Taking an analytical view of UGA, TCU and the Liberty Bowl
Welcome to your one-stop shop for all the relevant UGA football news and takes every Monday through Friday. In today’s edition, we take a deeper analytical look at the Liberty Bowl. I’m talkin’ nERD, baby.
Revenge of the nERD
The long wait between the end of the regular season and bowl season can be a slog, especially when your team plays around the new year. But the lengthy gap does have its benefits. For one, all that time waiting also affords us the opportunity to look at Georgia’s Liberty Bowl opponent, TCU, much more in-depth than we have the luxury of analyzing in-season opponents and in a different form.
Todd Gurley and the Rams suffered their ninth loss of the season, this time at the hands of the Atlanta Falcons. Once again, Gurley failed to get much going on the ground. The former Bulldog toted the rock 16 times for 61 yards and a touchdown. On defense for the Rams, Alec Ogletree was second in tackles, with 5 total, including 4 solo.
In a 23-10 win by the Bengals over the Browns, Geno Atkins pitched in 2 sacks among his 5 total tackles. Elsewhere on the Cincinnati defense, Shawn Williams totaled 4 tackles and pitched in 1 pass defensed.
ICYMI
- Mel Kiper Jr. gives advice on NFL Draft to Sony Michel, Nick Chubb (Cody Pace, Dawg Nation)
- Smart talk: A follow-up open letter to the Dawgs’ head coach (Bill King, Dawg Nation)
- How much did Ray Rice earn by speaking to the Bulldogs? (Seth Emerson, Dawg Nation)
- Georgia regular-season review: Promising start, quickly took nosedive (Dan Mathews, Gridiron Now)
- Georgia kicker Rodrigo Blankenship dresses up as Santa (Nick Krueger, Dawg Nation)
- Remembering Frank Sinkwich: The first Heisman winner from Georgia and the SEC (Bill Speros, Dawg Nation)
Good dog
This dog is living a better life than me.
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