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December 2, 2012

First thoughts on the SEC Championship Game

I'll have more in the coming days, I'm sure, but these are the things I'm thinking of this morning:

  • Heart. If anyone, I mean anyone, thinks Georgia 'doesn't show up in big games' or whatever, they can kiss my ass about this one. I haven't seen Chuck Oliver's douchebaggery/lack of balls, but I've heard from enough folks to know that in this instance, Coach Richt was right. We left everything on the field. 
  • Best game I've ever been to. If the SEC Network doesn't kick off their formal broadcast with this game, it is programming malpractice.
  • Offensive Line. They've (rightfully) taken heat at times this summer. For the record, this was a good game against a good defense. 
  • Defense. The rushing defense was not good. However, we got big goal line stops. We pressured McCarron. The one thing I think we didn't do well enough is break off blocks quickly enough to get a good tackle on Lacy and Yeldon. You have to give Lacy, Yeldon, and the Bama Oline credit, they did a great job in making Georgia pay on rushing plays.
This was a crazy game. Georgia never folded. Alabama never folded. There are a lot of reasons Bama won and Georgia didn't, but if Georgia scores and wins, those same reasons could be flip flopped and been valid. 
 
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