No. 1 Georgia is facing its toughest test to date with Tennessee in Knoxville.
The Bulldogs hold a 14-point lead at the half. Tennessee’s offense has been as lethal as advertised, even against the top defense in the country.
UGA was down 10-7 early in the second quarter before kicking a field goal to tie it up. That was followed with a Derion Kendrick interception and a Stetson Bennett touchdown to make it 17-10 Georgia.
The Bulldogs were able to lock down the UT offense for the most of the second quarter and got a little cushion thanks to a big 23-yard touchdown pass from Bennett to James Cook, which is Cook’s second score of the day.
Here’s how UGA Twitter reacted to a wild first half:
Mailman for SIX‼️
Georgia up 17-10 following a FG, INT and TD after trailing by 3 to start the 2nd.
— UGA Football Live (@UGAfootballLive) November 13, 2021
James Cook: first-half MVP
6 car 78 yds 1 TD
2 rec 35 yds 1 TD @UGAfootballLive pic.twitter.com/koxgLzqT8H— J.C. Shelton (@J_Shelton_) November 13, 2021
Big interception
— Tyler Head (@TylerHead18) November 13, 2021
Derion Kendrick you’re a life saver
— jordan 🤙🏼 (@Jordan_Squints) November 13, 2021
AD Mitchell and James Cook are the saviors of the offense
— M̴̢͆͌i̷̬̊̅c̵͍̱̼̈͒͝ẖ̷̻̊̄ͅă̷̼̼̐͝é̷͔̐̃l (@WhatisPie42) November 13, 2021
Hooker seems to have lost composure after he threw the pick. Need to make him try to beat us in the 2nd half.
— Dirtbike Ken Rice (@DirtbikeKen) November 13, 2021
For everything @StetsonIV has been through being a walk on and transferring away and coming back to @GeorgiaFootball I hope we win it all. I love a underdog story and I love how he bleeds GA football. Let's go Mailman
— Brian Nalley (@BrianNalley7) November 13, 2021
Stetson is doing good but we’re not beating bama with Stetson
— Rocco Gallucci (@Rocco24554) November 13, 2021
Georgia get's the second half kick/if they score this game is over!
— bufordisaacs (@bufordisaacs) November 13, 2021
