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SEC Championship Film Study - How Bama carved up Georgia's Defense
Posted on 1/6/22 at 8:58 pm
Posted on 1/6/22 at 8:58 pm
So, a rare non troll post on this board.
This guy does a excellent job of breaking down Bama's Offense play by play up until the Stetson Pick Six (end of game in his mind, mine as well).
First off...
1. Yes it's an hour long.
2. No, I don't expect many to watch it.
Synopsis...
1. Bryce Young did an excellent job of making pre snap reads of Georgia's Defense and exploiting their mistakes.
2. Bryce made something out of nothing a few times. Basically made plays by improvising and being a playmaker.
3. Georgia played poorly and out of character. Lots of blown coverages and missed tackles that weren't the norm for them (apparently he has done several film studys on them this season). This was probably his biggest point.
4. Bama gassed them in the long run. Basically because of the success of points 1, 2, and 3... the Georgia D ended up on the field so much they were gassed by the end of the first half.
5. Georgia did do the stuff Auburn, LSU, etc did... as far as blitzes etc. He says maybe they even did too much as far as throwing out different looks and that's what led to the mistakes and blown coverages.
Anyway. Worth the watch if you like film breakdown for sure.
My take away from it is... If Georigia cleans up their mistakes, plays well, and doesn't choke basically.... they can definitely win it. And it will take another great game by Bryce for us to win it.
Youtube Link
This guy does a excellent job of breaking down Bama's Offense play by play up until the Stetson Pick Six (end of game in his mind, mine as well).
First off...
1. Yes it's an hour long.
2. No, I don't expect many to watch it.
Synopsis...
1. Bryce Young did an excellent job of making pre snap reads of Georgia's Defense and exploiting their mistakes.
2. Bryce made something out of nothing a few times. Basically made plays by improvising and being a playmaker.
3. Georgia played poorly and out of character. Lots of blown coverages and missed tackles that weren't the norm for them (apparently he has done several film studys on them this season). This was probably his biggest point.
4. Bama gassed them in the long run. Basically because of the success of points 1, 2, and 3... the Georgia D ended up on the field so much they were gassed by the end of the first half.
5. Georgia did do the stuff Auburn, LSU, etc did... as far as blitzes etc. He says maybe they even did too much as far as throwing out different looks and that's what led to the mistakes and blown coverages.
Anyway. Worth the watch if you like film breakdown for sure.
My take away from it is... If Georigia cleans up their mistakes, plays well, and doesn't choke basically.... they can definitely win it. And it will take another great game by Bryce for us to win it.
Youtube Link
This post was edited on 1/6/22 at 9:08 pm
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Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:05 pm to NATidefan
I got a poopy feeling Bryce chokes just enough for the UGA dub. He made beating UGA look easy last time and I can assure you it won’t be that easy again.
But we ridin Roll Tide
But we ridin Roll Tide
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:06 pm to NATidefan
I agree that the first game came down to UGA making a handful of very costly, uncharacteristic mistakes.
The question for me is whether those mistakes were due to being stressed by an offense for the first time all season (if so, those mistakes won’t be so easy to clean up) or if it was just general sloppiness. The other major factor to me is whether or not Bama can duplicate the clean game we played up front in the SECCG. Our ability to protect Bryce and for Bryce to improvise was what allowed those uncharacteristic mistakes to unfold.
The question for me is whether those mistakes were due to being stressed by an offense for the first time all season (if so, those mistakes won’t be so easy to clean up) or if it was just general sloppiness. The other major factor to me is whether or not Bama can duplicate the clean game we played up front in the SECCG. Our ability to protect Bryce and for Bryce to improvise was what allowed those uncharacteristic mistakes to unfold.
This post was edited on 1/6/22 at 9:09 pm
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:08 pm to Tuscaloosa
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The question for me is whether or not those mistakes were due to being stressed by an offense for the first time all season (if so, those mistakes won’t be so easy to clean up), and whether or not Bama can duplicate the clean game we played up front in the SECCG.
Ding ding ding. And we just won't know until Monday night. There isn't a comparative out there to point to because, through no fault of their own, Georgia hadn't played another offense that is even remotely comparable in terms of how they can stress the Georgia defense.
