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Monday, November 8, aoio | The Red a Black
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ready for Auburn
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Georgia’s defensive coordi
nator Todd Grantham said
he knows the caliber of
ofTense the Tigers possess.
“Nobody's stopping
{Newton],” Grantham
said. “Nobody’s stopped
their offense. They’re put
ting up big numbers.
They're putting up a lot of
points. They got a good
scheme. They got good
players. We’re gonna have
to play really well. We’re
gonna have to fly around.”
Safety Bacarri Rambo
said Grantham has more
pages in his playbook to
contain the high-octane
Tiger offense, though he
said the defense needs to
come together and stay
“on the same page" for
Georgia to compete
Saturday.
“Coach Grantham, I
know he got something up
his sleeve for those guys,
man. He’s a great defen
sive coordinator,” Rambo
said. “I know he gonna pull
something from outta his
sleeve. We just gotta buy
into the system and just
do what he say. And if we
do what he say and play
our techniques right, I
think we can handle
Auburn."
But as much as
Grantham said he knows
about the Auburn offense
to this point and as much
confidence as Rambo said
he has in Grantham, this is
the first season in recent
history in which one team
clearly statistically
outmatches the other.
The history between
Georgia and Auburn is a
storied one. It’s the oldest
NEWTON: Georgia prepares to stop Heisman hopeful
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Newton.
However, Georgia’s
results were shaky against
Mississippi State and
Florida in the new 3-4
scheme. In each game,
Georgia gave up a few big
plays on the ground that
sprung big rushing days for
their opponents, so
Grantham is emphasizing
“swarming the ball” to
negate the big plays and
try to contain Newton this
week.
“They do stuff similar to
Florida, Mississippi State,
they have a little bit of
what they do. They do have
their own identity, though,
so it’s one of those things,
they have talented players
at the skill positions, and
their quarterback run it
and throw it, so you got to
be able to play every thing.
You got to be balanced,”
Grantham said. “You have
to have good eye control in
the back and you got to
run to the ball and you
have to gang tackle.”
However, Georgia will
not use a “spy defense” on
Newton as some teams
have tried because Richt
believes that those “usually
backfire” on you.
Teams frequently ran
spies on Florida State’s
Charlie Ward when Richt
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INSTANT REPLAY
rivalry in the SEC - even
being called The Deep
South’s Oldest Rivalry
with the first game dating
back to 1892.
Auburn leads the all
time series by the close
margin of 53-52-8.
The Bulldogs have won
six of the last eight meet
ings, including each of the
last four matchups, though
the game is usually a toss
up every year.
But this year is differ
ent.
This year, Auburn is
rolling, similar to the unde
feated run the Tigers made
in 2004. This year Georgia
has been shaky and incon
sistent, stumbling to a
unimpressive 5-5 record,
with the few bright spots
on the team being over
shadowed by untimely
mistakes.
And now the Bulldogs,
who will be the underdog
heading into Auburn, must
play their best football of
the season if they have any
hope of taking down the
seemingly unshakable
Tiger squad and salvaging
an otherwise mediocre sea
son.
“Everybody expects us
to be the underdog, know
ing that [Auburn] gonna
be ranked No. 1 or No. 2 so
we’re not even worried
about all that,” sophomore
comerback Branden Smith
said. “We’re just gonna go
in and just play our hard
est. Just study and look at
film and just see what we
need to improve in. That’s
all.”
Rachel G. Bowers
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was offensive coordinator
there and he believes that
“by design, they were good
ideas,” but generally back
fired because teams are
forced out of their comfort
zones and don’t have
enough reps in the spy
packages.
“I think a lot of people
think that might be the
answer but a lot of times
when you do that you all
the sudden run a defense
you just don’t run,” Richt
said. “If you try to devise
something you don’t do,
you just don’t have any
reps at it, then you tend to
just totally just disrupt
what you’re trying to do.” 1
Despite being investi
gated by the NCAA, which
came to light last week,
Auburn head coach Gene
Chizik has maintained that
Newton is eligible, and
Newton has played since
the investigation came to
light, so Georgia will more
than likely have to deal
with the Heisman Trophy
frontrunner.
And while Auburn needs
the win to maintain its
hopes of a national cham
pionship, Georgia needs a
win to gain bowl eligibility
and ruin a rival’s champi
onship dreams. If Georgia
doesn’t beat Auburn, the
Bulldogs will need a win
over Georgia Tech in the
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▲ (Above)
Safety Bacarri
Rambo (18)
came up with
a pivotal
touchdown
scoring inter
ception
against Idaho
State. (Right)
Backups, such
as sophomore
Marlon Brown
(15), received
valuable min
utes after the
Bulldogs solid
ified the lead
in the third
quarter.
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▲ Freshman safety Alec Ogletree made his second career start against
Idaho State, contributing three solo tackles in the Bulldogs win Saturday.
season finale to gain bowl
eligibility.
Although Georgia could
conceivably go to a bowl at
5-7 if there aren’t 70 teams
with winning records to fill
the bowl slots, the odds are
slim.
