Jan 2 | Georgia

[Dale]

Beck Drive Chart:
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Beck Fumble

Four out of five drives the offense gained under 20 yards. Most of that being strictly his fault.... he was a 50%ish passer, QBR in the 50s, ate sacks and the team amassed anemic 90 yards of offense in an entire half of football. I'm sure I am biased from having watched the Bama, Ole Miss, GT, and Texas 2x games ... where he played like crap for stretches of most of those games ... but in my bones I believe if they tried to rely on his arm against ND they were going to turn it over a ton. Committing to the run and playing conservative football scares me a LOT more than the pass happy shit they fell in love at times this year.

They could also commit to the run against ND with Stockton, have him still turn it over in his few opportunities and not have the benefit of Beck’s good plays. Essentially Connor Weigman.

My main point was also you’re painting Stockton has this game manager that takes care of the ball in comparison to Beck. It’s rather miraculous he only had 1 turnover. He took multiple sacks, fumbled once. Got his head blown off. Threw a pick. Other overthrown balls. The implication is he won’t turn it over?

If ND loses to a team that can’t throw a forward pass on Jan 1, they don’t deserve to win.

 

[KMac151993]

A&M when they were committed to running the ball could against ND...UGA is better at that than A&M. Both teams QB's are nothing to write home about, even with Beck. ND's one weakness on defense is stopping the run something UGA will no doubt commit 100% to. Can ND play physical enough in the front 7 to negate the run - both LOS will be what decide this game.

 

[ulukinatme]

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Those Iraqis were lucky I had an army cause if I didn't, I would've been forced to go over there and beat the tar out of every individual who came within my perimeter. And I'll tell you one more thing…

I WANT GEORGIA!
I WANT GEORGIA!!

You’ve seen what these guns can do in South Bend, Indiana.
January 1st.
Bulldogs vs Irish.

It’s going to be a WAR on the SHORE.

This was great! I feel like you need the clip for the younger crowd that missed the Farley era.

 

[calvegas04]

Does anyone know if the band will travel for the game? I would think UGA would have their whole circus there.

 

[ulukinatme]

Does anyone know if the band will travel for the game? I would think UGA would have their whole circus there.

Are you saying Georgia has a bunch of apes?

 

[RipWheeler]

A&M when they were committed to running the ball could against ND...UGA is better at that than A&M. Both teams QB's are nothing to write home about, even with Beck. ND's one weakness on defense is stopping the run something UGA will no doubt commit 100% to. Can ND play physical enough in the front 7 to negate the run - both LOS will be what decide this game.

AtM is a better rushing team than Georgia this year. Thats not to say it won’t be a challenge, but Georgia struggled running against teams with a pulse for much of the year.

 

[Te'o4Heisman]

A&M when they were committed to running the ball could against ND...UGA is better at that than A&M. Both teams QB's are nothing to write home about, even with Beck. ND's one weakness on defense is stopping the run something UGA will no doubt commit 100% to. Can ND play physical enough in the front 7 to negate the run - both LOS will be what decide this game.

This is not even remotely close to accurate.

As a team A&M ran for 2400 yds this year in 12 games. UGA ran for 1600 yds in 13 games.

A&M ran for 70 more yds/game And averaged 4.8 yds/carry to UGAs 4.2.

A&M also has arguably the biggest OL in college football this year.

I feel like people are creating this false narrative that UGA is something they were not this year based on the past 4-5 previous years.

 

[Crazy Balki]

The games they lost he was the issue.

4 turnovers against Bama.

2 turnovers (plus a fumble not lost) against Ole Miss while having a QBR in the 50s.

1) Bama scored 41 points and had 550 yards of offense and Milroe obliterated their secondary. Beck was both a huge reason they lost, and also a huge reason they even had a shot to begin with. Their defense was getting absolutely gashed, especially early in the game.

2) Georgia was held to 59 yards rushing and less than 4 yards per play. And a rather mediocre Ole Miss offense had 400 yards of offense and methodically controlled the pace on Georgia.

Overall, Beck is the textbook high ceiling, low floor QB. When he's on, he's tough to be. When he's off, it's a mess. That said, Georgia's offensive woes aren't just Beck. They have a lot of problems, namely starting with their OL and receivers.

 

[Crazy Balki]

A&M when they were committed to running the ball could against ND...UGA is better at that than A&M. Both teams QB's are nothing to write home about, even with Beck. ND's one weakness on defense is stopping the run something UGA will no doubt commit 100% to. Can ND play physical enough in the front 7 to negate the run - both LOS will be what decide this game.

...A&M ran for 3.8 yards per carry against ND.

They absolutely could NOT run against ND. They didn't have a single run beyond 15 yards. And it's not like the average was bogged down by multiple sacks. Weigman was sacked once.

 

[forkbeard3777]

Some Georgia fan’s outlook — don’t shoot the messenger:

I think people need to realize that Stockton doesn't have to be great for UGA to win. He just has to be "good enough".

The reality is ND's QB is not very good. He run well but his passing high is 229 yards against Stanford this year. The most talented defense he faced was A&M He had 158 yards passing, 63 yards rushing and 0 TD's.

It's not a ridiculous thing to suggest that Stockton is a better QB than Leonard. Less experienced... but Leonard simply isn't very good.

201 yards passing and 30 yards rushing against IU.
155 yards passing and 50 yards rushing against USC.
203 yards passing and 51 yards rushing against GT.
163 yards passing and 52 yards rushing against Louisville.

Yeah, he had big rushing games against Navy, Miami of Ohio and Purdue... but he's simply not a good QB. And UGA's defense is pretty good.

