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@D1Athlete1987 It is absolutely scheme. On most non-obvious passing downs UGA's DL is taught and instructed to engage (to allow the LB's to run free), diagnose, gap control THEN attack. That puts the DL a half second or more behind in the pass rush on every play. CKS does it to control the clock by design. Control the run control the clock. I get it. He's got the better team almost every week. Let the other guy make the mistakes (Iceman).
Reminds me of Tom Landry's Flex Defense. Gap control is not gap attack. Gap control is not pass rush. UGA was patting itself on the back in '21 (the high water mark). That team "finished in the Top 10 nationally in sacks". A team that finishes "in the top 10 in sacks" every 5 years does not have a scheme that attacks the QB. IF your scheme was designed to attack the pocket you would get more than 1 sack per game that UGA got in '25. Especially with the players UGA recruits on D.
If your excuse is "inexperience" you better get used to it. Already an article on Dawgnation about how the '26 class is being counted on. Also an article (same article?) about CKS's team building philosophy about building from high school players. That insures that UGA will be perpetually young. UGA had numerous 2 and 3 yr players on the DL PLUS Christen Miller. Miller 43 games at UGA in 4 years and …..4 sacks. 3 years is all you are ever going to get out of UGA's best players as they become draft eligible.
Yup it hurt to lose Damon Wilson. He left because of the scheme(and money) just like Jermaine Johnson did. Wilson had 3.5 sacks in 26 games at UGA and 9 in 13 games at MO. Johnson had 6.5 sacks in 21 games at UGA and 12 sacks in 12 games at FSU. If I am not mistaken Isaiah Gibson was rated higher than Damon Wilson coming out of HS and he barely sniffed the field last year. So much to learn besides pinning your ears back and rushing the QB.
TID? You mean the guy that played 37 games at UGA in 4 years and had 4 sacks?
"our DL has just never been a high sack getting team". I rest my case.
CKS sacrifices QB pressure for run stuffing and assignment integrity. The defense is designed for bend but don't break not for QB pressure. CKS's team's have in the past outlasted and beat down most teams. Now that CKS's teams will be younger that most ranked opponents (that add more heavily from the TP) will UGA be able to continue to win at the same level?
In any event to win at the highest level of CFB in this era a team needs to have a very good QB and a very good passrush. You would think that UGA w/all those 5* LB's would turn the DL loose and let the LB's clean up the mess.