Can Texas Stop The First Good Offense It Has Faced? | Georgia @ Texas: Preview & Prediction

[@Ultra-BLV]

I think Texas deserves to be favored as a Georgia fan. They’ve looked like the better team and they’re at home. Kirby said in his press conference the other day that Texas reminds him of some of Georgia’s best teams and I can see why. They’re great along the lines of scrimmage while having great team speed, athleticism, and skill. Georgia does present a different challenge to anything Texas has faced thus far. Texas has the #1 passing defense in the country in YPA allowed, but here are the opposing passing offenses they’ve faced and where they rank in YPA- Colorado State (98th), Michigan (132nd), UTSA (120th), ULM (118th), Miss State (36th), and Oklahoma (122nd). The one respectable passing offense they’ve faced was Miss State, and that came in Van Buren’s first start. Georgia’s passing offense is ranked 24th, a major step up. I’ve seen great Georgia defenses over the years get shocked by great passing games because they’re not used to facing them, and I can see something similar happening to Texas with the way Georgia’s OL has played in pass protection and Beck has developed connections with Dillon Bell and Arian Smith. I also think Georgia athletically is on a different level to anybody Texas has faced, whereas Clemson and Alabama do have very talented overall rosters. Georgia is the more battle tested team and they’ve dealt with adversity already this season. If Texas gets down early, it’s unknown as to how they’ll respond. With that said, what concerns me for Georgia is that Texas has a major mismatch between their passing game and Georgia’s secondary. Ewers was clearly off and rusty against Oklahoma, but I’m expecting him to be ready to go for Georgia, and Georgia’s DBs really struggled against Alabama and Miss State. Georgia’s pass rush hasn’t been dominant and I don’t expect them to be in this game against a great Texas offensive line. This is the biggest game in DKR Stadium since they played Ohio State in 2006 from a combined ranking standpoint. I’ll be making the trip to Austin for this one and I can’t wait to see it. It’s a classic uniform matchup between two excellent teams and programs. My head says 31-27 Texas. My heart says 34-31 Georgia. Think it’s a back and forth game either way.

[@TheFlyrodder68]

Well said, and I agree. It's a toss-up for me, honestly. I hope it's as exciting as the buildup. May the best team win! Hook'Em \m/~v~

[@JamesBond-zd5jx]

31-28. Somebody wins. Not sure who. Would not touch this game from a betting perspective.

[@Beegdaddy]

Yet Kentucky was able to limit GA to one touchdown

[@dominiquejones6849]

"Yeah, baby. Talk dat shit now."

[@mattchristensen7074]

The "Texas secondary is a weakness" take is lazy af. Totally different personnel than last year along with a much more potent pass rush. If the D has a weakness it's that they can't smother the run with a light box like they could last year with Sweat and Murphy.

[@pfisterbuddy]

Bingo, if you pay attention to Texas this is the correct take

[@tpfrk8977]

Very much agree.. Texas isn’t as strong against the run this year but the secondary has improved incredibly

[@patentjt]

Yea that's last season. Texas' secondary this season is night & day different

[@loofloofloof]

@@patentjtPlaying 4 passing offenses ranked in the ~100’s doesn’t make your secondary elite; it makes it suspect

[@mattchristensen7074]

@@loofloofloof it's untested sure, but calling it a "weakness" based on last season is a lazy take. Different personnel than last season and it has dominated poor competition in a way that they did not last season. Last season gave up yards to guys like Donovan Smith...

[@franknitti100]

It's the eye test with Texas....they *look* faster than other teams on defense. 🤘🏿

[@Jwtexan2386]

Super nice of you guys to let Danny go first so we can all just skip through it repeatedly hitting 10 second skips until he stops talking. In case you are wondering, you are safe from almost all Danny talk after 2:48

[@TylertheTruthh]

Lets Go DAWGS!!! GA 34- Texas 28

[@builtforthisentertainment6543]

Sark over Kirby in coaching 🤡🤡🤡 Go Dawgs

[@patentjt]

Really looking forward to this game. As a Texas fan, we all want to finally see Texas' defense get tested by a good offense like Georgia. We don't really know if our defense is just good or elite yet. Should be a great game

[@Foggydidwhat]

I agree with your point that Texas does not know if their defense is just good or elite. However, we all would appreciate if you stopped blatant lies in feigning that Georgia has any sort of quality offense. And if you would like to call me a liar, I would appreciate that as long as you can justify your slander.

