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LawDawg
Sic 'em Dawgs ... woof!
Deep South's Oldest Rivalry - UGa has had the edge of late winning 6 of the last 7.
UGa is getting healthier ...
RB - Gurley is back to about 90%, and the two freshman now have 4 games under their belts.
WR - I think we have 4 of the 7 injured WRs back at some level. Still not ideal, but our playbook will be expanded.
D - we have most of the players back, and the youguns have matured.
So, we are still injured, but we're about 80% back.
Why we win - matchups ... our D is 23rd in rushing D, and 86th in passing. Fortunately, Auburn's passing is terrible - 110th. So our D matches up with Auburn better than we would a team that has a strong passing attack. From our O side, Auburn's passing D is 86th ... not good at all. With some of our receivers back, I think we score plenty. Their rushing D isn't much better, 59th, so Gurley and the freshman will do enough to let Murray have a great game.
Why we lose - home field advantage to Auburn. This is interesting, because the game is supposed to be in Athens ... we have played in Auburn two years in a row. We've had schedule breaks in the past few years, so it is only fair it goes against us this year.
UGa 35, Auburn 28
UGa is getting healthier ...
RB - Gurley is back to about 90%, and the two freshman now have 4 games under their belts.
WR - I think we have 4 of the 7 injured WRs back at some level. Still not ideal, but our playbook will be expanded.
D - we have most of the players back, and the youguns have matured.
So, we are still injured, but we're about 80% back.
Why we win - matchups ... our D is 23rd in rushing D, and 86th in passing. Fortunately, Auburn's passing is terrible - 110th. So our D matches up with Auburn better than we would a team that has a strong passing attack. From our O side, Auburn's passing D is 86th ... not good at all. With some of our receivers back, I think we score plenty. Their rushing D isn't much better, 59th, so Gurley and the freshman will do enough to let Murray have a great game.
Why we lose - home field advantage to Auburn. This is interesting, because the game is supposed to be in Athens ... we have played in Auburn two years in a row. We've had schedule breaks in the past few years, so it is only fair it goes against us this year.
UGa 35, Auburn 28