re: SEC Championship Film Study - How Bama carved up Georgia's Defense

Auburn got to Bryce by running around RT repeatedly and, at the same time, pushing a 1 legged Darian Dalcourt (C) into the pocket. Even Kirby noted that what Auburn did was kind of its own thing because of crowd noise and different personel.

As for LSU, they just swarmed us with a defense that was quite literally the opposite of what they'd done all season. We were totally unprepared and didn't adjust at all.

The only game where a team really beat us with blitzes that we had prep for was A&M. And they did it a bunch and just whipped us with them. And most of those were over center.

Bryce is clearly at his worst when the defense collapsed a pocket around him or overwhelm us immediately. For one, it's hard for any QB to beat that. For two, he's short, and a collapsing pocket tightening in on him makes it really hard for him to see. That's why the Dalcourt issue against Auburn was such a big deal. If it was just a free rusher around end, Bryce is pretty good at avoiding and moving. If it's a free rush end AND pressure up the middle, he has shown he'll throw fading backwards and it leads to sailing throws and picks (Auburn and Cincy got one this way).