Georgia football: Dawgs win and there’s plenty of blame to go around

Not smart fans are not Smart’s fault.

Georgia football head coach Kirby Smart took it like a man, even though it wasn’t Smart that perpetuated the hoax.

“We didn’t play with discipline, composure, really not much physicality when you look at the run game for us and stopping the run defensively,” announced  Smart through the media.

The Dawg nation should chill. What Smart said next is what counts. “I am proud of the way we competed, proud of the way we were resilient. When they made a play, we came back and made a play. A lot of guys stepped up today.”

Injury adversity

If the Bulldogs played poorly at times, they faced adversity often.

Two offensive line starters left the game injured, Andrew Thomas and Ben Cleveland,  as did receiver Tyler Simmons. For even a good team, that is a back breaker. But these Dawgs are as resilient as they are talented, and that’s what matters.

“A lot of guys stepped up today” – Kirby Smart

On defense the Dawgs lost starting cornerback Tyson Campbell after ripping the ball from Missouri tight end Albert Okwuegbunam and sprinting 64 yards for the first touchdown. Redshirt freshman Eric Stokes answered by stepping out of his national 668 recruit rating and putting on his big boy silver britches. Stokes took over at cornerback and on special teams to have a career day.