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Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton threw 4 landing passes and rushed for an additional because the No. 5 Bulldogs routed No. 10 Texas 35-10.
Stockton hit Noah Thomas with two first-half TD passes and added one every to London Humphreys and Lawson Luckie within the fourth quarter after which completed off the scoring with a TD run. Stockton ended the sport with 229 yards passing.
Texas quarterback Arch Manning had 251 yards passing with one landing and one interception.
Georgia improved to 9-1 total and 7-1 within the SEC, whereas Texas fell to 7-3 and 4-2.
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The Longhorns are at residence for his or her last two video games: vs. Arkansas on Saturday after which vs. No. 3 Texas A&M on Nov. 28.
Give Arch Manning this a lot credit score — he clearly has improved because the 2025 faculty soccer season has gone on.
However he’s nonetheless nowhere close to the quarterback we have been led to consider he could be as a worthy inheritor to the legacy left by grandfather Archie and uncles Peyton and Eli.
Manning’s supposedly elite talent degree was purported to make the distinction in video games like this. And whereas he was snakebit by some drops early, he additionally overthrew a number of receivers downfield to price his group.
Manning completed 27-for-43 with 251 yards, a landing and an interception. That’s nowhere close to adequate, particularly when contemplating what Gunner Stockton did on the opposite aspect of the ball.
The opposite factor that's most likely going to close down this Texas as a 9-3 Playoff group dialog — and good luck to the Horns beating A&M with their offense — is that there may very well be 10 10-win groups within the SEC and Massive Ten mixed, plus Miami and Notre Dame.
After making what was basically his faculty debut within the SEC Championship Sport final 12 months in opposition to Texas when Carson Beck received damage with Georgia trailing, Gunner Stockton is used to strain — and really snug within the highlight.
Stockton now has two video games this 12 months throughout which he’s thrown for 4 touchdowns and run for an additional. They’re each in opposition to top-10 opponents — in opposition to then AP No. 5 Ole Miss final month and in opposition to No. 10 Texas tonight.
It was simply one other wild day within the SEC with Texas A&M’s heroic rally to edge South Carolina, Brent Venables’ defensive genius effort for Oklahoma to take down Alabama and Georgia’s continued dominance of Texas.
Oh yeah, Ole Miss needed to scrap and claw to carry off Florida. So what did all that do to the highest of the convention standings?
Texas A&M is 7-0 and in charge of its future to achieve the SEC title recreation. Behind that, Georgia is completed in convention play at 7-1, whereas Alabama and Ole Miss have rivalry video games to play to attempt to get to 7-1. It’s going to be enjoyable to see what occurs in two weeks when the Iron Bowl and Egg Bowl are performed.
Gunner Stockton on the pivotal fourth-and-1 name that swung the sport:
💬 “Trusting our preparation, believing in what we do and making an attempt to get in the long run zone. Simply being snug in that scenario.”
A superb evening for Oklahoma followers received even higher after archrival Texas received throttled by Georgia.
That end result, coupled with one other incredibly gritty Sooners road win over Alabama earlier Saturday, ought to put present No. 11 Oklahoma properly above No. 10 Texas within the subsequent School Soccer Playoff rankings on Tuesday regardless of the Longhorns’ head-to-head Pink River Rivalry win earlier this season.
Overlook the discuss of a three-loss Texas making the Playoff — a two-loss Oklahoma could very properly render that time moot, with the added bonus of edging its archrival out of the 12-team area.
The preseason No. 1 group that Texas was anointed for the primary time in class historical past this 12 months is now an extended shot — at greatest — to make the Playoff.
It was a variety of the identical issues which have hounded Texas all season. The Longhorns couldn’t run the ball, didn’t do a adequate job defending Manning and had inconsistent play from their receivers.
On the defensive aspect, Georgia broke Texas’ protection with 21-point fourth quarter and picked aside the Longhorns secondary, which was more healthy than it has been in weeks with two beginning safeties again.
Texas nonetheless has Arkansas and No. 3 Texas A&M left on the schedule. Possibly beating the Aggies, the SEC’s solely remaining unbeaten group in convention play, to go together with victories in opposition to No. 11 Oklahoma and No. 14 Vanderbilt, can hold Texas in play for a 3rd straight CFP look underneath coach Steve Sarkisian.
Georgia could transfer up a spot to No. 4 within the School Soccer Playoff rankings this week with Alabama shedding to Oklahoma. However are there actually three groups within the nation taking part in higher than Georgia?
Would you need your group to face the Bulldogs? Ohio State is crushing everybody it faces, however Georgia is probably the most battle-tested and hardest group within the nation. And don’t be stunned if it rides this momentum to a different nationwide title.
Mike B: The extent of this beating ought to completely remove Texas from the CFP dialogue. It gained’t after all however completely ought to.
