By: Kipp Branch

TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services

The Georgia Bulldogs played their annual G-day Spring Game earlier in the month.

The Red team beat the Black team by a score of 31-26. Arian Smith scored two touchdowns, one rushing and one receiving. Carson Beck got the start at quarterback and certainly looked like a starting quarterback as he finished 13-18 for 211 yards and a touchdown on the day.

Great weather was on hand. “Boom” was introduced as the new mascot. One side of the stadium was filled. The home side was closed due to off season upgrades to Sanford Stadium that are under construction.

The 2022 National Champions got their rings. Overall, it was just an enjoyable day for football in Athens, Georgia.

G-Day Thoughts:

1.This is Carson Beck’s team in 2023. He is going to be the man and showed off a rocket arm and carried himself like a seasoned QB.

His body language is confident. This guy has waited his turn and has won the starting QB job for the University of Georgia.

2.Gunner Stockton looked better than Brock Vandagriff. This will be an interesting battle to follow in the fall camp if one does not transfer out before April 30^th when the portal closes.

3.The Tight End group is phenomenal. Brock Bowers is picking up right where he left off.

Oscar Delp and Lawson Luckie make this the top group in the country at their position.

Could a TE win the Heisman?

4.Roderick Robinson is going to be a beast at RB. Another in the extensive line of great running backs at UGA. He is big at 235 pounds and is fast.

5.The WR group is deep and talented. No Rara Thomas but he is serving some internal discipline, if you read between the lines and will be ready this fall.

6.The offensive line will compete against anyone at anytime and will dominate. Starting unit could be the best in the country.

7.Special teams looked ok. Count me as officially worried about the FG kicker position.

8.Fifty-seven total points combined in a spring game tells me the offense will be purring under Mike Bobo.

Bobo was never a problem at UGA before. His offenses always produce. In those days UGA could not stop a dripping faucet on defense. Kirby has cured that.

9.The first-year defenders are as talented of a group that UGA has ever recruited in one class. The UGA defense will be dominant this fall once again.

10.The schedule suits Carson Beck perfectly this fall. Four straight home games before a road trip against Auburn on September 23^rd.

11.Bear Alexander hit the portal. This may hurt on the defensive line. Christen Miller, Jordan Hall, and Jamaal Jarrett looked good on the defensive line which explains some of the rumors on why Bear was looking elsewhere.

12.Kirby stated before the game that he wanted to sling the football all over the field to see where the QB’s were in their development.

UGA has a couple of RB’s injured and they know they can run the football behind that offensive line. Their plan was to work on the passing game and that is what went down.

13.Bullet point thirteen is in honor of Stetson Bennett, who will be the only QB drafted in the 2023 NFL Draft who was a starting QB for a national championship football team.

In fact, he did it on back-to-back occasions. No other QB in the upcoming draft brings those intangibles to the table.

UGA should compete for a third straight national title this fall. Times are good in the Classic City!