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OFFENSE
Georgia's offense turned the ball over four times last week against Florida, but moved
the ball pretty effortlessly for much of the game. Aaron Murray's three interceptions and
one fumble proved extremely costly against the Gators, but Georgia’s offense has still
proven quite explosive recently. Conversely, Idaho State quarterback Russell Hill and the
Bengals' offense are last in scoring offense and total offense in the Big Sky —a Football
Championship Subdivision conference. Throw in that with the fact that Georgia's offense
threw up 55 points in the first game on a similar cupcake opponent in touisiana-Lafayette,
and the Bulldogs should easily break 50 on Idaho State.
BIG EDGE: GEORGIA
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DEFENSE
Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen played for Idaho State In college, and that’s
about the only positive thing that can be said about the Idaho State defense, especially the
pressure up front where Idaho State ranks last in the Big Sky in sacks. Defensive tackle
Sean Rutten and the Bengals front seven have struggled to get pressure on quarterbacks
and have given up a ton of points all season. Georgia's defense has been a mixed bag to
this point. Though at times they've looked dominant the Vanderbilt and Tennessee
games the defense has also struggled with inconsistency and still shows the tendency
to give up the big play through the air or on the ground, ranking sixth in the SEC in scoring
defense at 20.8 points per game. Georgia gave up more than 400 yards of offense to
Florida, but it's hard to imagine they'll give up more than 150 this week facing one of the
worst offenses in a division below what the Bulldogs are accustomed to playing.
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SPECIAL TEAMS
A 1-7 team is going to get a lot of opportunities for special teams work, and Idaho
State’s players have taken advantage. Not only does Idaho State’s Tavoy Moore rank sec
ond in the country in punt returns, averaging 20.2 yards per return, but punter David
Harrington is first in the country in punting 45.1 yards per kick. Georgia has a strong
punting unit to combat Moore the second-best unit in the conference. Georgia still has
one of the top kickers in the country and Brandon Boykin has already returned one kickoff
for a touchdown this season, so Georgia has th© edge just based off talent atone.
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COACHING
Idaho State head coach John Zamberlin is 1-7 this season, and is 6-36 at Idaho State.
It’s obvious Idaho State has no business playing a team like Georgia, but it gives Idaho
State a nice appearance fee, Sanford Stadium still sells out and Georgia goes home with a
win. It 's the exact type of opponent Florida and Alabama have played over the years: three
cupcakes and their in state rival or big-time non conference opponent to fill their non-confer
ence slate. It’s the type of schedule Greg McGarity is going to bring to Georgia. The ratio
nale is the SEC is simply too tough week in and week out to risk national championship
hopes on quality opponents. Georgia is 4-5 ahd needs to win two of its last three games for
bowl eligibility, so the overmatched Bengals of Idaho State come at an opportune time for
Georgia.
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Georgia coverage teams vs. Tavoy Moore
Idaho State’s return man/receiver/running
back Tavoy Moore has accounted for 1,536 total
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yards this season with five touch
downs, two coming on punt
returns and two coming-on kickoff
returns. The 5-foot-7, 195-pound
Long Beach, Calif., native will
face Georgia’s return coverage
teams that have been stout ail
season and are the most consis
tent units on the team. If Moore
has a breakout game, that could
prove to be dangerous for the Bulldogs they
must contain the Bengals’ speedster.
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RUTTEN
Coming off a game in which the redshirt
freshman quarterback doubled his interception
total on the season now six
Aaron Murray needs to shake off
that performance and get back to
respecting the football. Though
Idaho State’s defense has
allowed 411 yards per game
246 through the air 6-foot-l,
196-pound cornerback Dustin Tew
has two picks on the season,
including one he ran back for a
score, and matches up relatively
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well in size with Georgia’s wideouts. If Murray is
as inaccurate as he was against Florida, Tew
has the potential to make a play on the ball.
Bengals wideouts Rodrick Rumble and Kelvin
Krosch stand at 6-foot-2 and 6-foot-5, respec-
tively. Though Idaho State averag
es only 167 yards per game
through the air, Georgia's second
ary has given up big plays all sea
son, allowing 208.8 yards per
game. Sanders Commings and
the Bulldogs' secondary have the
potential to beat up on Idaho
State’s receivers, much like they
did against Louisiana-Lafayette,
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but the big play vulnerability still remains.
. Rachel G. Bowers
The Red a Black | Friday, November 5, 2010
THE KEY MATCHUPS:
Bulldogs vs. Bengals
Aaron Murray vs. Dustin Tew
Georgia secondary vs.
Idaho State wideouts
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