Really, this may be my favorite header of the season so far:
Georgia’s defense dominated in Week 7, and Alabama still scored 41 points
Well, shit, said the punch line.
I’ve got some good news for you, and some bad news.
Filed under Georgia Football, Strategery And Mechanics
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Just 3 big coverage busts led to 2 TDs and about 150 yards out of Mac Jones’s 400 total. So yeah, this sadly tracks.
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And as ive said, even a bad team can do it a few times a game. Thats why 17-10 is a relic.
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And with modern Bama, you have to go back to Clemson (with 4 NFL DLinemen) to find a time they were held under 20 points (and they’ve only been under 40 4x, and Mizzou’s 19 points were the most any offense scored in those losses.) Consistency-wise, they were better than LSU at scoring even last season. You need 40 to beat them.
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What Saban figured out 5 years ago. I have my fingers crossed Kirby has as well. His recruiting of Newman and Vandergriff would indicate he has.
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As has been mentioned by others, it seems apparent that taking away the deep throws is a matter of pressure on Jones. I know that’s not how Kirby likes to play it, but what else can they do? Asking seriously. What else can be done?
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Pressure leads to 1 on 1s down the field. If a safety gets caught out of position, you’re dead.
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Yes, I know. Not the question I asked.
What else can be done?
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Disrupting the WRs route.
As explained by the master about a minute in –
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You can do that when you know the guys in the striped shirts with yellow handkerchiefs in their pockets are going to allow you to do that with no ramifications as you run down the field. 😉
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The key is to disrupt at the start of the route. Refs don’t call holding until the WR is running.
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My comment was more snark about the fact that Bama defenders pretty much get away with anything except the most blatant violations than it was about the concept of rerouting. We do all of that. The problem was there were so many times that Jones was able to stay in the pocket and the receivers adjusted their routes to come back to him to keep the chains moving. That’s something we haven’t seen this year so far.
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Agreed. Our JR and SR recovers are mostly on the bench on offense.
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Sorry, misunderstood your comment and question. Our blue chips have to beat their blue chips up front. If you can’t get pressure with 4 or 5 (every once in a while, 6), you won’t stop this Bama offense. When you bring someone from the back end to pressure, you better get home because either a safety or a linebacker is caught in single coverage.
I’ll admit I’m a little surprised we didn’t move to more zone pressure looks (someone more knowledgeable can correct my perception there) as it seems we did last week after Guano hit those 2 downfield balls.
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Yea, pressure from the secondary vs alabama is equivalent to the suicide squeeze in baseball.
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Score more.
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Kiffen’s strategy. Almost worked.
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You have to get home with the pass rush. That’s it, there is no other answer.
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When all things are equal, UGA’s “D” can stand the pressure, throw in a few to’s that change the field position for the “D” to defend, gets a little bit tougher…the UGA offense will hold it’s own against average teams, two years from now with this offense being the UGA identity….Look The Fuck OUT……
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Just about every time Georgia brought a corner blitz, Alabama burned us, so that is DEFINITELY not the answer.
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Not from the corner, but you have to figure something out. You have to get home or you have no shot.
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They could have easily scored 14 more had they not shut down their offense. Our pass defense was nearly as bad as memorable the Cool Breeze/Ronnie Brown AU game. They were like a cat just having fun with the mouse they just caught in the 4th quarter. The second half defense was worse than the score indicates.
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Gosh, I thought we “dominated.” lol.
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The offense put the defense into some bad spots on Saturday night which led to some of those points. If we get the rematch, I’d hope that we at least can force Alabama to start drives on a long field next time.
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You mean like when we had them backed up on their own 10 yard line…lol?
Wolfman: Thirty seconds. We went like this, he went like that. I said to Hollywood, “Where’d he go?” Hollywood says, “Where’d who go?”
Hollywood: Yeah, and he’s laughing at us, right on the radio, he’s laughing at us.
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If Alabama can break 90-yard touchdown passes multiple times against us, then I tip my cap to them and congratulate them on the SEC Championship. That play was a truly unfortunate bust. If I can start Alabama on the 10 yard line every time in the rematch, then I’ll gladly risk having that happen again and really like my chances.
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So you’re saying it’s important for the QB to find those open receivers…
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We also have yo play cleaner. We stepped on ourselves hard early.
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When we allowed that drive before half time for the FG, that’s when my alcohol consumption went up.
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Such a sad state of college football that defense is being taken out of the game.
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Unlike the SECC, our offense was actually productive and our D STILL got abused. I expected Bama to score and move the ball but not like that. We looked so ill prepared, under coached and less talented. The talent part shocked me the most. Our DL was mostly irrelevant.
