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Everyone in the SEC has a loss.
No. 1 Texas, the last unbeaten team in the conference, was overwhelmed by No. 5 Georgia in the first half of the Bulldogs’ 30-15 win on Saturday night. Georgia jumped out to a 23-0 lead at halftime as Texas turned the ball over four times and used two different quarterbacks.
“I’m so proud of these guys, because nobody believed, nobody gave us a chance,” Smart said in his postgame interview on ABC/ESPN. “Your whole network doubted us. Nobody believed us. And then they tried to rob us with calls in this place and these guys are so resilient.”
We’ll get to what Smart is referencing about being “robbed” in just a second. Georgia officially closed as a 3.5-point underdog on the road, hardly a spread that made no one think the Bulldogs had a chance.
After Texas gained just 15 yards and Quinn Ewers fumbled and threw an interception over the Longhorns’ first five possessions, Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian made a QB change. He brought in Arch Manning to replace Ewers in the hope of boosting Texas’ offense.
It didn’t matter. Texas punted on Manning’s first drive of the game and then the redshirt freshman fumbled on his second drive. That fumble with 25 seconds to go in the second quarter set up a Georgia field goal to extend the lead to 23 points.
Ewers got his job back at the start of the second half and immediately led a scoring drive. Texas cut Georgia’s lead to 15 points and looked to be right back in the thick of things after one of the most bizarre sequences you’ll see all season.
Defensive back Jahdae Barron intercepted Georgia QB Carson Beck and returned the ball inside the Georgia 10 yard-line with 2:48 to go in the third quarter. However, Barron got flagged for pass interference on the play and the interception was wiped out.
The call was iffy at best, and…
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Author : Yahoo Sports
Publish date : 2024-10-20 03:34:59
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