[@patentjt]

@Foggydidwhat huh, u don't think Georgia's offense is good this season? They r definitely a good offense and Beck is a consensus top QB on NFL boards

[@Foggydidwhat]

@@patentjt Correct. I do not think that up until this point in the season, Georgia has performed in any capacity to incite my believe in any form of quality offense. Terrible rushing play and hugely turnover prone outside of low completion passing play support my point of view. but who am I to stop you supporting Georgia to win against Texas this weekend even though I disagree with you. * it makes me curious that you say Carson Beck is a quality quarterback. Do you have a single unique thought in your brain or do you just blindly agree with whatever you see? I would say, give me a reason for a unique thought, but you only would now because you are panicking realizing that you don’t have any unique ideas

[@AZborn-7K]

​@@Foggydidwhatbecause Georgia beat Texas

[@Foggydidwhat]

@@patentjt he ain’t consensus top qb after that performance. Carson beck throwing for 175yds only completing 56% for an average of 4.3 yards per completion with 0 TD and 3 INT. He was terrible.

[@johnjohnson1997]

Texas by 10. GA has consistently struggled. It may be true Texas hasnt played any killers, but it is also true that Texas has miles of tape on GA and their obvious weaknesses. There really is no excuse for GA’s Kentucky performance and the 31 they gave up to msst.

[@jdtheguitartist]

As if ga never played Ky or Mizzou close lol

[@samright4661]

Really? You do realize Ky has 2 players that played 3 years at Ga? QB and Linebacker? They both knew Ga playbook Ky had a big advantage!

[@ThatTexasDude]

​@@samright4661Yeah, that must be it. 🤡

[@AZborn-7K]

​@@ThatTexasDudeso what reality are we living in if the reality you invisioned had Georgia only scoring 17?

[@ThatTexasDude]

@@AZborn-7K Sark should be embarrassed & Idk what happened to Ewers but he's finished. This team will lose at least 2 more.

[@ChaosKLC]

I have a feeling that this game will not live up to the hype. One of these teams is going to win by 2 scores at least. It's a coin flip which one it is though.

[@joemagarac405]

Texas won’t lose by two scores.

[@holleabee8835]

@@joemagarac405 Really?

[@lanehopper5198]

@@ChaosKLC ding ding ding

[@whitewizard9]

I will be coming to you for predictions from now on!

[@Mark-zx2bq]

Georgia is one street race away from being in complete shambles

[@jemi_27]

We’re actually fine. Ya know, just won 2 natties (: hbu??

[@turnerstrickland8210]

This man thinks Texas is back choke city yall ain’t stopping Beck homie yall ain’t played no one

[@Mark-zx2bq]

@@turnerstrickland8210 are you always so emotional, "homie"?

[@Mark-zx2bq]

@@jemi_27 Texas won 13 just last year

[@forbidden-pringles]

Texas may very well win, but anyone making a claim that Texas/Sark has a coaching edge over Kirby given their resumes is operating strictly off of personal bias.

[@mitchstavely1]

We all know Georgia is not the team of the past, but we still do have a lot of playmakers and hopefully they’ll be at their best. Also, if we can get some players back from injury, which I believe is critical due to our depth at certain positions. Go Dawgs!

[@drewby_doobie_doo]

The Horns secondary is massively improved from last year. The weak links from last year, Brooks and Thompson, are gone and have been replaced by a couple of studs in Barron and Makuba, respectively. I really don't think the Texas secondary is a weakness. They'll def give up some yards this game but I don't see GA getting a bunch of explosive plays as Texas will focus on preventing that and force GA to put together longer drives to score.

