Ohio State is the only real threat to Georgia this year. And based on yesterday's performance, they have to clean up somethings before they face us in the CFP. But Day is an outstanding coach, and I do not doubt, with a month left in the regular season, that those needed adjustments will be made by the times the post-season begins.
In an unexpected twist, the horrific defense was replaced by a sometimes decent looking one, that trended towards pretty good lately (though that is certainly a byproduct of the opposing offense).
And the high flying offense is showing its youth. Stroud has all of the tools but is still learning to trust himself. Henderson has the talent but has had a light load so far, and is not used to the grind yet.
Us OSU fans have come full circle to missing JT Barrett's feet :) He was a rich man's Jalen Hurts in college at the beginning, but naturally OSU fans clamored for more flamethrowing QBs (like Cardale in the NC run). They have now gone on such a run of great throwers that suddenly everyone misses the best running QB in school history, despite his flaws as a passer after hit #4956.
The WR depth that pushed Jameson Williams to Bama (and ironically gave them their only other WR) is still very young. Emeka Egbuka still plays very little. Julian Fleming has a bright future if he can stay healthy but last game was his first major role. Harrison has received solid but limited reps. They use the top 3 and rarely take anyone off the field (and their 4th & 5th best receivers are a TE and RB, not that the young WRs aren't promising, but you can substitute better matchups when the frosh WRs come in).
There is a lot of youth on this team, and the future of the DL is all true freshmen (Sawyer, Tutuimoloau, Williams). The veterans can flash but outside of Garrett they are not as consistent as the DL that Johnson has produced over the years (not just the stars, but the Sam Hubbard, Tyquan Lewis types).
Despite OSU being on a crazy run of 1st round DBs (with a different coach), then DC Alex Grinch (and a different DB coach) set this program back considerably by not recruiting a corner for a year (and they didn't recover with much the following year). Safety recruiting wasn't much better, and the lone gem Proctor had a terrible, year ending surgery. So they're a little limited on the back end, which hurts because at corner they have a great frosh (Burke) and some decent veterans. The vets are not like the top end that OSU has produced recently, but good enough.
Shaw has tried to fill Proctor's athletic shoes at deep safety. Schematic changes have helped but he's still a little limited, and Ransom is willing to stick his nose in there but is not the most consistent either. Kourt Williams might be the most promising of the three but is still figuring out which way to go and thus is only playing in spot duty. He's also not a deep safety whatsoever, more of a strong safety type back when they had those in CFB.
