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  1. 6 hours ago, Viper said:

    Good call, though it doesn't take a genius to see how to defend a simple SEC offense.

    We missed the deep shots early.

     

    And Fromm was so rattled from those hits late that the timing was way off on deep shots in the 4th quarter.  They didn't have a chance.

    I'm surprised we didn't run jet sweeps, screens, and slants to attack the blitz.  But your defense was so prepared, I would assume that they wouldn't have been successful either.

  2. Sam Ehlinger played like a man amongst boys.  He seems like a great kid.

     

    I knew he would be trouble as a mobile QB and all of the attention that your WRs were going to need. But he showed out like an mvp.  We don't have the linebackers to contain a player like that.

     

    Great game.  The better team won.

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  3. Next year is supposed to be our year.  In a 3-4 defense, we had 1 returning linebacker with more than 1 start (and he became a backup).  DL was retooling as well.  2018 and 2019 classes should square away the defense.

     

    Next year or not, we have each other on the schedule down the road.  It is going to be fun knocking heads.  Cheers

     

  4. That was an ass whooping.

    There was no answer for the blitzes.  Not from playcalling.  Not from individual effort. And after Fromm got knocked around a few times, he was spooked on every snap after with his timing.

    Your offense gave us challenges that I expected.  But I expected us to challenge your defense. "Yeah, but they have to stop us".  LOL.  Check, please.

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  5. 33 minutes ago, So_co said:

    Here's a better way to look at it.  

    D'Andre Swift conference games only averaged 6.90 yards per carry

    Elijah Holyfield conference games only averaged 5.91 yards per carry

     

    These numbers mean more because they cut out the weaker games as you noted, but also only include carries where the game was on the line and not when the third, fourth, and fifth stringers were salting away the game.  

    Agreed.  Swift/Holyfield have 302 total carries.  The rest of the team has 235.
    Swift and Holyfield produce 6.599 yards per attempt.  The rest of the team has 5.43 ypa.

    235 attempts means about 18 carries per game for someone other than Holyfield/Swift (i.e. cutting out a lot of cupcake time and finishing out blowout games which most were).

  6. 1 hour ago, sushihorn said:

    Let's be specific.  2 TDs late in the 4th Q against Tennessee, including one set up by a RZ fumble.  Mizzou: 63 yd fumble return TD, INT starts the offense goal to go resulting in a FG, blocked punt TD.  Florida: RZ fumble--->TD, fumble at GL--->FG.  UK: 65 yd punt return sets up short field TD.  And of course Georgia didn't hit 30 regardless against Bama, LSU and Auburn.

    So is something that's true against everyone in conference save SC and Vandy a pattern or not?  Feel free to point out where I'm wrong.

    Against Tennessee, UGA is up 24-0 with about 9 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter... and you are concerned about our inability to sustain long drives and the two touchdowns put up by our backups late in the 4th quarter?  The first fourth quarter TD was a 13 play 75 yard drive which ate up 7:39 on the clock (so your definition of late is only relative to how long we milked the clock).

    Against Missouri, our defense/special teams scores 2 TDs in the first half giving us a 20-7 lead at the half.  Our offense scores 3 touchdowns on 4 drives in the 3rd quarter alone.  Up 40-22 with 14:52 to go in the game, your concern is our offenses inability to put up 30 points as we drain 9:32 off the clock in the fourth quarter in a game that saw 68 bulldawg players on the participation report.

    Against Florida, we are up 23-11 at the start of the 4th quarter.  When we get the ball after a Florida FG, our first team offense scores 9 plays, 75 yards in 2:33.  Florida goes 3 and out.  We go 6 plays 66 yards in 3:44 (5 of the 6 plays were runs being capped off by a 33 yard run by Swift.  So your concern against the #10 team in the country is that we got a short field after 2 forced fumbles in 10 of our 36 points (beating the #10 team in the country by 19)?

    Against Kentucky, we are up 28-3 at the end of the third quarter where one of our four TD scoring drives was less than 54 yards.  We milk over 10 minutes out of the 4th quarter.  Our participation report again is over 65 players on the road against the #14 ranked team in the country.

    In three of the four specifics, we played a ton of backups late (Florida being the exception).  We don't go into a game with a goal to score 4 long offensive TD drives.  The goal is to win.  And if comfortably, we want to prepare our 4 and 5 star under-class backups so they can help us in November, December, and January.

    I appreciate you looking for a "flaw" in our offense.  We score fine.  

  7. 4 minutes ago, sushihorn said:

    You're confusing ignoring irrelevancies which I've already explained for not noticing those irrelevancies.

    We drained almost 9 minutes on the clock in the 4th quarter with our backups against Auburn.  The previous drive was 2 carries for 70 yards and a TD by DeAndre Swift.

     

    And you are questioning our ability to score 30 unassisted in games where we are up 14 to 17 points in the fourth?

