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Kirby Smart Has A Halloween Meeting with Rivalry Fate 31 Years in the Making Tomorrow A late UGA TD in 1966 cemented Florida QB Steve Spurrier’s hatred for UGA. In 1995 he came to Athens and ran a trick play up 45-17 with 1:10 to go… He may have spawned UGA’s Golden Age.

INTEL - What We're Hearing from UGA's Bye Week Georgia practiced yesterday and today after an off day on Monday. @DawgsCentral_ has some notes from the last two days and a primer on what lies ahead before UGA enters WLOCP week… dawgscentral.com/topic/8569-…

DEEP DIVE PREVIEW - Georgia vs Texas ($) Presnap motion and a renewed commitment to the short passing game gave Texas a shot in the arm as Arch Manning’s wideouts broke out for 18 missed tackles forced in the last two weeks How aggressive does Georgia want to be against a QB who has been 30/45 for 508 YDS & 5 TD’s against the blitz in his last two starts? Can Texas sustain a run game, or will they be big play dependent against the SEC team who gives up the lowest explosive play rate? Can Georgia’s commitment to the run game remain an efficient choice against a Texas defense who has been one of the best run defenses in the sport? Will Texas close its second level windows with the return of Michael Taffe, or will Gunner Stockton have last laugh? We watched the tape, dug into the personnel and analyzed the schemes on this week’s Deep Dive Preview at @DawgsCentral_

12 TAKEAWAYS GEORGIA VS MISS STATE - A Warning to the Graveyard Whistlers (FREE) In celebration of Friday night’s downtown throwdown, @HomefieldApparl is paying for you (that’s right, YOU) to read this week’s 12 Takeaways for FREE! Don’t look now, but Georgia is peaking at the right time… Here is an excerpt from Takeaway #3 Power ratings have not been in love with your 2025 Georgia Bulldogs. A large reason why is because they aren’t really designed to understand things like UGA being a statistically worse team against Group of 5 and FCS opponents than it is against its SEC schedule. You, a loyal DawgsCentral subscriber who is well educated on “The Long Con,” understands the ways that Kirby Smart uses early season cupcake games as practice. An algorithm, however, does not. The Bulldogs have quietly sat at #1 in Offensive Efficiency according to FEI for a few weeks now. Georgia’s defense has struggled mightily in stretches of some games, and thus most advanced metrics love it considerably less. That said, a young Georgia defense might be beginning to surge at the proper time. Anytime a college football team’s offense crosses inside the opponent’s 40 yard-line we call that a Scoring Opportunity. According to research from friend of the program @DawgStats, Georgia has allowed opponents to cross inside its 40 more than 4 times just once since the Alabama game. That happened against Florida, and it was largely due to Special Teams errors and an interception… Yes, Georgia allowed a 75-yard TD against Ole Miss. That does not count as a scoring opportunity. While certainly a bad play, Georgia has quietly become the best defense in the SEC at not allowing explosive plays. On Saturday, UGA faced the SEC team who had created the most explosive plays this season, and they promptly shut them down and knocked their quarterback from the game. As it turns out, Kirby Smart was right this offseason- It’s pretty damn hard to move the ball consistently if you can’t run the football efficiently. Georgia’s run defense is now allowing just 3.69 yards per rush in 2025. That’s 5th best in the FBS.

12 TAKEAWAYS GEORGIA VS OLE MISS - When I Paint My Masterpiece On a day where the once vaunted UGA defense gave up touchdowns on the game’s first 5 possessions, all hopes rested on the shoulders of Mike Bobo and a QB who he gave a signed picture to when he was 9 years old- “I hope I get to coach you” it read. Stuck in a staring contest against one of the sport’s best offensive minds, Stockton, Bobo and the rest of the Georgia offense refused to blink.

DEEP DIVE PREVIEW - Georgia vs Alabama ($) Bama’s passing game was hot. UGA’s secondary was not. How much of that is repeatable? How will the battles in the trenches shake out? What’s UGA’s advantage on Offense? The tendencies, schemes and matchups that will decide UGA-Bama

12 TAKEAWAYS GEORGIA VS MARSHALL Saturday was cfb’s Christmas morning We now know some of the main themes of the offseason have been achieved, as UGA brought fire, passion and energy in a dominant defensive performance, but other presents remain wrapped for a week or two more

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