I've got a Stat For Ya

[Stephen Gray]

Going by the numbers it’s close. Bama scores 45 a game, UGA scores 41.

Passing offense nationally:

UGA- 329 ypg (10th)
Bama- 276 ypg (37th)

Rushing offense:

UGA- 196 ypg (30th)
Bama- 236 ypg (12th)

Red zone offense:

UGA- 4th
Bama- 34th

UGAs offense is pretty good.

Thanks. If they can run against us and get some stops that’s probably a good formula to neutralize a lot of our tempo and quick starts. If our D can get some stops too or hold them to field goals I think we could still be in it. Then the question I wonder about is turnovers.

 

[chatt.vol]

I do seem to remember recent Georgia teams being strong in the run game but are they that much better than Alabama? So far no one has been able to run against our d-line really, including bama. Not arguing at all. Really asking cause I haven’t watched them.

Absolutely not. They're the 30th ranked rush offense in the country. We're 27th. Bama is 12th. Bama and we have both played better defenses.

 

[Stephen Gray]

Absolutely not. They're the 30th ranked rush offense in the country. We're 27th. Bama is 12th. Bama and we have both played better defenses.

Thanks. So the takeaway is they have weapons but don’t seem to be using them effectively?

 

[Tman44]

I will say that Kirby is Smart. I'm sure he understands a Stetson Bennett lead team cannot outscore the VOLS. Carson Beck is a different animal. UGA is on a bye week. Kirby got a spanking when Uncle Nick benched Jalen for Tua in the Natty. Ya think he remembers? It wouldn't surprise me a bit to see a change at QB early in our game when they are down by 7. Just sayin' don't be surprised.

 

[WillisWG]

Missouri had a good defensive game against them. Forcing UGA into 4 FG. Tigers led 22-12 early in the 4th but UGA put together a couple of nice drives to win 26-22.

Dawgs WRs aren't impressive but boy there TEs are something else. This is a winnable game.

 

[Firebirdparts]

Time will tell. Personally I think some teams could have beaten Tennessee by kicking field goals already. Luckily, their coaches were stupid.

 

[DougVol]

I believe Georgia will intentionally throw the game with Tennessee. They have too many players that are injured and wish to preserve their depth when they make their championship run.

It will matter little. Ohio State will likely destroy them in the first round. The DEs for OSU are going to cripple anyone in George’s backfield.

I also believe Georgia is terrified of having to play Alabama in the SEC championship.

Ugga - They should discontinued the breed.

This makes no sense to me. Georgia is no. 1 for a reason. Kirby may talk funny, but he’s no punk.

 

[chuck0303]

Just my opinion…No way UGA putting up 49. They are more balanced and don’t need to. They are a much better version of Pitt. Their 4 deep RBs all look like nfl backs, they have all American te and a very good qb. They will look to control the clock and has better DBs than Bama so I think they will get more stops but our D will stop their run better than most and they will have to pass more than they like. I still don’t think they can keep pace but think it will be more like a 35-28 win for the good guys.

We need to take care of the ball/turnovers.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

Punt stats I put together:
TEAM G P Y P/G Y/G Y/P S SP SY SP/G SY/G SY/P
Tennessee 6 12 505 2.00 84.16 42.08 3 3 114 1.00 38.0 38.0
Georgia 7 15 636 2.14 90.86 42.40 4 11 465 2.75 66.43 42.27

KEY
G = # Games
P = # Punts
Y = Total Yards
P/G = Punts per game
Y/G = Yars per game
Y/P = Yards per punt
S = # SEC Games
SP = # SEC Punts
SY = Total SEC Yards
SP/G = SEC Punts per game
SY/G = SEC Yards per game
SY/P = SEC Yards per punt

Some interesting stats regarding the punts game. I'm not sure what to make of it exactly. At first glance many of our stats seem pretty similar here, but they've played one more game than us. We have had 3 SEC games and they have had 4. Where things really stand out is when you look at the performance in SEC games. We've kicked 3 punts for 114 yards and they've kicked 11 for 465 yards.

The game breakdowns:
Tennessee 6 games, 3 SEC games
Opponent Punts Yards
Ball State 2 93
Pittsburgh 5 213
Akron 2 85
Florida 0 0
BYE 0 0
LSU 2 83
Alabama 1 31
Total: 12 505
SEC: 3 114

GEORGIA 7 games, 4 SEC games
Opponent Punts Yards
Oregon 1 53
Sanford 3 118
SCAR 2 99
Kent State 0 0
Missouri 3 123
Auburn 5 207
Vanderbilt 1 36
Total: 15 636
SEC: 11 465

Our competition in conference play so far has been much tougher. Our non conference games sort of pad out the numbers such that they are similar, but I think we can attribute Akron and Ball state to how we got playing time in for our backups. Pitt was the non-conference game where we legitimately did some punting. In fact, more than any other game in the season with 5 punts for 213 yards. That one game eats up a huge chunk of our punt totals and punt yard totals. Pitt actually gave our offense more issues with completing drives than any other team.

Thanks for this. Interesting.

Completely changing subjects:

@Freak any chance we can get the 'tab' function added to posts? Would help a lot with lining up tables like in this post. Thanks!

 

[jim pique]

Don't care much for stats;give me W's instead.

 

[ENGRVOL]

Georgia has attempted 16 FG's this year, and have made 14, by the way; more than any other team in the conf. This reminds me of the Jim Donnan days, where Georgia was a big FG team. My point is, I don't think you beat Tennessee kicking FG's. Maybe I'm drinking the orange koolaid, but this stat makes me feel really good. Go Vols

It seemed though that half of those FG came in the Missouri game

 

[EODVOL]

I believe Georgia will intentionally throw the game with Tennessee. They have too many players that are injured and wish to preserve their depth when they make their championship run.

It will matter little. Ohio State will likely destroy them in the first round. The DEs for OSU are going to cripple anyone in George’s backfield.

I also believe Georgia is terrified of having to play Alabama in the SEC championship.

Ugga - They should discontinued the breed.

huh, UGA thorws the game they won't play SEC championship even if we have one loss because we have the head to head. UGA won't get into the playoffs over SEC champion or possibly the loser depending on loss record.

 

[Ratvol]

Game prep?
I’ll take Coach Heupel over Kirby Smart any day.
Tennessee by 12

Go VOLS

 

[vols40]

Can't wait for this game. I think Kirby will be more prepared than Saban but we'll still get ours.

Kirby is one win above Rick Barnes in the Coach with the most doing the least race. No disrespect Coach Barnes and I hope you have a long tenure here but big games are not where you think of these two guys. Kirby got the opportunity to rematch Bama a month later with 15 1st round picks after losing basically a home game in the SEC championship. So tap the brakes on Kirbs preparedness.