Joel Klatt was nearly speechless in describing Georgia’s dominant performance over Oregon on Saturday, and even went so far as to wonder if Georgia did not get the proper respect entering the season.

“How about Georgia, what?” Klatt said. “Folks, can we say that the national champion, reigning, who’s ranked No. Third in the country, to start the year, was underrated? I think so. And as Kirby (Smart) told us, it was all about the talent.”

Klatt, the lead analyst on FOX Sports, then laughed after he played a portion of Smart’s post-game press conference when he said Georgia simply has better plays than Oregon, and while Dan Lanning recruited several of them to Georgia, he would never admit that the Bulldogs had more talent than the Ducks.

“I’ll be the first to admit, I didn’t expect them to be that good,” Klatt said. “I thought to myself, ‘Boy, they caught it perfect last year, their defense was amazing, historically good. And they caught Bama in what you would consider is, maybe for Bama at least, maybe a transitional year, and they were able to squeak out a win in which Bama’s wide receivers got hurt. And I thought, they’re not beating Alabama this year, not this Alabama team, not with Will Anderson and Bryce Young, Georgia’s not going to be able to do that this year. And then they rolled out there and housed Oregon.”