It's good to be Georgia Bulldog on a Sunday morning in the (almost) fall after a win over the chickens.
Lots to be proud of, especially how our receivers stepped up in this game. The run blocking was MUCH improved this week and that's a credit to Coach Luke. A lot of my predictions came true this week: coach Monken came right out of the gates gunslinging to loosen their back field up and marched us down field on a 6 play 75 yard drive to the first TD in under 2 minutes. Then we didn't see an up tempo offense until the last scoring drive before the half. Still scratching my head over this.
JT played an extremely balanced game, looked comfortable and confident. 23/31 for 303 and 3 TDs? Yeah, I'll take that any day of the week and twice on Sunday. I don't care about the Hobbit's INT. Doesn't shade my view of him at all, nor do I care about Kirby putting him in. If he's earned the right to play, he's earned the right to play. It's important to keep the playing QBs up to game speed and give them some looks. I don't question this at all.
Special teams...Muschamp brought the A game tonight. Perfectly executed punt down to the 1 leading to a safety leading to a scoring drive to close the half. Was very happy to see Kirby not run the clock out to go to the half. No sir, we put our foot on the gas - go get a score. Podlesny gets a reprieve from my ire this week. He did his job from the 36.
The defense? Good Lord Almighty. While they did allow their first TD (how insane is it to sit here discussing the allowance of a touch down 3 games into a season?), they were lights out all night. The pass rush was theirs for the taking all night, every play. Jordan Davis? A damn good dawg for the ages. He will 100% join David Pollack and be inducted into the college football HOF someday. I hope I live to see it. So many players on defense needing accolades: Derion Kendrick's eyes on that interception were the epitome of Kirby Smart's intensity and focus - keep your eye on the play an how it's developing. Channing Tindall, Nolan Smith, the list just keeps going. Relish this defense fellers....it is special beyond special.
No stupid penalties either.
I predicted 45-14. Pretty close at 40-13. I figured the chickens would find a way to score a couple.
