ATHENS, Ga. – Three Southeastern Conference Eastern Division football teams – Missouri, South Carolina and Tennessee – lost this past weekend as either favorites or overwhelming favorites.
The reaction from the Georgia Bulldogs? That’s not our problem.
“You look at that stuff, but we like to stay in our own lane,” junior receiver Demetris Robertson said Monday. “We know each week is a new opponent and another week of preparing for that next team. We stay in our own lane and try to keep getting better each week.”
The SEC East stumbled to a 2-4 record on Labor Day weekend, with Georgia’s 30-6 triumph at Vanderbilt on Saturday night representing the lone head-to-head matchup of divisional foes. Kentucky notched the only other victory for an East team this past weekend, topping Toledo 38-24, with Florida having opened Aug. 24 with a 24-20 win over Miami in Orlando.
Georgia is holding its home opener against Murray State on Saturday, but Bulldogs fourth-year coach Kirby Smart is not planning to employ Tennessee’s 38-30 loss to Georgia State or Missouri’s 37-31 loss at Wyoming as motivational tactics.