The Georgia Bulldogs have dealt with each residence take a look at of the season and have prolonged their lively residence successful streak to 30 within the course of. If the Bulldogs wish to push it to 31, they will need to maintain enterprise throughout a uncommon Friday night time rivalry recreation.
No. 7 Georgia (9-2, 6-2 SEC) will tackle Georgia Tech (7-4, 5-3 ACC) in a Black Friday showdown that can kick off at 7:30 p.m. and might be televised by ABC. The Bulldogs enter the sport after a 59-21 victory over UMass, whereas the Yellow Jackets are coming off a 30-29 thriller towards NC State.
The Bulldogs are hoping to construct off of final week’s win over the Minutemen and positively clear up their defensive play from that outing.
Carson Beck threw for 297 yards and 4 touchdowns and Nate Frazier rushed for over 100 yards and scored 3 times to gas a 59-21 victory for the Bulldogs. The offense’s excessive output got here on a day the place the Dawgs’ protection struggled, particularly in stopping the UMass floor recreation that wound up with 226 speeding yards.
“I do not know that it was simply tackling. We didn’t sort out properly, however it was extra than simply tackling,” Kirby Smart stated when requested in regards to the defensive points. “It was — like, I hate to say it, I simply do not assume that our guys had been able to play and energized to play as their guys had been. Their guys needed it greater than us, and it’s totally uncommon that I might sit up right here and say that. Like, they had been taking part in more durable, they had been shifting us, they had been taking part in bodily. They had some good RPOs and a few good play designs, however it wasn’t about that. It’s, I wish to — like, want. That’s the most important factor.”
Georgia is hoping to scrub up its play and ship extra of the identical towards Georgia Tech. The Bulldogs have dominated their in-state rivals and intention to stretch their win streak to seven straight over the Yellow Jackets. If Georgia wins on Friday night time, it’ll give this system 19 wins within the sequence going again to 2000. Georgia Tech solely has 4.
The Bulldogs are coping with accidents throughout their roster similar to most groups this time of yr. Here’s the newest on who’s out there for tonight’s motion and who might be watching the sport from the sideline.
Note: Be positive to examine again in on this story roughly one hour earlier than kickoff. We’ll have updates on who’s warming up and who doesn’t look more likely to take the sector as soon as the sport will get underway:
