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  1. Rumors swirling that UGA standout CB D. Baker may reverse his previous decision to play in the Sugar Bowl. Sounds like he got a very high draft evaluation and may be re-evaluating the risks and benefits. Personally I can't fault the kid. His heart wants to play, but the logic here almost certainly dictates that the risk isn't anywhere close to the reward. The guy most likely to replace him in the game, is former 5 star Tyson Campbell. He started earlier in the year opposite Baker, but got benched due to poor play.
  2. To be fair to the players, not that it means anything more than a hill of beans right now, but there are 3 five star guys at WR for UGA right now. Demetris Robertson as a WR (transfer from Cal; hasn't seen much time yet) Hardman as an ATH Godwin as an ATH With that being said, stars don't mean #$% once on campus.
  3. He's more of a step up in the pocket or slide to the side a step or two. If that doesn't work, he'll get rid of it or take the sack. Won't see him move much more than that especially with an iffy backup situation.
  4. That's certainly possible. I brought it up more for the schematic details than the actual outcome. UGA's defense this year isn't nearly as dynamic as last years was, but UT's offense isn't on the same level as OU with Baker either. Still brings up interesting schematic details that certainly could be relevant on Jan 1st.
  5. Yeah, UGA has one of those guys too in former 5-star transfer from Cal, Demetris Robertson. He's a burner and was on the all FR PAC-12 team at Cal, but ended up transferring to UGA, and can't see the field because he's behind WRs that are bringing the physicality to the game that he just isn't ready to deliver on. Mecole still does need some polish, but you can't teach a guy to run a 4.32 40.
  6. I certainly agree that the edge for UGAs offense is more in the run game than the pass game. UGA runs the ball to open up the pass, so if they are having success on the ground, the passing game will open up. As you said, the key to UTs success in this game is stopping the UGA run game. I know that Herman and Texas are working toward building a physical football team, and it looks like he's made strides in doing so. That's good. I love a physical brand of football. This will be a real measuring stick for how far along in that process you are, as UGA is undoubtedly one of the most physical teams in all of college ball. If Texas can out-physical UGA, then you have really come a long way.
  7. If there is one thing that the UGA WRs do well, and as well as any group in the nation, it's play a physical brand of football. Don't worry, they'll hit back.
  8. Thought this fit in this thread well. It's an article focused on the defensive adjustments UGA made in the second half of the Rose Bowl last year to stop the bleeding from the amazing first half the OU offense had (31 first half points vs. 7 second half points). The TL;DR of the article is the first half UGA came out in a 2 deep safety looks with very little to no blitzing and got shredded to the tune of ~9 yds per play. Went back to the drawing board at the half and starting playing glue coverage with lots of pressure looks coming from different angles. After four TDs and one FG on the Sooners six drives of the first half, OU's first five drives of the second half resulted in 20 plays, 37 yards, 2 first downs, zero points. The success continued with allowing only one offensive TD in the second half and then only a FG in 2 OT possessions. https://www.dawgnation.com/football/team-news/film-room-defensive-tweak-shaped-historic-rose-bowl-win Conclusion: Who knows exactly how the UT vs. UGA match-ups will play out, but I expect both staffs are hinging a lot of the game plan on how well or not-so-well things worked out in the Rose Bowl last year.
  9. Don't forget about possibly the fastest man on the field in #4 Mecole Hardman! This gif was from the national title game last year on a third and long where Mecole had a few steps on Bama's fastest player (NCAA 10.12 100 m time).
  10. Luckily that can be assessed. Georgia put opponents into thrid and 7+ yards to go on 13.7% of attempts. Texas did the same on 14.5% of pass attempts against them.
