Saturday afternoon the 5th ranked Dawgs meet the Bizarro Dogs on the hallowed sod of Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium in a dog fight for mascot supremacy. Mississippi State comes in at 1-4 and losers of their last 4 games including a 35-13 loss to Texas in their last outing. On the surface, this game has the potential to get ugly quickly if the Dawgs come out focused. Let’s get to the preview.
When Georgia Has the Ball
Mississippi State has had trouble defending the run. Kirby loves to find a way to dominate the line of scrimmage and shorten these kind of games when a big game is next on the schedule. Can the Georgia offensive line find a way to get a consistent push up front to enable Trevor Etienne and the rest of the Georgia stable of backs to generate chunk plays in the run game. I do look at the team’s ability to generate a consistent run game as a potential harbinger for next week’s showdown in Austin.
When Mississippi State Has the Ball
Does Jeff Lebby try to shorten the game by trying to generate first downs with quick passing and QB run? Will he trust his freshman QB in what could be a hostile environment? This game would be one where it would be good for the Georgia front 7 to assert itself early and often. Given Elijah Griffin, one of the Dawgs’ remaining top targets, is supposed to be in Athens for his official visit, this would be a great time for the defensive line to show out.
What Will Happen
Unless the Dawgs make a lot of mistakes, the outcome of this game isn’t in question. Georgia should win comfortably. Given Kirby isn’t likely to run the score up and Lebby probably wants to get out of Athens with a respectable final score, I won’t be surprised for Georgia not to cover and the total to hit the under. I look for another solid but unspectacular win where the idiots behind me complain about Michael (Stipe) Bobo for 3 1/2 hours.
Final Score: Georgia 34, MSU 10
Understanding, you have to be, where your feet are, CKS will try to git out of this match up ASAP, with damage control the optimum goal, no injuries, using as few crayons in the play book as possible but build some confidence, some momentum towards next week….being UGA football HC ain’t easy….GO DAWGS!!
Go Dawgs!
Think that’s right, EE. But I don’t see a TD for Miss State. Going with 34-3.
Great assessment EE. I look for us to go up early and Etienne and Frazier(assuming he’s out of the dog house) to go over 100 yards each. I’m with DIA, I don’t see them scoring a touchdown, 34-3 feels right. GO DAWGS!
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