Thursday Dawg Bites

Key Highlights

• His notoriously pessimistic expectations are ingrained in the DNA of Dawgs fans even two decades after his retirement. If you want to try and build some optimism for the matchup, there are a lot of things you could look at, even in Georgia’s loss to the Tide earlier this season. In that game, Georgia shut Alabama out in the second half after making major adjustments on defense, most notably when it comes to affecting the QB.
• The Dawgs had a drop on what would have been the easiest touchdown of the year and were still one personnel change away from taking the lead in the fourth quarter.
• (For what it’s worth, I am the proud owner of a Cash Jones Ready Mix shirt, but I do not want to see the namesake get another carry on 4th and 1.)AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSince that game, the aforementioned Alabama QB has regressed, and athletic defenses like Oklahoma and Auburn have shown more ways to slow the offense down.
• The also-aforementioned Georgia defense, on the other hand, has progressed in the last month.
• They have not allowed more than 21 points since mid-October and have finally found ways to pressure opposing quarterbacks consistently. But we all know that none of that matters when these two teams square off. In 2021, we saw one of the most dominant defenses of all time get torched by a team who needed 4 OTs to beat unranked Auburn the week prior.