Preview of LSU at UGA

The Bulldogs have a huge came this weekend with the #4 LSU Tigers rolling into Athens. Some interesting facts that I have learned are that the Bulldogs have not beaten a top 5 team in Athens in 25 years with our last win coming against #2 Clemson in 1984 with a game winning field goal by Kevin Butler. Now that we have Butler's son on the team hopefully we can change this trend of losing against top 5 teams at home. Over the past ten years LSU is 9-13 against top 20 teams on the road, however the are 2-0 against UGA in Athens during that time span.

Comparing the team stats of the two teams the look pretty even:

P/G Pass Yards TD Rushing Yards TD

LSU Off:         28.8       179             8                   130                    3

UGA Def:        29.8             243            10                 112                     4

UGA Off:        30.8             245             9                   112                     4

LSU Def:        15.3               198            3                    134                    3

My first glance at this is that we are going to have to be able to move the ball through the air. LSU is notorious for having one of the best DL's in the country every year, however they have not shown it this year as they are tied with Georgia with just 5 sacks and have played no body that is even close to breaking into the top 25.  LSU has picked off 7 passes this year and Cox has had some problems keeping the ball out of opposing players hands. This could be one of the deciding factors in the game. Chad Jones is the best secondary player that LSU has and is tied for the lead in interceptions this year. Trindon Holliday the speedy return man for LSU could pose a big threat for the bulldogs as there kickoff and punt coverage has been mediocre at best this year. Georgia is going to have to shut down the running game of Brandon Scott and force LSU to beat us through the air. I know that we have been giving up huge junks of yards through the air, but I am confident that this is the best approach to the game.