Blue White Illustrated

January 2016

Penn State Sports Magazine

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while Ganus also has two picks for 26 yards and a TD. As a team, Georgia has 11 inter- ceptions. That's a bit of a surprise, because the Bulldogs have not put a lot of pres- sure on opposing passers. They have only 21 sacks this season, with Floyd providing a team-best 4.5 to go with 14 QB hurries. // KEY MATCHUPS Godwin will go up against Sanders, while on the o>ensive line, Penn State's Palmer will be looking to keep Floyd out of the backense in the SEC East, while Penn State's rushing defense has been up and down all season. ILB Jason Cabinda is the Lions' leading tackler with 92 stops, four tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks. FS Marcus Allen is their second-leading tackler with 75 stops. DT Austin Johnson won second- team All-Big Ten honors a?er ensive line is the smallest that Penn State has faced all sea- son, averaging 6-4, 290 pounds per man. // EDGE GEORGIA GEORGIA PASSING GAME 187.1 YPG, 12.0 YPC PENN STATE PASS DEFENSE 174.5 YPG, 10.4 YPC THE LOWDOWN Georgia's passing o>ense looks solid statistically, but looks can sometimes be deceiving. Junior quarterback Greyson Lambert, a transfer from Virginia, has started 11 games, completing 152 of 236 passes (64.4 percent) for 1,844 yards, with 11 TDs and just two interceptions. But his numbers were boosted in Sep- tember by games against Louisiana Monroe, Vanderbilt, Southern University and a bad South Carolina team. Against SEC opponents, Georgia's passing game has struggled at times, averaging just 130.6 yards vs. Alabama and Florida. Senior WR Malcolm Mitchell is the Bulldogs' leading pass-catcher, with 53 receptions for 751 yards and four touchdowns. Freshman WR Terry Godwin is the team's second- leading receiver with 31 catches for 345 yards, while Michel came out of the back- -return units have struggled all sea- son, and P Daniel Pasquariello has averaged only 40.3 yards per attempt. Kickers Joey Julius and Tyler Davis have converted 17 of 19 ense. Julius and Davis have kicked a lot of short >

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