SEC Championship - Georgia V. Alabama

[Chad 1728]

UGA in a nutshell :

 

 

[Murfdogg21 4412]

3 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

I can get on board with this but it’s also stupid to treat a loss early in the season in a non-conference game as a “better” loss than a loss in a high stakes game for something meaningful. It’s penalizing the conferences that pit two good teams against each other and rewards ND for not playing in one. 

Some teams get better throughout the year, or had someone hurt that comes back, or maybe a backup was better than the starter and came on late. By December 3, you are who you are. Last night, UGA was 17 points worse on a neutral field. 

[956 Worldwide 34314]

3 minutes ago, Murfdogg21 said:

Some teams get better throughout the year, or had someone hurt that comes back, or maybe a backup was better than the starter and came on late. By December 3, you are who you are. Last night, UGA was 17 points worse on a neutral field. 

Yes, UGA was playing on a neutral field against a top 3 team. All the conference champions were playing a ranked team on a neutral field and showing who they were. ND wasn’t playing on December 3-4 so they didn’t get to show us. They can join a conference or STFU. As it stands, it’s hard to judge because they only played decent teams in September and October. 
 

The logic has to cut both ways. 

[TXSG8R 3355]

6 hours ago, G650 said:

I think its pretty clear after last night that UGAs "historically great defense " is actually just a very dominant run defending line that hasn't played a real passing attack until now.

Yes and no, their secondary is helped a lot by their tremendous pass rush. No secondary can cover forever.  Bama’s o-line kept Young clean most of the night and he escaped the pocket the few times he couldn’t find someone open. There just aren’t many teams in the country that have an O line that can go toe to toe with those guys. 

[G650 13990]

1 minute ago, TXSG8R said:

Yes and no, their secondary is helped a lot by their tremendous pass rush. No secondary can cover forever.  Bama’s o-line kept Young clean most of the night and he escaped the pocket the few times he couldn’t find someone open. There just aren’t many teams in the country that have an O line that can go toe to toe with those guys. 

It's not that. It's Kirby Smart's inability to produce dynamic rushers which has gone back to his Alabama days. It's the same old song, stifling run defense with monster lineman. It was the source of some real friction before he left since Saban recognized the need for improvement in the rush. Jeremy Pruitt was a massive upgrade in this regard.

 

The other issue is Georgia was just outright a step slow in the secondary. Nothing to do with pass protection, they just flat out got beat.

[bornbama1 106]

14 hours ago, G650 said:

It's not that. It's Kirby Smart's inability to produce dynamic rushers which has gone back to his Alabama days. It's the same old song, stifling run defense with monster lineman. It was the source of some real friction before he left since Saban recognized the need for improvement in the rush. Jeremy Pruitt was a massive upgrade in this regard.

 

The other issue is Georgia was just outright a step slow in the secondary. Nothing to do with pass protection, they just flat out got beat.

True, "3rd and Kirby" became a thing at Bama long before Smart left for UGA.

[Wally Pryor 5240]

Metchie loss is so big. Young's security blanket.  It will magnify the importance of working on increased immersion of Brooks, Holden and Earle (sounds like he will be back) into things. Bolden and Williams are the known commodities at WR. These other guys have to step up. Fortunately, Bama has 3+ weeks to get there. I've no doubt it will. 

 

[Wally Pryor 5240]

On the subject of the WRs this is crazy and speaks to Saban's offensive adaptation over the years....

 

Number of wide receivers picked in the top 15 of the drafts between 2011 and 2021:

-Alabama: 6

-Ohio State, Michigan, Florida, Florida State, Oregon, Oklahoma, Miami, Texas, Texas Tech and Penn State combined: 0

 

[tbone_ 14020]

On the subject of the WRs this is crazy and speaks to Saban's offensive adaptation over the years....

 

Number of wide receivers picked in the top 15 of the drafts between 2011 and 2021:

-Alabama: 6

-Ohio State, Michigan, Florida, Florida State, Oregon, Oklahoma, Miami, Texas, Texas Tech and Penn State combined: 0

 

Geez

[G650 13990]

Lol

[Bama Chick 28596]

Is this where I say “WRU”??

[Bama Chick 28596]