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Georgia - Georgia TechGeorgia - Georgia Tech

Win it for Aaron!Win it for Aaron!

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H o s p i t a l i t y G ro u pA t h e n s , G A

M A K E Y O U R S E L F A T H O M E .

3 9 0 E W a s h i n g t o n S t r e e tA t h e n s , G e o r g i a 3 0 6 0 1 H i l t o n G a r d e n I n n A t h e n s . c o m

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BI From the Editor : Vance Leavy

In last week’s issue, BI’s Jeff Dantzler described the2013 season as being painfully bizarre. Unfortunately, aweek later this statement has escalated to a new levelwith the ACL injury of Aaron Murray in his final game atSanford Stadium. It was certainly not the exit any of usin the Bulldog Nation wanted for #11 who has given somuch to Georgia.

Without question, we wishthe best for Murray in his recov-ery and know him being on thesidelines for the Bulldogs finaltwo games will probably be thehardest assignment he has had inall his years of playing football.However by now everyoneknows that football is a teamgame, so it will be up to bothMurray’s teammates and fans todig deep this Saturday in Atlantaagainst the hated Bees on NorthAvenue.

For this reason, the slogan“Win it for Aaron” on our coveris so appropriate. Losing to Techisn’t an option as far as any of ushere at BI are concerned. Andthankfully Mark Richt obviouslyshares in this believe having onlylost to the Yellow Jackets once in12 games.

While the news of AaronMurray going down has to haveeveryone on the team completelydevastated, they have certainly shown nothing but re-siliency this season. Lesser teams probably would not

have been able togather themselves soquickly after such agut wrenching loss atAuburn. Yet, the Ken-tucky game was allGeorgia from theopening whistle. Andthe best news wasGeorgia’s now numberone quarterback Hut-son Mason didn’t missa beat when called into

action. Now, I’m not naïve enough to think Saturday’s game

against our in-state rival will be such a cakewalk. In fact,the Tech game has had me concerned all season long,even if our boys in red and black were injury free. Thereason is simple … the Jackets are long overdue for avictory. And you can bet the fact they will be lining up

against a Georgia quarterbackwith very little experience cer-tainly has added some springin their step.

For what it will take toend the 2013 regular seasonon a high note, I encourageyou to read what our sportsguys have written throughoutthis issue. Whether it’s JeffDantzler, Logan Booker orMurray Poole, the main mes-sage is for the Georgia defenseto play flawless assignmentfootball. The Tech offense isgoing to move the football,but when it pops huge playsit can become lethal. Andwhile Grant Field pales incomparisons to most stadi-ums in college football, thoseBees can get to buzzing if youdon’t take care of business.

This is where the fans ofthe Bulldog Nation come into

play. There’s nothing like being in Tech’s stadium and see-

ing our fans dominate the crowd noise. Of course, thishappens when our team takes a few big plays to thehouse. Because of this, you can only hope Mike Boboand company let Todd Gurley run wild on Saturday. Andif Tech is silly enough to load the box, then by all meansseeing a Hutson Mason coming out party would be a tonof fun as well.

That’s going to do it for me because I’ve said all thereis to say. Beat Tech. It’s that simple. And doing it forAaron Murray and going to the best bowl possible cer-tainly is how these Georgia seniors should end the 2013regular season.

Happy Thanksgiving and look forward to seeing youon the Flats.

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Clean Old-Fashioned Hate - UGA vs TechClean Old-Fashioned Hate - UGA vs Techhile Senior Night was successful in termsof the final score, the 2013 season injurybug took its biggest bite out of the Dawgs’

offense in the second quarter, when Aaron Mur-ray went down with a season and UGA careerending ACL tear in his left knee. And while themood around Athens feels more like a loss thanthat of the big win that occurred, there simply isno time to dwell, as all attention must be turnedto Georgia Tech and preparing for that triple op-tion they’ll be throwing at our young defense.Backup quarterback Hutson Mason is now thebig man on campus, and will be fighting for UGAfans’ rights to put up a Christmas tree, as beatingTech is a standard requirement.

Know the opponent

Triple option, triple option, and more triple op-tion. The name of the game with Georgia Tech istrickery, going all out to confuse opposing de-fenses with an offense that seldom throws theball, and rarely reveals who will be running it.This season has been one of ups and downs forthe boys from the Flats, as they have blown outlesser opponents, yet been blown out by worthy

opponents. Quarterback Vad Lee has not run theoffense with the efficiency as we’ve seen past Yel-low Jacket quarterbacks, but his offense hasproven to be able to explode at a moment’s no-tice. Under new defensive coordinator Ted Roof,the defense has shown big signs of improvementfrom where they were last year, and the Dawgswill have to come ready to execute.

The offense

Hutson Mason has looked extremely proficientin his limited time on the field this season. Whilehis receiving corps also seems to be clicking, theweapons around him should prove to take theload off of him significantly. Todd Gurley is look-ing as healthy as ever and is proving to be anenormous weapon while catching passes. TheDawgs’ offensive line is big, and teams with biglines have been able to contain Tech’s pass rushto an extent, which should buy Mason time inthe pocket. But the end-all for this unit willlikely be the big thighs of Gurley finding theholes the offensive line should be able to create,then Gurley doing what Gurley does in the openfield.