  11. Good timing on bringing this up as I was just about to bring some pressure stats to the table. Looks like the sack rate (6.09% vs. 6.88%) and the INT rate (1.92% vs. 2.06%) are pretty similar for the teams. The biggest standout stat here looks to be the QB hurry (QBH) rate. Georgia was able to hurry QBs on 16.0% of the pass attempts against them, and Texas' rate was 7.3%. UGA also had a better rate of breaking up passes at 12.8% of attempts vs. 9.6%. There seems to be a lot more variability in the QBH stats for Texas. They had a few games with 0 QBHs credited and then were able to get after Baylor and Iowa State at about 20% clips. Any thoughts as to why? Are the Maryland and Kansas OLs better than I would think? Were there injuries? Opponent Opp Pass Att Sacks Sacks/Att INT INT/Att QBH QBH/Att PBU PBU/Att South Carolina 48 1 2.08% 2 4.17% 3 6.3% 7 14.6% Missouri 48 2 4.17% 1 2.08% 7 14.6% 9 18.8% Tennessee 21 2 9.52% 0 0.00% 4 19.0% 3 14.3% Vanderbilt 30 1 3.33% 0 0.00% 3 10.0% 6 20.0% LSU 30 3 10.00% 0 0.00% 6 20.0% 3 10.0% Florida 21 1 4.76% 1 4.76% 3 14.3% 1 4.8% Kentucky 29 4 13.79% 0 0.00% 7 24.1% 1 3.4% Auburn 37 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3 8.1% 4 10.8% Georgia Tech 14 3 21.43% 0 0.00% 7 50.0% 2 14.3% Alabama 34 2 5.88% 2 5.88% 7 20.6% 4 11.8% 312 19 6.09% 6 1.92% 50 16.0% 40 12.8% Opponent Opp Pass Att Sacks Sacks/Att INT INT/Att QBH QBH/Att PBU PBU/Att Maryland 34 1 2.94% 0 0.00% 0 0.0% 3 8.8% USC 48 3 6.25% 1 2.08% 4 8.3% 5 10.4% TCU 40 0 0.00% 3 7.50% 4 10.0% 5 12.5% Kansas State 25 3 12.00% 0 0.00% 1 4.0% 2 8.0% Oklahoma 27 2 7.41% 1 3.70% 0 0.0% 2 7.4% Baylor 40 3 7.50% 1 2.50% 9 22.5% 3 7.5% Oklahoma State 34 3 8.82% 0 0.00% 4 11.8% 3 8.8% West Virginia 42 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2 4.8% 5 11.9% Texas Tech 48 4 8.33% 1 2.08% 1 2.1% 3 6.3% Iowa State 29 6 20.69% 1 3.45% 5 17.2% 4 13.8% Kansas 35 3 8.57% 1 2.86% 0 0.0% 5 14.3% Oklahoma 34 2 5.88% 0 0.00% 2 5.9% 2 5.9% 436 30 6.88% 9 2.06% 32 7.3% 42 9.6%
  12. Yep. One of Fromm's biggest strengths is getting the Dawgs in the right play at the LOS. He's one of those "student of the game" QBs that really knows the playbook, and one of the biggest parts of his game that the coaching staff heaps praise on him is his pre-snap reads. That's a big part of the reason that Justin Fields wasn't able to unseat him during the year even though Justin is more physically gifted.
  13. Thanks for pointing those out. I've always looked at cfbstats.com to get data, and haven't seen how well laid out the stats are directly from the official sites. Didn't used to be like that, but admittedly, I haven't checked for quite some time. The reason I asked, is I wanted to give a little more context to the numbers being quoted for PBUs. I, of course, see now where you got the 10 - 20% figure. As you can see the total rate of PBUs/Att for both teams is very similar (9.73% vs. 8.79%), however there is a huge outlier with Texas' numbers with the 12 PBUs in 34 attempts in the USC game. What happened there? Why is that number so skewed? TO NOTE: I've excluded non-Power 5 teams from the data. Opponent PBUs Attempts PBU/Att South Carolina 0 19 0.00% Missouri 1 23 4.35% Tennessee 0 24 0.00% Vanderbilt 3 31 9.68% LSU 4 34 11.76% Florida 5 24 20.83% Kentucky 2 20 10.00% Auburn 2 23 8.70% Georgia Tech 0 19 0.00% Alabama 8 40 20.00% 25 257 9.73% Opponent PBUs Attempts PBU/Att Maryland 2 39 5.13% USC 12 34 35.29% TCU 1 32 3.13% Kansas State 1 38 2.63% Oklahoma 1 37 2.70% Baylor 2 39 5.13% Oklahoma State 6 42 14.29% West Virginia 3 36 8.33% Texas Tech 3 34 8.82% Iowa State 0 25 0.00% Kansas 3 28 10.71% Oklahoma 3 37 8.11% 37 421 8.79%
