QB BROCK VANDAGRIFF Q&A:
* BVG on facing old teammates... Hay's not in the barn yet, but they'll be ready to go on Saturday.
* Any butterflies? It's a good team coming to Lexington, but you try to have the same rules for every game. Looking forward to the matchup.
* There's a comfort level with having seen their defense before in practice, some familiarity, but he's sure they'll be mixing things up and trying to disguise things.
* Offense has a 24-hour rule. You have 24 hours to feel good/bad about the last game, then you have to get on to the next thing. Have to get the bad taste out of their mouth, though, and you have to play well on Saturday to do that.
* Cats are welcoming the challenge, BVG says. You only get 12 of these opps during the regular season. Have to take advantage of them.
* BVG says he talks pretty frequently with some of his old teammates. A few of them have a group chat. Good dudes, friends he'll have outside the lines for the rest of his life.
* On getting the offense into a rhythm... Main thing is being able to move the ball, stay out of 3rd and long. Georgia can get pretty exotic when they get you in that situation. Stay ahead of chains, ahead of schedule. We have to do the things this offense was built to do.
* Gotta be better with play-action on Saturday.
LB POP DUMAS-JOHNSON Q&A:
* No big emotions this week. Still talks to his guys at UGA, but won't be talking much until after the game.
* Anything to prove on Saturday? He doesn't think of it that way. Just another ballgame, and he wants to be the best he can be.
* On the message to his guys trying to bounce back from last week... Do you job, give it 100% We're off to a new week. Can't do anything about last week.
* Pop says he hasn't lose a regular-season game since he was a sophomore in HS. Weird feeling to lose last week. "I don't plan on getting used to it, either."
* On the key this week: It's man on man. Beat your man. That No. 1 stuff goes out the window when you do your job and beat your man.
* Need better communication on the back end of the D. Gotta finish plays. They had them on several plays Saturday and let them get out of it.
* BVG on facing old teammates... Hay's not in the barn yet, but they'll be ready to go on Saturday.
* Any butterflies? It's a good team coming to Lexington, but you try to have the same rules for every game. Looking forward to the matchup.
* There's a comfort level with having seen their defense before in practice, some familiarity, but he's sure they'll be mixing things up and trying to disguise things.
* Offense has a 24-hour rule. You have 24 hours to feel good/bad about the last game, then you have to get on to the next thing. Have to get the bad taste out of their mouth, though, and you have to play well on Saturday to do that.
* Cats are welcoming the challenge, BVG says. You only get 12 of these opps during the regular season. Have to take advantage of them.
* BVG says he talks pretty frequently with some of his old teammates. A few of them have a group chat. Good dudes, friends he'll have outside the lines for the rest of his life.
* On getting the offense into a rhythm... Main thing is being able to move the ball, stay out of 3rd and long. Georgia can get pretty exotic when they get you in that situation. Stay ahead of chains, ahead of schedule. We have to do the things this offense was built to do.
* Gotta be better with play-action on Saturday.
LB POP DUMAS-JOHNSON Q&A:
* No big emotions this week. Still talks to his guys at UGA, but won't be talking much until after the game.
* Anything to prove on Saturday? He doesn't think of it that way. Just another ballgame, and he wants to be the best he can be.
* On the message to his guys trying to bounce back from last week... Do you job, give it 100% We're off to a new week. Can't do anything about last week.
* Pop says he hasn't lose a regular-season game since he was a sophomore in HS. Weird feeling to lose last week. "I don't plan on getting used to it, either."
* On the key this week: It's man on man. Beat your man. That No. 1 stuff goes out the window when you do your job and beat your man.
* Need better communication on the back end of the D. Gotta finish plays. They had them on several plays Saturday and let them get out of it.
