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re: Georgia - LSU comparisons by unit

Posted by SuperGameCock on 9/24/13 at 10:02 pm to TigersOfGeauxld

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Mine weren't "random stats" though. The unit rankings I posted are from the SEC and ESPN.

LSU ranks higher on offense, defense, and special teams than anyone UGA has played to date. One of only eight teams in the country who has never trailed in a game...unlike any team UGA has yet to face.

I'd didn't add, but I could have, that LSU also wins the battle in turnover margin. I didn't think it was necessary.

Your first line was just giving how many points UGA's opponents scored against UGA, compared to how much they scored in other games, not taking into account the situation of each of those games (USC didn't need to keep scoring against Vandy or NC to win, but we did against UGA).

And by "random" I just meant only posting the stats that favor LSU over UGA, I wasn't saying they weren't true.

There's a very high chance that the overall stats of UGA and LSU would look completely different if the they traded schedules for the first 4 weeks of the season. It's tough to compare the stats of a team that has played 2 top ten teams vs. a team that hasn't hasn't played a team that is currently ranked.

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re: Georgia - LSU comparisons by unit

Posted by SuperGameCock on 9/24/13 at 9:10 pm to TigersOfGeauxld

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Clemson scored 38 against UGA, and only 26 against NC State. USCe scored 30 against UGA, and only 27 against UNC. The Gamecocks only scored 35 against Vandy at home, just five more than at UGA. North Texas scored as many points against UGA as they did against Ohio U.

None of the teams UGA has played has a defense or a special teams the caliber of ours. And only Clemson's offense is anywhere near LSU's.

You might be surprised to learn that LSU is scoring more PPG than Clemson, 40.3 to 38.6.

And yes, Clemson has played more name opponents, but not necessarily better defenses. UGA's defense is 85th in points given up, NC State's is 42nd.

TCU is 62nd in points given up, Auburn is 51st.

Didn't bother with the cupcakes for either.

You're just stating things in a way attempting to make UGA worse than they really are, and LSU better than they are. Let me try the same thing

UGA has a top 6 SOS of schedule while LSU is in the mid 60s and they average over 90 more yards per game than LSU.

UGA has gained at least 536 yards in each game, while LSU has only gained more than 460 once in 4 games.

TCU scored 17 more points on LSU than they did against Texas Tech

UAB had over 50 more rush yards and a higher YPC against LSU than they did against Troy. UAB outrushed LSU that game as well.

Mett only has 2 TDs and 1 int combined against the two best defenses LSU has faced. He also has a 55% completion percentage in those games. Murray had 4 TDs and was 17-23 against USC, a better defense than either TCU or AU.

Mett has a 28% completion percentage in the Redzone. Murray has a 69% completion percentage in the Redzone.

Kent State scored 13 on LSU, 17 on Liberty, and were shut out by Penn State. Based on this logic LSU's defense is comparable to Liberty and worse than Penn State's D.

LSU hasn't played a true road game yet.

I could of made this list a lot longer, but point is it's easy to pull out random stats from random games and make them look worse or better than they are.

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re: After we humiliate Georgia, again

Posted by SuperGameCock on 9/24/13 at 11:22 am to hashtag

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meh, we haven't really played a QB like Aaron Murray this year. Sure, he can move a little. But, we don't have to worry about them running the spread. That alone will change our entire defensive attack. IMO, nothing we've seen about our defense can be projected into this game.

Our DEs don't have to worry about containment any more, along with our LBs. So, we'll be able to attack more. Better pressure on the QB is going to make our DBs look way better too.

We're going to shock people and dominate with our D.

You say this, but UGA hasn't faced a QB like Mett this year either. Connor Shaw and Tajh Boyd are two of the best running QBs in college football and Mett is a complete statue. There were quite a few plays where Shaw escaped pressure and made a big play on third down, and Mett won't be able to do that.

Also, while the top of LSU's receiving core is great and better than UGA's, UGA has a much deeper receiving core. Landry and Beckham have a combined 44 catches, the next closest receiver has 3. And no one has a receiving touchdown besides Beckham and Landry. UGA has 5 players with at least 7 catches and 6 players have receiving touchdowns for them, and this is all in one less game than LSU.

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re: Strengths and weakness of UGA

Posted by SuperGameCock on 9/23/13 at 5:56 pm to lsugradman

You're a fool if you think that Mett is even close to Murray, or that LSU's offense is as good as UGAs.

Mett is not near as good as his numbers currently indicate. 8 of his 10 touchdowns have come against UAB and Kent State. He has 2 touchdowns and 1 int total against AU and TCU. He has a 55% completion percentage in those 2 games as well. LSU hasn't played a true road game this year and when they played on a neutral field Mett had a 50% completion percentage.

UGA as a team averages over 100 more pass yards per game and only 7 less rush yards per game and that's against superior competition (UGA 6 in SOS and LSU 61).

And those saying UGA struggled with NT didn't watch the game. UGA had 645 total yards while NT had 245. One of NT's touchdowns came on a KR where there was an obvious block in the back, and another touchdown that came because they blocked a punt where they had a high snap.

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