Crowell is fluid, has good vision, and very good speed. He's not a run over people type of player. He sees the hole and plants his foot and goes. Perhaps running behind a line that would make any back look good is helping, but the Crowell and Thomas combo is going to be tough to stop.
IMO, we're going to have to sell out to stopping the run and containing Murray by loading the box and bringing heavy pressure. This will leave us somewhat vulnerable to the UGA recievers which are also pretty good, but Murray can and has been prone to over throw his recievers. I'm thinking a cover 2 zone with over the top help from the safties -especially on Mitchel- could lead to a couple of picks. But Wilcox may try using the nickel packages he's been working on to bring blitzes from all around the formation to create the pressure on Murray.
This is going to be one of the biggest tests of Coach Wilcox's vaunted defensive genius. I think this game is going to more of a coaching duel than it will be about player match ups. The guys have to execute, but the coaches have to put them in the right positions to start with. This year the base 4 3 will not get it done. UGA is just a little too big, strong, fast, and talented at every layer of the offense.
All that being said, I think UT wins 31-24.
GO VOLS!