I want some of what a couple of you are smoking. I watched that whole game and WVU beat their azzzzz. Georgia did an awesome job of coming back, but WVU was not handed 28 points. The first td run of the game was for 52 yards. And just to let everyone know it wasn't a fluke, the same guy had another 52 yard td in the 4th quarter. Yeah, Georgia fumbled the ball, but some of those were mean hits and forced fumbles. And it's not like they got the ball at the Georgia endzone. They had to move the ball and score which is what they did with ease. Both teams had very similar total stats. But at no point did I feel Georgia was just killing them. I mean, WVU ran for 382 yards! And that RB had over 200 and a Sugar Bowl record. Georgia was probably coming back so well because WVU was exhausted from whipping the $hiiiite out of the Dawgs in the beginning. I mean, if they would have kept that up they would have scored over 80. Who can keep that up? Teams get tired, you know? The first quarter is just as important as the last in actuality. Georgia did do an excellent job of finishing the game, but they waited too late to get started. WVU beat them fair and square.
It could have gone either way. We could have either been too fast and shut it down or...we could play undisciplined football and get caught looking in the backfield. It isn't a hard offense to stop, it just takes good coaching and good discipline. Occasionally you can get away with stopping it by having more speed. Georgia had the speed to stop it, but they played really undisciplined.
That did hurt, and for whatever reason Martinez did not compensate for Gerald Anderson being out. Georgia did stack 8 in the box against Arkansas, so it wasn't exactly something that Georgia was unable to transition to. And Pat White has had only a 46% competiton rate since playing Virginia Tech. I can't imagine why Martinez felt a need for zone coverage on the WVU receivers. Both UGA cornerbacks could have easily played man on man with those guys. Seems to me that you want to try to get a team like WVU away from their strength. Would Pelini have stacked 8 and played man coverage or would he have done the same?
I agree that West Virginia earned everything they got, but after scoring 28 points Georgia was able to significantly slow their progress all the while pulling themselves back into the game. I didn't mean to say that West Virginia was lucky to win, just that after the intial onslaught which Georgia was slow to respond to, West Virginia was fairly well held in check.
Oh, no doubt. And I wasn't talking about your comments. Georgia was obviously playing better than them in spots and making an unbelievable comeback. And, I can see how someone would say Georgia started to dominate their defense. But overall, it was never like Georgia was totally dominating on both sides of the ball. Even when Georgia would stop WV, it was usually after WV had made a few first downs. In the end, Georgia couldn't stop WV enough to win the game.
West Virginia's quarterback was possessed. My damn, that boy could run! I was surprised how much trouble Georgia had tackling him.
I wonder how SEC coaches feel about the Spread offense. Obviously, it can work against an SEC defense, but can it work consistently in our conference - ala Florida? Meyer won't have excuses for long with the great recruiting class he's pulling in this year. In 2 seasons, we will know whether the spread offense works in the SEC. I think having Florida run the spread offense is a good thing for the conference. I like having some diversity & with Spurrier back we should be seeing some better offenses through the future.
I think it can work if run as sharply as West Virginia was running it. When Meyer gets the players I'm thinking they are gonna be badass. Like you, I welcome the diversity. I want the SEC to be the best conference and open to innovation.
