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Video: Kirby Smart Postgame Presser – Georgia vs. Tennessee
On the atmosphere of the game…
“Unbelievable. It was probably the best atmosphere that I’ve ever been a part of for a game like this. It was be:er than Notre Dame to me. It was a more meaningful game, a conference game at the end of the year. The crowd was electric. The only thing that would have made it be:er is if we had black jerseys on.”
On the offense and Carson Beck’s performance…
“He’s 25 of 40, he throws two balls that should probably be caught. He throws one over the middle to (Oscar) Delp that should be caught and he had a couple of intenLonal throw aways. I’m saying he should really be 31 or 32 of 40. The guy was accurate tonight, played well, had a couple of drops but it never flustered him. He played with three true freshman backs beside him. Those backs, outside of Nate (Frazier), really hadn’t played. We had a freshman receiver step up. He
lost one of his receivers in the middle of game. And he never flinched. I’m so proud of him.”
On the defensive performance and slowing down the Tennessee offense…
“Well first off, give them kudos. They ran the ball well and were really stubborn with the run. Great back. I don’t know that we’ve given up 152 yards to a back in a while but he’s good and they were stubborn with it. But what we didn’t do was give up many explosives. I don’t think they had many passes over 20 yards, which that’s what they do well. I thought we played well out on the perimeter. When you do that well against these guys it’s hard for them to score.”
Video: Carson Beck, Jalon Walker, Oscar Delp and Jared Wilson Postgame Interviews – Georgia vs. Tennessee
On the impact of dropped passes…
“Yeah, I mean, it is what it is. It’s part of the game. What can I do about that? They’re going to continue to practice. I’m going to continue to have faith and confidence in them. I’m going to continue to throw the ball to them. I have to. And they have so much talent. I think as time goes and we start really rolling this thing, they’re going to make plays. They made plays tonight. It’s not always going to look perfect. They’re not going to make it in a single play. Some of it is my fault on ball placement and stuff like that. I have so much belief in them, and I really think that it’s really about to start exploding.”
On his conversations with Offensive Coordinator Mike Bobo this week…
“Yeah, obviously, going into the week, just discussing the type of plays that he wanted to run and how we were going to attack them. Throughout the meetings on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday we’re changing stuff. We’re dicing stuff up all the way up until, shoot, this morning. There’s stuff we’re still going over, especially with the night game, we have a little bit more time. Those types of conversations are really good, and I think our relationship has really grown over the past two years. I’m happy that he has faith in me and confidence in me to lead this offense.”
On the impact of the defense’s five sacks…
“Big, us executing the rush plan. Chaz [Chambliss] with two, I had one, Smael [Mondon Jr.] had one, and I’m missing somebody else, but we executed the rush plan tonight. And, that’s what we worked on all year long. Nico [Iamaleava] is a great quarterback and able to use his legs as well. Limiting his legs and making him play quarterback in the pocket, and when he escapes we know when to counter back and where he wants to escape.”
On coming back from down 10-0…
“We are a resilient team. We didn’t flinch. We know how to take punches. We take punches and we also give punches as well. So, us going out there and having a defensive stop, having to shutout the whole second half, that’s big for us. That’s a big reason why we won that football game.”
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Sunday, Nov. 17 || 2 p.m. || McCamish Pavilion || Atlanta || ACC Network
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Opening Tip
» Georgia hits the road for the first time this season with a trip to Georgia Tech on Sunday. Tip time is set for 2 p.m. in Atlanta.
» Georgia owns a commanding 37-9 lead in the all-time series against Tech, including a 14-5 advantage in Atlanta. The Lady Bulldogs won the last meeting between the two teams at McCamish Pavilion, 66-52, on Nov. 20, 2022.
» Freshman guard Trinity Turner got off to one of the best starts in program history. She scored in double figures in each of her first three games, the first Lady Bulldog freshman to do so since National Freshman of the Year Tasha Humphrey in 2004.
» Freshman Mia Woolfolk led all Georgia rookies with 18 points and 13 rebounds in her debut against NC Central. It is just the third time in program history a freshman has recorded a double-double in her debut. Janet Harris in 1981 and Christi Thomas in 2000 are the only other two to accomplish that feat.
» The Lady Bulldogs were the only SEC program to sign four ESPN top-100 prospects in their 2024 class. That recruiting carried over to the 2025 class that was just announced this week. Georgia signed five highly-touted prospects that will all be freshmen next season.
» Junior forward Amiya Evans has scored in double figures in all four games, has three double-doubles and a trio of double-figure rebounding games. These are all career firsts for her.
» The 96 points scored by Georgia against NC Central were the most for the team in a game in four seasons. The Lady Bulldogs tallied 97 points against Gardner-Webb to open the 2021-22 campaign.
