Death, taxes and Georgia football fans wanting to fire Mike Bobo. The former starting quarterback of the Dawgs has had every bit the up-and-down career as a college football offensive coordinator and head coach. He is best known for his two tenures leading his alma mater's offense. While his brief stint leading the Colorado State Rams was nothing to write home about, at least he still has friends!
This is part of the reason why he was the one to replace Todd Monken as Georgia's offensive coordinator after the 2022 national championship season. He is incredibly close with his former college teammate in Georgia head coach Kirby Smart. While the Dawgs should field one of the better teams in the country once again, Georgia fans seem to be less than thrilled about him still being here.
With Texas and Ohio State struggling in the early window, X had a field day throwing shade at Bobo.
Georgia football fans are not excited about another Mike Bobo offense
Georgia is a massive favorite over Marshall in the mid-afternoon window, but X does not care one bit.
if mike bobo was calling the same plays brian hartline is calling right now i would see slurs on my timeline
— LOL (@mglichris) August 30, 2025
Is Mike Bobo secretly calling UT plays? #Hookem
— John Stevenson (@daddyjws1) August 30, 2025
God I’ve missed yelling at Mike bobo #muschampmonday
— Franklin Dingle (@Franklindingle) August 30, 2025
I hope I'm wrong, but I must be honest about what I think. I cannot be blind to what I see as reality, and that reality is Mike Bobo is simply not good enough. Dawgs finish the season no better than 9-3, and once again Bobo's offense is the reason why. #GoDawgs pic.twitter.com/EKr1yZoFu0
— Matthew (@MattLovesVinyl) August 25, 2025
Bobo made his way back to Athens after coaching stints at places like Colorado State, South Carolina and Auburn. In fact, he was the primary recruiter for Gunner Stockton to potentially come to South Carolina. Stockton eventually signed with Georgia and will be the starting quarterback in Week 1 vs. Marshall. He has limited experience playing in this offense, despite it being his fourth year in Athens.
When it goes well for Bobo, Georgia fans see the type of numbers strong quarterbacks like Matthew Stafford and Aaron Murray can put up in his system. When it does not, three-and-outs become quite prevalent because other quarterbacks like Carson Beck cannot convert on a deep shot downfield on third-and-long. Either way, it is great to have Georgia football back in our lives to debate constantly...
For those on the fence about Stockton working in Bobo's system, here is why it could work out well.
What all Gunner Stockton could do playing in Mike Bobo's Georgia offense
Besides his maturity and veteran leadership, the best thing Stockton brings to the table as a passer is his fearlessness in running the football. While he is not afraid to sling it, his inherent nature to tuck it and run will have to keep the opposing defenses honest more so than with a prototypical pocket passer. What this could mean for the Georgia passing game is more open lanes for him to throw it to.
However, Bobo does not always call the best plays, despite having better players than most of the teams Georgia will go up against. It is a more pro-style scheme than others around college football, but Bobo's tendency to get cute with a play call is often to the frustration of Georgia football fans. He will run it when he should throw it, just like he will not run the football when Georgia is sitting on a lead.
Overall, Marshall is probably not going to be the game where Georgia needs Bobo to be fully locked in. There have been plenty of games over the years where his play-calling has cost his alma mater games. Where it is different now being part of Smart's staff than Mark Richt's of yesteryear is Smart knows defense. Richt was a former college quarterback himself, so the defense would struggle a bit.
Nothing would be better for Bobo to silence his critics with a well-executed offensive game plan here.