Carter Skaggs-Imagn Images It’s always a fight in Lexington, ain’t it? The Bulldog defense has played well except for a handful of penalties and a momentary loss of contain on Brock Vandagriff, and still haven’t surrendered a touchdown on the season. The offense, well, hasn’t. “Hasn’t what?” you ask. Well, anything, I answer. Carson Beck has 32 passing yards in the … [Read more...] about Second Half Open Thread
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Georgia 13, Kentucky 12: Classic City Canines Cough Up A Clunker Against the ‘Cats
Tanner Pearson-Imagn Images There’s an old saying in football, “you have to win your clunkers.” This one was an honest to goodness clunker. A terrible sputtering jalopy of a football game, possibly the worst football game I’ve seen Georgia play in the past three seasons. Georgia’s veteran leaders let them down in this game. Carson Beck played his worst outing as a … [Read more...] about Georgia 13, Kentucky 12: Classic City Canines Cough Up A Clunker Against the ‘Cats
Lat The Big ‘Dawg Speak: “The Best Thing Is We Got A Lot To Work On.”
Tanner Pearson-Imagn Images Kirby Smart spoke briefly to the media following Georgia’s 13–12 road win over the Kentucky Wildcats, and had some frank words about his football team. Highlights include: * Why Smart thought going in that the game would be a “blow by blow” affair. * Kirby’s “fiery” relationship with Jamon Dumas-Johnson. * A hint at how Georgia will spend … [Read more...] about Lat The Big ‘Dawg Speak: “The Best Thing Is We Got A Lot To Work On.”
MVDs: Kentucky Edition
Carter Skaggs-Imagn Images One does not simply travel to Kroger Field and emerge victorious in an SEC opener without a complete team effort. Actually, that’s a complete lie. Georgia did precisely that on Saturday night. Calling what we saw in Lexington half a team effort would require a charitable reading on the situation. Perhaps it’s in the disinterested games like … [Read more...] about MVDs: Kentucky Edition
Throwback Dawg Day: Encountering Mumme Ball In Blue Grass Country
Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images The Air Raid offense, or at least concepts of it, are common for defenses to see and prepare for on the highest level of the college football landscape these days. That wasn’t the case in the middle to late 1990s. All of that changed when Kentucky shook things up atop its football program at the end of 1996, going against the grain … [Read more...] about Throwback Dawg Day: Encountering Mumme Ball In Blue Grass Country