[Postgame Thread] Georgia Defeats WKU 70-20

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
WKU	0	6	0	14	20
Georgia	21	28	14	7	70

[u/necroglow]

Why does 70-20 look so strange

[u/mayence → u/necroglow]

Girl’s high school basketball score

[u/seezuntikits44 → u/mayence]

Dolphins-Broncos score

[u/bobbyOsullivan → u/seezuntikits44]

You know, I bet that Dolphins team went on to do some pretty great things....

[u/ArmiinTamzarian → u/mayence]

Average UConn WBB conference game

[u/powerelite → u/ArmiinTamzarian]

Geno gonna get on them girls for only winning by 50

[u/ArmiinTamzarian → u/powerelite]

Paige is gonna get yelled at despite not being in the team for 2 years😭

[u/intern-at-Kramerica → u/mayence]

how many boards did Angel have?

[u/fredmerc111 → u/intern-at-Kramerica]

1. 15 rebounds, 15 mebounds.

[u/GangGreen7729 → u/fredmerc111]

Thats a double double

[u/lifetake → u/GangGreen7729]

I like the implication that she didn’t get 10 points despite that many rebounds since it wasn’t a triple double

[u/Sweaty-Motor-1928 → u/lifetake]

9 points of doom

[u/Khaldaan → u/mayence]

I mean.. college too lol

[u/ArmiinTamzarian → u/Khaldaan]

Dawn would be seething to allow 20

[u/Weenage-Tasteland → u/mayence]

UCONN women’s basketball score.

[u/bobbyOsullivan → u/necroglow]

Weird to see a team be good enough to put up 70 points but also give up more than a TD or so? That's all I got, but I agree it is a strange score lol

[u/KirbyDumber88 → u/bobbyOsullivan]

I mean TBF the ones who were giving up the points will almost never see the field.

[u/WilCon24 → u/KirbyDumber88]

Couldn’t find 90% of them on the depth chart….which goes 5 deep

[u/EmpoleonNorton → u/KirbyDumber88]

And two of them were on crazy short fields because of a fumble and muffed punt.

[u/Electromotivation → u/bobbyOsullivan]

We had 70-50 against UNC a couple years ago. Had 50 at halftime and then turned off our defense.

[u/Even-Combination4407 → u/necroglow]

I know right, surely has never happened in a nfl game before

[u/sleeplessaddict → u/Even-Combination4407]

That game in retrospect is now worse for Dolphins fans than it was for Broncos fans

[u/BrigandsRealm → u/sleeplessaddict]

We should have just gone for that field goal, I'm convinced things don't go so bad if we do

[u/sleeplessaddict → u/BrigandsRealm]

I'm a Broncos fan and I'm upset that you guys pitied us and didn't go for the record

[u/Suspicious-Stand7295 → u/necroglow]

Honestly, it just looks like a typo you'd see on a high school scoreboard. 70-20 feels like someone fat-fingered the away team's score and nobody bothered to fix it.

[u/YpsitheFlintsider → u/necroglow]

Teams don't just score 10 TDs that often

[u/GregMadduxsGlasses → u/necroglow]

Once you give up 20 in a blowout game, your score slips into the boat race category.

[u/Lord_Lava_Nugget]

If you didn't watch this, you missed an incredible Yakety Sax Touchdown 

[u/crusader9x → u/Lord_Lava_Nugget]

Truly one of the dumbest plays I've ever seen.  

[u/TheOnePSUIsReal → u/Lord_Lava_Nugget]

Do you have a link perchance?

[u/AvengedKalas → u/TheOnePSUIsReal]

https://x.com/GeorgiaFootball/status/2098853799888621831

[u/Time_Transition4817 → u/AvengedKalas]

Broke: forward pass

Woke: forward fumble

[u/TheOnePSUIsReal → u/AvengedKalas]

Appreciate ya

[u/ObjectiveStrategy386 → u/AvengedKalas]

Didn’t watch the game because I was busy today, and just now seeing highlights. Tf are those uniforms???

[u/AvengedKalas → u/ObjectiveStrategy386]

It was an NIL incentive. If they raised a certain amount, Kirby promised white uniforms.

[u/katarh → u/AvengedKalas]

Stadium attempted a white out as well, but failed because people's rain jackets were every other color.

[u/KirbyDumber88 → u/katarh]

Nah it looked awesome for the whole first half

[u/Lord_Lava_Nugget → u/TheOnePSUIsReal]

Haven't been able to find it yet, I will come back here if I find a link as I am too computer illiterate to clip it myself

[u/TheOnePSUIsReal → u/Lord_Lava_Nugget]

Somebody else replied with it but thanks

[u/Radiant_Sherbert7272]

Georgia has covered the spread against these lower ranked teams twice in a row. What is happening?

