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Ohio State coach Ryan Day’s biggest concern facing Georgia comes as no surprise
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Ohio State coach Ryan Day’s biggest concern facing Georgia comes as no surprise
ATLANTA — Ohio State coach Ryan Day is known as an offensive ****, able to diagnose and exploit matchups while dialing up plays for Buckeyes’ teams that never lack scoring firepower.
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Throw all those rankings out the door, Day seen what LSU done to exploit UGA's DB's and knows it will come down to explosive plays and turnovers if they have a chance. Let's hope " The Dawgs " tighten up. GATA !!!
Day is certainly going to have to exhibit his offensive genius for his offense to compete against Kirby’s genius on defense. For all the accolades being heaped on Georgia’s defense, about all that can be said about OSU’s defense is average, mediocre, etc. Put that against the Dawg’s elite offense with more weapon’s available than they’ve had all year and Monken’s genius that is equal to if not greater than Day’s, the outcome should be obvious!
As with all 13 games this year, the only way for the Dawgs to lose is for Georgia to beat Georgia!
Another commenter pointed out the other day that pressure on Stroud will be the key. That can't be overemphasized.
Stroud is mobile, has a pretty good line, is accurate and makes good decisions. No matter how well our DBs play, they'll need help from Jalen, Nazir, Mykel, Smael and others to avoid being cut up by Stroud and his excellent receivers.
I don't have any doubt that our DLs and LBs have the strength and speed to collapse the pocket and pursue Stroud relentlessly.
UGA and Ohio St. have similar offensive numbers in passing and running. However, I believe we play in a tougher division than the Big Ten. So, IMO that just translates better to this game. Michigan was by far the more physical team that Ohio St. played and they wore down in the 2nd half, no two ways about it.
Michigan is not even a passing team per se, but the run game definitely wore down the Buckeyes in the 2nd half and the next thing you know receivers for Michigan were running uncovered down the field, I guess due to the safeties cheating on the run.
I look for UGA to mix the run and pass game effectively early,I like SB getting off to a quick start, hit them with some explosive plays and then start to settle in to the run game and start wearing on them. We'll see! Go Dawgs!
@ShoottheHooch
People keep saying this - "Ohio State coach Ryan Day is known as an offensive ****, able to diagnose and exploit matchups while dialing up plays for Buckeyes’ teams that never lack scoring firepower" - but I just don't see it. To me, I just see a bog standard pro style with air raid principles (or vice versa) who just has more talent than everybody else 90% of the time. He has had 3 first round picks at QB in a row: Haskins, Fields and now Stroud. He recruited a bunch of future 1st round pick WRs: Olave, Wilson, Williams (portaled to Alabama), Smith-Njiba, Harrison Jr., Egbuka. His OL recruiting hasn't been as good as some Ohio State predecessors i.e. Jim Tressel and John Cooper but it hasn't fallen off the map either. His RB recruiting? Same: no Ezekiel Elliott or Eddie George - not that anyone is playing RBs of that caliber anymore as guys like that are playing LB, safety and WR these days - but very good guys to fit his system. That gives Ohio State more talent on offense than any defense that he is going to see in the Big 10, Michigan and Penn State included.
Ryan Day got a lot of credit for getting Urban Meyer away from his Bowling Green, Utah and Florida offenses - which Dan Mullen (his OC at all those schools) contributed mightily to anyway - and that's great. But Ohio State won their 1 title in 2014 before Day joined their staff. Clemson won 2 titles - nearly 3 - with less talent. Maybe the QBs were better, but Ohio State had better RBs, OL and WRs. Then you had the LSU title in 2019 with a scheme that is "similar to but better than" what Ohio State runs, a QB who couldn't win the starting job in Columbus, maybe not quite as good at WR (Justin Jefferson may be one of the best to play the game) but definitely comparable at OL and better at RB. Then UGA won the 2021 title with a QB that can't make half the throws that Day's QBs can and WRs that Day would never offer scholarships to. (Yes, UGA has better TEs than Ohio State but not utilizing the TE nearly as much as did Clemson in 2016 with Jordan Leggett - a 5th round pick who was out of the NFL in 3 years - is a major flaw in Day's offense.)
If Ohio State doesn't somehow upset Georgia on Saturday, the people who write Day's paychecks should start to demand changes. Day took over arguably the third best program in the country after Alabama and Clemson, and now they can't take advantage of the Bama and Clemson declines because of not even being the best program in the Big 10 anymore.
Offensive ****...LMAO!!! Can even beat Michigan
Games are won and lost in the trenches. Georgia has the advantage on both trenches.
Lol...you don't think Smart was setting em up with a soft Defense in the LSU game? He's been manipulating the Dawgs output all year to elicit the exact opinion you just expressed. I don't see Day falling for it, though. He knows what UGA can do...for all the good it'll do him.
You can know exactly what the other team is gonna do...but, stopping them is another issue. OSU just doesn't have "IT" this year. And, a second bite at the apple isn't gonna taste any sweeter than the first one did, against Michigan.
"I pity the fools"....said, "Mister T". Lol
Have some faith. The Dawgs WILL NOT BOMB! They aren't built that way. They're more like a military unit.
Good plan. That's been UGA's DNA all year. I see no reason to change it now.
That's what cost em the SECCG last year. Changing the formula vice tweeting it, can be disastrous.
"If Ohio State doesn't somehow upset Georgia on Saturday, the people who write Day's paychecks should start to demand changes."
🤣🤣🤣...
"Bennett can't make 50% of the throws that OSU QBs make." ---"thadec". .
I want to make darn sure you get full credit for that absurd statement.
According to the all-knowing "thadec"...changes are a comin' in Ohio after tomorrow.
Yeah....right! Don't you ever get tired of being wrong? Lmao
Well, I guess even a broken clock is right twice a day. I'm going to take this opportunity to let the Dawgs know, there are a lot of people in...and out...of the State of UGA that are in their corner tomorrow.
I was in Knoxville over Christmas and wore my UGA shirts and hats. UT Fans were coming up to me, telling me that most Tennessee fans were pulling for the Dawgs to win. They said, "If not Tennessee...then, UGA", basically. I suppose, it might be the other way around someday. But, not today.
Go get em Big Red Machine. Happy New Year to everybody. 😁
@BigDawg61 Amen !!! Tell it Brother !!! Go Dawgs !!! Whup up on them Weird Walnuts !!!
Two things imho, 1) Our Offense is not waaay behind OSU as some of the experts like to claim. No our Offense is neck and neck with OSU. 2) We as Dawgs fans know our Defensive Front & LBs are Very good. And they Will be vs OSU. But I’m Believing that Kirby, Muschamp, & Schumann will have the DBs coached up to play Their best game of the year !! I will give OSU credit they are a very good team, but Not Enough, Dawgs will Win !! Go Dawgs !!
Is it really Ryan Day? Or is it REALLY Butch Jones with a beard?
@ColumbusDawg ...🤣🤣🤣...you're right.
And so are you @navydawg. Anybody that wants to compare OSU's coaching staff with UGA's...I laugh in your general direction. 😂 I've never seen a staff constructed as strong as UGA's, from top -to-bottom. It's a "Dream Team". IMO