Georgia Post-Tennessee Notes
*Bulldog Senior Class Gets 50th Win: With tonight’s victory, the 2024 Senior Class is an FBS-leading 50-4 which ties the school mark set by the 2023 Bulldog seniors who finished with a 50-4 mark.
*Georgia Extends Winning Streak In UT Series: The Bulldogs have won eight straight over UT, all by double digits, which is the longest winning streak for the Bulldogs in the series which dates to 1899. The Bulldogs are 8-1 against the Vols in the Smart era. Following last week’s contest, Georgia rebounded once again following a loss during a season. The Bulldogs are now 15-3 after a loss in the Smart era including winning nine straight after a loss.
*Summary Of The Offense: The Bulldogs became the first team to score more than 19 points on the Vols this season as they were holding opponents to just 12.6 ppg which was 5th nationally. UT had allowed just three TDs in the first half all year. The Bulldogs posted a pair of TDs in the first half. Overall tonight, Georgia tallied 453 yards of offense on 71 plays.
*In the Red Zone tonight, Georgia finished 5-for-5 with (4 TDs, FG). The TD drives covered 75, 84, 87 and a season-long 92 yards.
*With the game tied at 17, Georgia’s first possession of the 2nd half began at the UGA 13. The Bulldogs went 87 yards on 12 plays in 7:27 as Carson Beck
finished the drive with a 10-yard TD scamper on a 3rd-and-7 as Georgia went up 24-17 with 5:32 left in the 3rd quarter.
*Georgia drove a season-long 92 yards on 12 plays in 6:21 for a TD capped by a Nate Frazier two-yard score for a 31-17 with 2:26 left in the game.
*At the half, Georgia and UT were tied at 17. The Bulldogs had 238 yards of offense on 41 plays.
*Senior QB Carson Beck finished 25-for-40 for 347 yards and 2 TDs as he improved to 21-3 as a starter and 8-3 against top 20 teams. He directed a 75-yard TD drive on seven plays in 2:13 to make it a 10-7 contest with 13:30 left in the 2nd quarter. On the next possession, he led an 84-yard drive on 10 plays in 4:26 to take a 14-10 lead with 6:36 left. The TD drives also featured a season-long 92-yarder on the final score of the night.
*The final possession of the first half led to a game-tying field goal after going 57 yards on 12 plays over the final 1:49
*Junior TE Oscar Delp was the top target in the first half with 4 catches for 56 yards and 2 TDs, all career-highs. He notched a 19-yard TD catch to cut the deficit to 10-7. It was his first TD of the year. Then, he added a 4-yard TD catch in the 2nd quarter to give him his first career game with a pair of TD receptions. In the second half, it was graduate Ben Yurosek who had a team-leading five catches for 51 yards.
*Ten different Bulldogs caught a pass tonight. Senior Dominic Lovett’s lone catch in the first half was the longest by a Bulldog, covering 38 yards on 3rd-and-8. Freshman Nitro Tuggle had two catches for 25 yards. Coming in tonight, he had one catch for 9 yards against Tennessee Tech on the year and had appeared in three games.
*Frazier Gets A Start: With junior TB Trevor Etienne sidelined due to injury, Nate Frazier (19 rushes, 68 yards, 1 TD) became the first freshman tailback to start for the Bulldogs since 2014 when Nick Chubb and Sony Michel did it. Prior to Frazier, Michel was the last one to do it as he got the nod in the 2014 Belk Bowl rout of No. 20 Louisville. In that contest, Chubb earned MVP honors after setting an SEC and Georgia bowl record with 269 rushing yards and two TDs on 33 carries. In 2014, Chubb made eight starts.
*Defensive Review: UT came in averaging 37.6 points a game and finished with 17 including getting shut out in the 2nd half for the second straight year.
UT had 313 yards of offense on 72 plays. At the half, UT had 17 points on 189 yards of total offense on 41 plays.
*UT took a 7-0 lead on its first possession, driving 78 yards on 12 plays in 3:47. The drive followed a three-and-out to start the game by the Bulldogs.
*Trailing 14-10, UT went 75 yards on 10 plays to reclaim a 17-10 advantage capped by a 27-yard TD by Dylan Sampson with 1:54 left in the first half.
*Tonight, Georgia’s top tacklers were Smael Mondon (8 plus a sack), KJ Bolden with a career-high eight and Jalon Walker with eight and a sack.
*Georgia finished with five sacks. Senior Chaz Chambliss notched two sacks to give him a team-leading 5.5 for the year. Senior Smael Mondon Jr., had his first sack of the year and Damon Wilson II picked up his second on the year.
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