    I'm answering your question.  We measure success by getting our backups reps in those games.  We have recruited very well.  But they can't help us if they don't see the field throughout the season.

     

    There were 2 games where we didn't enjoy a 2 score lead in the fourth.  LSU and Bama.  Let's just say that we are seeing the fruits of those labors now with no Baker at CB, a questionable Walker at OLB, and questionable Davis at NT.

  8. 18 minutes ago, sushihorn said:

    There's a huge difference.  Georgia's offense starts out conservative and run heavy.  They don't change much when they go into clock killing mode.  Texas is a much better passing team.  Switching to running out the clock takes away a much bigger part of the playbook for the Longhorns.

    So you didn't notice.

  9. 26 minutes ago, sushihorn said:

      I'm pointing to a season long patter where UGa's offense has trouble breaking 30 without a lot of help from the D and special teams.

    Season long pattern?

     

    You seem perceptive.

    Did you notice the season long pattern of being up by 14+ points in the 4th quarter?

    Did you notice the pattern of long drives with lots of backups in the 4th quarter?

     

    I assume Texas is the same.  But when these games are over, we want to get experience, drain the clock, and get out healthy with a win.  A lot more important than trying to score as much as possible in the 4th.

  10. 9 minutes ago, sushihorn said:

    True but irrelevant.  You're asking about a specific game, with a real outlier of an outcome.  I'm pointing to a season long patter where UGa's offense has trouble breaking 30 without a lot of help from the D and special teams.

    We have had trouble breaking 30 when up by multiple scores and getting reps for backups on offense and defense in the 4th quarter.

     

    We have developed into a very different team at the end of the year than the beginning of the year.  Combining our youth and the number of reps that we have given the youth in second halves, several starter positions have flipped to younger, more talented players.

     

    I'm sure Texas is probably the same.  But the point is that our backups on both sides of the ball have been more important than breaking 30.  Our player participation reports have been up to 68 on the road.

     

    Against Auburn, Justin Fields and Brien Herrin ran 13 plays and 8:44 off the clock in our final drive of the 4th quarter.  The defensive side of the ball was equally run by backups.

    If you want to see us break 30 points, don't look to a game where we are up 17 points in the 4th quarter.  Not only are we deflating the football, we are doing it with backups.

  11. If I'm attacking the UGA offense, you put numbers in the box.  Jam receivers.  Pressure the QB.  Stick to the tailbacks like glue.

     

    You will give up big plays in the run and pass.  But don't let the offense control the ball.  Don't let fromm breathe.  He's not mobile.  QBs are not more accurate when pressured.  QBs are not more accurate 15+ yards downfield.  Don't let the tailbacks have any space the first 10 yards as they are our primary weapon.

     

    If you can limit the TOP, then you may have a chance to wear down the defense and make some hay in the second half running and throwing.

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  12. 25 minutes ago, Walden Ponderer said:

    Turnovers and special teams are a part of the game. And while not immune, UT is definitely much better in the turnover department than all but three of the teams they've played this year. They lost against two of those (WVU and Maryland). The Horns rank 27th in FBS in turnover margin; Georgia ranks 36th. Sam very rarely throws interceptions, and the more fumble prone RB on our roster is not likely to get much playing time in this game, so I am not remotely worried about the turnover game -- I fully expect Texas to win that battle, though perhaps not decisively.

    Special teams are another thing altogether. We have a decent, not great, kicker, and a punter whose best days had better be ahead of him, because his career so far has (ahem!) not been indicative of his being the talent that his cousin is. In the return game, we get to pick our poison -- either go with the explosive return man who is a threat to take it to the house, provided he does not, instead, field punts he shouldn't, and not field punts he should, or we can go with the sure-handed, high football IQ return man who is probably not going to bust a long one (though to be fair, he has before, once, last year, so it is possible).

    Herman referenced flipping the field on Georgia being a key. I hope he's wrong, because I do not expect Texas to win that particular battle.

    UGA has very good legs in the kicking game.  But when there is a return, we have been poor.

     

    As for turnovers, Tua has thrown 3 interceptions in 2 games against us (just a little over 4 quarters to be honest.  He has thrown 6 in his college career).

    We aren't great at turnovers (hurts may be more like Sam, and we have zero INTS against Jalen), but we have been timely the past couple of seasons.

  13. 14 minutes ago, sushihorn said:

    The point is that Texas did a much better job than the average of those supposedly superior SEC defenses, which Missouri faced every week.  Every SEC defense other than Georgia gave up more rushing yards than Texas did for example.  It's the most recent comp available with zero common opponents this year.

    Last season, we played our normal defense against mizzou.  We gave up two 64 yard bombs (we took away their best receiving target, but #2 torched us).

