Bulldogs running back Nick Chubb played his first game since a grisly knee injury cut short his 2015.
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Eason wound up having the busier evening of the two, completing 8 of 12 passes for 131 yards with a 17-yard touchdown to Isaiah McKenzie on a shuffle pass. Lambert was 5-of-8 for 54 yards and endured three sacks to just one by Eason.
Sep 3, 2016; Atlanta, GA, USA; Georgia Bulldogs running back Nick Chubb (27) runs for a touchdown against the North Carolina Tar Heels during the fourth quarter of the 2016 Chick-Fil-A Kickoff game at Georgia Dome.
The No. 22 Tar Heels now will find out whether they can repeat last year’s surge out of a crushing loss, too.
Trubisky says the only people who he has to prove anything to are his teammates but the expectations for the first-year starter, fourth-year Tar Heel aren’t overwhelming. UNC led by 10 in the second half, but were outscored 19-0 to close out the game.
Then it all fell apart. Logan that included a 95-yard kickoff return to start the second half. Then past year, he did it two more times when Williams again lost his helmet on a play – first by throwing a first-quarter touchdown pass at North Carolina State, then by throwing a third-down pass to move the chains against then-No. “The guy didn’t like what I said, so he threw a flag on me”. “That’s nobody’s fault but mine”. But Douglas coughed the ball up at the UNC 13-yard line, ending the possession.
Truth be told, though, Georgia had the clear talent advantage in many areas.
Hood is one of just five returning Power Five conference backs who rushed for at least 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns last season while averaging 6.0 yards per carry, the others being LSU’s Leonard Fournette, Florida State’s Dalvin Cook, Baylor’s Shock Linwood and Oregon’s Royce Freeman. The defense also used its speed to force UNC into many uncomfortable second-and-long situations. “Coming off the bench in a relief role and being the starter, there is a difference there”.
The result was 40 pass plays for the Tar Heels compared to just 19 running plays, despite the success they found on the ground. He helped Georgia get on the board first with a 2-yard touchdown in the first quarter.
“Ten months ago I was injured”, Chubb said. “If the team calls on me, I know the whole team’s behind me”.
Plus, all Georgia fans want to know whether it will be senior Greyson Lambert or freshman stud Jacob Eason under center.
Georgia’s defense held a veteran North Carolina offense to just 315 total yards and 5.34 yards per play.
Fedora said he expected it would take multiple different players to fill Hollins’ jobs on special teams. Also, Clemson is not the same team away from Death Valley, as evidenced by its 4-8 record against the spread the past three seasons as road chalk.
Paul Stone of VegasSportsAuthority.com is providing college football analysis for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Leaving no doubt he was fully recovered from a horrific knee injury that looked like it might be career-threatening, Chubb carried a staggering 32 times and was every bit as dominating as the Heisman-touted back he was before.
Last year’s team followed that Week 1 disappointment by winning 11 straight games, climbing into the top 10 of the Top 25 poll for the first time since 1997 and winning a division title to earn a trip to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game.
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ATLANTA (AP) Tired of sending countless players to the National Football League but going a decade since its last Southeastern Conference championship, Georgia decided that a change in leadership was needed to get to the next level.
