okay, what are the needs we have to build as we want to build this thing long-term? And what does 27's football team look like? And then you turn the page to the next game a little bit. But early in the week, it's about ourselves. Middle of the week, it's a little bit about ourselves and the future. and then it kind of gets your feet back underneath you on this game.