The defense

While facing the triple option, the number onepriority for the defense will be keeping the Techquarterback and running backs off of the perime-ter, and containing them to the middle of thefield. Josh Harvey-Clemons was a ball hawkagainst Kentucky, and will hopefully continue hisrise in Atlanta this week. Leonard Floyd andAmarlo Hererra need to play off the ball and spyon running backs this week, while they try tokeep Vad Lee honest and in the middle. UGAmight possess the biggest defensive line Tech hasseen all year, which should be able to disrupt anyrhythm the Jackets may find themselves gettinginto.

How the Dawgs will win

Todd Gurley. He has proven to be a game changerwhen healthy, and fortunately for UGA fans, he isonce again healthy. Good running backs havehad success against Tech this year, and Gurleywill be the best running back they have seen allseason, hands down. By establishing a run threat

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Yellow Jackets in a thumbnail: Following last season's 7-7 campaignwhen Georgia Tech made the ACC Championship game, where the Yel-low Jackets fell to Florida State by 21-15 before then upsetting Southern Cal21-7 in the Sun Bowl, Tech was hoping to make another ACC champi-onship run this year. After all, the Jackets were returning some eight de-fensive regulars and seven offensive starters from that 2012 team. But Techwill enter Saturday's finale against the Bulldogs with the same overall recordas Georgia ... 7-4. Standing a final 5-3 in the ACC, the Jackets have beatenElon (70-0), Duke (38-14), North Carolina (28-20), Syracuse (56-0), Vir-ginia (35-25), Pittsburgh (21-10) and Alabama A&M, this past Saturday inAtlanta by 66-7. Three of Tech's four defeats came in succession after theopening wins over Elon, Duke and the Tar Heels. They were to VirginiaTech (17-10), Miami (45-30) and BYU (38-20). The other loss came onThursday night, Nov. 14, when the Jackets were smothered by Clemson,55-31.

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A look at the Georgia Tech defense: As mentioned, Georgia Tech re-turned eight starters to this side of the ball and, thus far, the season resultshave been mixed. The Jackets have given up just 21 points a game to op-posing offenses and are allowing just 104 rushing yards per contest. How-ever, Tech has been stung through the air, having surrendered 238 yards pergame. Senior defensive back Jemea Thomas (5-10, 195) is Tech's leadingtackler with 64 stops. Senior linebacker Brandon Watts (6-2, 235) and jun-ior linebacker Quayshawn Nealy (6-1, 232) follow with 52 and 47 tack-les, respectively. Senior defensive end Jeremiah Attaochu (6-3, 242) is aforce off the edge for the Jackets, having chalked up eight sacks this seasonfor 66 yards in losses and also showing 11.5 tackles-for-loss.

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Scouting Tech Top Jackets#45 Jeremiah Attaochu, DE6-3, 242 Sr. Washington, D.C. (Archbishop CarrollH.S.)One of the top defensive stars in the AtlanticCoast Conference, Attaochu is a play-makersupreme who flourishes inflicting negativeyardage plays. He is one of those hybrid typeplayers who National Football League scoutsreally love. He can make plays in space andwreak havoc with his hand on the ground.When it comes to pressuring the passer, At-taochu is right there with Clemson’s Vic Beasleyas the ACC’s best at bringing down the quar-terback. Attaochu ranks in the top five in theleague in sacks, averaging right at one pergame, and tackles for loss, tallying more thanone a contest. He has tremendous speed com-ing around the edge and overpowers blockers.The Bulldogs have already faced South CarolinaAll-American Jadaveon Clowney and AuburnAll-Southeastern Conference performer DeeFord, and Attaochu is in that class.

#25 Robert Godhigh, A-Back5-7, 190 RSr. Acworth, Ga. (Harrison H.S.)Tech’s big play maker at the A-Back position isa big time threat in the slot. In Paul Johnson’striple-option offense, the A-Back must excel inthree areas. He has to be an excellent runneron the option. He has to be a good receiver.And when the option is coming his way, the A-Back must be a strong blocker for the quarter-back and trailing A-Back. Check all three offfor Godhigh. He leads the Yellow Jackets inAll-Purpose yardage and ranks amongst Tech’sleaders in rushing, receiving, total offense,touchdowns and scoring. He is a threat toscore a touchdown any time he touches thefootball. Godhigh has the wheels and the in-stincts on the edge. Georgia’s cornerbacks andoutside linebackers in particular will have bigchallenge Saturday afternoon.

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Jeff Dantzler’s 2013 rankingsTop 10 Non-SEC - What a significant week it was. Baylor got rocked by Oklahoma Stateto lose for the first time. Oregon got rolled at Arizona, putting Stanford in the PAC-12Championship Game. There is the serious legal matter in Tallahassee, and a pair of BCSbusters in Northern Illinois and Fresno State vying for a slot.