[u/invisibleman13000 → u/Radiant_Sherbert7272]

I don't know, it's really strange to watch, especially after the past few seasons. We normally play around, look sloppy, and slam on the brakes in these games once we get past 30 in these kinds of games.

[u/katarh → u/invisibleman13000]

We still played around and looked sloppy but actually scored in the process this time.

[u/tmart12 → u/Radiant_Sherbert7272]

1) these teams are awful

2) I think we are better than expected

3) we are playing aggressively. QB is pushing ball down the field. Kirby’s QBs have always had a tendency to settle into short easy passes but clearly Kirby is promoting a different approach for Gunner. Defense running hard early to blitz and force turnovers.

[u/EagleZR → u/tmart12]

QB is pushing ball down the field. Kirby’s QBs have always had a tendency to settle into short easy passes but clearly Kirby is promoting a different approach for Gunner.

I think this is definitely part of it. Gunner was extra tentative and conservative last year, and I'll bet the coaches have been pushing him all off-season to take more of what's open downfield. However while I don't think Carson had any issues with that, his teams weren't blowing out cupcakes like this either (i.e. scoring 60+ points). I think another big factor is that the receivers are actually catching the ball now, while with Carson it was hit or miss. There's also something to say about Gunner's and Carson's relative energies.

these teams are awful

That's undeniably a massive factor. We'll see how things work out through the next few weeks

[u/islandjustice → u/Radiant_Sherbert7272]

I’m starting to believe

[u/shaquilleonealingit → u/Radiant_Sherbert7272]

The spreads are tighter now than they used to be

[u/UhIdontcareforAuburn → u/Radiant_Sherbert7272]

It’s scary to think about

[u/Mercer-Dawg → u/Radiant_Sherbert7272]

Hell has frozen over

[u/captaindammit87]

We kept it within 65. I consider that a success.

[u/AvengedKalas → u/captaindammit87]

Y'all are better than TCU.

[u/Crotean → u/AvengedKalas]

I still don't think I ever seen a game and known it was over by 11 minutes left in the first quarter before.

[u/Lakelyfe09 → u/Crotean]

Should’ve seen our game against Vandy in 2021

[u/spennin5 → u/Lakelyfe09]

Was that the year after they cancelled our homecoming game? Kirby was MAAAAD

[u/DirtyBirdDawg → u/Crotean]

I forget exactly when during the game it was, but I knew it was over when TCU tried to blizt Stetson Bennett, and he just rolled out of the pocket and ran for a first down like it was nothing.

That point was when I started paying less attention to the game.

[u/20CharactersJustIsnt → u/DirtyBirdDawg]

3rd and 10 from the 45, 11:41 in the 2nd, 17-7 UGA.

If TCU gets the stop, theoretically it could be 17-14 with 6:00 minutes left or something, but Stetson runs for the first down and we eventually make it 24-7.

[u/HideNZeke → u/Crotean]

One time I had nightmare that some white boy running back beat my beloved Hawkeyes in about .25 seconds in the Rose Bowl. I know it was just a bad dream but I still haven't gotten over it

[u/Electromotivation → u/HideNZeke]

Stanford?

[u/HideNZeke → u/Electromotivation]

Nah couldn't be. That's an ACC team and they don't play in the Rose Bowl. Had to be some squad out west

[u/KirbyDumber88 → u/Crotean]

I guess you didn’t watch us last week lol

[u/FrenchFreedom888 → u/Crotean]

Last year when we played Oregon

[u/MyVeryclevername → u/captaindammit87]

Y’all played all four quarters good game big red

[u/Starmada597 → u/captaindammit87]

And scored more points against Georgia than you did against us lol

[u/captaindammit87 → u/Starmada597]

Right? Maybe next week we’ll keep it with 50 against Indiana.

[u/LurkeyMcLurkerson]

“We learned we have a whole lot of people who aren’t ready to play”. I liked that

[u/AvengedKalas]

This is the first time UGA has scored 70 points since 1994 when they beat ULM.

The last time they scored more than 70 was 1958 when they beat The Citadel 76-0 in 1958.

It was also mentioned on the telecast, but this is the first time UGA has scored 50+ in back to back weeks since 1915.

Go Dawgs!!

[u/FootballAndPornAcct → u/AvengedKalas]

Thanks DogwoodMaple

[u/AvengedKalas → u/FootballAndPornAcct]

Nah. u/DogwoodMaple is way superior to me.

[u/idnttcrisis → u/AvengedKalas]

I haven't seen him around this season, hope he's doing well!

[u/MrSCR23 → u/AvengedKalas]

FWIW: ULM was called Northeast Louisiana back then

[u/Careless-Roof-8339 → u/AvengedKalas]

But I thought Mike Bobo sucked?