     

    We attacked the passing game this year and virtually gave them numbers in the run game.  To mizzou's credit, they marched the field for 4 scores on the ground. But with no help from the passing game, our lead was never in jeopardy.

  14. 3 minutes ago, SA-KC_Horn said:

    I'm curious to seem how many Jet Sweeps UGA is willing to run, since that is our achilles heel.

    This match up is intriguing because we've been playing B12 teams that have exceptional speed and willingness to use all four downs, but UGA appears to want to utilize their size in the trenches and wear Texas out and create running lanes that was displayed from 2012-2016.

    Some games, we run a lot of sweeps (4-6).  Our offense isn't designed to run 80 plays, so that is a big number for us.  Some games, we may go once or twice.  Coaches attack weaknesses that they see.  Sometimes, they are only setting up something else for later.

  15. 38 minutes ago, lemonandaturd said:

    Georgia had 445 total offense against Missouri.  Missouri had 393 total offense against Georgia.  Missouri was moving the ball at the Georgia 31 and fumbled.  Georgia  picked up the  fumble and returned it for a touchdown.  They also blocked a Missouri punt and returned it for an 8 yard touchdown.  The final score was 43 -29.  Georgia is not Alabama, especially without Baker.  

    Georgia gave Missouri the run game.  We designed the scheme to take away the pass.  Drew Lock had one of his worst days of his career.  Their run game got 4 rushing touchdowns.  We knew their run game couldn't keep up with us with their bad defense and we called a game to win by a couple of scores.

    I mentioned earlier that we are great at taking away a team's best attributes (whether it is run or pass)

    Since after the LSU game, tFr Jordan Davis has been our nose tackle.  And even our nickle/dime defense has been respectable against the run.  He is questionable with a back injury.  That could be significant.

  16. 2 hours ago, Walden Ponderer said:

    Bimage is actually a bit bigger than that now, but I don't have the current numbers. More to the point, he's stronger, has a better center of gravity, and is a whole lot quicker. That's even more true of Roach, though Bimage has shown surprisingly good technique for a Fr. The Texas DL is more required to be quick (especially laterally, but also upfield in a hurry), and while Hager will certainly get a lot of snaps, being a team captain and all, I would not in the least be surprised if Bimage and/or Roach gets more. 

    If you have watched much of Orlando's work at his various stops, the only DL he puts on the field that even remotely follows traditional DL philosophy (and not always even then) is the NT. And he is probably happier, actually, when he has a slightly smaller but much quicker NT like Poona Ford, the only NFL NT under 6' tall, who is proving for Seattle what he proved at Texas -- a quick lineman in the right scheme can be better than a big one.

    So_co is stating that our OL does a great job getting to the linebackers when the DL is undersized and a quick combo block leaves a clear path to the linebacker.

     

    We will find out tomorrow if that is the case.  But an OL that can't hold the double-team usually spells trouble for the linebackers.

  17. On 12/27/2018 at 5:46 PM, lemonandaturd said:

    Are Tyson Campbell and Eric Stokes better than Parnell Motley and Tre Norwood?  If not, they may be in for a long night.  

    PFF grades Stokes at 79.1.  Campbell at 69.9 (LSU picked on him).  

    McGhee (nickel) grades 65.9 (Bama picked on him).

     

    https://247sports.com/college/georgia/LongFormArticle/Sugar-Bowl-2019-How-Georgia-Bulldogs-Texas-Longhorns-stack-up-by-position-126913486/#126913486_11

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  18. 4 hours ago, Constant said:

    It’s a start, but UGA still played Austin Peay and UMASS this year alone. The November SEC vs. FCS bye-week is bullshit. 

    You probably don't care.  But fact-checking... UMass is not FCS.  They are FBS.  And they were added as a throw-in game for a home and home with our basketball team.

     

    Regardless, any opponent that doesn't  require a home and home in football is a cupcake.  I don't care if they are FCS, FBS, power 5 or what.  No team worth a damn will go to our home stadium (probably yours too) in a home only matchup.  They are all cupcakes.

  19. 6 hours ago, thrillhammer said:

    any other big losses for this game on your side?  transfers, injuries, early draft enrollees, etc?

    Baker is in the flight with the team to new orleans.

    I can't imagine that he travels but doesn't suit up.

     

    Big question marks are Jordan Davis who hurt his back weightlifting and deandre walker who got hurt in the 3rd quarter against bama.

  20. 1 hour ago, LTtxfan said:

    1) Not sure if B12 has waived its Rule of 1 year reduction of eligibility for in-conference undergrad transfers yet. 

    2) Still not sure if SEC has dropped its Rule on the ability to block in-conference undergrad transfers by Head Coaches yet.

    Hope that helps.....

    SEC has waived the block for grad transfers.

    But schools still have the right to block for other scenarios.  Public pressure typically will be in the athlete's favor, and a coach would probably cave to public pressure.

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