Georgia was never fully in control of this one until it mattered most. But when it counted, Kirby Smart’s team made the plays they needed on both offense and defense to take their second victory in a row in the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.
“We’ve got kids with character.” Kirby Smart declared postgame when asked what made the difference in this iteration of perhaps the Dawgs’ most bitter rivalry. It sounded less like a swat at the character of Dan Mullen’s Gators and more a statement of admiration for his own charges.
Two weeks ago against LSU I struggled mightily to find a handful of efforts among the Red and Black worthy of singling out.