How can Georgia's defense regroup before TCU, National Championship?
Georgia’s defense is ‘backsliding,’ as they say here in the South. How do the Dawgs make things right with their souls before TCU and a shot at back-to-back national championships?
Will they be healthy enough?
What about Stetson Bennett‘s up-and-down performance that had many believing that the Peach Bowl vs Ohio State would be his final game?
Sure, he screwed his head back on straight and carried the Dawgs when they needed them. The Mailman always seems to deliver in massive games.
But what if he tries to do too much again and it catches up with him one too many times in Los Angeles?
Maybe I just have too much Munson in me. Maybe 91 points and 1,000,000 yards from Georgia’s defense in the last two games just seems like a shock to my system.
Everyone who showed up on The Georgia Show (YouTube / Apple / Spotify) told me I needed to cool it, essentially.
My concern for the Dawgs rests primarily on the defense’s shoulders
Once again, the Dawgs face a Heisman finalist who can affect the game with his feet in Max Duggan.
If Chaz Chambliss isn’t a full-go, can Marvin Jones Jr. and Mykel Williams spell Robert Beal on the edge?
If not, how can the Dawgs get enough of a pass rush to help out a secondary that’s clinging onto dear life for six and seven seconds of coverage against elite Horned Frogs wideout Quentin Johnston?
Speaking of injuries, sorry Oscar Delp. There is no replacing Darnell Washington if the Dawgs’ giant can’t go.
This TCU team has loads of experience. In college athletics, that often outweighs raw talent.
I can’t say it enough: the Hypnotoad has me under its spell.
But again, my concerns fell on deaf ears. Stetson Bennett has experience, too. So does Georgia’s offensive line, DawgsHQ senior editor Jake Rowe reminded me.
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Our recruiting guru Jake Reuse also offered up a take of glowing confidence for the Dawgs before telling us all about Georgia commits’ efforts at the Adidas and Under Armour All-American games.
Maybe I just have this one all wrong. I’ve pretty much been wrong about Georgia all season, to the point that I fade myself each week in our staff picks.
When I do that, I’ve only been wrong about the Dawgs once against the spread. I call it the Costanza Method.
Maybe my current gut feeling is good news for the Dawgs.
We had ESPN’s Elle Duncan on the show, and even she wasn’t worried about Georgia’s National Championship matchup with TCU
For some perspective, Elle described herself as a ‘Georgia fatalist.’
She’s a Georgia native, loves the Dawgs and doesn’t hide that fact. She also owned up for her misguided thoughts about Stetson Bennett from earlier this season.
While many other Georgia fans shared the sentiment that Bennett should just ride off into the sunset after winning the National Championship game, Elle vocalized it on the Paul Finebaum show.
She had to own that sentiment as Bennett and the Dawgs won big game after big game this season.
Rowe did remind Elle of the time she said she’d rather have Anthony Richardson at quarterback than Bennett later on in the season. The Mailman went through a bit of a slump there, but he ultimately course-corrected.
Whatever you thought about her comments during the season, she’s all in on the Dawgs and Stetson Bennett in L.A.
As you can hear on the show, she expects you to be, too.
