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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 1 f;. ■-**£% $ i MURRAY 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. BIG EDGE: GEORGIA m" 1 ROBINSON 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. EDGE: GEORGIA BOYKIN 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. EDGE: GEORGIA a \ % and RICHT !S*IIta'SUMS,GS: : Tpw \ • “*T:Si MiLL , nrt , r( „„ =* :*■ Just steps from - . jutirS'fr Campus, downtown - ’ and Sanford Stadium. : . . • • newly renovated * id much morel ' Wily II lUV! f * i.vm Vt - *'. -v' ' h GAME BREAKDOWN: Georgia vs. Idaho State Saturday, 12:30 p.m. Stanford Stadium FIRST A GOAL do you BARK or BUZZ? JOIN THE CHALLENGE! State of Georgia do you Bark or do you Buzz? Reqicter now at CamputExchange.orq!. The school with the most reqistrations by Friday, November 26th will detrmme the Bark or Buzz Champion! The winning school will receive front paqe cover on Facebook and CampuoExchanqe.org, 1000 Campus Credits per registrant and aCE sponsored Happy Hour at your local watering hole! On you mark qet ready GO! x ■ ' \ { s r) * </_*,„ w <jJ X■\ + M \ \ a uJjk . . 1 * * ' y .. ■■ , " ■ \ , Georgia coverage teams vs. Tavoy Moore Idaho State’s return man/receiver/running back Tavoy Moore has accounted for 1,536 total m, ' n I I hiiT~" 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. Wm * I ■k „i*' ts, fl jfl , #1 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 JW'fJ HARRINGTON 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, E 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 3B MOORE HRB - 1 TO Jw TEW