UGA blog finds new home
Morning all. As I’ve said a couple of times this week, we’re converting this blog over to a WordPress platform and it will be a permanent move the first of next week.
Those of you who are regulars probably know that I’m not what you’d call techno-wizard when it comes to these things. But from what I understand the technology offered in this new format should make the blogging and commenting experience better for all. Of course, I’ll be learning as we go along, too. But I’m hoping to provide more pictures and video and things like that which should bring the blog more to life.
Of course, this blog is nothing without all you guys so I want to heartily invite (read: beg) you to come over to the new site by CLICKING HERE ON THE NEW ADDRESS and save it in your browsers. As of Monday, Feb. 23rd, this will be the permanent home of the UGA blog you so love or, in the case of some of you, love to loathe. If you’d prefer to copy and paste or just memorize, the new address is: http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/.
See at the new place!
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Thursday, September 27, 2007
Georgia’s defense an enigma
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’m having a hard time figuring out what to make of this Georgia defense. I think it’s safe to say they it’s pretty good. The Bulldogs’ numbers stack up with some of the better defenses (read better, not bests) in the country. But when you take into account what they’re doing at the end of halves against good teams and you begin to wonder.
First let’s just put the stats out there for your perusal:
Category, Avg., SEC rank, nat’l rank
Scoring, 17.2, 3rd, 21st
Rush, 109.2, 3rd, 34th
Pass, 223.2, 6th, 57th
Total, 282.5, 2nd, 16th
Other than pass defense, all of those are very respectable and certainly serviceable numbers. In fact, as far as total defense, Willie Martinez’s units are almost always up toward the top nationally.
But as Carter Strickland reported earlier this week, Georgia’s D has been having a hard time getting off the field late in halves and during critical situations. Twice in four games with the outcome on the line they have been unable to get a stop. Against South Carolina, the Gamecocks knocked out three straight first downs and burned off more than three minutes of clock when Georgia was trying to get the ball back. And Bama, needing 89 yards to go for a game-tying touchdown, was able to do it fairly easily.
Ole Miss will provide another good litmus test this week. The Rebels are an interesting offensive team in the way they like to pound the rock with BenJarvus Green-Ellis but also hit teams deep with long passes.
What do you guys think about Georgia’s D, good, bad, mediocre, great? Considering they were replacing eight starters, better or worse than you expected? What has been the chief problem to stopping late rallies? What questions would you have use pose to Martinez or his charges?
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