Sony Michel ran for a TD and had two more receiving.
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Greyson Lambert was 24-for-25 in the air for 330 yards and three touchdowns and Nick Chubb carried 21 times for 159 yards and two touchdowns as No. 7/8 Georgia (3-0, 2-0 SEC) defeated South Carolina (1-2, 0-2 SEC) 52-20 on Saturday at Sanford Stadium. Brandon Wilds and Shon Carson have combined for 268 yards in two games, and they will be expected to lead the offense in this game. Prior to Saturday’s 32-point loss, the worst loss to Georgia by a Spurrier-coached South Carolina team was an 18-0 defeat in 2006.
4_Interceptions by Incarnate Word in its 20-10 victory over Nicholls, setting a school record. Georgia cleared the last major hurdle before its October . 3 showdown with No. 2 Alabama. It was just one element of an overall uneven performance against the Commodores.
Lambert, who transferred to Athens after losing his starting job at Virginia, faced plenty of skepticism coming into the season. Lambert was surreal, but a lot of credit also falls to Georgia offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer, who kept the Gamecock defense off-balance with a quick passing game mixed with bruising power runs. But Coach Mark Richt stuck with his starter – and that faith was rewarded. Quarterback Greyson Lambert failed to complete a single pass in the first half. He was unstoppable after that, burning the Gamecocks with short passes all over the field.
– Georgia converted 1-of-4 third down chances.
The Bulldogs took the second-half kickoff and needed only five plays to go 75 yards. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs will attempt to extend their undefeated record, as sophomore running back Nick Chubb continues to make his case as an early season Heisman Trophy candidate. South Carolina’s offense was stagnant all night, and the defense surrendered 576 yards and 9.1 yards per play.
However, Orth is going up against a Georgia defense led by Jordan Jenkins. Receiver Malcolm Mitchell has 7 catches for 88 yards and a touchdown. With seven seconds left, Elliott Fry knocked a career-long 51-yard field goal through the uprights to cut the Gamecocks’ deficit to 24-13 as time expired for the first half. Orth has passed for 203 yards with a touchdown and an interception. His line so far is solid – 15-of-22 for 203 yards, a touchdown and an interception – but South Carolina had better hope he can do even more. He now has 6,382 career yards, pushing him past Wayne Madkin’s mark of 6,336, which was set in 2001. He set an NCAA record for completion percentage. Both teams put a beating on UTEP, but Texas Tech played FCS powerhouse Sam Houston State a little too close (seriously, they are one of the top FCS teams like Jacksonville State is).
Freshman Lorenzo Nunez also played extensively, used largely as a runner.
Vanderbilt Commodores running back Dallas Rivers (28) is hit by a group of Georgia Bulldogs defenders during the second half at Vanderbilt Stadium.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Two-way player Tanner McEvoy had one of Wisconsin’s three touchdown runs in a game where two Badgers defenders were ejected for targeting and play was delayed briefly in the fourth quarter because of an errant fire alarm.
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Amidst a great deal of skepticism on if the 2015 Georgia Bulldogs could deliver a knockout against USC, UGA essentially eviscerated their opponent in a laugher, 52-20.
