Georgia Football: 3 simple keys for Dawgs’ offense to beat Auburn this year
By Rick Beach
Quiet the noise in Jordan-Hare
Jordan-Hare Stadium of late has been a tough place to play. To be a stadium that’s capacity is under 90,000, it gets loud — deafening really, and those fans cause some ruckus.
As Georgia saw with Arkansas, a loud crowd can affect an offense. The two false start penalties by Arkansas on that first possession really set the tone. So this week, the Dawgs have to eliminate mistakes like that.
It is not only false start penalties that a crowd can cause. Loud crowds can also cause players to act in a way they usually don’t. In Georgia’s 2017 loss at Jordan-Hare, the Dawgs collected seven penalties, including a personal foul on usually mild-mannered Sony Michel.
In 2019 Georgia nearly blew a 21-0 lead and once again received seven flags. The Dawgs earned six against Arkansas last week, so they must be able to tighten up on offense to avoid silly penalties that’ll keep the crowd in it.
If Georgia can jump on Auburn early, the crowd will quiet down. However, they cannot let off the throttle once they get up big. No, they must stay aggressive to keep that crowd quiet.
Just as we said about breaking the other team’s will, Georgia has to break the will of the Auburn fans at Jordan Hare. Bury Auburn, and there will be empty seats early on in the Plains.