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Post by JSUSoutherner on Sept 8, 2021 10:32:45 GMT -6
I will say this, if you switched coaching staffs, the score wouldnt have been the same. We couldn't beat them 31-0. But JSU could have won the game with Clark at the helm. UAB could not beat JSU with Grass as their coach. Ill leave that right there. 1,000,000,000% agree.
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Post by Whup Em All on Sept 8, 2021 12:22:09 GMT -6
I think the more telling stat (for JSU at least) will be how many points UGA puts on UAB. If UAB's defense shines, holding UGA to under 21 points, then JSU getting shut out doesn't look nearly as bad. On the other hand, if UGA walks all over the Blazers... not a good look for the Gamecocks. I agree and disagree... hear me out. UGA's defense may be other-worldly. They may end up doing to UAB what UAB did to us. If UAB can't move the ball at all, it could turn into a 30-40 point showing for UGA against the UAB defense, even though UAB is very good defensively and UGA isn't that good offensively. That said, UGA may be worn out from that war with Clemson and it ends up closer than it should be. I am interested to see it, regardless! UGA's defense has nothing to do with it. I'm not talking about the transitive property here -- it doesn't matter who wins or loses the game -- I'm just talking about the strength of UAB's defensive unit. UGA faced (arguably) the No. 2 defense in the country in Clemson. And the Tigers shut them down completely, save a field goal and a defensive score. Now the Dawgs are facing another (statistical) Top 10 defense in UAB. If the UGA offense struggles IN ANY WAY against the Blazers, then it makes our 31-0 shutout *somewhat* easier to digest, because it means that UAB's defense is in the same general league as Clemson's. I'm not saying UAB has to shut out the Dawgs -- just hold them to 3 scores or less. I doubt the Blazer offense will get much of anything against UGA, so a 21-0 score would reflect highly on the Blazer D. Anything better than that would be outstanding for UAB, and would bode well for them in C-USA. But if the final score is more like 52-0, then it means the Blazer defense is pretty freaking porous, and JSU really should've gotten SOMETHING going offensively in that crapshow of a game, even if we're a lowly FCS team playing against the mighty FBS. Because of this, I think the UAB-UGA game is going to tell us more about the Gamecocks than the JSU-FSU game will. The Noles are going to roll us. I think that's unavoidable, since they've improved and we won't catch them by surprise this year. If we lose 21-10 or 72-0, it doesn't matter. It only proves FSU is a better team, which they are. But if UAB's defense hangs at all with UGA, then it means we still have a chance against lower competition. I mean, our playbook still sucks, but at least we should score when we're not facing Top 10 FBS defenses.
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Post by JSUSoutherner on Sept 11, 2021 18:00:15 GMT -6
So UAB looked like a wet paper towel. So I guess the "UAB is just really good at defense!" theory is out the window.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2021 3:56:48 GMT -6
Georgia is just in another league. Georgia and Alabama are elite and everyone else is playing for scraps this year.
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