re: How long does Tua hold the ball?

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My guess is Kirby tries to keep everything in front, mush rush and have targeted run and pass blitzes. Mix and match zone and pressures, pattern matching and all that.

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I agree. That is his MO.

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Honestly, I think the biggest thing Georgia has to do first is make sure we aren't running well. And that's hard too because if you guess wrong with a run pressure it could be toast.

It'll be interesting.

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I don't know how we will approach Bama. You are supposing that we play Bama straight up.

I am almost of the impression that we play to stop the big play (passing attack) and force Tua to slow things down and make long drives. That leaves us vulnerable to the run. But avoiding the big run has been one of our strengths.

We played Mizzou with our nickel defense even when they had a tight end. They were able to run the ball, but Lock had one of his worst days. Lowest qb rating on the season. We won the game easily despite allowing rushing yards and 4 rushing TDs.

Bama's run game is better. Our coaching staff knew Missouri wasn't going to beat us 1 dimensional by just running the ball. That may not translate to Bama as well.

One difference in our defense since Missouri is the emergence of a true nose tackle (true freshman Jordan davis). It definitely will help a nickel look keep linemen off our linebackers.