Just know know that if you’re mad that UGA seemingly cannot go a season without their best playmaker getting seriously hurt, or if you think Kirby’s bloody Tuesday practices are causing too many injuries, or perhaps you’ve questioned Georgia’s strength and conditioning program given that 10% of our roster has suffered a foot or ankle injury this year, you’re still in the anger stage.
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.
Georgia hasn’t given up a touchdown to Vanderbilt since 2018. Can the Dawgs’ defense shut down the Commodores again?
 Finally. Finally. The Dawgs played to their potential. Tthe back-to-back national champions looked like a contender. UGA got off to a fast start and played four quarters of football.
Georgia’s lived dangerously this season in SEC play. With Kentucky coming to Athens, the Dawgs can’t afford another slow start.
 Taylor picked the wrong tight end. The Georgia Bulldogs rode Brock Bowers to 8 catches for 157 yards, including a 40-yard game-winning score with under 3 minutes to go.
Hugh Freeze is back in the SEC to try and resurrect a program left in shambles after Bryan Harsin’s brief tenure. Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs are banged up, but still coming in with some momentum after a couple of disappointing performances against lesser opponents to begin the season.Â
Georgia opened the game with the fast start they had been missing so far this season. Carson Beck first turned to his transfer receivers to get things going finding a wide open Dom Lovett for a big gain to start the game, and later RaRa Thomas on a hitch.
Two years ago, Carson Beck was supposed to get the start against UAB. A poor week of preparation led Georgia to start Stetson Bennett, and the rest was history. Can Beck make amends for that this week?
For the third week in a row, Georgia started off slowly. The first half was full of self-inflicted wounds and avoidable mistakes. South Carolina managed to put together all the ingredients for an upset and Georgia went into half down 14-3 before rallying in the second half.