Georgia not commemorating record-tying win streak

• Chris Low, ESPN

  • Elder WriterNov 18, 2023, 09:57 PM ET Close College football press reporter
  • Signed up with ESPN.com in 2007
  • Graduate of the University of Tennessee

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.– Nobody requires to advise Georgia that the postseason is simply around the corner.The No. 1 Bulldogs are playing their finest football of the season and made it look easy Saturday night in a 38-10 romp over No. 18 Tennessee at Neyland Stadium, a victory that tied the SEC’s all-time winning streak for among its groups at 28 straight games.Georgia (11-0, 8-0 in the SEC )can break the record

next week against Georgia Tech, a record that was set 2 different times by Alabama from 1978 to 1980 and 1991 to 1993. The 2nd time Alabama won 28 in a row, though, the Crimson Tide were later on required to forfeit eight wins from the 1993 regular season due to the fact that of NCAA sanctions.Editor’s Picks 1 Related The Bulldogs have a chance to break a record that has actually stood for more than 40 years, however

no one around the Georgia locker room, specifically coach Kirby Smart, had an interest in putting into viewpoint what the streak or any other records the Bulldogs have broken mean.”I have actually got to go play [Georgia] Tech next week. That’s the perspective that I have actually got,”stated Smart, whose Bulldogs have strung together 3 straight 8-0 seasons in SEC play, the very first time in history that’s taken place.” I indicate there will be a time to reflect on that and there will be a time to commemorate that, but it’s not right now.” What Smart did want to speak about was the culture surrounding Georgia’s program, and the method the Bulldogs are never ever satisfied and are always”

attempting to be the best version of ourselves.”Throughout their 28-game winning streak, their typical margin of triumph is 25.6 points, and 24 of their 28 triumphes have actually been by double digits.Earlier in the season, Smart wasn’t all set to state where his group was elite. But 11 games in, he believes.”Taking a punch,” Smart stated.

“It’s method, way, method more a sign of who you are, your ability to take a punch, than to get one.

The knockout fighters … they get knocked out if they can’t take a punch. This group’s shown once again and once again that they can take jabs and punches with the best of them and hang around till they can toss one.”The first punch Saturday came through Tennessee on the first play from scrimmage when running back Jaylen Wright swindled a 75-yard goal

run. It had to do with the only highlight for the Vols, who snapped their 14-game home winning streak. Kirby Smart salutes the Georgia fanbase after his team’s win over Tennessee in the SEC. Getty Images After that long run, Tennessee managed simply 202 yards of total offense the remainder of the way. Not even Tennessee country music icon Dolly Parton could conserve the Vols(7-4, 3-4 in

the SEC ). She was on hand to sing”Rocky Top”at the end of the very first quarter, however she had a hard time hearing the band and it wasn’t the most rousing rendition of the Vols ‘beloved anthem.And from there, it was all Georgia– and all Carson Beck. The Bulldogs’ junior quarterback remained in total command the whole method. He completed 24-of-30 for 298 lawns, 3 goals and no interceptions. He finished passes to eight different receivers.Star tight end Brock Bowers, back in the lineup a bit more than a month after undergoing ankle surgical treatment, summed it up this way:”We have actually got a lot of dudes that can make a lot of plays.”There was a time, back

in September, when there may have been some concerns about this Georgia offense. However not any longer. The Bulldogs have actually scored 30 or more points in 6 straight games. They’ve now won 3 directly over nationally ranked opponents, the past 2 over Tennessee and Ole Miss by a combined margin of 63 points. “This team has actually continued to get better throughout the course of this season, “said Tennessee coach Josh Heupel, whose Vols were simply 2-of-11 on third down. “I do not know the number of first-round draft choices they will have. They’re so big, long, athletic and physical, play with fantastic fundamentals and technique. It’s good football.”To do what they’ve done, you need to be an excellent team.” As Beck has elevated his game, so has the whole Georgia group. In his previous four getaways, Beck has actually finished 71.3% of his passes for 1,173 lawns, nine touchdowns and one interception. One of his top receivers, Ladd McConkey, played just a couple of snaps in the game after hurting his ankle recently.

“I attempt to bring energy to the table, “Beck said.”

I try to lead the guys, however it’s a synergy and if we continue to perform, the sky’s the limitation.”Smart isn’t into lobbying for his players, particularly when it comes to the Heisman Prize, but said:”It’s simple to kick back and state,’Take a look at what this kid has done.’ “Georgia hasn’t enabled more than 21 points in

a game all season and has held teams listed below 20 points six times. Smart said Georgia’s protective expertise probably works against Beck when it concerns individual awards.”It makes you not wish to sit there and just run it up, “Smart said.”I suggest, some of these other guys, they get an opportunity. They have actually got to score 40 a game. … I do not believe we as an offending personnel believe we have actually got to score 40 a game. I don’t believe we need to. We may need to, however we do not believe we need to. So you have the ability to call the game differently as an offensive organizer. “Either way, Beck looks more like a third-year starter than a first-year starter, and he’s spreading out the ball around to a variety of playmakers.”It all boils down to preparation, “Beck stated. “Undoubtedly each defense is going to try to throw something different at us, whether it’s various pressures or various protections. I’m seeing [the field] quite well today.”

Georgia has actually already clinched an area in the SEC championship game Dec. 2 and will face Alabama in Atlanta. But the only game in Atlanta that

Smart was thinking about Saturday night was the one versus Georgia Tech this coming weekend. He comprehends just how much the Jackets would like to knock off his Bulldogs.”Who wouldn’t? Yeah, who would not? They’re all coming for us, so that’s what it is,”Smart said.” I imply, we’re not concerned with who’s coming after us. We’re worried about who we’re coming after.”