Volleyball splits games under interim coach
By CHRIS (VANIELLO
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Interim head coach Chad Hanson
had the Georgia volleyball team on
opposite ends of two 3-0 sweeps at
home over the weekend.
The Bulldogs (12-15. 4-12 SEC)
were swept by No. 1 Florida in
Hanson’s first match as interim head
coach Friday night before bouncing
back on Sunday to blank South
Carolina.
“We needed to maintain our emo
tion, maintain our physlcality
through the entire match and I’m
very pleased we were able to do
that," Hanson said. “(The team)
demonstrated that they can be suc
cessful in playing night-in, night-out
and match-in, match-out, so it is
very gratifying to get a three-set win
and to continue to be as competitive
as we can in the Eastern Division of
the BEC.”
Following Friday’s loss to top
ranked Florida, Hanson said It would
be “unrealistic” to compare his team
in their current situation to the best
team in the nation.
“I told the team we’re not going to
evaluate where we are, right now
SPORTS
However, two wins, one
of which would be a staple
win for this Georgia team,
could vault Georgia out of
selections into lower-tier
bowls and into bigger
games such as the Chick
fll-A Bowl, Outback Bowl
based on a match against the No. 1 that come with being a head coach,”
team in the country,” he said. “That’s he said. “And it’s truly unique to have
Just unrealistic with our situa
tion. I want to be focused on
the next match.”
Hanson was able to get the
team focused and motivated
enough to sweep the
Gamecocks on Sunday, some
thing his players say is one of
his strengths.
“He’s been really good at
motivating us on the court and
off the court in preparations,”
junior captain Kathleen Gates
said. "We feel really good
around him. It’s nice to see
him as head coach rather than
an assistant on the bench. We
get to see more personality
out of him.”
Hanson was thrust into his
interim role last week when
Joel McCartney was relieved
of his duties as head coach
midseason with a 3-11 SEC
record on the year and a 29-45
career record in conference play.
“It’s unique to be the one submit
ting the lineup and shaking hands
before the match, calling the time
outs and all the technical aspects
or Gator Bowl, which have
higher slots in selection
from the BEC. Losses in
the final two games would
mean the first losing sea
son since 1996, Jim
Donnan’s first season in
Athens.
GATES
called upon to do and if I came into
the position and dragged my feet, I
wouldn’t be doing my duty. I’ve got
to embrace the situation as if it’s the
position I chose.”
GAME
REWIND
PLAYER OF THE
GAME:
AJ. Green, Georgia wide
receiver
Green had a big-time
game for the Bulldogs,
though it came against a
cupcake team, racking up
103 yards on six catches
with two touchdowns. The
junior receiver had two sec
ond quarter scores and
this performance will give
him momentum heading
into Saturday’s game
against Auburn, in which he
must have an outstanding
performance for the
Bulldogs.
OVERLOOKED
PLAYERS OF THE
GAME:
The Georgia secondary
Though Idaho State's
Russel Hill and Kyle Morris
didn’t take care of the ball
against a superior oppo
nent, Georgia picked off
the Bengals' quarterbacks
three times two were
run back for touchdowns
turning on the Bulldogs
offense in the second and
third quarter after a slow
start.
KEY MOMENT:
Bacarri Rambo s pick
six
After the Bulldogs
scored just six points in
the first quarter because
their drives kept stalling
out, keeping them out of
the end zone, safety
Bacarri Rambo picked off
Russel Hill and returned it
for a touchdown. That got
the Georgia offense going,
as the Bulldogs put 35
points on the board in the
second quarter en route to
the blowout win.
KEY DECISION:
Letting the second team
get work
Starting the second half
with a 41-0 lead, Georgia's
starters on both sides of
the ball played just one
more series the rest of the
game before the second
team took the field. That
allowed senior Vance Cuff
to get his first career inter
ception, which he returned
for a touchdown, and it
allowed for some younger
players to get valuable
game experience.
QUOTE OF THE GAME:
Defensive coordinator
Todd Grantham on the dif
ference between the NFL
and FBS football:
Tm not used to games
like this.”
BY THE NUMBERS:
Georgia:
Total offensive yards: 450
Rushing yards: 181
Turnovers: 0
Red zone possessions: 6
Idaho State:
Total offensive yards: 151
Rushing yards: 39
Turnovers: 3
Red zone possessions: 0
Rachel G. Bowers
the players looking towards
me for direction.”
But according to
McCartney, the team is bound
for good things in the future.
“The team is in the capa
ble hands of two extraordi
nary coaches and has a roster
filled with talented athletes,”
McCartney said.
Hanson worked under
McCartney for two full sea
sons at Georgia coming into
the 2010 season. The new
head coach had a smile on his
face when he left the locker
room after sweeping South
Carolina on Sunday. He said
he’s embracing his interim
position for now and does
eqjoy being head coach but
recognizes the challenges
that come with the title.
“For right now I like it,” he
said. “It’s what I’ve been