It so happens that when I opened this thread, this is the first post that I saw. I think I'll stop right here and not visit this thread again. Sorry if any of you others have some interesting points to make. This post keeps my blood pressure low. Thanks Sip!I've never seen so much concern over a defense that finished the season leading the country in scoring defense and total defense. Simply put, it's impossible to improve on being the best in the country statistically. Number one is number one and the rest of the country is not.
Georgia doesn't match up with us well at all in my opinion.
One, they are very undisciplined and make way too many mental errors and get way too many dumb penalties. How they won the Florida game still escapes me because they really kinda played like crap. Florida just happened to have played a bit worse.
Other than that they've played one good team in USC and got their butts handed to them.
Their defensive line is good but it's nowhere near as good as the offensive line(ours) they'll be going up against.
Their linebackers are very good and their secondary is good but they haven't faced any offense this season that even remotely compares to ours, and I mean not even close. We're averaging 40 a game folks. Who have they played that comes close to that?
Are they the best team we've played? No way. If they went into Baton Rouge on a Saturday night they'd get kicked back to Athens with a tail beating of about 38-3 on their hands and their tails between their legs.
Finally we have a Senior Class that has the experience of what it takes to win championships both SEC and National. This isn't strange territory to our guys. For Georgia it is. And we have a coach named Saban who I'll take over Mark Richt in a key game any day of the week.
I'm really kind of amazed. A few weeks ago we could supposedly beat NFL teams. We have one bad quarter and lose one game and suddenly everybody's scared to death of Georgia who's not even in our league.
We'll win this game by at least 17 points and probably worse. As far as the point spread I'll surprised if we're not favored by at least ten.
Vegas will have more confidence in us than a lot of folks around here suddenly seem to have.
Bama 35
Georgia-17
sip
Good post. The concerns mentioned are the same as mine.I don't see a thread already so what is everyones thoughts about how we line up against UGA?
My two cents....they seem to be a pretty solid team who matches up pretty well against us. If Murray has time to throw and gets in a rhythm I see a long night for Bama.
I especially worry about our secondary and pass rush against UGA.
Head must have been in a fog. Happens sometimes these days. Sorry.Georgia didn't play TAMU.
My biggest concerns are the things we continue see that almost got us beat in the LSU game and did get us beat in the aTm game. If we can keep Georgia from attacking those concerns then I think we'll blow them out. Because I don't think we're going to magically "fix" much at this point in the season.From reading the 7 pages of this thread, I can see that UGA hasn't faced a defense or offense like Bama, and Bama hasn't faced a defense or offense like UGA.
I remember listening to the radio pregame show for the Capitol One bowl. Julio was interviewed and asked about the offense going hurry up against Auburn in the first half. He said the players love it because that is what they do in practice.I would love us to use the hurry up offense to get into and stay in rhythm. Many times we take so long in between plays I wonder if our guys can't get into a good flow of the game.
To give credit where's it's due, it's not "an old saying." It's a paraphrase of a line from Samuel Clemens as Mark Twain. The quote is attributed to Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of Great Britain, but popularized here by Clemens...Exaclty. As the old saying goes, there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. Stats can often help and give an accurate gauge on things, but they can also be misleading. I think our defense last year was even better than the stats indicated. That defense was rarely out of position, and I can't even remember them missing a tackle. This year, I can't say the same thing. We have looked very dominant against weaker teams, but both LSU and Texas A&M moved the ball extrememly well against us. We even got pushed around a little, were out of position, and missed several tackles. Therefore, in my humble opinion, even though we finished number one in defense both this year and last, this year's defense isn't on the same level as last year's. That is why an offense with the balance that Georgia can bring to the table has me worried.
I have also seen our offense sputter against both LSU and Texas A&M. Sure, we may have averaged over 40 points, but we only scored 21 and 24 against those top ten teams we faced. That's a big difference. Again, this causes me concern. I hope some of you guys are right when you predict that we will destroy Georgia, but I think it will be a close game. I like our chances, but I am still going to worry until the clock reads zero after the fourth quarter with us in the lead. Roll Tide!
Georgia fans can blissfully ignore pertinent details with the best of them.If I were a Georgia fan, I'd be nervous that UGA almost got beaten by two awful teams and was blown out by one decent team. If they didn't have the UF win, they would have nothing really to hang their hat on. UF struggled against some bad teams, as well.
UGA's offensive line has not been that impressive in run blocking. The team has not been able to run against quality opponents. If it can establish the run against us, we are in for a long night. If we can find some way to apply pressure to Murray, then I like our chances.[/QUOTE
I guess you dont consider florida a quality opponent?? Todd gurley went for over 100 yards against florida. Our o line has performed great the second half of this year. Just going on what i saw when yall played texas a and m,they were able to run the ball effectively against your defensive line opening a lot of holes. Keep in mind that their o line is much smaller and slower than ours. Also their backs arent anywhere near the caliber of todd gurley or keith marshall. You guys are going to have to stop the run in order to beat us and pressure Aaron murray as well,if not i think we will win. The one clear advantage you have over us is your ability(especially defensively)to play disciplined and maintain your assignments. In every game weve played this year(except the florida game)we have had at least two or three blown assignments in key situations. If we can play disciplined and play assignment football i like our chances.
a and m was able to run the ball effectively for one reason, that freak manzielUGA's offensive line has not been that impressive in run blocking. The team has not been able to run against quality opponents. If it can establish the run against us, we are in for a long night. If we can find some way to apply pressure to Murray, then I like our chances.[/QUOTE
I guess you dont consider florida a quality opponent?? Todd gurley went for over 100 yards against florida. Our o line has performed great the second half of this year. Just going on what i saw when yall played texas a and m,they were able to run the ball effectively against your defensive line opening a lot of holes. Keep in mind that their o line is much smaller and slower than ours. Also their backs arent anywhere near the caliber of todd gurley or keith marshall. You guys are going to have to stop the run in order to beat us and pressure Aaron murray as well,if not i think we will win. The one clear advantage you have over us is your ability(especially defensively)to play disciplined and maintain your assignments. In every game weve played this year(except the florida game)we have had at least two or three blown assignments in key situations. If we can play disciplined and play assignment football i like our chances.
Agreed. The A&M game is not a good one to look at to project how Georgia may or may not run the ball on Alabama. Their offense is so unique. And by the way, A&M's oline is every bit as good as Georgia's and they've got some very talented skill players along with Manziel.a and m was able to run the ball effectively for one reason, that freak manziel
The LSU game is a better barometer.
I totally agree with that assessment. They have fewer weaknesses on defense than anyone else I've seen. If their offense were more consistant look out.In my opinion, Florida has the best defense in the nation...better than Notre Dame, Georgia, or Alabama. Really, that Cocktail Party came down to who could force the most errors defensively and Georgia narrowly won out in a turnover laden game.