[@waltershoults8803]

Can Georgia play 4 full quarters of football? These questions and many more will be answered on Saturday @DKR 🤘 Hookem

[@AZborn-7K]

Unfortunately Texas only played 1 quarter of football

[@wi1dcard]

Through 6 games: Texas has played against teams that average 101st in total offense Georgia has played against teams that average 54th in total offense Texas has played against teams that average 76th in total defense Georgia has played against teams that average 52nd in total defense Texas ranks 1st in the nation in total defense. Georgia ranks 27th in the nation in total defense. Texas ranks 7th in the nation in total offense. Georgia ranks 27th in the nation in total offense. Georgia is the highest ranked offense Texas has seen all year. Texas is the highest ranked defense Georgia has seen all year. Georgia's highest ranked win is against Clemson(ranked 10th) where Georgia obliterated Clemson and held them to 188 total yards and 3 points, not to mention Clemson has the 10th ranked offense in the nation. Texas' highest ranked win is against Michigan(ranked 24th). Michigan's offense is ranked 119th in the nation and still managed to score 12 points with a QB that has a QBR of 39.0---Michigan also lost to unranked Washington.

[@MatthewSmith-fy5hk]

Its almost as if your criticizing Texas for doing exactly what they're supposed to do to inferior teams.

[@ftw4twcs]

Mississippi St. played both teams. Texas gave up 13 points with one coming in garbage time. Georgia gave up 31 to them. But i guess it doesn't count because Texas played nobody right? Also wouldn't the fact that the teams who played Texas are ranked that low on offense because they had to play Texas? Texas smothered everyone so what else can they do? They beat Michigan and Oklahoma so bad they are now in rebuilds.

[@DodieJ]

Texas beat the bama team that beat y’all in bama by double digits. Georgia struggled with Kentucky. They have a common opponent whom Georgia struggled with while Texas dominated them with their backup qb. Easy call, try again.

[@wi1dcard]

@@MatthewSmith-fy5hk What team this year has Texas dominated and allowed zero TDs, and 188 total yards and is ranked in the top 10?

[@Youdontknowme8888]

@@wi1dcardI hope Texas wins so we can come back here and tell you how big of a clown you are

[@lhtsnakes1]

How am I supposed to take y'all seriously when you don't even know his name is Tate RATTLEDGE

[@markbenavides9431]

Texas has a 6 deep WR room. I think they’ll still have threats on the outside regardless of Bond being back.

[@xekis]

Sometimes it feels like Wingo is an upgrade, especially if you want to go deep. Manning to Wingo over the next couple of years is going to be very productive.

[@armandchargois5733]

The better question instead of can Texas stop the best offense it has seen is , can Georgia put up as many points as Texas’s offense ? And can Georgia score on the #1 rated defense in the country enough times to counter the Texas offense who hasn’t scored less than 30 all year?

[@TxLonghornsFan]

Guys, for me it’s all about the line of scrimmage. The best D-Lines and O-Lines we have seen this year have been Michigan’s and Oklahoma’s. I think both Michigan’s and Oklahoma’s D-Lines compare favorably to Georgia’s this year because the Georgia D-Line isn’t as good as the dominating D-Lines we have seen from Georgia’s past. Offense only happens if we win at the line of scrimmage. Sacks only happen for Texas if we win at the line of scrimmage. I think we can beat Georgia at the line of scrimmage because this is the same O-Line for Texas that beat Bama last year at Bama and now Michigan and Oklahoma at the line of scrimmage this year.

[@lhtsnakes1]

Tate RATTLEDGE

[@TylertheTruthh]

Can't wait for this game!!!

[@texascouchcoach256]

2021 Great Georgia Offense through their first 6 games: Clemson: 100th UAB: 75th South Carolina: 110th Vanderbilt: 118th Arkansas: 27th Auburn: 67th Looks a lot like what Texas has faced thus far. And that Georgia Team did pretty good the rest of the way.

[@ts4426]

That was a great Arkansas offense and UGA absolutely manhandled them from start to finish.

