Georgia looking to a few scout-teamers to help simulate Georgia Tech's offense

Georgia has gone against either a pro-style or spread offense in each of its 11 games this season.

Saturday’s annual rivalry game against Georgia Tech is always the exception to the rule, with the Bulldogs facing a completely different offensive attack than it has all season long.

Georgia Tech, since head coach Paul Johnson arrived in 2008, has run a triple-option attack out of the flexbone formation. It’s tough to play against and difficult to simulate in the practice leading up to it.

“You have to have certain type of players on your team to give you a good picture,” Smart said. “We’ll challenge some of our players on the scout team to do some different roles this week to give us the speed of the game; it’s so hard to simulate and they do such a good job of coming off the ball right at you that that’s part of the challenge.”

Smart mentioned a few scout-team players who will be asked to do their part to help the first defense prepare for the Yellow Jackets’ attack.

Fourth-string quarterback Sam Vaughn, defensive back Caleeb Roberson and defensive back Tim Hill will help in the backfield, whether it’s with simulating Georgia Tech quarterback Justin Thomas or the slot backs.

Running backs Ian Donald-McIntyre and Prather Hudson will provide looks at the B-back position, which is Georgia Tech’s term for the fullback who can both take the dive play and lead block.

As for the offensive line, Smart said that area could be a challenge to replicate in practice.

“It’s hard to simulate their offensive line because they come off the ball really hard but we’ve got ten guys over there that give us a great picture and we do a good job of that,” Smart said.

This story was originally published November 21, 2016 at 2:43 PM with the headline "Georgia looking to a few scout-teamers to help simulate Georgia Tech's offense."