Tyson Helton’s Western Kentucky Hilltoppers have been at all times going to want to play flawless soccer in the event that they have been going to maintain issues shut this afternoon towards the Georgia Bulldogs. The issue is that they performed just about the other of that, and in consequence what was at all times prone to be a Bulldog win become an absolute beatdown. Georgia tied a program report with 49 first half factors to cruise to a 76 beating in entrance of a white clad and soaking moist crowd in Sanford Stadium.
As soon as once more Gunner Stockton performed an environment friendly little little bit of soccer and referred to as it a day early. Stockton was 13 of 16 passing for 234 yards and a profession excessive 5 touchdowns. Gunner hit 5 completely different Bulldogs for these scores, and whereas he did have a few balls underthrown or tipped, it was an all-around good efficiency.
Nate Frazier picked up the place he left off as properly, trying crisp on 6 carries for 55 yards and a landing. Curiously Chauncey Bowens and Dwight Phillips every solely had one carry, every for 4 yards. That’s not too regarding, as at this level coaches are fairly assured with what their veteran tailbacks can do.
Second string quarterback Ryan Puglisi was really the Dawgs’ main rusher with 72 yards on 2 carries. Nevertheless 70 of them got here on a single landing run. However his different run resulted in a fumble that helped the Hilltoppers log their first scoring drive of the day. It was a troubling development, because the Bulldogs turned the ball over twice and had a handful of different fumbles that they managed to get well. And whereas the primary string protection performed lights out, and the Bulldogs in the end surrendered solely 225 yards of whole offense, it felt as if the reserves weren’t as dialed in as one would like.
As Kirby Good stated on the sphere after the sport “we’ve bought lots of guys who wish to play however aren’t able to play.” Certainly, the hole between the dominance of Georgia’s first stringers and the lapses as soon as these gamers referred to as it a day is slightly regarding if accidents and more durable competitors require a few of these reserves to be thrust into significant motion.
Nonetheless, it feels slightly odd to say {that a} 70-20 recreation wasn’t as shut because the rating signifies. The Bulldogs scored touchdowns on offense, protection, and within the kicking recreation. And people reserves have been in for over a half of soccer exactly as a result of the primary stringers may have scored 100 if Kirby had needed them to. They’ll get higher with extra reps, and the workers bought a ton of teaching tape as we speak. That’s not a foul factor, and lots of these children will probably be higher soccer gamers by the tip of the season for it.
Now the Dawgs put together to begin the actual season, occurring the highway subsequent week to open SEC play towards Ryan Silverfield’s Arkansas Razorbacks. I for one am trying ahead to seeing what a full recreation from this Georgia group seems like. Till later…
Go ‘‘Dawgs!!!