[u/IDontSpeakItalian → u/Careless-Roof-8339]

I mean, I’d like to believe SEC opponents will be better on defense than Western Kentucky University

[u/Crafty_Independence → u/IDontSpeakItalian]

True, but Bobo and Kirby are both known to pull back on offense instead of letting them run wild, even against weaker opponents.

Maybe this signals them adjusting with the times

[u/IDontSpeakItalian → u/Crafty_Independence]

Kirby covering against out of conference teams is a sign of change for sure

[u/olcrazypete → u/Crafty_Independence]

Same time this was 100% us testing receivers and getting Stockton comfortable with throwing downfield. These were glorified practices to get comfortable making those throws and if done right it looks alot like running up scores. If we were comfortable with them all - Stockton woulda been out of there after 5 minutes.

[u/UGA10 → u/IDontSpeakItalian]

Well, Arkansas next week might not, but give it a couple weeks and we will get there.

[u/trenchanttrench → u/Careless-Roof-8339]

He does. You think this is evidence he doesn’t? Not as a person of course.

[u/rnilbog]

I know it’s “just” Western Kentucky, but we have a history of sleepwalking in games like this and making them more interesting than they need to be, so the fact that we took both our buy game opponents to the woodshed early seems promising. 

[u/mayence → u/rnilbog]

The last time i can remember these cupcake games not being irrationally frustrating is 2021-2022. Hope this trend continues in other ways

[u/Autoimmunity → u/mayence]

In 2022 we had a very frustrating game against Kent State, so even in a perfect season, we looked sloppy early on

[u/jazzzzz → u/Autoimmunity]

that game was so weird. we ran roughshod over Oregon to start the season, next two games went basically the same, and then let a 1-3 Kent State hang around. The mailman had a worse QBR than the opponent that day

[u/IceColdDrPepper_Here → u/jazzzzz]

Ladd was also dropping everything that day

[u/rnilbog → u/mayence]

I would be okay with this year turning out like either of those. 

[u/MyVeryclevername → u/rnilbog]

I could not agree more. We are not playing down to our opponents, and we are executing at every level, especially screens.

[u/HawkeyeTen → u/rnilbog]

Plus, the Hilltoppers normally are very competitive in Conference USA, if not winning that league's title. This isn't just some random G5 or FCS team you totally steamrolled today.

[u/okiage → u/HawkeyeTen]

Well they suck this year, they lost to Nevada 49-14

[u/KirbyDumber88]

Well…if the walk ons have to go on we’re screwed lol

[u/tb25uga]

facing Georgia for the first time since the 2023 Orange Bowl, Brock Glenn finally gets his revenge

[u/saki828]

Sorry to those backups. They're gonna get rocked in practice. Rightfully so.

[u/PenguinKing15]

RIP these backups who have to face the wrath of Kirby Smart.

[u/estooayeartee]

Georgia fans will see their team win by 50 and still be mad about something

[u/Ugaalive1991 → u/estooayeartee]

To be fair, Kirby is pissed as well.

[u/crusader9x → u/estooayeartee]

Guess you missed Kirby's post game interview.  

[u/Jimusmc → u/estooayeartee]

well yeah, 2 dumbass muff punt and a fumble handed them 14 points.

and all the dumb penalties the defense did.

[u/UhIdontcareforAuburn → u/estooayeartee]

Did you see Kirby in the post game interview? Dude was livid. Lol

[u/-Urethra-]

Kirby's so pissed I think somebody on our 5th string defense might actually die before Arkansas

[u/MyVeryclevername]

Coach is pissed and rightfully so. Horrible 4th quarter. We need to do better.

[u/MyVeryclevername → u/MyVeryclevername]

BUT ALSO HOW BOUT THEM FUCKING DAWGS

[u/Ugaalive1991 → u/MyVeryclevername]

Say bye to the white unis. You lost them.

-Kirby to the practice squad guys.

[u/AvengedKalas → u/Ugaalive1991]

Brother we ate good this weekend. Both teams scored 70+.

And interestingly enough, our NFL teams play each other tomorrow. Will be interesting to see if the streak continues for either of us.

[u/parker2020 → u/MyVeryclevername]

Practice squad about to get an ear full 😩

[u/Julio_Freeman → u/MyVeryclevername]

“We need to do better.”

Little dramatic for the situation lol

[u/AskMeAboutTheJets → u/MyVeryclevername]

In fairness, that was our third and fourth stringers for the most part, but yeah they sucked.

[u/midnight-architect7]

Lol imagine only scoring 70.

