Gators OC Buster Faulkner on Facing Georgia Bulldogs Defense

Well, there's always challenges with this defense. You know, give them their credit. It's probably, you know, one of the best coaching jobs over the last several years that you see across the country. They've got good players. They do a great job of developing their players. You know, if you look on their roster, I think it's in the two deep. I think it was four transfers. The rest of them, high school guys, if I'm not mistaken, and it's only one guy that's starting, Khalil Barnes. It's a transfer who's actually a local kid that they recruited for, you know, a long time, knew a lot about. So, you know, that's just a testament to their program and the way they go about, you know, developing their team. So their kids have been in their system for several years with all the different reps. They've seen it all. They put them through all that stuff. And so those are the things that are challenging. Obviously, they play really, really hard. Yeah, I mean, they're a good football team. Your offenses have only had two three-and-outs against them. I'm sure every circumstance was different. Yeah. I didn't know that. Is there any, I guess, common thread to the sustained drives you've been able to have against this defense, just given how daunting it is? Like, that's not very common. Well, yeah, I really had no idea. They're a good defense. We were able to have some success, you know, in the past with the quarterback and the way he could run the football. Obviously, we're built a little bit different here. So, you know, when you play them, the one thing that you've got to do is you've got to be efficient in all facets of the game because they're going to be efficient. You know, that's what they strive to be. I'm sure they're all – I haven't looked, but I'm sure their offense is really efficient. So, you know you've got to match that, right? It's not necessarily about how many plays when you play them. It's staying on schedule, staying ahead of the chains, and you've got to score touchdowns in the red zone, you know, to have a chance to beat them. So you've got to protect the football. They do a good job, as anybody in the country, of trying to strip it out, knock it out, and we've got to go in this environment and protect it and, like I said, stay ahead of the chains and score touchdowns in the red zone.