[@AZborn-7K]

Texas couldn't hold up the standard of #1

[@tpfrk8977]

It’s true, Texas hasn’t faced a good offense this year.. But it has faced 2 good defenses.. Make no mistake about it, the Texas defense is really good and it is the strength of the Texas team

[@mikecrouch1661]

Bad sign when you have to invent a way for UGA to win.

[@timothyjoshua1587]

Invent a way for my Dawgs to win. Texas haven't been tested but I don't discredit them. But I think my Dawgs will pull this out.

[@lanehopper5198]

That makes no sense, both teams have to invent a way to win…

[@Menu2Sports]

I think Danny Kanell is way off, anyone who thinks the Texas secondary is weak, youre thinking 2023, not 2024.

[@texascouchcoach256]

I hear what Danny is saying, but Texas has literally whooped every teams ass. How impressive is Georgias win over Kentucky or Mississippi state? Or their loss to Alabama. We don’t know enough about either of those teams, I will admit that but why question Texas’s beatdowns as a reason to say they are valued to high and not look at reasons why Georgia maybe valued lower?

[@Dread-HeadedTexan]

I think Carson Beck is playing well these last couple weeks😂 he threw 5 picks in two weeks

[@SomeGuyCyrex]

I can say Texas hasn’t look the best, with Ewers coming back after an injury he really looked 50/50 last game. If he can lock in and get back to where he was this will be a competitive game, if not Georgia has a good chance to upset us 🤷‍♂️

[@lanehopper5198]

How can these dudes talk about a coaching edge then in the exact same topic talk about a teams talent being the reason a team has a coaching edge?

[@suspo1]

Funny how according to these guys holding OU to 3 points didn't matter because they faced a freshman quarterback making his second start. Well last time I checked, last week Georgia faced a freshman quarterback making his second start and he threw for 300 yards and put up 31 points. He happened to be the same kid who only threw for 144 against UT, 45 of those yards on one play. I guess we will see who has the weakest secondary.

[@AZborn-7K]

Texas

[@dominiquejones6849]

Definitely agree on Texas' pass defense being highly overrated to this point.

[@Dread-HeadedTexan]

Please let Carson Beck drop back 50 times and I bet at least three of them going to Texas and he'll be sacked four to five times

[@georgiadawgs8260]

Tate will not play. If he was diff position maybe. Not in the trenches. Not after tight rope. @ least two more weeks imo. After Florida game.

[@JamesGoodman-f9m]

?

[@jdtheguitartist]

As if Texas played an offense better than 75th in the country. Ouch

[@Jay-tm8vy]

Texas secondary is far from a weakness lol horrible analytical point

[@OreoWaffles44]

the script just got leaked!!!😱😱😱 Texas 31 Georgia 17

[@chewbaka1496]

Doubt Texas can hold GA to 17 points.

[@greenbackjackj4795]

The script got updated bro Georgia 24 Texas 7

[@ThatTexasDude]

​@@chewbaka1496& the rest of us back in reality doubt that Georgia will score over 17 points.

[@chewbaka1496]

​@@ThatTexasDude Hmmm....it appears you live in an alternate world....where everything is reversed. GA scored 30 and Texas couldn't even muster more than 15 points. What a joke of a team and fanbase. 😂 Welcome to SEC football! There's plenty more where that came from! 😂

[@AZborn-7K]

​@@ThatTexasDudeyou mean your fictional world because Georgia dropped more than 17 in the first half

[@kedricklewis5391]

lol... it's crazy Texas came and took all that SEC mystic in one season lol

[@samright4661]

Really? Texas hasn’t played a good SEC team yet

[@Youdontknowme8888]

@@samright4661at least they didn’t struggle against Ms state like Ga did. Texas doesn’t get to pick their schedule. Come up with some different excuse than they haven’t played anyone you clown

[@JamesBond-zd5jx]

It’s crazy that you can’t spell.

