re: Oklahoma may have the most delusional fanbase

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He's a great QB, but it's not like he's revolutionizing the game of football here. Fran Tarkenton was extending plays with his legs 50 years ago.

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Mayfield is pretty damn similar to JFF.

line of scrimmage as always... I like both teams and have been high on GA all year.

OU OL is very solid/senior leadership is where I tilt the scales.

Unknown may be Lincoln Riley.. cool as a cucumber so far, but lets see how he does in crunch time on the big stage. Smart is a HC rookie as well, but I think he's a bit more battle tested on this level.

I like the set up for the semi's.. gonna be good watching.

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Bookmarked

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Why?

OK may completely dominate UGA. Doesn't make the comments less stupid.

Ohh, but they have beaten some SEC teams before.

OU DL=good not anything special. LB's are the strenghth

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Aggies usually don't play that well at home (which, according to my sources was a real sticking point with Sumlin).

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For me this was THE sticking point. 8 win average isn't horrible. The home record was way worse than horrible.

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Also, your team just isn't that good?? You only beat us because we have no quarterback and were missing our top three receivers and our top two running backs.

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Huh. I thought this was common knowledge, but apparently not. A&M won that game because SafetySam, father of SafetySam, my exceptionally good lookin' wife and I were there. ONLY reason. We enjoyed the visit, by the way. Especially the Hare Krishnas.

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Admit it, you just don't like Oklahoma.

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Your win over auburn the second time around wasn't even impressive because their best player, and the best player in the SEC clearly wasn't healthy. They've played tough defenses, you've played one decent offense and they crushed you.

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It's almost like you didn't watch either game. The au rb wasn't the key factor in either game.

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They're a rivalry, but it has nothing to do with it. It's objective.

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Well this is laughable, but sure... let's play...

Adjusted defensive efficiency... is adjusted for both starting field position and opponent offense faced... thus removing a good portion of the bias that you seem to want to avoid. The following is borrowed from another poster who did the math... I believe some updates to Fremau's numbers might have some of the rankings off by 1-2 places (I see Oklahoma at 61 instead of 59 for example), but generally speaking it's close enough for message board work:

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Oklahoma's adjusted defensive efficiency ranks them at 59th in the country. The three teams closest to that ranking which Georgia played this season are Florida at 45th, Georgia Tech at 49th, and Tennessee at 70th. Against those three teams, Georgia averaged 40.33 points per game, 414 total yards per game, 277.67 yards rushing per game, 0.67 turnovers per game, and allowed their opponent an average of 11.67 drives per game.

Georgia's adjusted defensive efficiency ranks them at 2nd in the country. The three teams closest to the ranking which Oklahoma played this season are Texas at 6th, Ohio State at 11th, and TCU at 14th. Against those three teams, Oklahoma averaged 34.75 points per game, 500.5 total yards per game, 174 yards rushing per game, 0.75 turnovers per game, and ran an average of 11.75 drives per game.

If the offensive averages for both teams against comparable defenses hold, Georgia wins this game. That means that the real question in this game is whether the weakest unit on the field, Oklahoma's defense, plays significantly better than expected. OU hasn't played a ball-control offense like Georgia. They also haven't played a team with a true, consistent, power-rushing attack like Georgia.

So, the real question in this game is not "Can Georgia slow down OU's offense?" but, rather, "Can OU slow down Georgia's offense?"

OU's defense played great against Ohio State but Ohio State has been more than a little bit up and down this season on offense. They'll need a similar effort and on-field result to that Ohio State game if they're going to beat Georgia.

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There is your objective look at the opponents... Do I think that predicts a definite UGA win? Of course not... Baker is a hell of an athlete and they've got a lot of talent on the offensive side of the ball. If we can limit scores to FGs more often than TDs for them and force a few three and outs, I like our chances to methodically drive it against their defense.

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There is your objective look at the opponents...

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Straws has no clue what that means

Honestly, it's been my experience that there is generally about 20% of every fanbase that is tolerable so it's not a surprise that you happen to have a bad experience. Ive only met maybe a few LSU fans but so far they have been pretty cool.