But for all the complaints, it's still a road win in the SEC. Vanderbilt has struggled the past two weeks, but have talent. And they also have a ton of Georgia kids who were bound to want a little bragging rights and fight hard. Meanwhile, here we were on a back to back road trip, against a struggling, inferior opponent. It's a classic trap game, and we survived. Our defense made enough plays to get the win. Our offense made enough plays to get the win, and we did it without our best outside threat in Mitchell and our best playmaker playing minimal minutes. Letting Crowell get a reduced pounding should make him that much fresher for the Cocktail Party. With Ogletree back, that adds one more playmaker on defense to a unit that's not Bama and not LSU and was bound to have a bad game. So we burned that bad game against a team where we still clawed our way to a win.
Yeah, there's things to complain about. But all in all, we got a win and survived. And we did so with few bumps and bruises, and the ability to get healthier with Crowell, Mitchell, and Ogletree. So when we get to Jacksonville in two weeks, we should be healthier, more focused, and ready for a brawl. Last night, we were none of those things, and we still won. And we still control our own destiny for a trip to Atlanta.
Survive and advance my friends, survive and advance. Now let's get ready to Party.
You can't win SEC games passing the ball. We got away from our identity as a running team, previous 4 games, had only thrown 26 attempts or less, in this game, threw 37 passes.
ReplyDeleteIn 2010, in losses, Murray had 27 passes vs. Ark (loss), 31 vs. MSU (Loss), 29 vs. Col (Loss), 37 vs. Fla (Loss), 28 vs. Auburn (Loss), 38 vs. UCF (Loss).
In 2011, in 4 of 5 wins, Murray threw for 26 times or less and got wins. The Vanderbilt game Murray threw 37 times, and almost lost.
In 2 losses, in 2011, Murray threw 29 times.
Bottom line:
The more Murray puts the team on his back, the more games you lose.
I expect Florida & Auburn to stop the run, and get Murray up around 29+ pass attempts.
Going soft on us? :-)
ReplyDeleteI don't care how we win as long as we win , going 13-0 with one point victories each time is still 13-0 fuck those moral fucks that say we don't deserve this win.
ReplyDeleteIn 2010, in 6 of our losses, Murray had 27-38 pass attempts.
ReplyDeleteIn 2011, in 2 losses, Murray had 29 pass attempts, and in 4 wins leading up to Vand game, Murray had 26 or less attempts. Murray threw 37 times against Vand, and almost lost it.
Can't win putting ball in Murray's hands against Fla & Aub. They'll blitz, stack 8 in bix, and try and get Murray's attempts up around 29+.
Vanderbilt's Head Coach outcoached Mark Richt. Had a better gameplan.
ReplyDelete1) Take advantage of the fact Richt's too cheapt to hire a Special Teams coach.
Kick off return for TD, 2 missed field goals, fake punt for 40+ yards, and blocked a punt.
2) Force Murray to beat you throwing the ball.
Did a great job of stuffing the run with blitzes and 8 in the box. In reveiwing game video, they blitzed on 80% of plays. Got the interception late in the game from Murray to get back into it, and the 3 and outs.
3) Run the ball
Using the Lattimore plan, Vanderbilt ran between the tackles for 180+ yards.
And if their WR hadn't dropped the pass at the end of the game in the end zone, Vand wins.
well, it helps to have a RB with a pulse in order to avoid this. Also, does anyone else think our pass blocking has improved exponentially, while our run blocking has gone to shit?
ReplyDeleteagreed. a win is a win is a win. I'll take 5 in a row with a week off before Jax
Jack,
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remember, we were resting his best target in mitchell, and we didn't want to use much of Crowell. With that in mind, plus the weak team a week before a bye and a huge game, we were gonna let up a bit. We aren't gonna run well without Crowell; we haven't all year. The team we saw last night will NOT be the team we see in two weeks.
I'm overly anxious to see that team, good or bad.
Jack - I wasn't aware that Coach Richt has to pay coaches out of his own pocket.
ReplyDeleteCrowell played in both of the losses. We just passed too muhc against Boise & SC. Murray is not posied enough to carry the team, he makes too many mistakes when the game depends on him. 3 int's vs. SC?
ReplyDeleteIf UF or Auburn can force Murray to throw 29 times or more, they'll win the game.
i have to say im sick of bobo!! he is just way to conservative for me! he is so predictable!! and why didt rambo take that ball back as far down field as he could have?? he just gave up! that ticked me off! they still havent learned to put a team away! if you cant out vandy away imean come on man! FIREBOBO.COM it has to be done! we need somebody that is as relentless as grantham is on defense someone with some dam fire! somebody that says who cares lets hang 48 49 50 on thses jackasses!! its there job to stop us!they have been putting to much on the defense all year and it finally caught up to them!im a dawg fan no matter what,but seriously bobo has to go! this buddy shi t is gonna cost richt his job! GO DAWGS!!
ReplyDelete-Anon @ 10:45 am
ReplyDeleteAgreed, Sir.
Anon,
ReplyDeleteRambo played it smart. Remember the fumbled return earlier? It's not like the guy practices securing the ball during the week. If the offense does it's job, it's the smart play and the right move.
it would have been the smart play if you didnt dumbobo for an offensive cord. he sux man come on. and thats a db's dream run int back for a td! it wasnt the right move it dam near cost them the game do that aginst anybody else and see what happens! thank you ccrider i can see you and i could talk football, not sure about sanchez but hes not stupid ive seen his post on here before! get with the program mr sanchez! you have to agree that dumbobo has to go! if he dont we could lose richt and i do like the man! he needs a bit of fire himself! anyway!!! GO DAWGS!!!
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