Georgia and Alabama get together on Saturday night under the lights and between the hedges of Sanford Stadium. Is this the biggest regular season game of Kirby Smart’s career? Can Kalen DeBoer hold off the wolves in T-town? It has all the makings of a classic between the 2 best programs in the SEC (sorry, Texass). Let’s get to the first look.
Series record
Alabama leads 44-26-4 and has a 2-game winning streak in the series.
Last meeting
In probably one of the best regular season games of the 21st century, Alabama clips Georgia in Bryant-Denny 41-34. Everyone knows what happened. The Dawgs come back from a 30-7 halftime deficit to take the lead just to see Ryan Williams make a huge play for the game winner. The Dawgs then drive the length of the field to throw an interception in the end zone.
I still haven’t watched it.
Gambling degenerate facts
Georgia is a 3.5 point favorite with a point total of 52.5. The Dawgs are currently a -150 favorite on the money line.
Interesting statistic: 2-4 – Alabama’s road record to date under Kalen DeBoer
When you throw in the bowl loss to Michigan, the Tide is 1-5 away from Tuscaloosa since the Georgia game. For a program that prides itself on owning the opponent on the road and a fan base that thinks Bama should never lose, that’s an alarming record for Bama. Now they come to Athens where Georgia hasn’t lost since 2019.
Early outlook
Alabama gets a couple of key pieces back from injury. Ty Simpson has gotten his legs under him since the debacle in Tallahassee. The Tide has great skill on the outside, and the best roster in the sport according to the blue chip index.
Georgia has the home field, and an offense that grew up 2 weeks ago in Knoxville. The Dawgs have a defense that is probably chomping at the bit to show the world the Georgia standard after not playing that way.
The team that is most successful running the ball will win. I believe that’s a good omen for Georgia as both the running game and rush defense have been solid in the first 3 games of the season. Saturday night would be a great time to unleash the pass rush similar to the Texas games last year.
I’m probably going to start taking Tums tomorrow.
I believe this will be pride game for the team and they will play accordingly. When motivation intersects with capability, it will be a powerful force that will roll over the Tide like a big machine in red and black and I will be there to witness it.
RTDB and hit them in the mouth. Really hard. And do it a lot.
I don’t think Alabama is going to make a business decision to just run the ball when they’ve been pass happy all season. This is where the bend but don’t break rule cannot be applied, hopefully learned from the second half last year when we pressure Milroe appropriately but far too late. Need to run a 33 box concept with 5 DBs and pressure a lot. Get turnovers then RTDB.
They haven’t been good on the ground at all. Especially on the road. I guess they are allegedly getting Jam Miller back which should help. They are averaging less than 90 yards per game on the road rushing and only 3 yards per carry.
I agree they won’t try to man ball Georgia. I’m looking for Chris Cole to have a big game pressuring Simpson.
Ya do have to rely on what the bammer hc is, passing is in that can of dna, they’ll attempt the run, UGA football “D” has to be where their feet are, not their eyes…that alabamia road record is an interesting point, Sanford will not be friendly to the opposition for 60 minutes or so…can’t wait for that bammer love and the B.S. spewing from the opposition announcer crew Saturday night….GO DAWGS!!
I don’t think so either, but if Bama finds a semblance of a run game, it could be a long night for the good guys.
Gotta limit their explosives or RTDB won’t work. Can’t let the qb sit back there and our db’s need to put on their big boy pants. As far as my coaching experience: my curriculum vitae is available for review if requested.
Cover with 7 and rush 8.
Works every time.
I won a national championship on the Playstation. I believe my credentials speak for themselves. (:
Peccable credentials, JPM!!
I won the Tecmo Super Bowl playing as Bo Jackson. Does this count?
#FTMF
We have to rush the QB. We do that are him pay for it we win. And also protect the ball
We have to affect the qb.
Doesn’t have to come in the form of sacks or hits. It can be through moving him off the spot, disrupting timing, changing arm angle, changing the picture, confusion, etc….
I don’t know that we have anyone who is gonna consistently whip that LT. I know we don’t have a Carter who is gonna collapse the pocket up the gut.
The main thing is keeping them behind the chains and behind on the scoreboard so we have a better of idea of what they have to do.
Make them chuck and duck and we win the game.
The team that is most disciplined and physical wins.
Agree about discipline. Bama has been uncharacteristically undisciplined the last five years. We need to avoid stupid penalties and hope they continue to make them, especially in key situations.
Brooks Austin claims that LT is fat and slow.
Fat and slow or not, dude flat beat the fuck out of whoever we had across from him the seccg.
I think what Brooks is saying is: don’t run through him, run around him. Maybe that will work.
Just find a way to win. Also if it’s not asking too much stay healthy doing it.
If the good guys have more points when the clock hits 0:00, I’ll be happy.
If Kirby loses another one to bama the media is going to start a feeding frenzy. He needed that natty win over bama to shut down the hackles. But it’ll be back and louder than ever if we don’t win this.
Just don’t give up late bombs. I’m sure we’ll give up some early ones since Kirby loves man coverage, but hopefully we build enough cushion that it won’t matter.
Extending UGA football’s home field dominance plus that lovely “W” streak vs the bammers would be a Saturday Win Win…GO DAWGS!!
Don’t give explosives and don’t let them convert 3rd & 8 or we’re at best in a shootout.
No shoot outs. Telephone booth. Throwing haymakers.
I want an old man football, ugly win!
I want to see some more fb counter trap and some more option football.
I want to see 14 running behind bobo into the secondary.
If Kirby can get the Bama monkey off his back, we could be in for a long run of excellence over the next several years, maybe even better than we already have had under Smart. We would be exceedingly confident as a program.
Well for the next three years this is going to come up. We need to win them all.