What does OSU learn from Georgia?
While we dissected OSU’s 45-35 loss to Houston, some of the Boone Pickens Stadium pressbox televisions displayed a very interesting game. Georgia-South Carolina.
Georgia won 41-37 when a late Gamecock threat was turned back. Who won was not as interesting as the score: 41-37. Predictions on the game centered around 10-6. These teams traditionally play low-scoring games. When Georgia led 17-14 early in the second quarter, it was the most points these foes had scored on each other in years.
So coming on the heels of OSU’s 24-10 victory over Georgia — defense was great, offense was a little off — and now in the light of the Houston game (offense nothing special, defense a sieve), what do we think of the Cowboys?
Well, Georgia’s offense is better than we thought, so OSU’s defense deserves all the plaudits handed out a week ago. But Georgia’s defense was not as stout against South Carolina. The Gamecocks were not good offensively in Week 1, when they beat North Carolina State 7-3 and were lucky to get the seven.
So why did South Carolina ring up 26 first downs and 427 total yards against Georgia?
That’s the troubling part about OSU’s 1-1 start. The offense is not in gear. The Cowboys scored four touchdowns in 12 possessions against Houston. That’s decent production but nothing special. Anything below 30 percent is poor; anything above 40 percent is outstanding. In the 30s in terms of percentage is just average. And OSU was in the low 30s (33 percent) against Houston.
And after South Carolina’s beleaguered offense lit up Georgia, it makes you wonder even more what’s wrong with the Cowboys.
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I learned that OSU was posing again, and now they are a crying in the rain….