Michigan Football: Orange Bowl statistical analysis
Georgia’s Passing Offense vs Michigan’s Pass Defense
Georgia has had a lot of questions surrounding the offense all year. With the QB debacle between Stetson Bennet and J.T Daniels, Georgia has not exactly had a smooth trip to the playoffs with their passing attack.
Georgia ranks and has near-identical stats in the passing offense field as Michigan with the slight edge. Georgia on 350 attempts has roughly 3,200 yards and 33 touchdowns averaging 250 yards per game.
While at times Georgia’s offense runs out of gas, they don’t exactly have much to worry about as they’re a very balanced team offensively.
Stetson Bennet who will most likely be the starter against Michigan has had his ups and downs this season. He’s thrown for 24 passing touchdowns this season however he’s been a little sloppy with the ball throwing four interceptions. Stetson has a passer rating of 161.4 against AP-25 teams and has about 900 yards and eight touchdowns against AP-25 teams.
On the other side of things, Michigan’s pass defense has been absolutely spectacular this year. They held the best passing offense to only 27 points and really took on the bend but don’t break mentality. This season, they’ve allowed about 2,500 yards and 13 touchdowns which is very similar to Georgia.
A good comparison for Michigan would be Ohio State, a team that is a light-year ahead of everyone with their passing attack. The Buckeyes have better schemes and athletes than Georgia has this season on offense at nearly every position yet Michigan held them to just 27 points, how did the Wolverines do it?
What I briefly mentioned earlier, “bend but don’t break” simply means trying to keep things in front of you, not allowing the big play, and forcing teams into field goals in the red zone. It worked for the most part against Ohio State.
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This is going to be a very intriguing facet of the game, we don’t really know what to expect from Georgia’s pass offense against Michigan, but I have a good feeling they’re going to struggle passing the ball against Michigan’s secondary.