[@kedricklewis5391]

@@JamesBond-zd5jx be thankful we came to this truck stop conference

[@JamesBond-zd5jx]

@@kedricklewis5391 that’s the best you got? Your reputation precedes you.

[@Michael-kf7gm]

These guys are all biased towards Georgia. It’ll be funny to see them if Texas wins. 😊

[@AZborn-7K]

Yeah didn't happen

[@TimWysocki-cz5dg]

Georgia has lost 7 straight road games against top 10 opponents.

[@joemagarac405]

If Texas runs empty sets at Georgia it will be like nothing they’ve ever faced. Provided we get Michigan and not OU version of Ewers. If we get OUwers, Sark needs to put Arch in anyway.

[@trey1218]

LMAO. Dawgs have played Sarkisian before. The arrogance is hilarious. Look forward to the coping Sunday.

[@jonathanhouser8194]

​@@trey1218 Sarks offenses have lit up Georgia too.

[@jonathanhouser8194]

​@@trey1218Georgia never beat Alabama when Sark was there.

[@AZborn-7K]

​@@jonathanhouser8194so you were saying?

[@Saddletramp.24]

Nobody seems to remember that they both played Miss St…. Texas won by 30 Dog won by like 10 ….. rest my case!

[@AZborn-7K]

And I guess your case backfired because Georgia by 15

[@Saddletramp.24]

@@AZborn-7K yea I’m eating crow today ….but I still think Texas has the better team …maybe championships rematch??

[@calebgarrett4060]

Georgia hasn’t really played anybody either….. Clemson and Alabama are both WAY OVERHYPED right now….. Alabama SUCKED against USF, Vanderbilt (who lost to Georgia State), and South Carolina….. Clemson has been winning since the Georgia game because they play in the gosh awful ACC where newcomer SMU (from the American Conference) is ranked 4th in the conference standings, Newcomer Cal (from the PAC 12) gave Miami the scare of their lives, and James Madison (FCS school) smacked North Carolina around…. Georgia let Kentucky and Mississippi State pound the rock right at them…. What do you really think Texas is gonna do with their O-Line, especially given the fact that while Michigan and OU aren’t world beaters, they have ELITE defensive fronts and good secondaries and they TORCHED those defensive fronts…? 🎤

[@philemonjones6142]

Alabama is going to be Alabama regardless of the coach, they struggled against USF with nick Saban. And SC isn’t one of those teams that can give any team trouble Georgia shows up against ranked teams so be prepared it’s not going to be a cake walk.

[@wi1dcard]

@@calebgarrett4060 😂🤣

[@han9090]

Kirby’s got this . Ga leaving Austin with a WIN!

[@Skyler_h22]

Ah, UGA held Clemson to 3 points. The Tigers have scored 248 points over the last 5 games and is back to being ranked #10

[@calebgarrett4060]

@@Skyler_h22 I get that, but if nobody you play has a line of scrimmage (like these ACC teams do) it’s easy to score points like that. Tennessee hung almost as many points on NC State as Clemson did, and they lost to Arkansas and only beat OU by 10 points….. nobody’s making a big deal out of them right now.

[@DodieJ]

Can’t wait to come back after Texas humbles you. Horns by 20+

[@trey1218]

You're delusional.

[@lanehopper5198]

@@DodieJ So you gonna come back orrrrr….

[@DodieJ]

@@lanehopper5198 see you in Atlanta

[@AZborn-7K]

​@@DodieJby 20+? Kinda hard to do that when you can't score 20 points

[@lanehopper5198]

@@DodieJ If yall make it there, yall have played 1 good team and got humiliated. Texas A&M might beat yall too😭

[@Youdontknowme8888]

And what are you guys going to say if Texas beats Georgia? That Georgia is just having a down year? It’s lame excuses game after game. Texas has dominated the entire year.. they don’t get to pick who they play

[@trey1218]

What are you gonna say after Georgia wins? Another Texas choke? Is Sarkisian drunk?

[@AZborn-7K]

Yeah pretty much a Texas choke because Michigan and Oklahoma got embarrassed yesterday by lower ranked schools