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Posted on 10/29/17 at 3:58 pm to
Posted by ConwayGamecock
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Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 10/29/17 at 3:58 pm to
This is the problem with USC teams, and it dates back over several staffs: getting the team to buy in for games, especially on the road, and just simply bring it. Get fired up and aggressive, show passion on every play, and bring the house.

We had defenses like that for 2-3 years under Spurrier, when we had all that defensive talent at once. They played with swagger and were almost reckless in how they did it. They had opposing OLs and QBs scared to play against them.

That's a rarity for the history of our program. Especially when the team goes on the road and plays in the other team's stadiums.

Now, with this rivalry, its a little more hyped up because of so many GA players that typically play for USC, and how close both programs are logistically. USC tends to get a bit more fired up to play UGA regardless where it is, than they do against other opponents, minus Clemson of course.

IMO, it will cmoe down more to our LBs behind the DL, than the DL. UGA passes the least of any SEC offense these days, relying on their run game predominantly. They sort of took the Alabama mindset in how they run their offense, but they don't have the receivers Bama does.

UGA doesn't allow much TFL or sacks, so I don't expect our DL to produce much in those areas. We need to keep our LBs from getting tied up on the blocks from UGA's OL who get past our DL to engage them. Our LBs need to do their best job of identifying the gaps and meeting Chubb and Michel at the point of contact, at the LOS. Otherwise, UGA's run game will gask us more than their QB will...
Posted by Porter Osborne Jr
Member since Sep 2012
40195 posts
Posted on 10/29/17 at 5:39 pm to
Very true about the LBs. UF was able to fit the gaps but three times they shot the wrong gap and gave up long tds. Other times the back was good enough to bend or bounce outside for long runs. We were also able to run RPO successfully several times for big gains.
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