I honestly think UGA could start their true freshman 4th string QB in this game and would still win 7 out of 10 times against ND. ND is the perfect opponent for UGA to go conservative and let their new starter get his bearings yet still win.

ND doesn't have the offense to make it a high scoring game. Not against the UGA defense. ND didn't break 400 yards of offense against Indiana.

UGA doesn't struggle with running QB's. We struggle with mobile QB's who can throw.

Leonard has 2,200 passing yards this season. His highest passing total this season was 229 yards against Stanford. He's cracked 200 yards just 5 times this season.

He's not the kind of QB we usually have issues with.

The most talented defense ND has faced was A&M this year. He had 158 yards passing and 63 yards rushing against them with no TD's in either aspect.

I think UGA's defense is better than A&M's.

As said in my prior post, I do think Leonard needs to make some big throws to keep Georgia in check. It will only make the running game that much more efficient. Might be a perfect game for Mitchell Evans to make an impact. He had an off game, in my opinion, against IU.

 

[IrishFanForever23]

We’ll find out soon enough, but a poster at 247 is claiming Mills is done for the year. Hopefully, he’s heard wrong, but this might be the injury that they can’t overcome.

Question on Injuries

Question on Injuries

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[forkbeard3777]

We’ll find out soon enough, but a poster at 247 is claiming Mills is done for the year. Hopefully, he’s heard wrong, but this might be the injury that they can’t overcome.

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It looked like a LCL injury — if I remember correctly, his leg whipped around and the contact was at the outer portion. Huge blow if true

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

Some Georgia fan’s outlook — don’t shoot the messenger:





As said in my prior post, I do think Leonard needs to make some big throws to keep Georgia in check. It will only make the running game that much more efficient. Might be a perfect game for Mitchell Evans to make an impact. He had an off game, in my opinion, against IU.

Lol, they address one matchup out of several matchups in the game. They don't address Love/Price. They don't mention how they think they will move the ball against NDs defense. This is a myopic discussion about RLs numbers and how that projects against Georgia's defense.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

We’ll find out soon enough, but a poster at 247 is claiming Mills is done for the year. Hopefully, he’s heard wrong, but this might be the injury that they can’t overcome.

Question on Injuries

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That was a contact knee injury, non weight bearing, looked like a contusion or sprain. I really don't think it looked serious but we will see.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

I have tickets but struggling to find anyone that wants to go. I just listed them but if they don't sell I'll probably fly in with my 7 year old son.

Given it is New Orleans, I was sort of hoping to spend NYE in New Orleans with an adult haha.

I was in Dallas randomly when ND played Bama in the Rose Bowl and ended up taking my step-son who was 7 at the time. Great memories despite the loss.

Prostitues are always an option in NO. Also a random act of kindness for someone on bourbon street is a potential path forward.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

Are you saying Georgia has a bunch of apes?

Italics

 

[IrishFanForever23]

That was a contact knee injury, non weight bearing, looked like a contusion or sprain. I really don't think it looked serious but we will see.

That was the original thought, but apparently it’s more serious.

 

[EvilleIrish]

If the Mills news is true that might be a killer.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

We gonna be fielding a bunch of underclassman and HCIII can’t go up against that OL the entire game.

 

[NDFAN2008]

If Mills is done then we are done don’t see us beating Georgia

 

[IrishTusker]

Questions need to be asked about the number of injuries we've sustained this year. It's mind-boggling and bizarre, and seems to be far worse than any other remaining playoff team.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

Questions need to be asked about the number of injuries we've sustained this year. It's mind-boggling and bizarre, and seems to be far worse than any other remaining playoff team.

Could it be as simple as giving 100% effort at all times with a little bad luck? Sometimes the answer is the obvious one.

 

[NDFAN2008]

Questions need to be asked about the number of injuries we've sustained this year. It's mind-boggling and bizarre, and seems to be far worse than any other remaining playoff team.

Honestly don’t think the injuries have anything to do with the strength coach I think most of it is bad luck. 80% of them were just shitty luck

 

[IrishWayDomer]

It's probably more turf than trainer but even that analysis is unsettled as far as I've seen. Not talking Mills obviously. A leg whip is a leg whip.

 

[notredomer23]

Our team physically kicks the shit out of the opponent because of how much faster and stronger ND is than them. A lot of these injuries feel like dumb luck rather than a reflection of any training staff or even turf (though I agree turf doesn't help). If you recall, last year the group hit the hardest with injuries was wide receiver. At Louisville it was essentially a 3 man rotation of Tobias Merriweather, Chris Tyree, and a little walk-on freshman by the name of Jordan Faison getting his first career snaps. This year, the bad injury luck has been on the defensive line.

 

[FWIrish4]

Lol, they address one matchup out of several matchups in the game. They don't address Love/Price. They don't mention how they think they will move the ball against NDs defense. This is a myopic discussion about RLs numbers and how that projects against Georgia's defense.

They totally ignore that they needed divine ref intervention and 8 OTs to beat a running QB Haynes King at home…

 

[CoachB]

If we don't have Mills, Rocco, or Young we are cooked. If we don't have two of the three we are very cooked. If we don't have all three...

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

Let's not getting all doomy and gloomy...we can still win this game.

 

[CoachB]

Like for real. Who would we have left? Rubio, Cross, Hinish, and who in the middle? At guard are we looking at Sam? He would have to massively step up and have the game of his life. I feel Rocco would be the biggest loss. We run behind his pull all the time. And we need to he able to move the ball. But losing either would be really bad.

 

[IrishTusker]

Let's not getting all doomy and gloomy...we can still win this game.

It's just facing reality, here. The season has been a success either way, imo.