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Gurley finishes as 2nd leading rusher in SEC
Posted on 1/8/13 at 8:32 am
Posted on 1/8/13 at 8:32 am
1st among RBs with 1,385 yds, 6.2 per carry, and 17 TDs. 
Definitely exceeded my expectations. DGD! Can't wait til next year.
Definitely exceeded my expectations. DGD! Can't wait til next year.
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Posted on 1/8/13 at 8:35 am to CBizWRECKIN
Barring injuries, Gurley and Marshall go for 1,500 and 1,000 respectively next year.
Posted on 1/8/13 at 8:43 am to djackson1892
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Barring injuries, Gurley and Marshall go for 1,500 and 1,000 respectively next year.
As long as the coaching staff realizes that Marshall needs to run to the outside 4/5 times to utilize his speed this is possible.
Posted on 1/8/13 at 9:02 am to djackson1892
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Barring injuries, Gurley and Marshall go for 1,500 and 1,000 respectively next year.
I would looooooove this, but I'm not sure Marshall will get to 1,000. The thing about Marshall is a big chunk of his yardage comes from long plays, whereas Gurley (who also does get a handful of long ones, don't get me wrong) mostly just operates 4-8 yards at a time and just eats up yards.
Marshall had 8 touchdowns rushing this year. HALF of those came on runs of 52, 62, 72, and 75. Now, I am by no means downplaying his talent or his ability. All I'm saying is that it might be hard to replicate that again. It's not very often you see a guy get roughly 1/3 of his total yards on the season in 4 just carries.
Posted on 1/8/13 at 9:11 am to WG_Dawg
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I would looooooove this, but I'm not sure Marshall will get to 1,000.
All that speed doesn't count for much when you get him running straight into the defensive tackles. If they'd run him off tackle or find another way to get him in space instead of running him up the gut he'd be much more successful.
Posted on 1/8/13 at 9:16 am to WG_Dawg
Funny how I was pretty content on Crowell's decent freshman year. Marshall almost had a better year than Crowell not even counting Gurley. 
Posted on 1/8/13 at 9:20 am to SneakyWaff1es
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All that speed doesn't count for much when you get him running straight into the defensive tackles. If they'd run him off tackle or find another way to get him in space instead of running him up the gut he'd be much more successful.
I agree and disagree. For starters, yeah obviously his biggest asset is speed to it makes sense to get him outside. But I mean if we only run tosses and jet sweeps with him defenses are gonna figure that out in a hurry. I recall against AU and UT for sure (2 of those long runs I mentioned) they came from up the gut runs. He got through to the second level, put a move on a linebacker and then was off to the races. So it's not like he can't be effective up the middle, he just needs a crease.
Posted on 1/8/13 at 9:35 am to WG_Dawg
quote:One against UT was the other one was more of a sweep play out of the gun. I remember being there and seeing that hole near the sideline open up and saying "Seee yaaaa."
I recall against AU and UT for sure (2 of those long runs I mentioned) they came from up the gut runs.
But you're right, my favorite run of his was against Vandy. He did that signature side step move he does so gracefully on the one defender in the hole and just outran the 2 defenders left. Crazy speed. He had two big runs up the gut that game as well.
Posted on 1/8/13 at 10:06 am to SneakyWaff1es
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All that speed doesn't count for much when you get him running straight into the defensive tackles. If they'd run him off tackle or find another way to get him in space instead of running him up the gut he'd be much more successful.
Our OL isn't exactly Bama but they do have more experience under their belts now, I expect them to open a lot more of those home run holes for Marshall. Gurley is our #1 back, but Marshall is far more dangerous in space I think. Let the kid put on some more weight and I believe 1,000 yards is a very real possibility.
Posted on 1/8/13 at 4:58 pm to CBizWRECKIN
quote:Just think what his stats would be like if he was not splitting time with Marshal?
1st among RBs with 1,385 yds, 6.2 per carry, and 17 TDs.
Posted on 1/8/13 at 5:05 pm to SneakyWaff1es
Posted on 1/8/13 at 5:27 pm to CBizWRECKIN
We need to get both of them (especially Marshall) involved in more screen plays. Looking forward to them tearing up D's next year.
Posted on 1/9/13 at 7:48 am to FooManChoo
quote:Yes, UGA does need to get him more plays in open spaces.
We need to get both of them (especially Marshall) involved in more screen plays. Looking forward to them tearing up D's next year.
Posted on 1/9/13 at 8:42 am to WG_Dawg
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I recall against AU and UT for sure (2 of those long runs I mentioned) they came from up the gut runs
Those came running him off tackle and pulling a guard which is what I'm talking about. He was used that way a lot early in the season and not so much later. Later in the season other teams were onto it anyway so it was less effective. If he would get more sweeps and and tosses early and take advantage of them defensive coordinators wouldn't leave 8 people right in the box. He would at least have a chance to be successful not running into 8 massive dudes with no space.
Posted on 1/9/13 at 8:47 am to CBizWRECKIN
Gurley has the best combination of power and speed we have had since Herschel. Hopefully our OL continues to develop and we have another good season offensively. I do agree that we need to find more ways to get Marshall in space. We should be using him similar to the way Florida used Percy Harvin.
Posted on 1/9/13 at 8:50 am to davesdawgs
I'd like to see them run a split backfield, running Marshall out as receiver. That way you can see what the d is running and adjust accordingly .
Posted on 1/9/13 at 8:55 am to fourlifer
Now that I can get down with.
Posted on 1/9/13 at 9:10 am to fourlifer
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I'd like to see them run a split backfield, running Marshall out as receiver. That way you can see what the d is running and adjust accordingly .
Yea, sounds good to me. I would definitely like to see both of the on the field at the same time more often.
Posted on 1/9/13 at 9:24 am to SneakyWaff1es
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Those came running him off tackle and pulling a guard which is what I'm talking about. He was used that way a lot early in the season and not so much later.
In this one against UT he simply ran between the guard and tackle. No pulling, no sweep, just between the linemen then made a move and was gone.
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In this one against AU (go to the :30 mark) he was even more straight ahead. We ran a fullback straight ahead, Marshall made a move behind/at theh LOS, then took off.
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All I'm saying is that he's shown he CAN have success running between the tackles. Obviously, I would love to see him on more sweeps and tosses because that's his skillset, but like I said above if we run him outside every time defenses will figure that out quick and he won't do anything.
Posted on 1/9/13 at 9:36 am to WG_Dawg
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In this one against UT he simply ran between the guard and tackle. No pulling, no sweep, just between the linemen then made a move and was gone.
You're right, I missed that one.
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In this one against AU (go to the :30 mark) he was even more straight ahead. We ran a fullback straight ahead, Marshall made a move behind/at theh LOS, then took off.
There was a tight end blocking on that side of the line on that play as well. 87 is Rome right?
Either way that fact there is only 2 examples of Marshall getting some yards between the tackles without another body out there to block is a little silly. Right now he looks a little like Demps or Rainey did at Florida. Dangerous for sure but not without some help. I'd like to see him in the game more and I think next year he'll have more success up the middle simply because he'll be stronger and the line will be better. Well hopefully they'll be better.
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