Is it a fatal flaw? Was it just a bad game that snowballed? Or is it a little of both?
We'll find out Monday. Not much else to banter about it honestly.
This post was edited on 1/6/22 at 9:09 pm
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:10 pm to Tuscaloosa
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due to being stressed by an offense for the first time all season
But where was that offense most of the season? Can BOB do it again?
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:11 pm to 1BIGTigerFan
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But where was that offense most of the season?
I mean we were a Top 5 offense in basically every metric all year. We weren't great every game, but we were great in a lot of games.
The only 2 games we were truly bad on offense were LSU and Auburn.
LSU basically ran an entirely new defense than they had the entire season that we clearly had not prepared for, along with our center getting hurt eearly. We never were able to adjust.
Auburn repeatedly abused our backup RT and hobbled C and took advantage of the environment forcing silent counts, all 3 of which we fixed at halftime and moved the ball pretty well afterwards.
And, in general, we were replacing almost the entire offense and the OC from the prior year.
This post was edited on 1/6/22 at 9:16 pm
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:13 pm to 1BIGTigerFan
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But where was that offense most of the season? Can BOB do it again?
Most of the season? It was there. We averaged over 41 PPG. Our offensive line played inconsistently all year - especially against LSU & Auburn, and was never dominant in the run game.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:15 pm to NATidefan
BY played his arse off. Crazy good performance
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:26 pm to armtackledawg
The Florida, LSU and Auburn games gave us hope. We should know better by now. Doesn’t matter what Bama did all year, we will see the national championship version again.
The most demoralizing loss since…well, since all the other times they beat us
The most demoralizing loss since…well, since all the other times they beat us
Posted on 1/6/22 at 11:29 pm to NATidefan
They inserted Poole when he never played real snaps 4 seasons into his career. Beginning of the experiment with the secondary.
Smith had a bone bruise and walk on Jackson had to play more snaps.
Cine is a box safety strictly and Bama made him turn hips in deep coverage. He was the one that blew two tds to Williams.
Bama attacked all these dudes to varying degrees. Also Kendrick didn't play his best game.
UGA can't really hide these guys. The front 7 must dominate to give them a chance. Adam Anderson was the wildcard for that happening.
I think Metchie scared them so much they wanted to insert Poole out of nowhere.
Smith had a bone bruise and walk on Jackson had to play more snaps.
Cine is a box safety strictly and Bama made him turn hips in deep coverage. He was the one that blew two tds to Williams.
Bama attacked all these dudes to varying degrees. Also Kendrick didn't play his best game.
UGA can't really hide these guys. The front 7 must dominate to give them a chance. Adam Anderson was the wildcard for that happening.
I think Metchie scared them so much they wanted to insert Poole out of nowhere.
Posted on 1/7/22 at 12:25 am to SummerOfGeorge
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The only 2 games we were truly bad on offense were LSU and Auburn.
This makes sense, since that's the only two games (besides SEC CG) of yours I watched.
Posted on 1/7/22 at 12:29 am to NATidefan
It’s not a huge mystery. UGA got cute on D and tried to run exotic zone blitzes confusing our secondary, Alabama has really good receivers, Young played out of his mind and made plays even when our D was in position.
ETA: and Bamas o line played really well.
ETA: and Bamas o line played really well.
This post was edited on 1/7/22 at 12:36 am
Posted on 1/7/22 at 8:09 am to Tuscaloosa
Awesome breakdown. I was one who questioned why UGA didn't bring the heat and I was wrong.
quote:As others have already said, "THIS". Pulling Bama out of their schedule, UGA has faced composite passing offenses of 75. Conversely, their schedule was loaded with strong rushing teams at a composite of 48. We moved them out of their comfort zone. I do believe they can correct it to an extent. Having BRob fully healthy is huge. Hopefully we have someone step up into Metchie's performance this go around..
The question for me is whether those mistakes were due to being stressed by an offense for the first time all season
Posted on 1/7/22 at 8:12 am to Tuscaloosa
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The question for me is whether those mistakes were due to being stressed by an offense for the first time all season (if so, those mistakes won’t be so easy to clean up) or if it was just general sloppiness. The other major factor to me is whether or not Bama can duplicate the clean game we played up front in the SECCG. Our ability to protect Bryce and for Bryce to improvise was what allowed those uncharacteristic mistakes to unfold.
