Teeing it up for Georgia Southern

You want a quick game? Georgia's new offensive philosophy depends on running as much time as possible off the clock. Georgia Southern is second in the nation in time of possession, and the Eagles haven't played a game over 3:29 all season.

So you should expect your grandfather's football game on Saturday. We'll throw some, but if the Eagles want to win, they'll have to guard against obvious mismatches on the long ball with Mitchell and McKenzie. That should soften their front to allow us to run.

Southern's run offense is tops in the nation. For comparison's sake, below are GSU's rushing offense and defensive performances to date, with their opponent's respective ranks.

2015 Georgia Southern Eagles Rushing Defense Game Log through 11/14/2015

• 2015
 
• 2014

Date	Opponent	Surface	Result	Att	Yards	Avg.	Opp Rush Off rank
09/05/15	@ West Virginia	Turf	L 0-44	40	185	4.63	18
09/12/15	Western Mich.	Grass	W 43-17	26	25	0.96	30
09/19/15	Citadel	Grass	W 48-13	54	313	5.80	2 in FCS
09/26/15	@ Idaho	Turf	W 44-20	34	111	3.26	97
10/03/15	@ La.-Monroe	Turf	W 51-31	26	47	1.81	123
10/17/15	New Mexico St.	Grass	W 56-26	29	133	4.59	45
10/22/15	@ Appalachian St.	Turf	L 13-31	48	231	4.81	6
10/29/15	Texas St.	Grass	W 37-13	31	126	4.06	42
11/14/15	@ Troy	Turf	W 45-10	18	68	3.78	117
	Totals			306	1239	4.05
@ : Away, + : Neutral Site

2015 Georgia Southern Eagles Rushing Offense Game Log through 11/14/2015

• 2015
 
• 2014

Date	Opponent	Surface	Result	Att	Yards	Avg.	Opp Rush Def Rank
09/05/15	@ West Virginia	Turf	L 0-44	57	195	3.42	92
09/12/15	Western Mich.	Grass	W 43-17	52	413	7.94	78
09/19/15	Citadel	Grass	W 48-13	49	383	7.82	62 in FCS
09/26/15	@ Idaho	Turf	W 44-20	52	441	8.48	127
10/03/15	@ La.-Monroe	Turf	W 51-31	67	455	6.79	117
10/17/15	New Mexico St.	Grass	W 56-26	59	507	8.59	124
10/22/15	@ Appalachian St.	Turf	L 13-31	38	188	4.95	30
10/29/15	Texas St.	Grass	W 37-13	67	503	7.51	125
11/14/15	@ Troy	Turf	W 45-10	66	325	4.92	109
	Totals			507	3410	6.73

For comparison's sake, UGA has played the 117th, 105th, 21st, 54th in FCS, 2nd, 51st, 14th, 10th, 95th, and 91st ranked rushing defenses. And Georgia, though very low in FBS in passing offense, has 120 ypg more passing than Southern, who is dead last, with a bullet.

Georgia has clearly faced tougher rushing defenses.

All of this is to say, this makes me feel better about Georgia Southern's giving up 7+ yards per attempt and bad about their having 14 interceptions on the season.

Just stuff to worry about headed into Saturday.
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