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You’ll find a table here that breaks down a bunch of offensive information per possession. Here’s the story on Georgia:
16th nationally in points per possession

17th nationally in plays per possession

13th nationally in yards per possession

86th nationally in starting field position

25th nationally in touchdowns per possession

8th nationally in field goals per possession

78th nationally in possessions per game

61st nationally in points per red zone trip

And if you don't read his blog on a daily basis you're really missing out.

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Posted by WG_Dawg

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Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:19 am to Porter Osborne Jr

That post really isn't about our D at all? Aside from starting field position, which can equally be attributed to our poor ST imo.

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Posted by davesdawgs

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Posted on 6/2/14 at 12:42 pm to Porter Osborne Jr

Yep, the possessions per game is telling. As you say it suggests that our defense could not get off the field. What's odd though is our run defense was significantly better than in 2012 while or pass defense was much worse. Apparently opponents were getting a lot of first downs passing.

The starting field position was even worse. This tells me that we got very little return yard on either kickoffs or punts and that when our defense did stop the opposing offense, it was deep in our end of the field.

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Posted by SquatchDawg

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Posted on 6/2/14 at 3:49 pm to Porter Osborne Jr

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16th nationally in points per possession

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61st nationally in points per red zone trip

Interesting combination there. I would guess a lot of our points were longer passes (i.e. outside of red zone). When we did get there, we stalled and were forced to kick field goals. Hence...