World News – US – Georgia 27, Auburn 6: « Dawgs sends plains men with brutal efficiency

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After raising questions about the Georgia Bulldog offense tonight, the Red and Blacks decided to ask these questions early The Kirby Smart crew built a 24-0 lead at the end of the second quarter and were never seriously challenged as they headed for a 27-6 victory

Most of the damage was done where Georgia did its damage for most of Smart’s tenure: on the ground behind a deadly offensive line Georgia racked up 202 rushing yards, led by Zamir’s 88 yards White in 19 carries James Cook added 41 yards, including 16 in the last snap he played all night

Cook left with apparent right shoulder injury we’ll wait for a word But the remaining Bulldog’s back filled up admirably Kendall Milton, Kenny McIntosh and Daijun Edwards all got at least 6 runs in the streak so that Todd Monken chose to punish a Plainsman defense who spent more than 34 minutes in the field Imagine being pounded for three and a half quarters by White, Cook and McIntosh, only to be rewarded by 225-pound Kendall Milton bouncing off the pitch to prove what he can do Sometimes, especially when you’re Auburn, life isn’t fair

And while the ground play was excellent, the passing play was perhaps more surprising.For much of the game, it appeared that Monken had no intention of giving newbie Stetson Bennett a chance to loose it But eventually the Mailman delivered Bennett finished 17 of 28 for 240 yards and a non-rolling touchdown pass In some ways Bennett kinda reminds me of Hutson Mason, a guy who doesn’t have the strongest arm but takes care of the ball and does not often try to do too much Unlike Mason, he is surrounded by a stellar team of offensive talents

This includes wide receiver Kearis Jackson, who broke the career yardage record he set last week in the first half of this week’s game. Jackson again led the Dawgs in catches and yards, staggering on 9 passes for 147 yards

And then there was the defense It has become so predictable for the Bulldog defense to work so wonderfully that you can almost become unresponsive but that night it was truly a thing of beauty

Dan Lanning’s unit harassed Auburn QB Bo Nix from the start, and the Tigers never really tried to establish a credible running threat I said on Thursday that if Georgia presses on Nix 7 times and sacked him 3 times it would be hard to lose In fact, according to my preliminary tally, Georgia counted 3 sacks and 8 presses QB Although they did allow Nix to escape and make mileage positive on some of these pressures, it was always a performance of bravery

The coming of Auburn wide receiver Seth Williams was supposed to be a challenge for UGA high school He finished with 3 catches for 34 yards, spending much of the night locked in a hand-to-hand fight at body with Tyson Campbell, who played perhaps his best match in red and black Instead, Auburn’s main receiver was Tank Bigsby, who had 76 yards thrown thanks to a handful of harassed throws from Nix who appeared to be motivated by sheer terror on the UGA’s defense.

In total, Plains Men amassed 216 yards of attack against Georgia’s 442 The 39 rushing yards were the lowest total by an Auburn offense since 1788 This probably isn’t correct, but it is

There is nothing like defeating Auburn’s illiteracy Making 13 of the last 16 times the Dawgs and Tigers have faced each other is the most dominant streak in the rivalry’s long history That night in particular, it’s still great being a Georgia Bulldog Until later

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