This was a old fashioned beat down, which
was exactly what is was expected to be. Even Vegas was hesitant to give it
odds.
Georgia scored. Charleston Southern had a three and out. That
was the theme throughout. The CSU quarterback spent most of his time running
for his life in the backfield or lying on his back as the best defense in
college football refused to give him time to do anything.
It was 28-0 in the first quarter. Starting quarterback
Stetson Bennett wasn't as sharp as normal, but still had a 35-0 lead
when he gave way to J.T. Daniel in the second quarter. J.T. got it up
to 49-0 before the first half mercifully came to an end. That tied for the
most points scored by any Georgia team in one half in school history.
I saw an interesting halftime stat. At the half, UGA
had 373 total yards to CSU's 28. That included the 34 yard Jack Chambers
QB keeper.
From there, Kirby Smart took his foot off the gas and
focused on giving as many players time on the field as he could in the final
home game of the season at Sanford Stadium. The only points that the
Buccaneers could come up with was on a fluke play when a deflected pass was
intercepted by Xavian Sorey who then lost control of the ball and had
it run back 65 yards by Garris Schwarting while everyone else looked
on in confusion.
The Charleston Southern game recap on their website was
actually bragging on the fact that they had scored as many points as several
other teams did this season. "The Buccaneers' seven points are more than UGA
surrendered versus Clemson (3; Sept. 4) and against Missouri (6; Nov. 6) in
addition to shutout triumphs in back-to-back SEC contests at Vanderbilt
(Sept. 25) and against Arkansas (Oct. 2)."
They should be proud.
Next week should be a bloodbath as UGA resumes their rivalry
at Georgia Tech, a team that was destroyed at Notre Dame 55-0 by an even
bigger margin that the Bulldog 56-7 final score.
Georgia later found out that #2 Alabama, with a narrow 42-35
win over Arkansas, had secured a spot in the SEC Championship Game in two
weeks with #1 UGA. .