Defense and time of possession

[HSTVol]

Georgia had only a field goal after the first minute of the second quarter. Our offense did not make that trip. Period. That was completely embarrassing. Georgia was trying like hell to score. They couldn't. If they were able, they would have ran for 200 yards and 3 scores in the second half. They could not. Because of our defense, which gave a great performance minus a couple long passes. Geogia struggled to get that last first down to ice the game.

CJH is going to be as good as his recruiting allows. You don't win the SEC with three stars on defense. And we are addressing that in this past class, and big time with this class.

Georgia is not a passing team. They don't have great recievers. They don't have a great passing qb. Noting how many passes they throw is cool, but not indicative of anything other than they are not a great passing team. That 27 points they mustered (24 early on) should not have been enough, but again, our offense did not trip to Athens this past season.

Some good points, but I disagree with “Georgia is not a passing team.” They are not a deep ball, big strike team for sure, but over the 12 game regular season, they threw the ball more than we did, and had a higher percentage of pass plays overall (47.51% to 44.82%) than we did.

Yes, Georgia was trying like hell the score of the second half, but in obvious passing situations (down and distance), they ran the ball. 21 pass attempts in the first half, only 4 pass attempts in the second half, two in their first drive. They did the same thing in the SECCG.

Tennessee - 394 pass attempts. 485 rushing attempts.

Georgia - 401 pass attempts. 443 rushing attempts.

 

[Southeastern VFL]

The ball starts on the line of scrimmage. That's also where defense starts. And applying pressure on everything down is absolutely the best way to affect the quarterback.

And like I said with the way our secondary plays they had better get more than just pressure. I agree with what your saying and it is very correct but our secondary is just lost. We could get pressure and they would just let WR run all over they field without being covered. The d-line has made progress but not the secondary.