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Georgia football gets creative and back to basics in rushing game turnaround against Auburn

Lost somewhat amongst all the concerns about the Georgia quarterback battle was how ineffective the Georgia rushing attack was against Arkansas. In the first 30 minutes of the game, Georgia’s running backs had just 27 rushing yards. For the game, the group had just 111 total rushing yards.

So some small tweaks needed to be made. Kirby Smart joked that the Wizard of Oz came and visited the offensive line before chalking up the improvement to better execution.

“The Wizard of Oz came and saw them and gave them all courage and ability and they played better,” Smart said. “They’re the same guys, guys. It’s not any different. I attributed it to the fact that we didn’t have a ton of penalties although we had too many and we didn’t turn the ball over.”

Read more at DawgNation.com.

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