Sugar Bowl predictions.

Who's it gonna be?

  • ND

    Votes: 3 27.3%

  • UGA

    Votes: 8 72.7%
  • Total voters
    11
America's Team 27
Georgia 24

Honestly. I have no idea what ND looks like without Mills in the middle of the D line. Not having him is a bigger loss for ND than not having Beck is for Georgia i think.

I told someone after the USC game that ND was at the brink of the losses they could have on Defense and still make a run. And Mills was the anchor of the whole defense. This might be a bridge too far.

I will say this. Whoever wins this game i see winning the next one as well.
 
Irishblooded said:
America's Team 27
Georgia 24

Honestly. I have no idea what ND looks like without Mills in the middle of the D line. Not having him is a bigger loss for ND than not having Beck is for Georgia i think.

I told someone after the USC game that ND was at the brink of the losses they could have on Defense and still make a run. And Mills was the anchor of the whole defense. This might be a bridge too far.

I will say this. Whoever wins this game i see winning the next one as well.
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Fully agree. This is the very reason I think UGA will win.
 
OldDevilDawg said:
Fully agree. This is the very reason I think UGA will win.
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This is a very flawed Georgia team this year. Specifically in rush offense. The only rush offense worse than this one in the last 30 years was the 2020 covid year.

ND has a much better back end on their defense than the one Georgia faced in the home and home series a couple years ago.

So my fear with Mills is that there isn't interior pressure and that is where ND likes to blitz from. With Mills. I would outright take ND to win by a TD. Without him. The game is a push to me.

The game will be won and lost on the GA O line control vs the ND pass rush.
 
Irishblooded said:
This is a very flawed Georgia team this year. Specifically in rush offense. The only rush offense worse than this one in the last 30 years was the 2020 covid year.

ND has a much better back end on their defense than the one Georgia faced in the home and home series a couple years ago.

So my fear with Mills is that there isn't interior pressure and that is where ND likes to blitz from. With Mills. I would outright take ND to win by a TD. Without him. The game is a push to me.

The game will be won and lost on the GA O line control vs the ND pass rush.
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Or coaching. No offense but UGA has the current best, and yours is still unproven. Likely great, but going against great.
 
UGA 27
ND 17

I originally had picked ND to win in the bowl pick ‘em thread, but I flipped it to UGA today. I’m basing all of that on ND struggling to run the ball and being forced to pass all day.

Watch ND run for 400 now.
 
Toadman005 said:
Or coaching. No offense but UGA has the current best, and yours is still unproven. Likely great, but going against great.
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I don't argue that at all.

As a guy that pays more attention to defense than offense. I absolutely love how well Kirby hides his defenses in pre snap and doesn't give away his pressures.

Thankfully the ND HC has given the OC a huge amount of slack in allowing play calling. And that OC is one of the best in the game.
 
As far as game planning. What I expect to see is a lot of throws on both sides of the ball towards the borders and screens.

I expect Kirby to get the ball out fast and towards the edges to reduce sacks and interceptions, and cool the LB blitz packages that ND loves to use. New QBs always come in hyped up and exited which almost always leads to over throws, and that is just prime for turnovers. On the ND offense I expect to see a lot of clock management which has been ND's calling card this year. Lots of level / drag routes and crossing routes. Using that to keep the GA LBs on the flats and 2nd level to open holes in the gaps for RPO run options. It will be interesting to see how willing either team is to run their QB against good defenses. In GA scope they can't really risk another QB injury because if they do win, they have just as challenging of Defenses left moving forward in the playoff. And in NDs case even need Riley healthy to stay on their offensive script.
 
Irishblooded said:
This is a very flawed Georgia team this year. Specifically in rush offense. The only rush offense worse than this one in the last 30 years was the 2020 covid year.

ND has a much better back end on their defense than the one Georgia faced in the home and home series a couple years ago.

So my fear with Mills is that there isn't interior pressure and that is where ND likes to blitz from. With Mills. I would outright take ND to win by a TD. Without him. The game is a push to me.

The game will be won and lost on the GA O line control vs the ND pass rush.
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Half of the RBs in the RB room have been injured all season. Nate Frazier as a true freshman is leading the backfield. He's a stud, though.
 
OldDevilDawg said:
Half of the RBs in the RB room have been injured all season. Nate Frazier as a true freshman is leading the backfield. He's a stud, though.
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I'm not saying there isn't issues. And when it comes to stud athletes you outnumber ND 2:1.

It is always hard to use stats like this. Because also look at the quality of the competition. Just find it odd that Kirby has always priced himself on rush offense. And this year it is way down.
 
I think UGA's second team QB is better than their first. I pick:

UGA 31
ND 24
 
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