For Georgia (4-0 overall 2-0 in the SEC East), a victory could light the fuse on the Bulldogs’ hopes to win their first SEC title since 2005.
Advertisement
Limits will grow as Saturday’s 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff approaches, but it looks like the Crimson Tide will enter a game as the underdog for the first time since the 2009 SEC Championship Game.
That still holds true in week five on the road.
Offensively, Alabama could get a boost with the return of freshman tailback Bo Scarbrough from a four-game NCAA suspension for an unspecified issue. That’s the kind of team that we’ve always sort of aspired to have here. I said that very thing – the media’s going to want to talk about the game, the fans are – which is great. If he absolutely had to pick a basketball team it would be the Knicks, but he’d gladly trade them for just one championship for either of his other three teams. “But we like it because it ― if you get the play call and you get to the line of scrimmage and see what’s going on, it gives you time to make a change if you need to”. We have to be focused on the classroom.
“We got to come together and worry about the inside, we can’t worry about the outside”.
“We had our players of the week: Calvin Ridley and Kenyan Drake on offense”. “It just shows that we have to play fast and be mentally strong out there”. Alabama’s second straight loss to Mississippi on September 19 confirmed the thoughts of many that the Crimson Tide are no longer the national or SEC dynasty team.
“Jonathan Allen will be at practice today, so we don’t really have any injury updates”.
Every major football program sprinkles throw pillows into the schedule before big games. “I’m not sure why Coach McElwain said that our team has no regard for their team”.
Three years ago, when Georgia prepared to play South Carolina in a match-up of unbeaten, top-10 teams, players openly admitted it was the biggest game they’d been involved in. (Georgia head coach) Mark (Richt) has done a fantastic job in his tenure there, which has been a long time.
Overreaction narrative: The Jackets’ offense gagged against the only two good opponents they’ve faced (Notre Dame, Duke) so it’s clear everybody has caught up to the option. Georgia has not defeated a top-15 Alabama team since 1976. Offensively, defensively, special teams; they are very solid in all areas as their statistics really prove out. From my seat, the main reason is the Crimson Tide is not getting good enough quarterback play. But those one-on-one matchups, if you win them across the board, you’re gonna move the ball, have a few good yards and score a lot of points.
How Chubb, Lambert, and Mitchell perform against a sturdy Alabama defense may shape the course of the season. Defensively, they are one of the highest-ranked teams statistically in the conference as well as the country.
Saban specifically noted defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt’s impact on the Bulldogs.
Advertisement
“As a coaching staff, we’re like 50-something and 4 after having a lead going into the fourth quarter”. Senior John Theus, who was a freshman starter at right tackle, said he still thinks about the game “and how close we were, how insane that game was”.
