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

Georgia football revisits Junkyard Dawgs

It was a similar story on defense. Missouri gained 393 yards with 172 rushing yards. The Tiger’s scored four touchdowns on four red zone visits.

But the defense, appearing to mimic James Brown’s Junkyard Dawg’s, produced a touchdown and set up a field goal on turnovers. Georgia also stopped Missouri on 10 of 14 third downs. Missouri quarterback Drew Lock failed to throw for a touchdown for the and first time in 11 games and never struck deep against a Dawg defense hampered by the loss of cornerback starter Campbell.

Most notably, the defense sacked the likely top ten NFL draft pick twice and caused two  fumbles, harassing Lock throughout the second half. (As usual, Deandre Baker bottled up the opponents top receiver, in this case shutting out All SEC Preseason pass catcher Emanuel Hall, but that’s not news. That’s just Deandre being Deandre.)

Special team drama

Bulldog favorite Rodrigo Blankenship even had a bad day. He made three field goals, but he missed one from 49 yards and had another attempt blocked. Several kickoffs did not result in touchbacks.

But Cornerback Eric Stokes, greased up and rolling smooth after stepping in for Campbell at cornerback, got special teams in on the party by blocking a punt and carrying it in for a touchdown.