The UK football team will face its biggest test this weekend when the Cats travel down to Athens, Georgia, to take on Georgia’s dynamic offense.

After Wednesday’s practice, defensive coordinator Matt House met with the media to discuss some of the things he’s seen on film when reviewing Georgia. 

“Obviously three really good backs, good passing attack, good receivers, good tight ends, they’re really a well rounded offense,” House said.

Preview: UK will travel to Georgia this weekend to face the Bulldogs

The rushing attack is what sticks out the most for Georgia’s offense, as the Bulldogs average the second most rushing yards per game out of all SEC schools. 

Nick Chubb and Sony Michel lead Georgia’s rushing attack, and both running backs rank in the top nine in terms of rushing yards per game from an individual.

“This is going to be a big time test as far as – not just physicality but these backs, if you give them a crack, they take it,” House said. “We got to do a great job of being in our primary gap, being physical in that gap.”

Even though Georgia’s offense ranks 13th in the SEC in passing yards per game, House is still impressed with what Jake Fromm is able to do in Georgia’s offense. 

“He doesn’t get as much credit for making the throws that he should, he’s really really talented, especially for a true freshman,” House said.                             

With all that Georgia’s offense offers, some might think it would take something special to beat Georgia’s tricky offense.

However, House doesn’t think there is anything tricky about Georgia’s offense; he just thinks they’re good at what they do.

“At the end of the day, they’re very efficient at what they do do,” House said. “They know that they got three good backs back there and they got a physical offensive line, so they run the football.”

Emergence of Davonte Robinson helps UK

In the game against Vanderbilt, redshirt freshman corner back Davonte Robinson saw the most playing time he’s seen all season and recorded a team high five tackles in the process.

Robinson’s positive production meant that usual starter Darius West spent more time on the bench, but that doesn’t appear to be a bad thing.

“He’s gotten better and better every opportunity he’s had there on the practice field or game field,” House said. “He did some things this past game that helped us out and it’s going to help Darius (West) a little bit.”

Due to injuries, West’s last full season of football was in 2015. West has yet to miss any time this season, but his numbers have dipped since the fast start to this season.

It’s possible that West could be tiring out due to the long season, so adding Robinson to the mix adds some depth that UK could definitely need this late in the season.

“The past few games, he’s been taking like 80 plus snaps or something like that, so just getting him a break and keeping him healthy and going, I just think it’s pretty good for the team,” Robinson said.