Jordan Rodgers explains why Georgia has a 'clear advantage' over Alabama in 2019
In the last two seasons, we’ve all seen Georgia look like a team about to take down Alabama only to fall in heartbreaking fashion. If the Bulldogs and Crimson Tide meet again, SEC Network analyst Jordan Rodgers thinks UGA will have the advantage.
“I have Georgia with the clear advantage over Alabama right now, and I’ll tell you why,” Rodgers said in a recent appearance on ESPN’s “Get Up.” “I think this is the first year in probably a decade that Alabama has not been the most dominant team in the country, let alone the SEC at the line of scrimmage. I was on the sidelines for the SEC Championship Game and the national championship game, and I have never seen an Alabama team get pushed around on both sides at the line of scrimmage with Quinnen Williams.
“It starts at the line of scrimmage. Georgia has recruited better than anybody on both sides of the ball there. They are better set up right now than Alabama.”
Georgia hasn’t just brought in elite talent. Those talented Bulldogs linemen are getting developed by one of the most highly regarded offensive line coaches in the sport, Sam Pittman. No one’s going to argue with Rodgers’ point about UGA’s recruiting, but Alabama is right there with Georgia in the recruiting rankings. The Dawgs and Tide won’t meet in the regular season, so both schools have a long time to get stronger in the trenches if there is going to be a Round 3 in the SEC Championship Game or a bowl game.
I partially agree with Rodgers. I think Ga has an advantage at O-line but only slightly. Bama has an advantage at D-line. Ga is starting to close that gap but they don’t have as much depth right now.
Bama used to completely own the SEC with talent and depth. Georgia has clearly closed that talent gap. Kirby has only had four years, so his players are just now getting into their Junior-Senior years. It’s one thing to field talented 1st and 2nd year starters, it’s another when those players have 1-4 years in the system.
This should be Kirby’s best team yet, and the first where Ga stacks up to Bama with both talent and depth. It’s going to be an interesting year.
Line play is very important and it sounds like Georgia’s OL is a dominant group. UGA’s WR’s are young guys with limited game experience/receptions and Bama has some very good WR’s with Tua throwing to them.
Both teams have some new coaches running the offenses and it may take a bit of time for the players-coaches and game plans to synch up.
A Passing attack is all about QB’s & WR’s being comfortable and good timing and that takes time.
I’d agree with the O-line but seeing as how the D-line is such a question mark this season, I’m nowhere near prepared to say it’s on the level of the Defensive Lineman Factory that is Alabama. Clemson rolled them because they had a scarily talented line on that side of the and an above average O-line that played above their average. Until Georgia can match up 4 quarters with Alabama and actually prove it, these speculations are mostly hot air at best. Do I think the group could be special, absolutely. What fan doesn’t see that potential in their team, but none of the players have proven to be consistent enough to give the advantage to Georgia. Hopefully I’m eating these words come end of season but we’ll see.
*on that side of the ball
Got to prove it on the field for 60 minutes. Georgia seems to be miles away from doing that.
‘Miles away’. Georgia won the SEC in 2018, something that Alabama couldn’t do and came within one play in OT and several bad one-sided blown calls of pulling away for good. And that was mostly with Richt’s talent and lack of depth. Those days are fading fast.
Georgia was very close last year, then they lost Deandre Baker ( their lone pass rusher) to injury and that was the difference in the game. Georgia won’t have to rely on only having one player who’s capable of putting pressure on the Bama QB this year.
If Ga is miles away from Alabama, where does that leave Bama with Clemson? Hundreds of miles away?
Georgia won the SEC in 2017, a year Alabama won the Natty. We don’t know how close Georgia is to Clemson because Kirby choked away the SEC championship game in 2018 and never got to play them.
UGA mist be miles away from LSU and Texas made them look pretty bad as well..” You talk about richts talent but Kirby actually took a step back in year 3 when he had less of Richts talent to work with….Funny how those things work.
You can’t even get the year right that UGA won the SEC… Guess who won the Natty? That was Bama breaking your hurt as usual.
AlwaysnextyearU fan still blaming the refs.
Bama Boy to the rescue! Yeah I missed on the year but the very fact that you were (triggered again) to respond to me, when I was not even talking about anything you have to say just shows you know my point is true.
Poor little Bama Boy. Must be hard knowing that you’ll have to either fade away or change your fake name very soon. Just as soon as Saban retires and that is going to be soon, little Bama Boy will fade away with him.
Oh and by the way You can’t even get the spelling of heart right. Better luck next time…
*must
*Richt’s
*Richt’s
*heart
*1980
* It’s the refs fault
* We weren’t motivated to play Texas
* UGA dynasty
* Preseason Champs
LMAO…
Remember when cowboys fans used to troll eagles fans with the “no rings” comments all over the place. Can’t wait til UGA sends you to wherever those fans reside.
BT…peckergnatting the level of trolling to a championship level.
And there he is. Moron.
It’s funny to hear an Alabama fan criticize Georgia fans for calling the refs out following the 2017 Championship. I seem to remember after the 2016 National Championship listening to the Paul Finebaum show and every single Alabama fan was calling the refs out. Pot calling the kettle black…
So many variables. Both Georgia and Bama want a national championship this year. Assuming both teams make the SEC Championship Game, the team in the more precarious position we’ll have pressure that may help sperm motivation or nay get in their head and prove a hindrance. If both teams are on equal footing in the SEC Championship game, it’ll be a heck of a slugfest because both teams’ coaches and fan bases are pushing a Natty or bust mentality.
Okay there are some horrible autocorrects in there.