How does Alabama score on Georgia?

I don't think there was an offensive issue in the Cincinnati game; we ran the ball due to their defensive alignment and their outstanding CBs. That shortened the game and limited our scoring opportunities.

Biggest issue will be picking up blitzes / keeping pressure off Bryce. If we can do that, we'll win.

same way we did in SEC championship. Attack the secondary, go fast and get that dline tired. If they play man to man, have Bryce plan to take off and slide if he sees any green ahead of him.

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How does Alabama score on Georgia?

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Pretty easily, based on the last couple meetings.

up tempo, slants (be prepared to take a hit though), tight ends releasing down the middle of the field (most blitzes will come up the middle or the right side of our O line), a few BY draws (slide, do not take hits), stay ahead of the sticks (3rd and manageable situations), up tempo some more (no subs), PICK UP THEIR BLITZERS!!!

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He said Alabama wins if they score early and get ahead, because Georgia’s offense isn’t built to play catch up.

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He went out on a limb there. UGA jumped up 10-0 in the SECC game. We then went on a 17-0 scoring run. They are definitely not geared for catching up but experience has shown UGA can jump on us and still not win.

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If it’s a shoot out, Alabama scores 30+, can Bennett keep up?

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Bennett just had one of the best games of his career. 313 yards and 3 tds. That's after 340 and 3 tds against Bama. Those are his ONLY 300+ yard games this year and he's crossed 3 tds in 5 out of 13 games. I'd say it's unlikely. Given his SECC performance and the pressure it is more likely he will turn the ball over if they get behind.

Just for comparison, Bryce has thrown for 300+ nine times this season. He's thrown for fewer than 3 tds only four times. That's just damn impressive.

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Just curious what the board thinks were the issues in those games?

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The Oline and a lack of consistent hot read options. Either Bryce would not or could not find a safety valve.

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Have the issues been fixed? How does UGA defense/scheme compare?

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Probably not fixed given the Cincy game (unless we just held back), but UGA refused to sell out on pressuring Bryce until the second half. I expect them to crank it up early this time. We will find out if we are ready for it. Saban hinted as much in an interview after UGA finished off Michigan.

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he thought UGA defense looked gassed and out of shape in the championship game

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It's possible. I recall a certain year where we were scoring so much, even on D, that we seemed out of shape at the end of the year.
That being said, we ran hurry up and prevented their D from substituting. Jordan Davis looked like he was going to fall over dead. It was brilliant and aided by our ability to extend drives.

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I never see ‘Bama defenders tap out due to fatigue.

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That is an interesting observation. I know we rotate lineman when the offense subs but outside of injuries or garbage time I don't recall us subbing much.

The key to the game is the opposite- How does Georgia score on Alabama ?

The numero uno matchup is their offense vs our Defense.

Georgia is less diverse than Bama. It will be harder for them to do anything out of the norm- they are who they are. I think this favors Bama a great deal. They are easier to game plan for.

The great neutralizer for our defense is our pass rush. It is elite. A pass rush like Bamas can cause so many problems for the opposing offense. I think we can force them to play the style game we want them to play.

I think points will be hard to come by for uga. I see uga scoring nearly identical points in this game- 21 to 31 points. The danger zone being once they cross over 25 points, because I think with Metchie out we could possibly be held to under 30 points.

Bowers is a legitimate mismatch, but I think Bama will have a better plan, or at least at the minimum Branch is looking forward to having a better showing vs him.

We cant play to avoid BY contact in this game. We will have to have some designed QB runs, and BY will have to be more confident and assertive about his run opportunities. If he will play aggressive in the run game I think Bama wins. Bama needs more speed. A few touches for Leary, or at least his presence to help back the safeties up, and make it harder to bracket Jamo would be ideal, but for whatever reason we haven't seen any of that.

3 catches for 30 yards from the slot will not cut it in this game IMO. Maybe the TE's get more involved, or JoJo or Leary get a few shots, but there has to be a few plays up the seam.

Can Trey Sanders or Leary catch a few balls out of the backfield ? Desperately need to make their LB's think twice about being overly aggressive with that A gap blitz of theirs.

Getting their DL running side to side is optimal. Jamo did run a single jet sweep vs Cincinnati.

In the end the same things will win that always win.