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Georgia pulls away at Missouri after tight first half

AP photo by L.G. Patterson / Georgia wide receiver George Pickens, left, catches a pass from JT Daniels before running it in for a touchdown with Missouri safety Joshuah Bledsoe trailing during the second half of Saturday's game in Columbia, Mo.
AP photo by L.G. Patterson / Georgia wide receiver George Pickens, left, catches a pass from JT Daniels before running it in for a touchdown with Missouri safety Joshuah Bledsoe trailing during the second half of Saturday's game in Columbia, Mo. AP photo by L.G. Patterson / Georgia wide receiver George Pickens, left, catches a pass from JT Daniels before running it in for a touchdown with Missouri safety Joshuah Bledsoe trailing during the second half of Saturday's game in Columbia, Mo.

By JOE WALLJASPER / The Associated Press 3 min read

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Georgia quarterback JT Daniels is confident that wherever he throws the football, George Pickens will catch it.

Daniels threw three touchdown passes, two of them to Pickens, on Saturday afternoon as the 12th-ranked Bulldogs broke away from Missouri to win 49-14 in a matchup of Southeastern Conference East Division teams.

“I’ll never overthrow George,” Daniels said. “I’ll always throw it up and give him a chance. A 50-50 ball with George is an 80-20 ball.”

Zamir White ran for 126 yards and a score as Georgia (7-2) dominated the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. Missouri (5-4) managed just 200 yards of offense after topping the 600-yard mark each of the past two weeks.

“I think Missouri’s a good football team – I really do – and they’re a team that’s growing, young, getting better, and we were able to overpower them in the second half,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said.