No. 3 Georgia still has some work to do
So what did we learn over the weekend?
1. Georgia still has some work to do: Bulldog fans need to be careful not to read too much into Georgia’s 14-7 win at South Carolina. It’s one of those strange quirks in college football but most of the time Georgia just seems to play an ugly game when the Dawgs go to Columbia. Any time you can win on the road in the SEC, you take it and you don’t worry about the style points. It’s just too hard.
But having said that, it’s clear that the offensive line needs to get better both in run blocking and protecting the passer. South Carolina has one of the better defensive front sevens in the SEC but LSU is better and I think Auburn may be just as good. South Carolina geared its defense so that Knowshon Moreno would not have a big day (he had only 79 yards and his longest run was 11 yards). Georgia has to get more pressure on the quarterback, even if the Bulldogs need to send an extra person. South Carolina moved the ball pretty effectively in the fourth quarter because their quarterback, Chris Smelley, was not pressured enough.
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9/15/08
