Keys to a win on the plains

SEC road game. At night. In Auburn Alabama. The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry.

Hostile.

We're going to have to match the intensity of their crowd with hustle.

Auburn University, reinventing education since 1856.

1. Georgia must generate a pass rush that affects the play called. Auburn has allowed the most sacks in the country (21) and has vowed to make changes on their offensive front. Schumann has struggled to get guys in position to win battles, so he needs to find a way to get into the backfield to force errant throws by Arnold at worst. Something's gotta give. So let it be them.
2. Protect the football. Arnold isn't a world beater at quarterback, but he's protected the football. As a team they have a +4 turnover margin. So we can't afford to be putting it on the turf or in danger through the air.
3. Run the ball to set up the play action. It's the goal offensively every game. And it doesn't change Saturday night. We have a solid rushing attack. Roll the pocket on play action to help the young offensive line. Keep moving the sticks, then the scoreboard will follow suit.

My initial thought is a close game with Georgia pulling away late. But we know how it goes in Jordan Hare. You give them bastards an inch, they'll roll an entire town square with toilet paper.

Go Dawgs!

Post-Kentucky - The Facts of Life

Great SEC win on Saturday. It was Homecoming. The band played a lot. The game was in control early. And few if any injuries.

So another great day to be a Bulldog!

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On offense, not much went wrong except for a couple interceptions. Gunner seemed in sync and had nearly 200 yards passing while averaging 6 yards per rush as well. Bowens led the way on the ground, Frazier looked good bouncing back from that critical fumble against Bama, and Walker looked good late. McCray also got some runs from non-short yardage situations.

Defensively we looked more in sync as well. Much more. Last week Jon Smith had Brent Rollins on Dawg Dispatch and they talked about how this roster as a whole is not filled with NFL talent like years past and how that is an adjustment for a coach like Schumann. So I was watching Saturday through that lens and it really made sense. We're not as fast to the ball in spots, and Saturday we got our first sack of the season by a defensive lineman - Nnamdi Ogboko. We are who we are and that's just the facts in 2025.

If anything it's something to watch. Coaches are going to have to work extra hard to make sure they have the right guys in and the right plays called on defense. It worked on Saturday as we gave a struggling offense an opportunity to continue to struggle. Kentucky limped to 225 yards passing and only had 45 yards on the ground. Their second touchdown came late against guys trying to gain some on field experience. (And to be fair, that probably wouldn't have had a chance to happen without a Puglisi interception.)

Special teams had a couple mistakes, like a block in the back on a Branch return. But had its usually stellar moments like a Thorson punt downed on the 1 yard line by Humphreys, who just batted it out of bounds instead of trying to field it and potentially letting it leak into the endzone.

Yep, great day. Onto Auburn!