Georgia’s first half in Oxford has gone about as poorly as one could ever imagine, with the Bulldogs trailing 31-0 at the half. One ESPN writer said it makes another SEC East matchup even bigger:
After watching the first half of this Georgia-Ole Miss carnage, is the Florida-Tennessee clash today the SEC East championship game?
— Chris Low (@ClowESPN) September 24, 2016
Ole Miss moved the ball at will, averaging a first down per play:
https://twitter.com/DavidSPaschall/status/779736643490181125
Ole Miss 31, Georgia 0. Not even a Hugh Freeze halftime speech can mess this up.
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) September 24, 2016
The Rebels appeared determined to avoid a second-half collapse, making it 38-0 on their first possession of the third quarter.
UGA’s biggest offensive play of the first half came courtesy of the special teams unit on a fake punt:
https://twitter.com/SBNationCFB/status/779729529220788224
First good thing Georgia has done: stellar fake punt. See if it sparks something.
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) September 24, 2016
Fake punt is Georgia's best offensive formation
— b-rad (@JBradleyDavis) September 24, 2016
Georgia gains 29 yards on a pass from Marshall Long on a fake punt. That right there is the longest pass of the day for Georgia.
— Emily Giambalvo (@EmilyGiam) September 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/eadunton1/status/779730243204644864
But even the fake punt couldn’t get Georgia going:
After successful fake punt: Georgia had at least 2 dropped passes and possibly a third (if McKenzie had come down in bounds on last one).
— Jeff Schultz (@JeffSchultzATL) September 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/QUE_REALigion/status/779730086534664192
One prominent Dawg, however, isn’t giving up on a comeback:
35 points next half I believe in you UGA.
— Todd Gurley II (@TG3II) September 24, 2016
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