When SEC plays the Big Ten physicality always gets brought up and to no surprise both Georgia head coach Kirby Smart and Ohio State coach Ryan Day that more physical team will win.

Smart believes that the physical play shows up in all aspects of the game, not just running the ball at the line of scrimmage.

“I think physicality is part of this game,” Smart did. It’s a major part of every football game. When you look across the board and you do studies on these semifinals and final playoff games since the playoff started, physicality at the line of scrimmage has been really critical.

“You look across the board,” he continued, teams that run the ball well tend to win these games. Also, red area, third down, and explosive plays are indicators, but the line of scrimmage play and physicality, but physicality can be a lot of different ways. It can be on the perimeter. It can be on special teams. It can be a lot of different ways of looking at it.”

Day believes that in the playoffs the physical game gets ramped up to another level.

“I agree with everything Kirby said, that’s the way the game is played,” Day said. “It’s football, and you have to play physical. When you’re playing in the CFP, certainly it’s going to be the most physical game you’ve played all season.”

“So it’s everybody on the field,” he continued, “It’s like you got the perimeter game out there. You’ve got special teams. You have the game in the trenches. You have to win your one-on-one battles. That’s what this game is all about. It’s about running around hitting people. That’s to be expected in a game like this.”

Georgia hangs its hat on being physical, especially against explosive offenses. They shut down Tennessee earlier this year at a time when the Volunteers were rolling.

Ohio State has questions to answer after Michigan dominated the line of scrimmage in their game last month. It will be interesting to see if the Buckeyes can match the physical game of the Bulldogs.