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Seeing on some other sites that he had surgery on a broken arm sustained in the MSU game.

Should also note that he hurt the arm, and got it wrapped and came back in and played last weekend.

I think we are still in good hands with Lewis, Lindsay, and Edwards but his dirty work will be missed if this is true

Ced is coming along too. Saw him blocking hard Saturday when he got in. He’s going to be tough to cover on those back shoulder balls when the time comes, be it ‘26 or ‘27

Did some research on game impacted by weather since I couldn't remember the specifics:

1. Moving Kickoff to Sunday or Monday

The most common solution for a storm expected to pass quickly is pushing the game back 24 to 48 hours.

This keeps the host venue, avoids travel re-booking nightmares, and allows local emergency services to focus on Saturday response efforts.

Georgia at South Carolina (2016 - Hurricane Matthew): Originally scheduled for Saturday night in Columbia, the SEC moved kickoff to Sunday afternoon at 2:30 PM ET once the storm cleared.

Tennessee at LSU (2005 - Hurricane Rita): Pushed from Saturday to Monday night in Baton Rouge.

Miami at Florida State (2004 - Hurricane Frances): Shifted from a Thursday night Labor Day broadcast to Sunday night.

Moving Kickoff to Earlier on Saturday

If the worst of the weather is forecasted for Saturday evening or night, administrators often move kickoff to Saturday morning or early afternoon to finish the game and clear stadium traffic before conditions deteriorate.

Appalachian State at LSU (2008 - Hurricane Gustav): Moved from a night kickoff to 11:00 AM local time.

Boise State at Florida State (2019 - Hurricane Dorian): Moved from a 7:00 PM kickoff in Jacksonville to a 12:00 PM kickoff in Tallahassee.

Alabama at Ole Miss (2020 - Hurricane Delta): Kickoff time was adjusted based on projected landfalls along the Gulf Coast.

3. Relocating to the Away Team’s Stadium or a Neutral Site

If the host city faces infrastructure damage, severe flooding, or a shortage of local law enforcement available for stadium detail, the SEC has swapped home venues or moved to a neutral domed stadium.

Missouri at LSU (2020 - Hurricane Delta): Originally scheduled for Baton Rouge, the game was moved to Columbia, Missouri, with LSU remaining designated as the home team.

South Carolina at LSU (2015 - Hurricane Joaquin/Flooding): Severe flooding in Columbia forced the game to Baton Rouge.

BYU vs. LSU (2017 - Hurricane Harvey): Moved from NRG Stadium in Houston to the Superdome in New Orleans.

I think the little guy will be more productive against us than Bowens and Frazier. Our defensive line is gigantic and our inside backers can stack and shed and don't really miss tackles. Going to have to run by us or around us, through us won't work.

If Frazier is coming in with sore ribs he isn't going to last, our defense has some major frick ups every game but they all arrive at the ball carrier with violent intentions. Haven't seen enough of Georgia to know if it's a classic physical Georgia team, but this is the most physical team Deboer has had in his coaching career by a country mile

He flashed at times, he just didn't have to motor to be consistent and he was hurt all the time.

He could still have a spot here as a rotational player, but certainly wasn't worth any sort of large NIL investment

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Or you get to play cupcakes like Texas A&M, Arkansas, Mississippi State and the like

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A&M is the SEC equivalent of Penn State this season- so as long as you consider Penn State a cupcake then this is fair. Aggie spent about 20 million more on their roster and has better individual players, but all else is equal

I've always thought real true inclement weather favors the road team because it takes the crowd out of it.

The only real physical advantage in my opinion is a pretty overlooked physical attribute but can absolutely hinder a team- is if your starting QB has smaller than average hands. Blake Sims had small hands for a QB and could not hit the broad side of a barn in a rainstorm. If both QB's have big mitts and there's weather similar to the 2015 game, I'd say it slightly favors Georgia relative to what they'd be up against with good weather

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but I refuse to believe we have some 3rd and 1 play in our arsenal that's a guaranteed conversion that may be needed late but we decide not to use just because we want to save it for the next matchup

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Exactly. I mean Alabama ran a tight end double pass while up 2-3 scores last weekend. There's not really another action you can run off that, so it's not like they're putting it on tape to set something up down the road, it's just the call they thought could yield a huge play in that particular situation.

NFL is the same way really. The only time you see deviation is when a team has a secured seed and they rest the starters the final week. There are no secured seeds in college football, and you're never going to see starters rested on rivalry weekend

Another thing I'm looking forward to in this game is if our offensive line/tight end room continues to play with the same nastiness that they have all season. It's not a perfect group yet by any means from an execution standpoint- but those guys all play to the echo of the whistle and they take every opportunity they get to pancake someone.

Does that mentality hold up against a stouter front in Georgia?

The bigger question, if they play with that same attitude does Georgia match it? I hesitate to get too far ahead of myself but the film is the film, and that group is playing nasty. Borderline unnecessary roughness on some occasions nasty. I think there is a range of outcomes where we break them some time in the second half. I'm not predicting that, but I'm not writing it off either. It's hard to play against max effort for 60 minutes and our line/TE group is bringing it. It's one thing to get double teamed into the dirt, but when these guys do that they don't let you get up. They block your arse on the ground if they get you there.

So, are we just the bully that is going to go into a shell when somebody else hits back, or has Klemm actually cemented that demeanor. It's a question I look forward to having answered. If it's the latter then we're probably the best team in the country. If it's the former we probably still can beat anyone, but it would change my December and January outlook for this teams ceiling

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They have no stand-out stud WRs, but they have some dangerous tight ends, per usual.

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In an unexpected twist, Bama's top 2 receiving tight ends (Pritchett and Edwards) both have more receptions and more receiving yards than Georgia's top guy (Lawson Luckie)

Honestly I think a bigger focus defensively for us should be their backs in the receiving game. This game has featured big passes to running backs from both side in recent history- James Cook and Jam Miller both come to mind. They seem to be putting a bigger emphasis on throwing it to their tailbacks than throwing it to their tight ends this year. Those intermediate and deep passes to backs specifically can almost feel like trick plays at times because it is so easy for them to get lost in coverage, especially on the delayed routes.

With as much rotating as we do at linebacker I would suspect Georgia will have a few downfield plays to their backs in their back pocket when we've got Metz and Woodson getting breathers.