I figured we were done as soon as the corner blitzed on Bama’s first TD. He was so late that it made us 10 vs 11 and a safety 1vs1 on any of their WRs is a big yikes. That was honestly one of the worst defensive games I’ve seen from a Smart team and the gameplan seemed doomed from the start. I know he loves his man but they’ve been effective with zone, too. Whatever.
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I woke up Saturday feeling good about it being a tight, hard-fought game. By the time that the Auburn and Tennessee games were over, I was very nervous that we weren’t the team everyone was telling us we were. Turns out that we definitely weren’t. If Kirby doesn’t figure out how to open the offense up, it might be his undoing. Having a great defense is awesome. But having a great offense is, in 2020, the only way to win the big games.
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Did you miss the fact that Kirby did in fact address the dated offense we have previously deployed. Our offense will improve every week even with a less than elite QB.
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You may be right, but I don’t think we’ll improve enough, especially if Stetson is taking the snaps. I think Alabama beats our ass again in the rematch.
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I was most disappointed with how we played the run. Harris is a really good back but that did not look like the run defense we have seen previously. The only reason Bama didn’t run for more yards is because they didn’t try.
And what was going on when we had Rice trying to cover Waddle? On what planet does that work?
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Someone on here who knows a lot more about the foosballs than me can clarify/qualify/confirm this: It looked like UGA was playing some sort of zone coverage and as soon as Sarkisian figured it out that’s where he had Waddle, knowing he had a mismatch.
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That wasn’t zone unless Rice had responsibility for a deep third in the middle of the field. I deleted the game off my DVR before I was even tempted to watch it again, so I don’t know. Rice actually did a pretty good job of running with him given it appeared he had no help over the top.
We got caught in man coverage with a linebacker on an elite receiver and got burned for it. The one I had a problem with was Cine being drawn to the middle of the field when Campbell had Waddle 1 on 1 on the 90 yarder. It was 2nd and 26 all over again.
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In defense of Cine on that play when you watch the replay Metchie was open after he makes his break and Cine breaks on him to try and make a play not realizing Jones is actually throwing over him to Waddle.
I still think Waddle got away with a push off of Campbell which caused him to fall.
Just my thoughts.
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Coordinators run this play or show that scheme finding even the smallest of production value…one side of the ball gets lulled to sleep just a tiny bit…BAM, you are busted big time, be it a huge blitz or a 60 yard bomb…that game was a battle for men only….it’ll be more of the same with some tweaks in December when UGA goes after the sec trophy….
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We need to score first on Bama in the SECCG and have a wild celebration in the end zone. Worked once before.
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SEC officiating is still making us pay for that.
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BLUF. Until the Dawgs retain an excellent QB this is what we’ll be stuck talking about. Kirby has assembled as talented a team overall that’s ever worn Red and Black. Coaching is there as well. Got to keep grinding and beat the rivals still on the schedule. Drink some good liquor, eat some good food, beat the shit out the gators and hope for the best. It could be a lot worse. At least we don’t wear orange.
GO DAWGS!!!
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All good advice but I need a little help here, Chief…
But Look Up Fuckers?
Best Lighten Up Fuckers?
But Look at Ugly Florida?
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Ah, Bottom Line Up Front.
Your third is my favorite of course.
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Yeah I liked that one too…
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It’s almost as important beating those low rent scumbags as it is winning the NC. Please allow me to rave, yet again, another reason for despising those jort wearing refugees from a drainage ditch.
2002 Dawgs were the best team in country. Went up to Jamestown, Tennessee with my gator trash buddy to set a brass memorial and base on his recently deceased father’s grave. The man had perfect attendance. WW2, Korea and Vietnam. Watched the GA-fla game and spent the night at his sweet Mom’s home. As you remember the Zooker was their new coach, they were unranked for the first time since college football commenced in 1990 and the Dawgs were undefeated. I was uncharacteristically talking shit as it was a long time coming and a sure thing.
Ooooof course the Dawgs lost to those ‘tards. Again. I had to listen to shit all night but not on the way home as I threatened to drive off a cliff if he didn’t shut the fuck up.
Fast forward to New Years night 2003. Watched the Dawgs beat Fla State in the Sugar Bowl while staying at Ms Lumpkin’s place at Bluefield Bay, Jamaica. Life is good, right? Got home and on my answering machine is a message. “Congratulations on an undefeated season, Russ. Ooooh that’s right. Go Gators!” And a bunch more messages of similar slime from my adoring flock of fucked up friends in that god forsaken shithole.
Fuck those motherfuckers.
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Fuck those motherfuckers and never talk shit until after the fight.
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Lesson re-learned. Don’t say shit even afterwards now. But I do make a point at a vacation supper table of holding up how many fingers we’ve beat ’em in a row.
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