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By philosophy and design, Kirby Smart’s defense is designed to stop the running game first and then the deep ball. It makes perfect sense in a league where the typical style is run, run, deep shot. We’ve discussed the personnel choices he’s made in terms of trading size for speed. But I wanted to look in more detail. I’ve seen Georgia play several times this season but only payed close attention to their SEC CG appearance. No sane person is going to compare Texas to Bama today so I went back and watched some of their other games against the stronger teams on the rest of their schedule. It would be hard to argue that there is higher average talent among the group of Florida, Auburn, Kentucky, Missouri and LSU than at Texas so this seems like a reasonable comp. Most of my observations are based on those games. Georgia’s defense usually does an excellent job shutting down the ground game between the tackles. It displays some weakness vs off tackle runs, especially cutbacks outside once the LBs step to fill inside gaps and significant weakness against run game extensions to the perimeter. In pass defense they rarely get beaten deep but often have trouble with intermediate routes, especially off play action and with covering the flats. The 4i-0-4i front is commonly used (both Texas and Georgia do it). It puts 5 defenders (3 DL and 2 ILBs) inside the OTs. That has a distinct tendency to shut down interior running since it commits 3 guys to clog the A gaps. The inside shade on the OT does allow that man to block down on the DE to stop flow to the outside, which helps to explain the soft spot off tackle. It's risky to pull an OG against this front since the 4i DE can just follow the puller to the ball, so a good blocking TE/H-back is very valuable against this front. Against a pure running team like UK, Smart played a lot of 5 man fronts to set the edge, provide backside pursuit and contain but that will be tough to do if he goes nickel against the Horns. Coverage emphasizes mixed looks that usually end up with cover 3 or quarters to stop vertical routes. Good design to stop big plays; not so great against teams that throw a lot of intermediate routes 10-15 yds downfield. Combine a mobile Texas QB with the worst pass rush in the SEC and those safeties are often going to spend a lot of time far downfield with LBs trying to cover the intermediate stuff. Being forced to cover longer gets every level dropping deeper, which helps to explain Georgia’s problems defending the flats. Safties covering Duvernay and CJ deep, LBs trying not to lose LJ dropping 10-12 yds off the LOS. Who does that leave when Beck, Ingram or Watson releases to the flats or a short crossing route? Even without a delayed release, UGa had trouble covering receivers out of the backfield, both RBs and motion WRs. I’ve often been told I am extreme OCD. My sister says I really put the first 4 letters in analyst. But everyone should go with their strengths.

I’m way more bummed about mike Williams than Peyton Powell.

Sanders and McCoy are coming to Texas. Powell isn't flipping. Leal is. My wife is waking me up with a blowy on January 1. And Texas will beat the shit out of Georgia.

What would it take for you to even consider the rational possibility? The strain it takes for you to bend logic in the face of overwhelming and undeniable evidence is actually pretty remarkable. To me, it just seems Trump has become white peoples OJ. His guilt isn’t the point, it’s that all of them are angry.

What they don't understand is that for a lot of us, Donald Trump is at the top of the GOP ticket for the rest of their careers. I'll be voting as if that were true.

Jesus christ you’re a fucking moron

I really want Glass. An injury prone running back with that last name? Sign me the fuck up.

The most logical players are Johnson and Hookfin. Both positions of need for Texas. The 9.95 guys are trying to lead you to believe its a Sanders type recruit and I just doubt it.

Dibs. I’ll grab a shovel

You don't know why a grown woman wouldn't want worldwide attention on her sexual abuse as a teenager? Are you awake? Hello? Christine Blasey Ford still can't go home and has had to move repeatedly after getting constant death threats. Hello?

Just to further indulge my own lunacy, though... Sanders and Cain are roommates at IMG. If Sanders has told Cain over the last week or so that he's planning on picking Texas, it would explain Cain dropping Texas out of his lists, making PSU his "leader," and deciding to take another OV to someplace like Tennessee.

Thanks, LotusHorn.

My daughter lives in Durham, NC. Last week she was at an event and ran into an aggy ring wearing female. My daughter commented to the girl that she saw that she attended the school for the aggy. That prompted the girl to begin to extol the virtues of the school, etc. My daughter enjoyed a few minutes of this comedy routine and finally said, "Well, I graduated from Texas". This ended the routine and the girl meekly slithered away. She had been outed.

Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the butt boy in your first half hour posting on Surly, then you ARE the butt boy.

Good piece from mUTha hustla: https://www.muthahustla.com/single-post/2018/12/11/We-made-it-First-year

Politics aside, he's always been a piece of human excrement. He's a cartoon character version of a NYC businessman who was best known for adultery, bankruptcy, reality television, and a distinct lack of class. The fact that he's a racist protectionist with a combination of either ill conceived or extinct political opinions is just icing on the cake.

THOTs and prayers.

OKAY, COOL. HOOK EM!

Wait I thought @Fozzz assured us she was just a lobbyist

Odd they didn't choose the greater Bryan area.

What the hell? HE destroyed his marriage, HE cost himself every job he's ever had, and now he is paying the cost. Karma rarely comes around to those who are so shitty, but he earned his trip down to cleaning toilets. He has also been a complete troll and asshole on the internet and deserves whatever the intertubes dish out.

Makes sense. I use a Kroger card to receive savings on my groceries. I also make monthly payments on my car. Therefore Kroger is actually paying for my car. Thanks Kroger.

Usually that doesn't happen to a thread until you show up.

Meh...you never know what is going on in someone else's life. I'll give a 19 year old kid the benefit of the doubt when he's probably overwhelmed as fuck.

It’s that type of business acumen that allows you to bankrupt casinos.

The word is "subtweeting."

"Be sure to eat your Trump Steaks"? A crummy commercial? SONOFABITCH!

quality:

yeah, that nra money is going to bring down more than the nra, i reckon. this, to me, is a bigger story than just trump. there's a reason so many congress critters ran for the hills.

YEAH

It's Sanders, alright. Just, not the one we were expecting.

I don't think he's trying.

EJ is saying that he’s not going to change his crystal balls because certain recruitments are sensitive. But he did add that next week “should be fun”

Have to have some way to refer to your mom when she's across the room.

So, like Vic Mackey?

"Thing Big" is what your mom calls me, too.

Jared’s been cockblocking him for too long.

I hate myself for reading this sentence and knowing exactly what it means.