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<blockquote data-quote="JDjacket" data-source="post: 102737" data-attributes="member: 1091"><p>So, I finally went back to look at more of the Auburn/UGA game since I was more invested in the FSU game at the time. At first that 34-7 score sticks out like a sore thumb. Held Auburns offensive fire power and them blew them away.</p><p></p><p>After looking at it closer 17 of UGA's total points came off of relatively short fields. Their first TD came after Auburn had forced a punt and their guy lost it. Go 19 yards to tie the game up and take away some momentum. Their next 10 pts of the half they drove the field (83 and 66 yards). On the 83 yard drive they went for it on 4th and 1 for a TD which was unusual bc they hadn't gone for it a lot but chubb and gurley were getting chunks of yardage so it made sense to go for it. Auburns offense in the first half kept losing rhythm with holding calls.</p><p></p><p>It was apparent some in the 1st half but the 2nd half it was pretty obvious the huge advantage of having chubb and gurley. In the first half they'd alternate on possessions a fair amount with Chubb busting a lot of long runs, but in the 2nd half chubb and Gurley alternated possessions which had to have been a nightmare for the auburn D (a nightmare we luckily won't have to deal with to this extent). Offensive holding call on an auburn punt gave the ball to UGA basically at the 50 and another short field that led to a TD.</p><p></p><p>Down 24-7 Auburn goes for it on 4th and 8 and marshall can't connect on the pass. UGA AGAIN gets it around the 50 and leads to a FG to go up 27-7. One thing up until this point is our 3rd and long and 4th down decisions look a lot better. I think down 24-7 with over 20 minutes left in the game we may have punted to give them a longer field. At this point its 17 points off short fields and 10 off long fields. Another observation was Auburn's spread pretty much either ran Marshall on the keeper or Artis-Payne and that's it. Our increased number of playmakers makes me less concerned about how badly they stopped Auburns rushing oriented offense. Also, Smelter is a much better receiver than Coates IMO, so having him and Waller out there with UGA's secondary will be nice for us.</p><p></p><p>4th quarter starts and auburn drives down to the GT 11 with about 11:30 on the clock. Run for a loss followed by THREE STRAIGHT pass plays (reminds me of 2009 with the 3 straight to DT to try and get a first that didn't work out). They went away from running it at all (where even down we'd still use a run on more than 25%) and it lead to being intercepted in the redzone. This was the only other time Georgia had a long field and marched down against a demoralized Auburn I would assume making it easier... but then lost Gurley.</p><p></p><p>To me with half the points coming off short fields, I'm more confident at how we'll match up against them. Mason was a smidge above 50%, so oddly enough we're comparable in passing. Their loss of Gurley is so much bigger regardless of who people think is better between him and Chubb since that rotation is shot. You go from rotating to out of this world RBs to rotating 1 with either Douglas or if Sony comes back... that drop off will be huge for us. Even if Chubb gets his usual production the other will not and could lead to getting them behind the sticks and forcing Mason to pass or even better a TO whether fumble/INT.</p><p></p><p>Looking forward to taking them by surprise (at least their fans for sure) this year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JDjacket, post: 102737, member: 1091"] So, I finally went back to look at more of the Auburn/UGA game since I was more invested in the FSU game at the time. At first that 34-7 score sticks out like a sore thumb. Held Auburns offensive fire power and them blew them away. After looking at it closer 17 of UGA's total points came off of relatively short fields. Their first TD came after Auburn had forced a punt and their guy lost it. Go 19 yards to tie the game up and take away some momentum. Their next 10 pts of the half they drove the field (83 and 66 yards). On the 83 yard drive they went for it on 4th and 1 for a TD which was unusual bc they hadn't gone for it a lot but chubb and gurley were getting chunks of yardage so it made sense to go for it. Auburns offense in the first half kept losing rhythm with holding calls. It was apparent some in the 1st half but the 2nd half it was pretty obvious the huge advantage of having chubb and gurley. In the first half they'd alternate on possessions a fair amount with Chubb busting a lot of long runs, but in the 2nd half chubb and Gurley alternated possessions which had to have been a nightmare for the auburn D (a nightmare we luckily won't have to deal with to this extent). Offensive holding call on an auburn punt gave the ball to UGA basically at the 50 and another short field that led to a TD. Down 24-7 Auburn goes for it on 4th and 8 and marshall can't connect on the pass. UGA AGAIN gets it around the 50 and leads to a FG to go up 27-7. One thing up until this point is our 3rd and long and 4th down decisions look a lot better. I think down 24-7 with over 20 minutes left in the game we may have punted to give them a longer field. At this point its 17 points off short fields and 10 off long fields. Another observation was Auburn's spread pretty much either ran Marshall on the keeper or Artis-Payne and that's it. Our increased number of playmakers makes me less concerned about how badly they stopped Auburns rushing oriented offense. Also, Smelter is a much better receiver than Coates IMO, so having him and Waller out there with UGA's secondary will be nice for us. 4th quarter starts and auburn drives down to the GT 11 with about 11:30 on the clock. Run for a loss followed by THREE STRAIGHT pass plays (reminds me of 2009 with the 3 straight to DT to try and get a first that didn't work out). They went away from running it at all (where even down we'd still use a run on more than 25%) and it lead to being intercepted in the redzone. This was the only other time Georgia had a long field and marched down against a demoralized Auburn I would assume making it easier... but then lost Gurley. To me with half the points coming off short fields, I'm more confident at how we'll match up against them. Mason was a smidge above 50%, so oddly enough we're comparable in passing. Their loss of Gurley is so much bigger regardless of who people think is better between him and Chubb since that rotation is shot. You go from rotating to out of this world RBs to rotating 1 with either Douglas or if Sony comes back... that drop off will be huge for us. Even if Chubb gets his usual production the other will not and could lead to getting them behind the sticks and forcing Mason to pass or even better a TO whether fumble/INT. Looking forward to taking them by surprise (at least their fans for sure) this year. [/QUOTE]
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