Georgia is supremely better than Texas in the trenches
Costly mistakes on offense and special teams really hurt the Longhorns in the overtime loss to Georgia for the SEC Championship Game on Saturday. Texas kicker Bert Auburn missed two field goals from the right hash mark in regulation, which could've helped the Longhorns win the game without going to overtime in hindsight.
The Longhorns also lost the field position battle and gave up a fourth-down conversion to the Dawgs on a fake punt after Georgia starting punter Brett Thorson left the game due to a lower-body injury in the second half.
Offensively, we've talked about how the Longhorns were consistently beat at the point of attack in the trenches and around the line of scrimmage yesterday.
Not only did the Longhorns average just over a yard per carry on the ground, but the Georgia defensive front got consistent pressure to disrupt Ewers and the Texas passing offense. Ewers was sacked a season-high six times, and was pressured a whopping 16 times by the vaunted Georgia defensive front.
Defensively, the Longhorns played pretty well. But Georgia won the turnover battle and rushed for over 100 yards against Texas's defensive front for the first time in four games in the SEC title game.
Georgia is one of the few teams in college football this season that is clearly better than Texas in the trenches on both sides of the ball. The Dawgs could easily be the most talented team up front, especially on the defensive side of the ball, in the P4 this campaign.