imma say naw, bro. Lol.
UGA played
#7 ND
#6 UF
#12 Auburn
# 2 LSU (SEC Title Game)
# 7 Baylor (Sugar Bowl)
They also played one FCS team and only one G5 team
-We played two top 25 opponents (sorta)
-one FCS opponent
-three G5 opponents.
-We played two teams that finished w 10+ wins (one being LA Tech as we were their 10th win)
-Played only one opponent that had at least 9 wins.
Rankings have nothing to do with my argument.
What I'm suggesting is that Georgia has a higher average talent advantage over their opponent on a week to week basis than we do.
It doesn't matter that Baylor was ranked #7, their roster doesn't come close to Georgia's. They're a good team, but my point is that on paper Georgia should be able to handle Baylor just like we should be able to handle UVA because the talent disparity is similar.
Read that again. The talent gap between Georgia and one of the top ten teams in the country in 2019 was similar to the gap between Miami and UVA. That's how talented Georgia is at this moment in time.
I know that the 247 talent composite isn't perfect, but it does give us something to work with. So follow me through this.
Georgia's roster was ranked #3 in the country according to the 247 talent composite in 2019.
Miami's was ranked #18.
Georgia's opponents rank on average in the 30s.
Miami's opponents rank in average in the 40s.
The only opponent on Georgia's schedule in 2019 which came close to matching or exceeding Georgia's talent level was LSU. They beat Georgia 37-10...and they rushed for a full yard per carry above Georgia's average for the season in that game. Again, that's relevant because we're talking about run defense in this thread.
Texas A&M, Auburn, Florida, Tennessee and Notre Dame were all about as close to Georgia in talent on paper as UNC and VT were to us.
Georgia's roster compared to ours is as our roster compared to VT or UNC. We expect to beat those teams correct? Yes, and that's also the case with Georgia and teams like Tamu, Auburn, UF, Tenn and ND...because they're that ******* talented.
Kentucky, Missouri, Georgia Tech and Baylor were all well below Georgia...at about the same distance from Georgia as UVA is to us, as I stated above.
The CANES played two opponents who were more talented on paper than they were...UF and FSU.
GT, Pitt, Louisville and Duke were are about as close to Miami in talent as South Carolina was to Georgia.
Georgia lost to South Carolina. We lost to Duke and GT.
Georgia played two teams who shouldn't have even been on the same field with them, Murray State and Arkansas State. We played BCC and Central Mich.
FIU and LaTech were about as close to Miami in talent as Vandy was to Georgia.
So let me simplify it.
There was only one team (LSU) close enough to Georgia in talent on paper that they would be expected to split 10 meetings 50/50. Georgia lost that game by four TDs. Miami played one such team (UF)...we lost by four points.
Georgia didn't play a single team more talented on paper than they were. FSU's roster was ranked a full ten spots ahead of ours. We blew them out.
There were five teams on Georgia's schedule who were close enough in talent that they would be expected to give them a good game. Miami played two such teams...but again, we played two teams who were better than us on paper. There were no such teams on Georgia's schedule in 2019.
There were seven teams on Georgia's schedule that should count as automatic wins based on talent alone. Miami played five such teams.
Georgia played one team who would be expected to give them a good game in about one in five meetings. In other words, a team with a puncher's chance. They lost that game. Miami played four such teams. We split those four games.
Let me be clear, I'm not trying to compare the results at Georgia to Miami. Obviously their program is rolling and we need a kick in the ***. My point is that just because they played a bunch of highly ranked teams doesn't necessarily mean that they had a tougher road. They have top 5 talent. Their talent level is well above ours. They should be expected to win games against top 10 teams. Our talent level is a lot closer to the teams we play on a week to week basis than we like to admit.
