{"id":68857,"date":"2024-09-02T20:26:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T01:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=68857"},"modified":"2024-09-02T20:26:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T01:26:01","slug":"georgia-turns-the-page-to-week-2-with-improvement-on-its-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/georgia-turns-the-page-to-week-2-with-improvement-on-its-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia turns the page to Week 2 with improvement on its mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATHENS, Ga. \u2014<\/strong> Improvement is the name of the game this week. While Georgia was dominant in the second half of a 34-3 win over Clemson on Saturday, Kirby Smart<\/a><\/strong> knows his team has a long way to go. The head coach is usually that way. In the preseason, he wants to see a big step in the right direction from the first scrimmage to the second. Once games begin, things aren\u2019t all too different. The \u201cpursuit to get better\u201d starts on Monday, and it\u2019s an important one if the Bulldogs want to achieve their goals in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t pick one thing on improvement. There was so many things that we\u2019ve got to do better,\u201d Smart told reporters on Monday<\/a>. \u201cAll of it. There\u2019s just a lot there that we want to improve on. Some of what you\u2019re doing is dictated by who you play. People just think it\u2019s a stat game. It\u2019s not a stat game. It\u2019s who you\u2019re lined up across from and how good is that football player because that does dictate things, the matchups.\u201d<\/p>\n

Georgia got better as the game went along. The Bulldogs outscored Clemson 28-3 in the second half and were improved offensively. That came with going back and taking a look at what they had done in order to make adjustments.<\/p>\n

That same sort of process is likely to play out in Athens this week. Georgia defensive back JaCorey Thomas<\/a><\/strong> used the phrase \u201cgoing to the doctor\u201d that has been thrown around before.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday we\u2019re coming in to watch Clemson, clean some things up and worry about the next game,\u201d Thomas said<\/a>. \u201cYou can\u2019t focus on Clemson for too long. That\u2019d be bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to get better every week. There\u2019s always something to fix or something that can be improved on,\u201d he added. \u201cWe just have a goal to get better each week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another thing Smart will see is how his team turns the page. Like Thomas said, focusing on the past game for too long wouldn\u2019t be good. Yes, Georgia could probably get by against Tennessee Tech, but the Bulldogs have tougher tests down the road. Coming out of a win too high or a loss too low and carrying that emotion with them into the next week could cost them. Smart is interested to see how this year\u2019s team handles putting the past behind them and focusing on the next task at hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know that I have this year because we haven\u2019t done it,\u201d Smart said when asked to talk about this year\u2019s team turning the page week to week<\/a>. \u201cEvery team is different and over time they change. I can\u2019t compare 2018 to 2020 to 2022 because the teams are different, the maturity level, the experience level.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt does seem that every year we get younger so every year its a great burden and challenge on the older players to set the standard and hold people to how we go about our preparation and putting a game behind us and moving on to the next one,\u201d he continued<\/a>. \u201cBut it\u2019s the same for the coaches and we don\u2019t change how we go week to week. We have a protocol. We have a checklist and we follow that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Georgia takes on FCS opponent Tennessee Tech Saturday at Sanford Stadium. The Golden Eagles gave Middle Tennessee all they could handle this past weekend and hope to challenge the top-ranked Bulldogs as well. Kickoff time between the hedges is set for 2:00 p.m. ET, streaming on SEC Network+ and ESPN+<\/p>\n

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