Looking at this with Dawg colored glasses, I respect Texas. They have a lot of talent, a really good coach, and they will have home field advantage. All that said, here is why I like the Dawgs for Saturday:
- We've played a tougher schedule thus far: Clemson, Bama, @Kentucky. That game against Bama on the road will pay dividends his week as your guys have been in a super-charged situation and had to fight back. Texas not so much.
- Look at the Ds that Texas has faced:
UGA: 20th ppg / 28th ypg / 39th pass ypg
OK: 27th / 48th / 77th
Mich: 56th / 44th / 111th
MSU: 117th / 125th / 115th
UTSA: 108th / 85th / 128th
ULM: 32nd / 53rd / 37th
CSU: 100th / 104th / 120th
- Let's look at the Os Texas has faced:
Dawgs rank: 35th ppg / 28th ypg / 9th pass ypg
MSU: 71st ppg / 78th ypg / 46th pass ypg
UTSA: 105th / 67th / 45th
CSU: 107th / 86th / 102nd
ULM: 105th / 127th / 130th
OK: 96th / 125th / 123rd
MICH: 102nd / 119th / 131st
So, Texas is going to see O and D that they haven't faced yet.
That said, this UGA team is not what it has been in the past, especially on the D. Our DBs are not playing well, and with Ewers and the TX WRs, that's ungood. I don't think either team is running the ball all that well. TX has their top RBs out, we have 2 or our 3 top RBs out, and our OL has not run blocked well at all.
To win, our DBs have to play well, which means we have to find a way to pressure Ewers. That's a tough assignment, as we've not done a lot of that this year. Our OL has to protect Beck, something they done a better job of the last few games. And then Beck has to not turn the ball over.
I am guessing we throw the ball 40-50 times, which is something that we normally don't do
