What adjustments did Georgia make at halftime to slow down Bama in second half?

One was they brought more guys and forced Milroe to throw quick to contested receivers . They knew they couldn’t cover our WRs for too long .

While our offense didn't come out of the locker room at half, our defense was just atrocious as well. Georgia Didn't miss a 4th down conversion all night. That was extremely infuriating.

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While our offense didn't come out of the locker room at half, our defense was just atrocious as well. Georgia Didn't miss a 4th down conversion all night. That was extremely infuriating.

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The 4th down conversions were hard to watch, because ultimately the defense was playing pretty solid and forcing the 4th down, but just couldn't get a stop. Then they just got gassed and the bottom fell out. That said, I thought we were pretty conservative defensively on their 4th down plays. The first few times, I get it... But it eventually got to a point where I was like "send the house".

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Shut down the outside runs that were killing them early. Forced everything inside, but the run game never adjusted for some reason.

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Let’s be clear: that was the #1 FEI defense in the country.

They hadn’t allowed a single TD in 4 games.

They have Kirby, Schumann and Muschamp all involved with the defense. It’s probably the best defensive staff in CFB since Saban / Kirby / etc.

The story isn’t that they made adjustments in the second half.

The story offensively is that Bama put up 41 against UGA.

The story is that for a half Kalen DeBoer made Kirby Smart look like an absolute fool. Absent a fluke INT and an obvious missed PI call UGA is down 44-7 early in the 3rd quarter.

Make no mistake, opposing coaches and intelligent fans throughout the SEC are waking up terrified that Bama just hired another outstanding coach.

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The story is both.

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41 points.

If they’d put them together evenly over two halves maybe it would make you feel better, but the offense wasn’t a problem last night, it was a massive strength.

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The 4th down conversions were hard to watch, because ultimately the defense was playing pretty solid

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With out negative plays...it's difficult to keep a team from gaining 10; yds over 4 plays. Much lessa team that is unbeaten over 3 yrs in reg season. If Bama were up 10 Kirby punts on 4th /6 ..but that drive where 9 plays drive and UGa got to their own 45....that's the defense in a slug fest.

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but the offense wasn’t a problem last night, it was a massive strength.

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I could see how you'd think that if you didn't watch the second half. There's Kool Aid, and then there's whatever you're drinking. When did this board become overrun with sunshine pumpers that dont allow accurate analysis ? You guys are the death of intelligent conversation.

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There's Kool Aid, and then there's whatever you're drinking. When did this board become overrun with sunshine pumpers that dont allow accurate analysis ? You guys are the death of intelligent conversation.

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Really? Since you are the auditor of intelligent conversation, lets take a look at your recent posts.

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Best game Milroe ever played. Ball is out on time, accurate, all levels

Making good decisions at the mesh

Milroe looks amazing.

DeBoer is an ELITE play caller. Best game plan seen in forever

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That was you last night.

So, what gives PowHound? Drinking the koolaid, pumping sunshine, or bipolar and hungover?

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I could see how you'd think that if you didn't watch the second half. There's Kool Aid, and then there's whatever you're drinking.

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I did watch the second half. You are just talking about the game as if the first half didn’t happen. If you just want to talk specific scheme adjustments I get it and am onboard.

My frustration has to do with some posters who seem to be complaining about the offense overall as though it was a bad night just because we had 11 in a half which I think is absolute madness.

The reduced output was in large part because UGA was sustaining drives by risking the game every series by going for it, but ultimately converting 4th downs to kill our offensive rhythm and bleed clock. Had the defense gotten a single 4th down stop in the 2nd half the game was over and we probably add another TD due to outstanding field position.

Yes they took away the edge in the second half after we baffled them with new sets and scripted drives in the first half. IMO our offensive output wasn’t actually sustainable because once they saw the new looks they could adjust to it with elite personnel and coaching.

And make no mistake their adjustments were a masterclass in defensive football IMO. Obviously they committed to taking away the outside edge, but they were rolling different looks at Milroe that were taking away some of what he was comfortable with. I’ll point out that even with that he had a TE bobble a pass that ended up as an INT at the goal line and a drive killed by an obvious missed PI call. What was a 41 point night easily could’ve been 51 or more.

They got a bit exotic at times. On one 3rd and long they had 5 defenders in a line at the yard to gain marker. It’s still not clear to me who was man and who was zone on that coverage without watching a replay and Milroe obviously didn’t know either resulting in an incomplete pass.

But as far as kool aid goes we tied our record for most points scored against UGA. One that was originally set by arguably the best offense in CFB history. If im a sunshine pumper for defending the offense on a day they were tying records, what does that make you?