Playoff team profiles: The Georgia Bulldogs
The Georgia Bulldogs bring a cultural memory of "the Anaconda plan" in their football strategy, but are they vulnerable to a team with knockout power?
Georgia really intimidates people. It’s the simple combination of recruiting ranking combined with film which consistently shows well drilled defenders, playing in concert to restrict passing windows, stuff rushing lanes, and run to the football.
When you see a team with so much size and speed doing all the little things right, it’s alarming. Georgia regularly beats teams with a steady pounding in all three phases that gradually sees them pull away on the scoreboard.
Their offense and run game operate in a similar fashion as the defense with Stetson Bennett throwing to a pair of tight ends who regularly make plays most tight ends don’t make.
They won the title last year obviously, which adds to their mystique, and despite losing five defensive players in the first round of the NFL draft after the season and 15 players overall, they’re back at it this season.
General consensus seems to be Georgia is just operating on a different plane than anyone else and no one else has what it takes to contend with them.
Is it true?
Let’s review how we like to examine these teams…
…and take a look under the hood.