Sacks given or allowed?
What the heck. I'm hereSip................Please come back to the thread, some of us need you!:smile:
no no you have it all wrong, georgia is peaking. and they have an nfl caliber defense. i know this because i read it in the ajcFor all the hub bub, GA's defense did not get better in November; they simply played weaker teams. Just look:
WHEN GA WAS BAD
Tennessee (23rd rank offense, 44 points)
South Carolina (24th, 37 points)
Missouri (44th, 20 points, led GA in third qtr)
WHEN GA SUDDENLY GOT GOOD
Kentucky (48th, but gave up 24 points to a team that scores 17 pg)
Florida (76th, 9 points)
Ga Southern (FCS team)
Auburn (116th)
Ga Tech (24th; however, their stats are skewed because Tech scored 50-plus points against Presbyterian and VA plus 68 on North Carolina). This is like Texas having the number 2 rush defense - it was because Big 12 doesn't run.
Alabama got worse because it played the number four offense (scoring 44 ppg, got 29) and LSU had a great game. Should I mention LSU had an off week while Bama prepped for an unbeaten MSU? Or that Yeldon's fumble stopped a blowout?
The fact is that worse offenses than Alabama have scored points on UGA. And UGA faced two similar defenses and got a TOTAL of 24 points in 8 quarters.
Are we vulnerable to the pass? Perhaps. But if they can't stop our run it don't mean jack. Keep in mind that despite SIX Florida turnovers, UGA only won by a TD.
Alabama 24
Georgia 14
Murray is Not Johnny Football. We would have sacked JF a number of times in that game if he wasn't so dadgum slippery. He's Houdini in a football uniform. All it's going to take on Murray is one really hard sack and he'll be toast. When he's under pressure he still tries to make that hero throw and many times ends up throwing a pick. A few well-timed blitzes will go a long way in this game.We've played four teams that had legitimate running qbs (James Franklin was hurt when we played them):
Denard Robinson
Bo Wallace
Johnny Football
Johnathon Wallace
Against the traditional drop back qb:
Against AK, we got good pressure on the qb (going off of memory)
Against UT, if my memory serves correctly we got decent pressure on Bray and even sacked him a few times.
Against LSU someone mentioned (I think in another thread) that LSU kept their tight ends in blocking more to give Mett more protection. We got decent pressure but we all know the career day he had of laser point passing.
Don't know if it's much of a point, but against legitimate running qbs we've been in more controlled rush mode and against more traditional qbs we've seen decent pressure applied.
I guess the point is that we should be able to get more exotic with our blitzes in this game than what we've needed to show up to this point in the season.
I'm not worried about our defense. I'm worried about our offense. It baffles me that we struggled on offense against A&M, not that our defense gave up what it did. A&M's defense was not highly ranked in anything, if I'm not mistaken. Yet we struggled mightily on 3rd down in that game, not to mention the turnovers.For all the hub bub, GA's defense did not get better in November; they simply played weaker teams. Just look:
WHEN GA WAS BAD
Tennessee (23rd rank offense, 44 points)
South Carolina (24th, 37 points)
Missouri (44th, 20 points, led GA in third qtr)
WHEN GA SUDDENLY GOT GOOD
Kentucky (48th, but gave up 24 points to a team that scores 17 pg)
Florida (76th, 9 points)
Ga Southern (FCS team)
Auburn (116th)
Ga Tech (24th; however, their stats are skewed because Tech scored 50-plus points against Presbyterian and VA plus 68 on North Carolina). This is like Texas having the number 2 rush defense - it was because Big 12 doesn't run.
Alabama got worse because it played the number four offense (scoring 44 ppg, got 29) and LSU had a great game. Should I mention LSU had an off week while Bama prepped for an unbeaten MSU? Or that Yeldon's fumble stopped a blowout?
The fact is that worse offenses than Alabama have scored points on UGA. And UGA faced two similar defenses and got a TOTAL of 24 points in 8 quarters.
Are we vulnerable to the pass? Perhaps. But if they can't stop our run it don't mean jack. Keep in mind that despite SIX Florida turnovers, UGA only won by a TD.
Alabama 24
Georgia 14
in that same time period, jawjuh is something like 7-15 against ranked teamsThis may have already been said, so forgive me that I didn't read every post in the thread. But if you look back to 2008, Bama has lost to Florida, Utah, South Carolina, LSU, Auburn, LSU, and A&M. If I am not mistaken, all of those loses but one--South Carolina--involved a funky offense with a run-threat QB. South Carolina involved a QB who played the game of his life.
So yeah, I think we are in good shape based on past performance.
Very true. And I do think that epic LSU game had a lot to do with what looked like a very tired and let down Alabama team that next week.But aTm came right after the emotionally exhausting LSU game. We got 24 points and had first and goal to win - despite three turnovers. Not overly worried.
i think t a&m was just a weird game all around for us. we had 430 yards of offense in that game (our season average and out gaining t a&m) but we could not execute when we needed (bad fumble, weird play calling and interception late)I'm not worried about our defense. I'm worried about our offense. It baffles me that we struggled on offense against A&M, not that our defense gave up what it did. A&M's defense was not highly ranked in anything, if I'm not mistaken. Yet we struggled mightily on 3rd down in that game, not to mention the turnovers.
It seems like the injuries really targeted the offense this season and I have no doubt that has plenty to do with it looking out of sorts for long stretches in the LSU and A&M games.
All in all, I think we're a better team than Georgia. I also think we're in a better place mentally than they are. Their players seem to be trying to convince themselves that they're not afraid of big bad BAMA. I haven't heard much of a peep out of our guys. I like that. A lot.
I wasn't suggesting that Murray is like JF...actually I was contrasting having to defend "running/scrambling" qbs vs. the more traditional dropback passer like Murray.Murray is Not Johnny Football. We would have sacked JF a number of times in that game if he wasn't so dadgum slippery. He's Houdini in a football uniform. All it's going to take on Murray is one really hard sack and he'll be toast. When he's under pressure he still tries to make that hero throw and many times ends up throwing a pick. A few well-timed blitzes will go a long way in this game.