Good morning, ‘Dawgs.
Your Georgia Bulldogs have completed the SEC portion of their schedule and are tuning up for a tune up with the UMass Minutemen. You’ve probably got a few irons in the fire yourself, so let’s get up to speed on what’s happening in Bulldog Nation.
With injuries across the lineup we knew Georgia would be forced to play some backups and younger guys against the Vols. Those newcomers, including Chauncey Bowens at tailback and Daniel Harris at corner, stepped up in a big way. That may have been surprising for some, but not for Kirby, who talked after the game about the importance of “working while you wait” for your time in the spotlight to come.
It was a big recruiting weekend in Athens, and Coach Smart continued to get good news on the recruiting trail with the commitment of junior tight end Lincoln Keys out of Saline, Michigan. The 6’6, 220 pound Keys also had offers from Alabama, Auburn, Michigan, Ohio State, and Wisconsin among others, and is likely to be a national top 150 recruit in the 2026 class by the time all is said and done, as he has the size and athleticism to play on the line or split out and run downfield. I sort of doubt the big weekend from UGA’s current tight ends was what prompted his pledge, but I bet it didn’t hurt.
Perhaps the bigger news recruiting-wise was the decommitment of USC quarterback pledge and Carrollton Trojan quarterback Juju Lewis. Lewis also announced that he’ll be graduating early and reclassifying from the class of 2026 to 2025 and enrolling early at his school of choice in January. Our friends at the Ralphie Report, your place for all the best Colorado Buffalo news, seem pretty confident that they could land the five star signal caller. Indiana has also been in pursuit of Lewis, and he decommitted while on a visit to Athens for the Tennessee game. As between the three I would give the Buffs the advantage. Lewis, like most big time QB recruits these days, wants to play early. With Shedeur Sanders headed to the NFL after 2024 Boulder looks like the place with the clearest path for him to do that. Still, Lewis has also been clear that he grew up a Bulldog fan, and may well think he can emerge from the scrum to replace Carson Beck if in fact the Jacksonvillain heads to the pros after this season.
Back on the field of play the Bulldogs opened as a prohibitive 42 point favorite over the UMass Minutemen, who have already lost by 42 to Missouri and 25 to Mississippi State and stand at 2-8 on the season. Ideally the Bulldogs will come out and play some crisp football, get a nice lead, and get the starters out to rest up for what sets up as a physical contest against the Gnats next week. Of course, as has been the case all season it will be interesting to see if the Red and Black can string two solid performances together back-to-back. A fan can dream, right? Until later….
Go ‘Dawgs!!!