1. Florida State – The story for the Seminoles now is not being 11-0 afterthrottling Idaho and getting ready for the Gators, it is Jameis Winston. The se-riousness of the potential charge obviously greatly overshadows everything that

he and the ‘Noles could lose out on.

2. Ohio State – Now comes Michigan in one of the grandest rivalries in col-lege football. The Buckeyes are getting some traction with everything that is

happening in Tallahassee. Urban Meyer thinks the BCS is flawed. He did not in2006 and 2008 when once beaten Gator teams got in.

3. Clemson – It was easy pickings for the Tigers against in-state foe TheCitadel. Clemson is 10-1 and eyeing a BCS berth. The Tigers and South Car-olina are all set to square off in one of the biggest in-state battles these two haveever had.

4. Oklahoma State – The Cowboys loss at West Virginia has to go down asone of the worst and most head-scratching of the year. But they have bouncedback in style and put the beat down on Baylor to make it 10-1. Now comesOklahoma. With a win comes a BCS berth.

5. Baylor- This has been the greatest season in Bears history, but their dreamsof an undefeated national championship campaign came crashing down inStillwater. An 11-1 season and win over Texas is well within reach.

6. Stanford – The Cardinal got an early Christmas present, as Arizona smokedOregon 42-16 to put Stanford in the PAC-12 title game for a second straight sea-son. The Cardinal mauled their old rival Cal 63-13 to make it 9-2. Now theyget the Irish.

7. Northern Illinois – The Huskies have a great shot at busting the BCS fora second straight season, which has not been done. Northern Illinois is themid-week king, downing Toledo last Wednesday to clinch a berth in the MAC

Championship Game.

8. Michigan State – Sparty has been one of the surprise, under the radarteams in the country this season. Michigan State is rolling at 10-1, and there will

be a lot of teams rooting for them in two weeks when they take on Ohio Statefor the Big Ten crown.

9. Oregon – In one of the most stunning scores of the day and the season,Oregon, which earlier in the week was griping about the Rose Bowl, got rolled

at Arizona 42-14. The Ducks don’t have to worry about Pasadena now.

10. Central Florida – The Golden Knights are sniffing the BCS out of the old big East.Central Florida got a Thursday night victory over Rutgers to take another step towards amajor bowl. George O’Leary has produced some big victories for UCF. .

1. Halt the B-Back – When it comes to slowing down any triple option, whether it was Barry Switzer’s Wish-bone attacks at Oklahoma, Tom Osborne’s I-Back at Nebraska, or the triple option flexbone that has had such greatsuccess at Georgia Southern, Navy and Tech, it starts with stopping the fullback. When the fullback – the terminol-ogy is B-Back in Johnson’s attack – is having success on the dive, It softens the defense and makes the opposition ex-tremely vulnerable on the edge. The last tie Tech beat Georgia, it was the strong running of B-Back Johnathan Dwyerthat doomed the Dogs defense.

2. Set the Edge – Step number two to slowing down the triple option comes on the corner. It is a fine balancebetween discipline and aggression. Sometimes great players can get caught in between on the option, like Jarvis Jonesdid in the first half against Georgia Southern last season. The defensive ends and outside linebackers have to play theirassignments, while also punishing the quarterback. The great Billy Henderson always said, “hit the quarterback, thenit’s not an option.” But with Vad Lee and Robert Godhigh in particular, the Yellow Jackets are very dangerous on theedge and boast big-play potential. Jordan Jenkins, Leonard Floyd, Garrison smith, Ray Drew, Sterling Bailey and therest must be at their best, or it could be a long day for the Bulldogs defense.

3. Score,Score and Score Some More – When the Yellow Jackets offense gets rolling, it is extremely dif-ficult to slow down, much less stop. See 2008. Georgia’s offense much keep the foot on the accelerator. The last twoseasons, in the Bulldogs 31-17 victory on the flats in 2011 and 42-10 rout a year ago at Sanford Stadium, Georgia hasdone just that. With Hutson Mason taking over for the injured Aaron Murray at quarterback, he and Todd Gurleyand the rest of the Bulldogs offense has to know that it may take a really big number to knock off the Jackets. Masonmay not be quite the improviser that Murray is, but he has an excellent arm, displays poise and throws a good ball.There is no way the expectations of the offense are lowered at all. It’s going to take a lot of points. After all, in Geor-gia’s four losses this season, the Dogs have scored 35, 26, 27 and 38. And it wasn’t good enough to win.

4. Play it Even on Special Teams – This is a no-brainer. Though Marshall Morgan has done a great job kickingfield goals and extra points thus far (that is some wood being knocked that you are hearing) and the kick coverage forthe most part has been very good (North Texas did return a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown), there have been justway too many catastrophic mistakes made by Georgia in the special teams department. Whether it’s blocked punts,muffed exchanges or some other miscues, Georgia’s kicking game has been far too leaky. The Dogs need at least a push

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