As mentioned, 2016 Georgia had some significant RB injuries. In Power 5 games they averaged 4.6 yards per carry (4.1 yards per carry in SEC play). In 2017, Georgia averaged 6.1 yards per carry against Power 5 and SEC play.
In 2016, the Georgia defense gave up 5.2 yards per play against Power 5 teams and held opponents under 20 points in only 3 of 13 games on the season. In 2017, Georgia's defense is giving up 4.7 yards per play against Power 5 teams and allowed only 3 of 14 teams so far to score 20 or more points.
Those are big differences ...
Because of that, Georgia was able to make a significant commitment to running the ball and put Fromm in positions to succeed. In Power 5 games in 2017, Georgia's run the ball 69% of the time and the only times where Fromm was asked to throw more than 40% of their plays were in games against Notre Dame (1 point win), loss to Auburn (23 point loss), and win against Oklahoma (2OT win) and in none of those games was he asked to throw on more than half of their plays.
Last year, Georgia's relative inability to run the ball consistently and their defense giving up points put significantly more pressure on Eason and the passing game to get points on the board. Georgia ran the ball only 57% of the time in Power 5 Games last year and asked to throw it more than 40% of the time in 6 of their 13 games last year, which included over 50% on 3 separate occasions.
The completion % has been called out as a negative to Eason and pro to Fromm. That's nice/great but we all (should) know that completion % is a bit of a misleading stat. While Georgia turned it over at a slightly higher clip in 2016, in Power 5 games last year Georgia turned it over every 57 plays ... which isn't bad. The best argument to use for Fromm >>> Eason is looking at yards per attempt and yards per completion which are decidedly in Fromm's corner. However, the question that has to be considered when looking at that is that with the uptick in the run game in 2017 and teams likely having to sell out to stop it, chunk plays in the passing game were likely far more prevalent for Georgia in 2017.
Really, when you look at it in 2017, with the exception of the Notre Dame game, Georgia's likely in the same spot in the CFP playoff picture regardless of the QB. Now, if you think Fromm was the difference in the ND or Oklahoma games, then that's your claim. But Georgia is where they are in 2017 because of their OL + RBs + Defense.
Ektard updated last night and said that "there has been some overtures made through back channels" but that UW can't officially talk to him until he is granted his release from UGA but that there is a "ton of chatter out there from those in the north end and that there is definitely fire to go with that smoke".
Ektard updated last night and said that "there has been some overtures made through back channels" but that UW can't officially talk to him until he is granted his release from UGA but that there is a "ton of chatter out there from those in the north end and that there is definitely fire to go with that smoke".
Ektard updated last night and said that "there has been some overtures made through back channels" but that UW can't officially talk to him until he is granted his release from UGA but that there is a "ton of chatter out there from those in the north end and that there is definitely fire to go with that smoke".
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As mentioned, 2016 Georgia had some significant RB injuries. In Power 5 games they averaged 4.6 yards per carry (4.1 yards per carry in SEC play). In 2017, Georgia averaged 6.1 yards per carry against Power 5 and SEC play.
In 2016, the Georgia defense gave up 5.2 yards per play against Power 5 teams and held opponents under 20 points in only 3 of 13 games on the season. In 2017, Georgia's defense is giving up 4.7 yards per play against Power 5 teams and allowed only 3 of 14 teams so far to score 20 or more points.
Those are big differences ...
Because of that, Georgia was able to make a significant commitment to running the ball and put Fromm in positions to succeed. In Power 5 games in 2017, Georgia's run the ball 69% of the time and the only times where Fromm was asked to throw more than 40% of their plays were in games against Notre Dame (1 point win), loss to Auburn (23 point loss), and win against Oklahoma (2OT win) and in none of those games was he asked to throw on more than half of their plays.
Last year, Georgia's relative inability to run the ball consistently and their defense giving up points put significantly more pressure on Eason and the passing game to get points on the board. Georgia ran the ball only 57% of the time in Power 5 Games last year and asked to throw it more than 40% of the time in 6 of their 13 games last year, which included over 50% on 3 separate occasions.
The completion % has been called out as a negative to Eason and pro to Fromm. That's nice/great but we all (should) know that completion % is a bit of a misleading stat. While Georgia turned it over at a slightly higher clip in 2016, in Power 5 games last year Georgia turned it over every 57 plays ... which isn't bad. The best argument to use for Fromm >>> Eason is looking at yards per attempt and yards per completion which are decidedly in Fromm's corner. However, the question that has to be considered when looking at that is that with the uptick in the run game in 2017 and teams likely having to sell out to stop it, chunk plays in the passing game were likely far more prevalent for Georgia in 2017.
Really, when you look at it in 2017, with the exception of the Notre Dame game, Georgia's likely in the same spot in the CFP playoff picture regardless of the QB. Now, if you think Fromm was the difference in the ND or Oklahoma games, then that's your claim. But Georgia is where they are in 2017 because of their OL + RBs + Defense.
Jake Fromm
Tennessee = 41%
Florida = 57%
Auburn (Game 1) = 45%
There's some absolute shit shows in there Boobs
kiss of motherfucking death.