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Georgia has focused on the game against Kentucky and it has worked.
The Bulldogs' heavy attack was similar to last season when they won 331 yards and three touchdowns in their 34-17 victory over the Wildcats on Saturday.
Georgia (8-1, 6-1 SEC) ran the ball 50 times – two fewer than the 52 races of the season, a South Carolina high – while recording the lowest passing total of the season (113 yards out of 20 passing games) in the match. to win.
After winning the SEC East and a spot in the SEC Championship game, Georgia faces his visit to Auburn (ESPN, News 95.5 and AM 750 WSB, 19h), a team he was struggling to run the ball against. a year ago in Jordan-Hare. Stadium.
Georgia coach Kirby Smart said the Bulldogs' week off helped the team transform the power of his running game.
"We've had a lot of young players trying to grow up, and they still need to grow up, and we have guys who have played a lot of football and have to keep playing better," Smart said. . "But there was no magic potion. The week off we had just (work) and we were trying to work on points of importance for each unit. "
Before Saturday's game in Kentucky, Georgia averaged 3.7 yards per race in conference play. Against the Wildcats, the Bulldogs averaged 6.6 yards per run behind the efforts of D'Andre Swift and Elijah Holyfield.
Swift totaled a team record of 156 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries in the win, while Holyfield had 18 carries for 115 yards rushing and one touchdown.
"I think a lot of people over the past week are going to rest and rest, but we went to work and we worked on some of the things we thought were good and we knew we could be good, and I think this is starting to pay off now, "said Holyfield Monday.
The Bulldogs totaled 46 rushing yards in a 40-17 loss to Auburn last November. Former running backs Nick Chubb and Sony Michel scored a total of 48 yards and the team averaged 1.4 yards per run.
Georgia avenged defeat and the bad match less than a month later in the 2017 SEC Championship game with 238 rushing yards, averaging 5.8 yards per run. Swift led the Bulldogs with 88 yards and a touchdown in the 28-7 win.
Statistically, Auburn (6-3, 3-3) is almost exactly where they were last season versus defending the race. This season, Auburn's opponents averaged 134.1 rushing yards per game, 3.5 per attempt, and conference opponents, 168.5 rushing yards, with a maximum of 349 rushing yards by defeat. 23-9 Tigers against the Mississippi. At the end of last season, Auburn gave his opponents an average of 137 yards rushing.
Even though the Tigers are now ranked 24th and have three losses, Holyfield said Georgia's offensive line and back halfbacks were looking for a challenge worthy of the oldest Deep South rivalry.
"He is one of the most talented defensemen we have played against, and I look forward to this challenge, and I know the offensive line is also looking forward to the challenge," said Holyfield.
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