re: So how bad does UGA beat us?

When healthy, I still think we're 2nd behind TAMU just because RSJ is so damn good. I do like the speed we have when JSW and MM26 are on the field and Mitchell is so damn shifty that he's a threat to take anything he touches to the house. However, RSJ is like 6'5" 220 lbs and still quick as a jackrabbit.

I'd look for a lot of new sets against Carolina. We we're pretty vanilla against Clemson with the exception of a series or two. I expect to see Marshall, Michel, and McKenzie split out wide a lot in order to really utilize some more speed at WR. We could easily have 3 RBs on the field at once with Gurley/Chubb at RB and Michel and Marshall out wide. A lot of short passes in space and let them try to break things wide open if USC wants to stack the box.

USC will come up amped for this game and give us a helluva fight. If we buy into our own hype and think we're unbeatable, they can easily upset us. We're still going to be missing our 2 biggest deep threats and it's Mason, Chubb, Michel, McKenzie, etc first game in a real hostile environment. It will be a challenge.

ETA: Sorry we took over your thread, Cocks.

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ETA: Sorry we took over your thread, Cocks.

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...and the board in general. I don't necessarily blame you, though. Y'all don't have anything to do besides read press clippings all week, so why not hang here for a while.

I cannot predict anything about the UGa game until I see what USC does with ECU this week. I need to see the secondary tackle better in space, and I need to see someone step up as a leader in the LB corps before I can realistically figure out how USC will perform against you.

One thing is for sure, though. Carolina's offense is better than Clemson's, at pretty much every position. I do not expect UGa to be able to shut down USC the way they did Clemmy.

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This is weird. There are more UGa fans on this board right now than Carolina fans. The UGa fans are saying that USC will play close, the Carolina fans expect to lose.

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True. My arse still hurts from last thursday. I just came back, and now i think i am leaving again for a week.

We've got a stud (Roland) every bit the talent equal of your stud, we've got a guy faster than anyone you've got, we've got an All-SEC freshman who can run the wildcat, and we've got a sure handed possession guy who isn't going pro but is a fine collegiate WR. And best of all, none of them miss games (well, except when Roland gets suspended)! And even then I wouldn't name us as having a top WR corp in the SEC. But, yeah sure, UGAs is definitely conference elite.

UGA fans' assessment of their own WR corp is such a sorry case of wishful thinking and what ifs. Y'alls mediocre corp will probably torch our 14 year old DBs in two weeks but check back at the end of the season, that'll be the story for every team we play.

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I'd take our WRs over y'alls and I wouldn't think a/b it for longer than a second.

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blatant homerism

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Every major sports media outlet ranks our receivers higher than yours.

Doesn't really matter. Agree to disagree.

Here's to a good clean game with no injuries.


(I hope we stomp the shite out of y'all in WB.)

You got me there.

I hope you're wrong, but if not, remind me at the end of the year. I'll gladly eat my crow.

I don't know that them having three guys who had more yards than four of ours helps your case all that much...

But then Nick Jones has almost half as many yards through one game as he had all last year and Cooper has already matched his yards and TD total from last year. Add the fact that they have only one receiver in the top fifty in the SEC currently...

When healthy, they're an extremely talented group. Justin Scott-Wesley has 4.3 speed, a little slower than Byrd but still world-class speed, Mitchell is a great combination of speed and shiftiness, Conley and Bennett are both great possession guys, while Rumph is a 6'5" 215 lb red zone target. The problem, like you said, is keeping them all healthy. Two tore their ACLs last year, one tore his ACL the year before that, another has yet to see significant PT due to nagging injuries, while yet another currently has a subluxed shoulder. Hard to catch any balls when you're on the sideline.

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JSW - 16/311/2
MM - 0/0/0

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Mitchell didn't play a full quarter last year and JSW played almost 5 games, yet we still returned 1500 yards receiving. Argue they can't stay healthy all you want, but when healthy, UGA is loaded at WR.