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A top-10 matchup in Athens for the first time between No. 5 Georgia and No. 10 Texas sets the stage for a physical, detailed game.

One of the cleanest ways to understand what’s ahead is to look at how each staff coaches the core of the run game.

Before anything else, here are the two clips that frame one of the key areas to watch today:

🎥 Glenn Schumann – Georgia Run-Fit Philosophy

🎥 Kyle Flood – Texas Counter Identity

These two perspectives set up an important part of the story.

Below is the context behind each.

Georgia: How They Fit the Run Under DC Glenn Schumann

“In the run game, we’re going to live in base mode — a stacked fit — unless we’re hot.

Certain gaps become hot. If you’re in a four-down front and have an uncovered A-gap, that could make you hot. It speeds up your fit.

If my gap is hot, my fit is going to be sped up — I really can’t stack anymore.

Once I acknowledge that my gap is hot, the mindset becomes aggressive downhill as things unfold.”

Georgia continues to be defined by:

• Disciplined gap accounting
• Clear stack vs. trigger rules
• Fast recognition of “hot” interior gaps
• Downhill responses that close space quickly

It’s a teaching system built for consistency against varied run schemes.

Texas: OC Kyle Flood - The Counter Play That Shapes Their Run Game

*“We’re going to pull the kick out. We are a non-negotiable kickout team.

When you pull to the right, you’re going to block that guy with your right shoulder.

If the defender spills, we’ll pin him and the second puller comes around.

Eventually that guy gives up the line of scrimmage, you kick him out, and the ball hits inside.*

We’re trying to run an A-gap gap scheme.

Back starts A-gap → B-gap → inside hip of the second puller — stay on the move.”

Texas leans on:

• A physical, defined kickout
• A disciplined second puller
• A-gap entry for the back
• Variants off the same core structure

It’s a concept that lets them control tempo and dictate terms.

The Interior Matchup

The game will turn on a number of factors, but this is one area worth watching:

Texas’ A-gap counter

vs

Georgia’s A-gap responses

It’s not the whole story, but it is a place where both programs have a clear identity:

• Texas wants vertical movement and interior leverage.
• Georgia wants to eliminate seams with timely downhill fits.

How each side handles this space won’t decide everything, but it will tell us a lot about how the game unfolds.

Enjoy the games today!

-Coach Grabowski & the Coaches Clinic Team

Other Clinics from the Georgia Staff:

Offense & QB Play - Brandon Streeter

Effort the Georgia Way - Stacy Searels

Other Clinics from the Texas Staff:

Forever Texas: Longhorn Football Culture - Steve Sarkisian

Defensive Line: Off-Season Development - Kenneth Baker

Zone Run Game (w/ Steve Sarkisian) - Kyle Flood

Univ. of Texas - DB Play (w/ Steve Sarkisian) - Terry Joseph

Mesh Concepts w/ WR Fundamentals - AJ Milwee & Chris Jackson

Texas Special Teams: Punt Return Organization - Jeff Banks

OZ Drills and Scheme - Kyle Flood

1&2 Back Counter - Kyle Flood

Inside Zone Play with Variations and RPO - Kyle Flood

Run Game Fundamentals - Kyle Flood

Offensive Line: Teaching Progression - Kyle Flood

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