Before the season began, I gave out some preseason awards to UGA players that had all of the importance and value of Schrutebucks. Nonetheless, I thought I’d take my crack at what I thought would be some of the key players for the Dawgs, excluding some of the obvious players like Brock Bowers, Carson Beck, or Malaki Starks.
COLUMN: BEHIND THE HEDGES
BY: BRIAN BUTCHER
Every week, our newest contributor and rabid Dawg fan, Brian Butcher, will break down all the UGA games in our newest column: Behind the Hedges. This is your first stop for the most comprehensive, feverish Georgia Bulldogs coverage you can get.
With that out of the picture and new portal windows that players must declare their intention, the Dawgs are seeing a mass exodus of players leaving. Let’s take a look at what we know and what might be coming soon.
Before the season began, I gave out some preseason awards to UGA players that had all of the importance and value of Schrutebucks. Nonetheless, I thought I’d take my crack at what I thought would be some of the key players for the Dawgs, excluding some of the obvious players like Brock Bowers, Carson Beck, or Malaki Starks.
What’s more frustrating than the loss itself is that UGA for the first time went into the conference championship weekend ranked #1 but lost and dropped to #6, missing the playoffs.
Alabama and Nick Saban had the upper hand over Georgia and Kirby Smart for about a decade before UGA finally broke through the last two seasons to claim the crown.
It’s Clean, Old-fashioned Hate. Yet, this rivalry has gone stale, certainly from the UGA perspective. Total and utter dominance over the last two decades will do that.
Last Saturday went very differently for these two teams. After Tennessee was mauled by Missouri in the 3:30pm CBS game, UGA embarrassed Ole Miss in ESPN’s primetime game. The results have taken a little bit of the luster away from this game which most fans had circled before the season started.
The Dawgs eviscerated the Rebels on Saturday, in a game that was not close after the second quarter. After amassing 180 yards of offense in the first quarter, Ole Miss couldn’t muster that many yards in the next three quarters combined. This was about as dominant of a performance that you’ll see, and the Dawgs did it against a top 10 team. Â
What a game! This was a slugfest back and forth. Â I think this was the most physical, hardest hitting matchup of the season so far.