Anyone expect to see anything much different than we've seen all football season?

Doubt we see much different TBH. That is not our MO, never really works out that way.

Maybe, just maybe even more empty sets and a faster tempo. But that would not be too far off what we already do

No. I would hope for the best and expect the worst. I'm not feeling very confident and I'm usually pretty upbeat. Not this time.

After his injuries, I'd love to see Sanders come out and go for 150 yards with a couple of TD's. Doubt it happens, but I'd like it to.

As much as I want to believe we will have some specific calls to attack what we've studied and seen from Georgia or that we have done some self-scouting and made adjustments to what we have been doing all year to break tendencies and confuse Georgia, I'm sorry to say I don't believe any of that. We will do what we have been doing and hopefully our athletes will make something happen.

ETA: I just reread my post and now I'm depressed.

I don't know that we have to a lot of different things to win. What we have to do is execute.

The front 7 needs to stop the run like they have most of the year. Force Bennett to beat us, just like we have other QBs to do this season. Put him in a situation that he hasn't really had to be in this season.

The offensive line needs to do the same task it has been assigned to do all year long - protect consistently. They just have to do it better than they've been doing it, but they don't have to do something they haven't been trying to do the entire season.

Get into a showdown of QBs (hopefully protect Bryce) and see which QB can win the game.

Nope. 11-1 in a rebuild year. It is what it is and we still have a shot at it all.

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Anyone expect to see anything much different than we've seen all football season?

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The only thing I can think of is if our offense just goes spread+tempo to keep GA on their heals. That 400lb nose guard isn't built for an attempt to re-invent DeShawn Watson era Clemson style play.

If Bryce keeps sitting back there reading the defense only to snap it with 2 seconds left, he's gonna get plowed.

I definitely think if we need to change something. We will.


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If you think about it. The past two UGA games have been 'Bama going against the status quo and UGA losing.

First and foremost the biggest factor to Bama's success is UGA just not coming out sharp. If they choke a bit that is the biggest reason we'll have a shot.

On our end, I feel the following few points will be crucial for us...

- Have an 'on' game where we are in the groove and not making the mistakes of dropping catchable throws, botching snaps and holds, penalties like delay of game etc, and turning the ball over. The lack of execution on the basic fundamentals has really hurt us directly and indirectly with how it kills any momentum we get going. We need to play a game fundamentally sound.

- We need some type of ability to run so it's not predictable passing the entire game. I think we need our runners to look towards the outside a bit as our line is not going to allow them up them middle, and we definitely need to execute some design QB run plays... Bryce doesn't like to run but watching him scramble running horizontally back and forth completely lost is so frustrating. Let's give him so plays designed for him to commit to the run and go forward and get us 6-7 yards. We need SOMETHING to help balance the pass game that is really all we have to attach with. Bryce scrambling for 5 yards at the right times can do a lot for us.

- Hopefully our coaching staff has found some tweaks with our players to make the O-Line just a bit more capable. That extra 1.5 seconds allows Bryce to find receivers and also find a route to run for some yards (to my previous point).

- Bryce needs to play most of the game the way he played Auburn right at the end of the game in regards to getting rid of the ball under pressure and not taking the sack for a loss. Throw the ball away Bryce. If it unfolds that the O-Line isn't going to be able to stop the pressure then he needs to be confident in getting the ball thrown away and avoid those negative yards.

I'm realizing as I'm writing this that everything I mentioned is on the offense. That is unusual as we have mostly been emphasizing defensive shortcomings.... BUT, the defense seems to have actually played pretty damn well the past game or so. We just need them to show up with confidence that they are much improved since the beginning of the year and believe that they can stop the Dogs. Really they just need to play exactly how the did against Auburn.

Hopefully the coaches are having a good day of feeling out the matchups and can make good play calls.

Thanks some of my thoughts. Any issues you guys see with my take?

I don’t expect to see much different. If the secondary can not bust more than a time or two, and if the OL finds their balls, it could be a close game. But I haven’t seen anything this whole year that makes me think both of those things will happen.