I get the gut feeling Bama needs lightning to strike twice,(again) in Indy. If UGA doesn't play their worst game of the season, then that ups the odds that Bama will (again) have to play positively inspired football to beat them.
Posted on 1/7/22 at 8:42 am to VoxDawg
I think Alabama is starting to get some of those intangible factors again though. It seems that most of the nation believes they're going to lose to Georgia. It isn't going to be as strong of an intangible in Alabama's favor as last time because Georgia has their own redemptive intangibles.
Really, I think this game is sort of a litmus test on where the sport has gone. Alabama probably has the three best players on the field but Georgia likely fills up the majority of the next 10-15 on such a list. Nobody would've guessed this would be the case in 2013 but if Alabama wins this natty then we've seen the full transition of the college game becoming basketball on grass. No longer is college football a chiefly team game about sound team defense and running the ball with an error adverse QB. It is a game where you need a big time point guard type QB, a mismatch skill player to compliment that QB, and an elite individual mismatch pass rusher who will break the opponent down just enough that they struggle to keep pace.
Essentially, was 2015 Alabama the end of era in college sports or have we just been in a particularly novel and fleeting run in the sport where basically every champion followed the elite QB + porous yet big play creating defense model?
Really, I think this game is sort of a litmus test on where the sport has gone. Alabama probably has the three best players on the field but Georgia likely fills up the majority of the next 10-15 on such a list. Nobody would've guessed this would be the case in 2013 but if Alabama wins this natty then we've seen the full transition of the college game becoming basketball on grass. No longer is college football a chiefly team game about sound team defense and running the ball with an error adverse QB. It is a game where you need a big time point guard type QB, a mismatch skill player to compliment that QB, and an elite individual mismatch pass rusher who will break the opponent down just enough that they struggle to keep pace.
Essentially, was 2015 Alabama the end of era in college sports or have we just been in a particularly novel and fleeting run in the sport where basically every champion followed the elite QB + porous yet big play creating defense model?
This post was edited on 1/7/22 at 8:47 am
Posted on 1/7/22 at 9:22 am to NATidefan
I can do it in one sentence.
No pressure on QB.
No pressure on QB.
Posted on 1/7/22 at 9:28 am to NATidefan
I just hope we play smarter (ie-less mental mistakes on defense), and mistake free on offense (ie-less TOs)
Now that is easier said than done but I believe we can do it, hopefully for me, i am right :-)
Now that is easier said than done but I believe we can do it, hopefully for me, i am right :-)
Posted on 1/7/22 at 9:29 am to NATidefan
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If Georigia cleans up their mistakes, plays well, and doesn't choke basically.... they can definitely win it.
That's asking too much
Posted on 1/7/22 at 9:43 am to NATidefan
5. Georgia did do the stuff Auburn, LSU, etc did... as far as blitzes etc. He says maybe they even did too much as far as throwing out different looks and that's what led to the mistakes and blown coverages.
Based on what others have said, if we did, we didn't do it enough. If we brought five we had success. Four or less, we did not. That's been documented in three different articles by three different writers.
Based on what others have said, if we did, we didn't do it enough. If we brought five we had success. Four or less, we did not. That's been documented in three different articles by three different writers.
Posted on 1/7/22 at 9:54 am to koreandawg
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5. Georgia did do the stuff Auburn, LSU, etc did... as far as blitzes etc. He says maybe they even did too much as far as throwing out different looks and that's what led to the mistakes and blown coverages.
Based on what others have said, if we did, we didn't do it enough. If we brought five we had success. Four or less, we did not. That's been documented in three different articles by three different writers.
People act like TAMU, LSU, and Auburn were blitzing 5+ every down. While each brought pressure a lot more than they put on tape in 2021, they also had a lot of success with simulated pressure where they showed 5+ pressures but only brought 4 (sometimes with an overload to one side).
I think Smart tried too hard to copycat pressures Alabama didn't handle well this season and played right into Saban's plan. They expected Smart to copycat and were well prepared for what they'd failed to do on tape throughout the season.
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