Nick Chubb: Georgia adjusting to life after Chubb

“We’re going to miss him”, Blazevich said. So, because of this 2007 being categorized as an outlier, I am going to put it in a class of its own and count it towards Mark Richt’s superb record and accomplishments during the first half of his tenure at UGA.

“I just wanted to help the families, the people out there”, said Fournette, who grew up in New Orleans and lost his home in Hurricane Katrina. “There’s nothing we can do about the losses we’ve had”.

Sorry for a dose of reality in the afterglow of the UGA win, but here goes. Many were in play as the game unfolded.

There were seemingly worthy defensive recipients, however. The Vols converted Georgia turnovers and breakdowns into two quick touchdowns at the end of the first half, almost erasing a 21-point deficit.

Georgia has played seven football seasons since 2008. He also averages 8.2 yards per carry. But that’s still second in the SEC behind LSU’s Leonard Fournette. 118-yards rushing and 312 yards passing. Every time Georgia loses a game, Mark Richt’s job is in jeopardy and he’s lost control of his underachieving program.

No mystery remains for what the Bulldogs can, and can’t, accomplish with Richt in charge. However, McKenzie’s availability this week remains in question as he continues to battle a chronic hamstring issue. Keith Marshall will play behind Michel.

The off week needs to see the Vols work on generating a few creative ways to get after the passer.

Tennessee’s players showed their coaches something on Saturday. We saw the Georgia Bulldogs drop their second consecutive game, as the Dawgs fell to the Tennessee Volunteers, 38-31, losing RB Nick Chubb in the process.

Tight end Jeb Blazevich said Tuesday Chubb provides inspiration to salvage the season.

That runs contrary to the reputation with which Brian Schottenheimer arrived in Athens. Year-in and year-out Georgia fans watch in amazement as former players who experienced ok/mediocre careers at UGA, develop into stars in the NFL.

The Bulldogs opened preparations for Missouri on Monday with a 90-minute workout in helmets and shorts.

“We’ve got a lot of football left to play”, Randolph said.

“He said 90 percent of baseball is mental, and the rest is physical”, he laughed. “I really believe these situations we’ve been in the last couple of weeks have really galvanized our football team”. The first was a 14-0 victory over the Tigers in the1960 Orange Bowl. As the losses piled up, the inflated preseason hopes of challenging for the SEC Eastern Division title shrunk.

But Mauk hadn’t been playing particularly well before that. And Mauk did nothing to endear himself to Mizzou fans or his teammates as he favorited critical tweets about his replacement, Drew Lock, during the 21-3 loss to Florida this past Saturday.

The Vols took their first lead of the game with 1:26 remaining in the third quarter. Georgia totaled 188 yards in the second half.

A trusted pass-blocker could be especially important this week against Missouri, which leads the SEC in pass defense and is third with 18 sacks.

Also, when sophomore guard Jashon Robertson went down with an injury, Jones played freshmen Chance Hall and Jack Jones along the offensive front, and both responded with exceptional games.

Dominick Sanders doesn’t want to talk about it. “Looking back at the game, it’s over with now, but we’re learning from our mistakes”.

In the first quarter, it looked like we were tackling air.