Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm calls signals during the Bulldogs’ home game against Middle Tennessee State on Saturday.Georgia’s 49-7 pummeling of Middle Tennessee State on Saturday afternoon was sandwiched between its more publicized 41-17 drubbing of South Carolina on Sept. 8 and this week’s trip to Missouri.
The Missouri journey will represent the first of seven consecutive Southeastern Conference games in an eight-week stretch for coach Kirby Smart’s Bulldogs, so there was the potential of a letdown against the Blue Raiders of Conference USA. Then again, Georgia hasn’t seemed much for taking things for granted during a 3-0 start in which it has scored 135 points and allowed just 24.
“I wanted them to get better, and I felt like we had a good week of work,” Smart said after the game. “That was my concern going into this past week. Would we get better, or would we be looking past this game? I was proud of the way they worked, because we had some really physical practices Tuesday and Wednesday.
“We didn’t have to press their buttons. They all did the work, and I was pleased with what they did.”
Georgia’s latest resounding win resulted in the Bulldogs slipping past Clemson on Sunday to the No. 2 spot in the Associated Press poll behind Alabama.