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Michigan-Georgia CFP preview part 2: Will Michigan's defense stifle Georgia's offense

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🗓️ 29 December 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In part 2 of our two-part preview looking at Michigan's CFP matchup against Georgia, we break down how the Wolverines' defense can slow down Georgia's offense, along with our final game predictions for Friday night.

We look at some of the major keys for Michigan's defense. We discuss why Brock Bowers offers a unique challenge for the Wolverines, and will test to see how Michigan has improved in that area. We also look at the Wolverines' pass rush, Georgia's struggles passing the ball under pressure and if Michigan can provide "enough" pressure in the game. We also take shorter looks at Georgia's running backs, underrated receiving corps. and other key concern points.

We close with our prop bet predictions and final score predictions for the game.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things, Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting.

0:06.4

I'm your host, Zach Shaw, Steve Lorenz, here with me.

0:09.3

So we just recorded, I mean, we're not publishing these that far apart.

0:13.6

We just recorded the first half of our two-part preview episodes looking at Michigan's offense versus Georgia's defense.

0:22.0

This one will, as you can imagine, look at Georgia's offense versus Michigan's defense.

0:29.5

Lots of intrigue here.

0:31.1

I mean, this is a matchup where maybe Michigan won't be as out of its element.

0:35.8

I mean, they faced, I would argue they faced better offenses and had success this season.

0:42.8

I think if you really went position by position, and I kind of did, I think it's closer to a push

0:49.1

than one team having an advantage.

0:50.4

But these are, these are two offenses that really have a lot of potential, have a lot of

0:56.7

intrigue can go off on Friday, but also aren't perfect, far from perfect.

1:04.1

We mentioned the quarterback situation. I think, I don't think either team's playing their

1:10.6

most talented, and I use air quotes with talented, most talented quarterback. They're playing their leaders. They're guys who move the football the best and maybe avoid mistakes the most. Good running backs. But taking a look at Georgia's offense, I think to me, it sounds weird because you don't,

1:30.7

this isn't a position where you normally say this is the biggest key. But Brock Bowers is just

1:36.1

so good. And, you know, for as much as Georgia struggled against Alabama, he had 130 yards

1:43.0

in a touchdown. He caught 10 of 15 targets his way.

1:49.1

And so, yeah, for me, I think the key for Michigan, a team that has struggled at times in

1:57.0

stopping tight ends.

1:58.9

I think I counted six teams that Michigan has faced this season, got at least 50 yards,

2:03.5

at least 5.7 yards per pass attempt on tight ends.

2:09.2

And so I think this is, I think that's the big key is, is just make sure Brock Bowers

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