Georgia Dominates Florida in Rivalry Showdown
No. 7 Georgia earned another year of bragging rights over No. 9 Florida as they dominated the Gators in one of the wildest rivalries in college football.
Jake Fromm was back to his old self this week. After a poor performance two weeks ago against LSU, Fromm bounced back and led the Dawgs to victory. Fromm completed 17 of 24 passes for 240 yards and three touchdowns. All three touchdowns were perfect 12, 16, and 24 yard passes from Fromm completed on third downs.
Georgia’s tight end Isaac Nauta had one of the biggest games of his career. Nauta only caught five passes all games, but four of those passes were pivotal to the Dawgs. Georgia was up 10-7 in the first half with 0:48 and one more chance to gain all the momentum and increase their lead on the Gators. Fromm completed four straight passes to Nauta to move down the field 66 yards. With 0:09 left Georgia had a 1st and goal on the five-yard line. After an incomplete pass, Georgia had a decision to make with 0:06 seconds left, do they try for at least two more plays to try for the touchdown or play it safe and kick the field goal. After a timeout from Florida, Georgia decided to kick the field goal to go up 13-7 going into halftime.
Florida made a run for Georgia’s lead at the start of the second half. One of the only time’s this season Georgia’s kicker Rodrigo Blankenship didn’t kickoff for a touchback, Florida’s Kadarius Toney returned the ball 51 yards to the Georgia 48. Three plays later Feleipe Franks threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Freddie Swain to go up by one. This was Florida’s last lead of the day though. Georgia scored 23 points in the second half to beat Florida 36-17.
Feleipe Franks showed some improvements this game. Franks went 13 for 21 with 105 yards. He missed a few key passes, but still showed he has great potential, especially on his 36-yard touchdown pass to Swain.
Next week Georgia faces Kentucky, the game that decides the SEC East Champion. If Fromm plays like he did this weekend, Georgia will have a great chance of clinching the East again.
