'21 Recruiting Forum: Official Georgia Pregame/Game Thread

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nicksjuzunk said:
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Tennessee returns home to finish out the season with 3 games in Neyland. Georgia comes to town, the clear cut leader of the pack this year in college football, and looks to continue their march into the College Football Playoffs. The Vols will have other intentions on Saturday afternoon but are they able to turn that into a reality? Sigh... where do I even begin?

Keys to Victory:

1. Break the 13 barrier: Georgia has not allowed more than 13 points to any opponent this season. With Tennessee only having held two opponents under 13, I don't need to tell you they will need more than 13 points to win this game. In fact, the Vols have given up an average of 41.66 points over the last 3 games so it's safe to say they may need to be around that mark to win this one. I think Tennessee breaks the 13 point mark, but I'm essentially certain they won't get 40. They will need to be much closer to 40 than 13 though.

2. The Battle of 3rd Down: Kentucky had a mind boggling 35 first downs on Saturday night. They converted what seemed like every 3rd down. This dropped the Vols to 126th nationally in 3rd down defense, giving up 48% while Georgia converts 46%. Georgia is 14th in 3rd down defense while the Vols convert about 45%. The edge belongs to Georgia so if Tennessee wants to have a chance, they absolutely have to get off the field on 3rd downs against a rather pedestrian Georgia offense and convert 3rd downs of their own. A key to this will be containing the ever elusive Stetson Bennett at QB who is slippery and averages 7 YPC. If JT Daniels is the QB, he doesn't have as much of that element to his game, and may not even be the better QB overall.

3. Batter Bowers: Brock Bowers is a monster of a TE and he has torched defenses this year. Linebacker coverage has been a big issue for the Vols this season so look for Georgia to try to take advantage of it hitting Bowers on hot passes and sneaking him out on drag routes to try to get him a step ahead of the linebackers.

4. Turnover Free Football: There is no margin for error. Tennessee has successfully thrown quick screens all year long without disaster. I have a huge Pick 6 concern this week. UGA is so huge and powerful up front. The defensive backs are going to be able to jam the wide receivers at the line and we have to make sure we don't sent the ball for 6 points the other way.


Prediction: Running the football is going to be a near nightmare, especially if we are still beat up at the position, which we will likely be. Poor Cooper Mays will be outweighed nearly 100 pounds by Jordan Davis and it's going to be hard to get the deep balls that we want due to pressure on Hooker. The defensive backs take away the short game and it's a game that we just can't get going. The defense is worn too thin from the Kentucky game and it gets rougher as the day gets longer. Not enough horses to be in this fight. Let the debate

TN 17
UGA 40
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Nice prediction!
 
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mr.checkerboards said:
Play calling in the red zone was iffy as well
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Can’t fault the coaches at this time. Oline can’t block. 1st and goal at the 5 90% of teams try to bulldoze it in 3 straight times.
Most score. We lose 3 yards every time.

Now when/if we have a solid O line and the red zone playcalling/results are the same then I’m questioning the coaches too.
 
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UTK said:
If Hooker comes back, 7-5 wouldn't be that thrilling. If he gets bad advice and leaves, than I could probably accept 7-5.
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Even if he’s back, the roster still won’t be great next year.

Obviously, if the class takes off and we get a boatload of impact transfers, you might revise that upward.
 
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mr.checkerboards said:
It's going to take that long to get the talent
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CJH better not let it take that long to get talent. Once he has a couple of his classes in here, it's go time. Gonna have to crush the transfer portal. If CJH can go 7-5 this season, there's really no reason to backpedal much. Next year could be rough depending on the QB situation. But other than that, zero excuse to not have a better roster each year going forward.
 
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Jimmy Football said:
Even if he’s back, the roster still won’t be great next year.

Obviously, if the class takes off and we get a boatload of impact transfers, you might revise that upward.
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It shouldn't be any worse than this year. Plus the schedule should be favorable. Pitt is losing their star QB. LSU and UF will have first year coaches though LSU will still have tons of talent. I suspect a ton of transfers from UF though.
 
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