I hated the pub the oline got this week. Yes, we were goos against Mizzou. Yes, its a talented group. But the GA front 7 is without a doubt the best in the country. Practice time is more crucial for the offensive trenches than the D.
If things were quiet, not hyped, we hit Ga a as a perfect trap game with Bama looming. Instead our line is overhyped, the Dawgs front is motivated, and we get manhandled. Period.
This group is talented, they will overwhelm less talented d fronts, and get more cohesion and better with more practice time. But it is what it is today. The offensive is built to succeed in 2nd & 3rd and managable. We had almost none of those situations. The few we did, we actually converted at a decent clip. We had no run game & completely abandoned it. We got into way too may 3rd & forevers and called way too many long developing plays that resulted in turnovers rather than punts.
Our offensive identity centers around 2nd/3rd < 5. JG can manage our offense, and occasionly hit a shot on first down enough for us to be a really good team. Hes not Josh Dobbs, where 3rd & 20 is still a realistic possibility. We have to stay ahead of the sticks. Thats not uncommon. We couldnt do so today, and the outcome was predicatable.
This is still an 8-2, 7-3, team...we actually match up better with bama than ga. Lets not go full retard over a game against a team whose strength completely overpowered our strength.