Kane Wommack Breaks Down Georgia's Offense

The Georgia Bulldogs showcased offensive power two weeks ago in Knoxville, Tennessee, taking down the Tennessee Volunteers 44-41 in overtime in week three. The Bulldogs put up 502 total yards of offense (304 passing, 198 rushing) and showcased several things that Alabama can study on tape heading into a big matchup in week five.

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Alabama defensive coordinator Kane Wommack noticed some things as well, which he noted in his media availability on Monday morning.

“Looking at Georgia, we're certainly excited about this opponent. I have tremendous respect for Coach Smart and Coach Bobo and the way they operate offensively. I think they've done a really good job with their quarterback in Gunner Stockton. I think he's operating very efficiently right now. I think what they're doing with him and the grit and toughness that they have shown, a great football team. They will be a tremendous challenge."

Georgia's run game is, unsurprisingly, strong once again, with four players having more than 100 yards rushing through the Bulldogs' first three games of the season, including quarterback Gunner Stockton.

“I think they do a really good job with Gunner in the run game," Wommack said of the Georgia quarterback. "It's just enough to keep you honest. You see the run game at the right time. Certainly, third downs and red zone, and those are things that will always be the case for offenses. But he's a physical kid. He's tough. He's gritty. He's willing to get the yards in the read game. He makes the right decisions the vast majority of the time. And so he has certainly brought an element to their run game that maybe they didn't have as much with Carson a year ago. And I think that's something that certainly we're gonna have to account for.”

Stockton's threat to run the football is another weapon Georgia can put in its bag. Wommack mentioned Alabama taking strides in run fits defensively, but Georgia's top-30 run offense will present a tough challenge for the Crimson Tide.

“I think we are taking strides. Every team is working to get better, and those are the things that I've told our guys. Everybody has issues right now, but everybody's gotta work to get themselves better, and the good teams are the ones that just better themselves week by week," Wommack said. "I think our run fits are improving as we go. I don't think we're where we want to be, and certainly, I think there's some things that we've put on tape that we're gonna have to answer for as we go down the season — things that I would imagine Georgia and other teams in the SEC are gonna try to expose. And so we wanna make sure that we have a plan for those things, but I think our guys have been very locked in, the work that we've done thus far. We've had a good off week of practice.

“And I think for — you think about this team, this is a tough, gritty, their backs run hard, they're physical. And so it's ultimately gonna be about bringing a grown man to the ground, right, and the physicality that it takes to do that over and over, because I think Coach Bobo does a really good job of just staying committed to the run game as it goes on. And those are like body blows in a boxing match, right? You gotta be able to match pound for pound for as many times as they wanna run the ball.”

Georgia's threat to run the ball also opens Alabama up to vulnerabilities against the screen game, which Wommack said Georgia's done a "fantastic" job of.

"I think they've done a fantastic job in their perimeter screen game. You look at their screens, you look at the actual double-screens, and slip-screens, and tunnel screens, and all those things, and then just the perimeter-now screens that they're getting out there. They're blocking on the perimeter at a very high level. You can tell their wide receiver room takes pride in it. They do a good job of taking good angles, breaking tackles. I think that's certainly an element to the game that we have to defend. For us, we have been a pretty consistent space-tackling team. That's certainly something that's gonna have to show up on Saturday because they're gonna test you. They're gonna stretch you laterally, the width of the field, and make you defend all 53 yards there laterally. For us, that'll be a good challenge."

Alabama will face Georgia on Saturday, September 27, at 6:30 p.m. CT.

Wyatt Fulton is the Tide 100.9 DME and Brand Manager, primarily covering Alabama Crimson Tide football and men's basketball. For more Crimson Tide coverage, follow Wyatt on X (Formerly known as Twitter) at @FultonW_.