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Georgia running back Nick Chubb suffered a significant injury to his left knee in Saturday’s game against Tennessee, including damage to multiple ligaments and cartilage but not the ACL, the school announced Sunday.
You tried winning when it looked like your team was going to blow it. And they did. “For them to feel this way tonight and our fans to feel this way is very rewarding”.
That 28-point spurt didn’t end the game though.
This wasn’t a game about two teams who badly needed a win. Kelly, who came into the day leading the SEC in passing, has topped 300 yards in four of his six games. Dobbs was also the first to do that. In Tennessee’s three defeats this season, they had a double digit lead at a few point in the contest. The Vols trailed, 24-3, late in the second quarter before scoring two touchdowns right before the half and three more in the second half.
Georgia did the same to the Vols. He had a lot of success with Wisconsin before coming south and Arkansas had been good before he got there.
They drove to the Vols’ 27, each yard raising the blood pressure of everyone adorned in oragae, where on second down – with 0:06 ticks left – Lambert threw a pass toward Malcolm Mitchell at the right-front end zone cone. The players came in [to halftime, and they believed. The Vols also ended a five-game losing streak in this annual series. He ran for 118 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries. Michel carried the ball 22 times for 145 yards, which included a 66-yard run where he broke through tackles and juked at least one defender.
That wasn’t a concern this time, as Georgia jumped out to a 24-3 start that really let the air out of Neyland Stadium. The Rebels (5-1) finished with 665 yards of total offense.
Flags littered the field on a Reggie Davis 70-yard punt return touchdown only to be picked up – Georgia up 21. Dobbs threw the ball to eight different players in the first half for 187 yards. But Dobbs hit Josh Smith for a 39-yard TD. On first down, Dobbs found Josh Malone for a 23-yard gainer to the Georiga 1.
In a minute and 20 seconds, Tennessee was back in the game. Hurd bulled for 20 yards. This was a Tennessee team that in all likelihood was not as bad as its record showed, and the comeback against Georgia further illustrates their risky nature.
Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks a tailgate party before an NCAA college football game between Tennessee and Georgia Saturday, October 10, 2015, in Knoxville, Tenn. They’ll have to rely on Sony Michel to be the lead back with Chubb out indefinitely and Marshall to support the rushing attack that is without Chubb. The Vols rallied back from a 25-point deficit against Vanderbilt in 1987.
Now the Georgia Bulldogs just hope they get to see Nick Chubb play again this season.
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