  14. Do you have links to those pass breakup stats? I'd be interested to see them.
  15. Here's the expected line up for the UGA OL with a couple of notes. LT 71 Andrew Thomas (6-5, 320, So.) - 1st team SEC Coaches Poll; Projections have him as a top 10 pick once eligible LG 66 Solomon Kindley (6-6, 335, RSo.) C 53 Lamont Gaillard (6-2, 308, Sr.) - 1st team SEC Coaches Poll RG 77 Cade Mays (6-6, 318, Fr.) - Former 5-star playing due to an injury, but may have played his way into a starting role RT 79 Isaiah Wilson (6-7, 340, RFr.) - First year starter; Former 5-star; Very consistent year; Dominant in run game; Decent in pass pro
  16. That 4 man front seems to utilize the personnel a little better overall than trying to shoehorn #44 in as a 3-4 DE. Would limit the ability to substitute much though. Many teams that the Dawgs have played have really worn down in the second half with that massive OL leaning on them all game.
  17. That's also one of the reasons UGA doesn't get as many sacks and TFLs. The DL has to stay disciplined in their rush lanes to keep contain because the tendency to play man on the back end. As you've noted, the Dawg D really tries to keep everything in front of them and doesn't really press the higher risk / higher reward schemes.
  18. So would a four man front look like #90, #97, #94, and #44 across? Or would there be a different fourth man?
  19. Thanks. What the coaching staff chooses to do with Hager will go a long way into determining how the game goes IMO. It's no secret that he can get swallowed up in the run game by bigger OLs, so with a huge OL with a physical run game on deck, what will Orlando do. On one hand, Hager is a team captain, and a legacy player in his final game, so sitting him for long stretches in the game takes away the glory of his last game in the Burnt Orange. That being said, he very well could be a liability against a run game like UGA's. Really tough decision for Orlando here. Then on the other side, I know that Omenihu has really excelled in getting in the backfield for TFLs and Sacks. What's the word on him in the run game? Stout at the point of attack? More of a threat at running the RB down from the backside?
  20. It's cool. You guys like your guy, and I like mine. We all have our angles. Moving on. I have a question about the DL and how the guys rotate during the game. Looks like #90 is the star. Does he play just about every snap or is he part of a rotation? How about #94 and #97? Do they rotate much or is it #97's show? Do you expect Hager to continue to get the start and play much of the game, or will the backup with a little more mass see some more PT?
  21. I'll just agree to disagree. Just looking forward to a good game.
  22. The bigger difference is related to the poor guys that are getting trucked. One was ready, prepared, had a good base, and attempted to launch himself into the tackle. The other was engaged with a blocker, already falling down, and reaching for an arm tackle.
  23. Lol. Not bad, but not close to the same either.
  24. Holyfield likes contact is an understatement
  25. Another note of interest about the UGA WRs. They are all very physical in the run game. It's one of the biggest things the UGA coaches require of them before seeing any meaningful playing time. Here's a quote from Kirby earlier in the year: “That’s the one thing our guys on the perimeter take pride in,” Smart said of Georgia’s receivers blocking. “They’re physical. You ask these other teams, 8, 87, 2, 9, 5, they hit you, and it wears you down.”
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