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Georgia/LSU 2019 compared to Georgia/Alabama 2020
Posted on 10/19/20 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 10/19/20 at 12:48 pm
Outside of Auburn in the rain, Georgia played LSU probably about as well as anybody else defensively last year before the dam broke in the 2nd half. I think you'll see a similar story with Alabama this year.
2019 Georgia Defense vs LSU
- 17 first-half points
- 255 first-half yards
- 481 total yards
- 6.50 Yards Per Play
2020 Georgia Defense vs Alabama
- 20 first-half points
- 298 first-half yards
- 564 total yards
- 7.42 Yards Per Play
Beating a dead horse here, but with the rules the way they are and the athletes running around, a great defense will not beat a great offense (outside of one who can collapse the pocket quickly and with 4 guys).
And Georgia's defense was very good last year and is excellent this year.
2019 Georgia Defense vs LSU
- 17 first-half points
- 255 first-half yards
- 481 total yards
- 6.50 Yards Per Play
2020 Georgia Defense vs Alabama
- 20 first-half points
- 298 first-half yards
- 564 total yards
- 7.42 Yards Per Play
Beating a dead horse here, but with the rules the way they are and the athletes running around, a great defense will not beat a great offense (outside of one who can collapse the pocket quickly and with 4 guys).
And Georgia's defense was very good last year and is excellent this year.
This post was edited on 10/19/20 at 1:32 pm
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Posted on 10/19/20 at 12:50 pm to SummerOfGeorge
You better duck because one million LSU fans are heading this way to tell you how much better their offense was last year than ours is this year and how the numbers you posted don't really matter.
Posted on 10/19/20 at 12:50 pm to SummerOfGeorge
UGA was never in the LSU game. UGA was in the Bama game until Stet started throwing int’s and a questionable PI call turned a FG into a TD.
Posted on 10/19/20 at 12:51 pm to atlanta917
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UGA was never in the LSU game. UGA was in the Bama game until Stet started throwing int’s and a questionable PI call turned a FG into a TD.
That has more to do with the fact that the LSU defense had found their footing and gotten healthy by that point in the season and was playing very well compared to an Alabama defense that is about as average as possible.
This post was edited on 10/19/20 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 10/19/20 at 12:52 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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That has more to do with the fact that the LSU defense had found their footing by that point and was playing very well compared to an Alabama defense that is about as average as possible.
Idk. I think it’s more that Monken is just a better OC than Coley. UGA also had better WR’s against Bama compared to zero WR’s against LSU. Pickens didn’t play til the second half, Cager was hurt, and Blaylock went down in the first quarter. UGA was playing their 4th and 5th string WR’s against LSU.
This post was edited on 10/19/20 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 10/19/20 at 12:52 pm to atlanta917
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Also Monken is just a better OC than Coley
Night and day for sure. He's done a really nice job.
This post was edited on 10/19/20 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 10/19/20 at 12:55 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Night and day for sure. He's done a really nice job
Agreed. Hopefully JTD gets healthy over the bye so we can see the offense with a QB who can stretch the field against Kentucky. Stet did a great job filling in with limited reps, but he wasn’t beating bama.
Posted on 10/19/20 at 12:58 pm to TheTideMustRoll
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You better duck because one million LSU fans are heading this way to tell you how much better their offense was last year than ours is this year and how the numbers you posted don't really matter.
The only real difference is at QB. We'll find out how large that margin really is as the season goes on
Posted on 10/19/20 at 1:01 pm to LSUsuperfresh
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The only real difference is at QB. We'll find out how large that margin really is as the season goes on
I think the biggest difference is that LSU's offensive line last year was very good run blocking and pretty average pass blocking. However, Joe was a fvckin savant of a pocket operator and avoided the rush so well that it really was a moot point.
Mac has one of the best pass-blocking offensive lines (and RB) I've ever seen, so he isn't forced/needed to do that stuff Burrow did. If he was, we wouldn't be quite as good because almost nobody can do the stuff on the move Burrow did.
Posted on 10/19/20 at 1:02 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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(outside of one who can collapse the pocket quickly and with 4 guys)
This is why they need to start calling offensive holding with more regularity
Posted on 10/19/20 at 1:03 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Uga was one of the few games we couldn’t really run the ball, which wasn’t that big a deal since we had Burrow and those receivers.
Posted on 10/19/20 at 1:03 pm to Crowknowsbest
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This is why they need to start calling offensive holding with more regularity
Absolutely agree - it has destroyed pass rushes and in turn really made it even more difficult on defenses. But they clearly made a decision 2-3 years ago that outside of clear tackles on the edge they are never calling holding in the trenches.
Posted on 10/19/20 at 1:05 pm to SummerOfGeorge
2018 Clemson did although they certainly qualified as a defense "who can collapse the pocket quickly with 4 guys".
Posted on 10/19/20 at 1:06 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Absolutely agree - it has destroyed pass rushes and in turn really made it even more difficult on defenses. But they clearly made a decision 2-3 years ago that outside of clear tackles on the edge they are never calling holding in the trenches.
I think that’s the biggest single change they could make to give defenses a fighting chance. It is nearly impossible to get consistent pressure on the QB without blitzing, which leads to DBs being even further exposed with the rules already heavily slanted toward WRs in the back end.
Posted on 10/19/20 at 1:07 pm to TheTideMustRoll
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You better duck because one million LSU fans are heading this way to tell you how much better their offense was last year than ours is this year and how the numbers you posted don't really matter.
Last year eats at you
Posted on 10/19/20 at 1:07 pm to SummerOfGeorge
To be fair, LSU turned it off at about midpoint in the 3rd quarter, once they got the 27-3 lead. The only reason they scored another TD is because Stingley picked Fromm off.
Posted on 10/19/20 at 1:08 pm to dhuck20
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To be fair, LSU turned it off at about midpoint in the 3rd quarter, once they got the 27-3 lead.
Yea, I didn't have the exact number in front of me, but my assumption was their yardage would have been more similar had the game been as close for as long as the Alabama/Georgia game was.
Posted on 10/19/20 at 1:09 pm to Crowknowsbest
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I think that’s the biggest single change they could make to give defenses a fighting chance. It is nearly impossible to get consistent pressure on the QB without blitzing, which leads to DBs being even further exposed with the rules already heavily slanted toward WRs in the back end.
Agree - and it's the easiest one to flip back on without a bunch of huge rule changes (linemen downfield, hits on receivers, etc).
Officials know holds they used to call that they don't know when they see them.
Posted on 10/19/20 at 1:10 pm to Bench McElroy
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2018 Clemson did although they certainly qualified as a defense "who can collapse the pocket quickly with 4 guys".
I don't think the 2018 Clemson defense would have stopped the 2019 LSU or 2020 Alabama offenses, at least not the extent they did 2018 Alabama (who still had over 440 yards but just couldn't convert in the red zone).
The 2018 Alabama offense was based on simplistic schemes that Clemson did a great job of figuring out and attacking. The offenses run by Alabama and LSU the last 2 years are far more advanced and difficult to defend than that one was.
JMHO
This post was edited on 10/19/20 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 10/19/20 at 1:17 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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That has more to do with the fact that the LSU defense had found their footing and gotten healthy by that point in the season and was playing very well compared to an Alabama defense that is about as average as possible.
The MAC ATTACK, coming to an arena near you soon!.
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