UGA Football Running Back Talks about Texas Matchup and Georgia's Offense

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ATHENS - UGA Football is heading into a colossal matchup with the Texas Longhorns without one of its usual key ingredients. 

Georgia has been an average team on the ground. Carson Beck threw more than 50 times against Alabama when he needed to, but he just threw 48 times against Mississippi State when he did not need to. At this point, this seems like a pass-first team. 

Georgia’s run game teetered off a little bit in 2023 from its famous production. Kirby Smart went out and convinced former Florida Gator running back Trevor Etienne to transfer to Georgia and become the starting running back. Through five games, Etienne has only rushed for 335 yards. 

He spoke to the media on Monday about an array of topics, including the matchup against Texas this week. Here is some of what he had to say: 

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On playing a complete game as an offense…

“We definitely want to get better each week, and that's something we strive to do as a team.  But I feel like no, we haven't played a great game of football offensively yet, and that's just something we have keep working at and get better at throughout the season.”

On areas of improvement…

“I’d say just doing a lot more of the small things right: eliminating turnovers, executing, just going out there and starting faster, attacking early, just the small things really.”

On lessons from Alabama used to prepare for Texas…

“Like I said, just starting faster and eliminating the turnovers. Playing on the road in this league is hard. It's hard to get a win. Going out there and winning moment by moment and trying to control the game early is something we definitely want to focus on.”

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