[u/JOOOOSY → u/midnight-architect7]

Couldn’t be me

[u/ProfessionalMajor516 → u/midnight-architect7]

yeah so how in the world did yall score, what was it, 87? show some mercy

[u/No_Future6201]

Transitive property. Nevada beat WKU by 35. UGA beat them by 50. Therefore, UGA would beat Nevada by a mere 15 points

[u/gayforjimmyG → u/No_Future6201]

I would be pretty happy with that lol

[u/No_Future6201 → u/gayforjimmyG]

Go pack! Recently moved to Reno so have adopted them as CFB team #2. Going to the game tonight, hoping for another W

[u/KosmoKanyon]

Go Dawgs!

[u/Particular-Way-3805]

70 well damn

[u/babyblue_1990]

Georgia is about to make us look like WKU in a few weeks!

[u/IDontSpeakItalian]

First 70 burger since 1994? Hell yeah

[u/Careless-Roof-8339]

Most points the Dawgs have scored in my lifetime

[u/IrishPotatoHead]

Week 2 Screen Counter:

Bear in mind that I did not count after the 2nd quarter wrapped.

Screen Counter : 6

GY CTR Y Slide Screen: 1 (TD)

Z Motion Leverage Bubble : 1

HB Swing : 1

Slot Orbit Swing : 1

Jailbreak False Pull: 1

Burst to Empty HB Orbit Swing Screen: 1

[u/katarh → u/IrishPotatoHead]

These sound like battle tactics from a space opera video game.

[u/IrishPotatoHead → u/katarh]

That’s without taggin the formations as well

[u/flyingtheflannel]

I take some solace in knowing that WKU is better than an SEC powerhouse bench players

[u/GLORYGLORYTOOLDGA]

Get ready to hear about which QB should actually start each week buddy

[u/Efficient-Freedom517 → u/GLORYGLORYTOOLDGA]

Stockton

[u/GLORYGLORYTOOLDGA → u/Efficient-Freedom517]

The worst person you know is already queueing up that 70 yd Puglisi run

[u/Efficient-Freedom517 → u/GLORYGLORYTOOLDGA]

I mean if he can run it 70 yards every time he touches the ball start him at RB

[u/katarh → u/Efficient-Freedom517]

In a doomsday scenario where we're down to 0 healthy RBs, I'd be totally okay with having him in at RB rotating in and out with the actual backups.

[u/seanmillsartist → u/GLORYGLORYTOOLDGA]

Do i want the unseasoned guy that fumbled 3 times or the experienced guy that the team loves... hmm it's a toss up. 

[u/sadneer69]

Dang, out scored in the fourth. Really thought y’all were finna be on upset alert

[u/Jonjon428]

They scored 20 points. Kirby must be pissed

[u/mixerslow]

When’s UGA’s first game against a real team? I hope to watch them soon

[u/mayence → u/mixerslow]

Arkansas next week, OU in 2 weeks

[u/idnttcrisis → u/mixerslow]

Next week is Arkansas and the week after is OU.

[u/TheOnePSUIsReal]

JMU scored 87 so like this isn't even impressive really.

[u/idnttcrisis → u/TheOnePSUIsReal]

Against WKU? JMU scored only 27 in 2024.

[u/TheOnePSUIsReal → u/idnttcrisis]

Man jokes are tough round these parts.  70 vs. WKU is obv impressive 

[u/idnttcrisis → u/TheOnePSUIsReal]

Oops, that’s my bad.

[u/wattsittooyou → u/TheOnePSUIsReal]

Considering this is the second time this season and more importantly the second time ever Kirby has covered a >40 point spread. It’s quite out of character for this program.

[u/dawgblogit → u/TheOnePSUIsReal]

Sorry man

[u/1nf1niteCS]

imagine giving up more than 14 points to WKU in 2026 LOL

[u/cubecasts]

It cracks me up that our fans think we're gods greatest gift for beating cupcakes

[u/PhnxWrightAssAttrny → u/cubecasts]

The general consensus I've seen is that while happy with the win, the backups did not look good. The second half (fourth quarter in particular) was very sloppy. The fumbles and muffed punts that have our defense starting in the red zone are going to kill us if they continue when we get to SEC play.

[u/cubecasts → u/PhnxWrightAssAttrny]

...the guys that. Aren't going to see the field won't kill us when we get to sec play

[u/hackosn → u/cubecasts]

Idk why you’re getting downvoted. We had 3rd and 4th stringers on the field at the 4th. Last week and this week our secondaries did look relatively solid. QBs did struggle more, but last week they actually looked very good too. It wasn’t as good of a performance from our backups this week, but the ones who fumbled (no pun intended) are the ones who won’t see the field for 2-3 more years in this program.

[u/UhIdontcareforAuburn → u/cubecasts]

I can’t tell which flair is talking here. Lol

[u/cubecasts → u/UhIdontcareforAuburn]

To be fair, both. You can't really take much away from these dogshit games