re: UGA vs USCe on paper

The South Carolina DL returns only FOUR SACKS (1 full sack, 6 assisted) from last year. That's it. This line as it exists now has produced basically nothing. And so anything you say about it now is a hope and a prayer based on expectations, recruiting rankings, and all the glowing reports you hear from practice. And believe me, everyone is hearing great things about practice right now.

The LB corp is legit. Against the run and pass. Very good players, should create havoc on everyone next year.

There are definite questions in the secondary, which returns very little experience, and the combined production of about 9 PBU and 2 INT. One player at UGA, Damian Swann, has almost as many pass break-ups last year (8) as USCe's entire returning secondary.

I still think that South Carolina has the better offensive line. But UGA's defense, as bad as it was, only allowed 3.7 yards per rush last year, while South Carolina's, which replaces their entire DL basically, gave up about 4.31 Yards per rush. I think that the game will be decided in that match up, and while USCe put up over 200 yards on the ground last year, I'm not sure if they will have the same success in 2014 without Connor Shaw and his 75 rushing yards on 16 attempts.

The biggest difference last year was Aaron Murray. USCe had no answer to his 309 yards and 4 TDs. I think that UGA will come back down to earth a bit in the passing department, because Mason is not Murray, and USCe will be a little weaker running, but overall, with all the coaching changes on defense, I think USCe, at home, will probably win as long as they don't get stoned on the LOS.