Kick Vanderbilt & Move On
This one should have been 45-21. The 'Dogs ended up kicking too many field goals. Walsh was 4 for 6. By the way, Blair ties a Georgia record, with those 6 attempts. The offense left 21 points out there. Easy. Murray missed a couple deep throws that were there for six. Bennett had a ball off his finger tips for another score.
Went back and took another look at the six FG situations. Checked out the 3rd down plays. On 5 of the 6 3rd downs, it was 3rd and long (6+). Passing situations. And we didn't convert any of them, obviously.
Vanderbilt did a lot of blitzing. Coach Bobo spread them out, with 3-4 WR sets (that includes Orson flexed, in a WR alignment). This makes it easier for the QB (Murray) to see where the blitz is coming from. We just didn't hit enough plays. Left too many plays out there. Make a few of them and Vandy is not in the game late.
Blame it on poor special teams (allowed a KO return for a TD and gave up a blocked punt late). Blame it on the defense for allowing Vanderbilt to run for 200 yards. I hear the complaints. But this one almost got away because the offense didn't cash in on opportunities. Six field goal attempts? That's disapppointing.
But it was a win. Put it in the SEC win column and move on.
Went back and took another look at the six FG situations. Checked out the 3rd down plays. On 5 of the 6 3rd downs, it was 3rd and long (6+). Passing situations. And we didn't convert any of them, obviously.
Vanderbilt did a lot of blitzing. Coach Bobo spread them out, with 3-4 WR sets (that includes Orson flexed, in a WR alignment). This makes it easier for the QB (Murray) to see where the blitz is coming from. We just didn't hit enough plays. Left too many plays out there. Make a few of them and Vandy is not in the game late.
Blame it on poor special teams (allowed a KO return for a TD and gave up a blocked punt late). Blame it on the defense for allowing Vanderbilt to run for 200 yards. I hear the complaints. But this one almost got away because the offense didn't cash in on opportunities. Six field goal attempts? That's disapppointing.
But it was a win. Put it in the SEC win column and move on.
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