Georgia Football: 3 takeaways from 2020 Sugar Bowl win vs. Baylor
By Shelbie Warr
Start the chant. Georgia football was not interested in a repeat of last year’s Sugar Bowl loss and despite being down personnel, the Bulldogs win 26-14.
The Baylor Bears thought that they had this game locked up due to Georgia being down more than 10 players heading into this Sugar Bowl, including some important starters. However, it was Georgia who jumped out to a lead early and refused to let up, despite Baylor’s fight in the second half.
Before I say anything else though, I’d like to extend my thoughts and prayers to Charlie Brewer who took a hard hit in the fourth quarter and exited the game for what could be another concussion. That is never a good thing to see and we are hoping for nothing but the best for him.
On that note, what did we learn from this one?
3. A slow start killed Baylor
When the other team puts up 19 in the first half and you put up nothing, things tend to go south pretty quickly for you. Baylor put up a fight for sure, but this was not a Big 12 defense. This was the defense of the Georgia Bulldogs, one of the best defenses in the SEC.
The Bears saw that quickly as Charlie Brewer and company couldn’t get much of anything going in the first half.
There were adjustments made for sure. Baylor put up 14 all in all, but it wasn’t enough to take down Georgia — led by Zamir White, George Pickens and Jake Fromm as well as a put together offensive line that many predicted would break due to missing some big parts, but they proved everyone wrong.