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Coach Mark Richt
On comparing UGA and LSU's defenses…
"They are both good defenses. They really have some great characteristics of great defenses. Both of them do with big physical lineman, linebackers who run and hit and safeties and corners who can play ball. They're all good. They are well coached. They've both had a lot of success. I'm sure they are both very confident in their ability to play the game and play defense. They are a lot alike in those characteristics."
On Georgia's defense going against LSU's offense…
"It's going to be interesting to see. That's maybe one of the most compelling match ups of the game is their run offense versus our run defense."
On Coach Todd Grantham moving Georgia's linebackers around and if that causes difficulties for an opposing team's offense…
"It's problematic. Even if you look at LSU's secondary. They have done a lot of moving guys around, and it is kind of hard to know where a guy is going to line up sometimes. Every player is different. They have different characteristics. There may be a certain match up you are trying to get, but if you don't know for sure where I guy is going to line up it is hard plan for that. Once the game gets going not many people are changing left and right, but from one game to the next if you are not exactly sure who is going to line up where it's hard to say 'I like this play in this situation versus this player,' if you don’t' know where he's going to line up."
On if Georgia's been able to move around more on defense this year compared to last year…
"Oh yeah. Some of it was because of injury. Some of it was because of the style of play of who we might have been going against. Even when Shawn Williams ended up playing linebacker one game it was just a game we thought we could get away with it. But the very next game we put Amarlo Herrera there because it was more of a downhill, physical running football team. The personality of the other team's offense will allow you to do that from time to time."
On Alec Ogletree's return to the defense…
"Alec is fast. He is physical. He loves football. He's very competitive. Without a doubt, we became better with him. I don't know if you could prove anything statistically, but we're a better defense with him than without him I can promise you."
On how much tackling there has been in practice last week and will be this week this late into the season…
"Last week, we were in pads Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. It was mainly to allow our scout team to go as hard and has fast as they could against our defense to try and at least give them a taste of what it might be like facing Georgia Tech's offense. We'll go back to our normal routine of Monday in shorts, today in pads, tomorrow shells and Thursday in shorts and helmets again. We will not tackle against each other today. It's too late in the season and by now you either know how to tackle or you don't. I think early in the year until you've established it and you're pretty good at it you got to keep doing it."
On tackling in practice throughout the season…
"I don't know exactly when we reduced it. We had probably 30 minutes worth when the season started and it reduced to 20 minutes, reduced to 10 minutes as the season went on."
On preparing the younger players for this weekend's game…
"Right now, my goal is just to continue to prepare like we've been preparing for the last 12 games. Just to get these guys to understand what they are doing schematically, what type of techniques they are going to have to deal with as far as the coverage techniques and maybe learn about as much as they can about each corner and they strengths and weaknesses of them. Then just go and attack. We really treat it like any other game."
On maintaining stamina against LSU…
“We sub a lot in some areas. Not all areas. We have a little bit of depth in certain spots. I think one thing that helps everybody is the amount of TV timeouts during a game. I think there will probably be four in each quarter, so you don’t play very long. If somebody gets in there and drives 12 plays, or there are 10-12-14 play drives, sometimes that can wear you down. There are just so many timeouts, so many change of possessions. I’m not too concerned about that. We’re in pretty good condition I think.”
On how Georgia can win with LSU being the favorite…
"You do what you do and you do it well. They're going to do what they do and they are going to try and do it well. I'm a broken record on the turnover ratio but that's huge. If we can come out of there and win that part of the game we got a lot better chance of winning it. You don't want to give up the big play on special teams. I just think that we have to look at our strengths and play to those and just get after it. That's really what it's going to come down to. It's going to be a good football game."
On the availability of DeAngelo Tyson and Richard Samuel IV…
"Both of them we really don't know for sure. Neither one of them will practice today. I guess I can say that. It's kind of day to day on those guys."
Defensive End Abry Jones
On playing in the SEC Championship…
“Most of the guys realize that this is a big game for us. Everyone wants to go out and win the SEC Championship. We are just going to go out and do what we have done all year. We are focusing on staying disciplined, executing plays when the time is right and try to make many mistakes.”
On starting 0-2…
“What we have done this kind of takes the bad taste from last year out of our mouth. We’re happy that we have won 10 in a row, but we aren’t focusing too much on that. We are really focused on this game because of what we did to get here.”
Linebacker Mike Gilliard
On playing LSU…
“This is such a big time game. I feel like as a defense, we have something to prove. They are the number one team in the country and we have to go out there and make plays. This game is about the best team from the West playing the best team from the East. It doesn’t get any better than that. LSU is a great team with a great quarterback and four really talented, young running backs who will pound you. I’m really excited about going out there and playing on Saturday.”
On playing for the SEC Championship…
“It feels great to be able to play for the championship. I feel like we focused on getting better as a team each week. I think we have done just that. To start 0-2 and to go and play for the SEC Championship, it feels great.”
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