Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo has become an easy target in Athens, even though the blame for last season’s College Football Playoff exit landed more heavily on the defense. Still, a loud segment of Georgia fans keeps coming back to Bobo, and Kirby Smart’s offseason decision to extend him through the 2028 season means he’s not going anywhere.
Former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy thinks that should be viewed as a positive, not a problem.
“So I kind of trust their evaluation. I trust their scheme,” Greg McElroy said via dawgnation.com. “I think (Mike) Bobo, much to the chagrin of many Georgia fans, I think he does a really good job.”
McElroy’s defense of Bobo goes beyond simple opinion. He pointed to Bobo’s ability to evaluate talent, using Zachariah Branch as the example.
Branch transferred to Georgia last season after not having too much success as a wide receiver. He had already made a name for himself in the return game, but he still hadn’t proven much at his actual position.
Bobo saw something there. Once Branch got to Georgia, he turned into the single-season receptions record holder at the school.
That kind of development is exactly why McElroy doesn’t buy the criticism.
Smart, for his part, has made it plain that he isn’t interested in the noise. He showed how much he trusts Bobo by extending him this offseason, and at SEC Media Days last week he spent plenty of time making it clear he’s tired of hearing complaints about the offensive coordinator. He even took a pretty direct shot at Georgia fans to drive the point home.
The biggest gripe from fans is that Bobo hasn’t delivered a national championship in his three seasons as Smart’s offensive coordinator. That’s a high bar at Georgia, but it’s a stretch to turn that into a firing offense.
And if that standard is the one being used, the conversation gets messy fast. Defensive coordinator Glenn Schumann took over the defense by himself in 2024, so why isn’t he drawing the same heat?
Georgia’s 39-34 loss to Ole Miss in the CFP last season only sharpened the debate. The offense scored 34 points, which should have been enough for a win, but the defense allowed 39. Even so, Bobo took far more blame than Schumann.
For now, the reality is simple: Bobo is staying put. And with the way Smart and McElroy talk about him, Georgia fans may be the only ones still treating that like bad news.
In Other News...
Carson Becks NFL Start Is Stirring Up A Familiar Georgia Debate
Carson Becks first steps into the NFL have already revived an old conversation for Georgia fans, the kind that never fully disappears once a quarterback leaves Athens. After a mixed college run that included a strong 2023 season at Georgia, Beck signed his rookie contract with the Arizona Cardinals and is now trying to establish himself in camp, where early reports have centered on the same issue that followed him at times in college: accuracy.
For Bulldogs supporters, the reaction is complicated because Becks Georgia tenure ended with plenty of promise, but also enough uneven play to keep the debate alive after he moved on to Miami. His path through two programs left a trail of interceptions and frustration, so his start in Arizona is being watched through a familiar lens. The Cardinals are only at the beginning of that process, but the questions around Beck feel a lot like the ones Georgia fans have been asking for a while. [Read more 🡒]
Georgia Fans Have A New Reason To Be Glad Glenn Schumann Stayed
Glenn Schumanns stay in Athens has already become one of those decisions Georgia fans can appreciate in hindsight. The Bulldogs defensive coordinator has been on the radar for head coaching jobs before, and his contract was extended through 2028, a sign that Kirby Smart wanted to keep one of the programs most important staffers in place even as outside interest kept building.
That interest has not gone away, either, with Schumann still viewed as a future head coach and Florida among the programs that took a hard look this offseason. For Georgia, the appeal is obvious: as long as Schumann is running the defense, the Bulldogs can keep leaning on a staff continuity that has helped define the program, even if the next opportunity for him feels like it is only a matter of time. [Read more 🡒]
SEC Finally Made A Targeting Change Georgia Fans Can Respect
The SEC is finally loosening one of college footballs most frustrating targeting rules, and Georgia fans have reason to take notice. Beginning in 2026, a player who draws a first targeting ejection in a season will still be done for the rest of that game, but he will not automatically miss the next one, a change that brings the league in line with the NCAAs one-year trial rule.
The new system still keeps real teeth for repeat offenders. A second targeting ejection will cost a player the first half of the following game, while a third will bring a full-game suspension, with an appeals process available after the second offense. SEC officials say they will watch how the rule affects both player behavior and safety, but for a conference that has long lived with the fallout from controversial targeting calls, this is the kind of adjustment plenty of fans have been waiting to see. [Read more 🡒]