Monday Dawg Bites

Good morning, Dawgs. Welcome to life among the once defeated. On the bright side, after the wildest weekend in recent college football memory we have plenty of company.

The Red and Black fall to #5 in the AP poll, which seems fair given what other teams did this weekend. A competitive last second loss in a rivalry game sure beats losing by 16 to Tennessee in a game that wasn’t really that close. As well as getting physically dominated by a 3-2 Florida.

SI’s Dean Legge has a good list of the things Georgia needs to do to get back to winning. As Dean notes, the main answer is to get healthier. This loss turned on turnovers and critical penalties. But Auburn stayed in the game in part thanks to rushing yards earned against a dinged up Bulldog defense. And the Athenians couldn’t rescue control of the game because their own run game faltered in some critical situations, again likely due to injuries to Chauncey Bowens (out indefinitely) and Nate Frazier (playing, but clearly not at 100%).

Georgia may not be quite as invincible as we thought after that Alabama win. But if they can get healthy over the bye they’re also definitely not as bad as that Auburn game would lead one to believe.

On the recruiting trail, the Bulldogs picked up a pledge from Newton County athlete Braylon Miller. Miller had been committed to Liberty and is not among the top 100 prospects in America . Heck, he’s not even among the top 100 in the state of Georgia according to the recruiting services. But Miller has been showing out for Newton this season, most recently on Friday night when he took over the game to lead Newton past powerhouse Grayson.

Miller has been making a lot of noise this season, and is one of those late bloomers who will likely rise in the rankings before Signing Day.

Go Dawgs!!!