LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Looking back, Hutson Mason isn’t so sure an early season loss to South Carolina wasn’t the catalyst Georgia needed to play up to the level it thought it could.
If nothing else, the Bulldogs quarterback knows he and his teammates are far more appreciative now of their return to the national spotlight following their fifth win in a row – 45-32 over Arkansas on Saturday.
It was the second dominating road win in a row for No. 9 Georgia (6-1, 4-1 Southeastern Conference), which is now in firm control of the SEC East Division.
The Bulldogs have a one-game lead over Missouri with three conference games remaining, and they already hold the head-to-head tiebreaker over the second-place Tigers thanks to last week’s shutout victory in Columbia.
“Anything in life seems to mean a little bit more to you in life when you lose it and get it back,” Mason said. “So, we really know how precious that is, to be able to control your own destiny … If we keep this train on track, we can do something special, and I think most guys understand. It’s special to be on the road to Atlanta.”