Paul E: I’ve no canine on this battle. I’ve by no means been an enormous Georgia fan, however I’ll let you know, Kirby can coach.
Bret A: I’ll cease complaining about Money Jones now.
Ken S: I’ll say this for Texas—class act of a head coach. Have a variety of respect for Sark.
Lionel B: Georgia appears like an awesome place to see a recreation.
That loss actually damages Texas’ possibilities of making the School Soccer Playoff. The Longhorns nonetheless could have a path if they’ll pull off an upset of Texas A&M on Black Friday, but when the offense appears prefer it did tonight, it’s laborious to examine Texas pulling that off agains a stout Texas A&M protection.
It additionally appears like Georgia underneath Kirby Good has Texas’ and Steve Sarkisian’s quantity. The Dawgs have knocked off Texas thrice of their three conferences relationship again to October 19, 2024. And the UGA protection has a means of preserving the Longhorns’ offense in test, which it did once more on Saturday evening.
Georgia’s protection has been shaky at instances this season, nevertheless it definitely wasn’t shaky tonight … not at one level on this recreation. Tonight’s recreation seemed like the real article.
That was the form of protection Kirby Good loves and is thought for, and Texas had no reply for it. Georgia was quicker and extra bodily, and Texas seemed prefer it wished no a part of it.
Kirby Good after what is definitely Georgia’s most spectacular win of the 2025 season:
“I like this group. This group fights. They compete. They find it irresistible. What an awesome environment to play in. Our guys got here out and competed. I although defensively, we stepped up in opposition to a very good group. Arch was getting higher and higher, and our guys stepped up.
“I assumed offensively, we did some actually good issues. Tried to maintain them off steadiness. Bought an excellent soccer group, a variety of soccer left. You gotta be aggressive to win. This league’s tight, the margins are small. You gotta take probabilities when you may.”
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Georgia beat Texas for the third time in 13 months, and the Texas teaching workers was badly outcoached tonight. That has been a theme of the three conferences between Kirby Good’s workers and Steve Sarkisian’s workers.
Sooner or later, you must marvel if this Texas workers can win these sorts of video games, particularly in opposition to Good (though a variety of coaches don’t match as much as Good).
For some time in his head teaching profession, Kirby Good was recognized for being conservative in his recreation administration, leaning on his protection. However as he’s purchased an increasing number of into analytics — which frequently name for going for it on fourth down — Good has taken extra probabilities.
And he took an enormous one within the second half.
Then he did it once more. After which but once more.
It began when Georgia confronted fourth-and-1 from its personal 36, late within the third quarter, clinging to a 14-10 lead. Good not solely went for it, however his offensive coordinator, Mike Bobo, dialed up a dangerous play: Quarterback Gunner Stockton went underneath middle, faked a handoff, then rolled out and hit Chauncey Bowens for a 10-yard acquire.
4 performs later, Georgia confronted fourth-and-5. It lined up rapidly for the not-unusual effort to get the protection to leap. This time it really labored, and Georgia received one other set of downs. A number of performs later, Stockton hit a wide-open London Humphreys for a 30-yard landing.
Then Good went for the jugular: an onside kick, the primary of his tenure per Georgia’s communications group. It caught Texas without warning, with Georgia’s Money Jones making a clear restoration. Georgia’s offense took the sector once more, and rapidly drove downfield once more.
After what has been a disappointing and confounding season for Georgia on protection, it appears prefer it’s getting proper at simply the appropriate time.
It was evident from the beginning. In its seven earlier SEC video games, Georgia gave up a landing on the opening possession all however as soon as, and in that exception, Kentucky received into the tip zone on the following drive. However Texas was held to a area aim on its opening possession, then went three-and-out the following drive.
And that three-and-out seemed like classic Georgia: Cornerback Demello Jones threw down Ryan Wingo after a brief acquire on first down, then a blitz by Quintavius Johnson pressured Texas quarterback Arch Manning to dump off early, and linebacker CJ Allen clobbered the receiver for a 2-yard loss.
Defensive coordinator Glenn Schumann dialed up blitzes all through the sport, creating strain in methods Georgia has struggled to do that 12 months. And after Texas ran the ball properly on the primary drive, the Bulldogs stiffened up.
The query for Georgia’s protection was by no means expertise, however expertise. Many of the five-stars and different blue-chips are first -or second-year gamers. Because the protection will get extra snaps, they seem like rounding into type. The shape individuals are used to seeing from a Georgia protection.
As Daniel stated, we actually must cease overlooking Gunner Stockton.
The unheralded Georgia quarterback simply went 24-for-29 with 229 yards, 4 landing and an interception.
He additionally finishes as Georgia’s second-leading rusher with 29 yards and one other landing on the bottom.
He might not be fairly the underdog story that Stetson Bennett was, however he’s clearly the appropriate quarterback for this group.
The main focus is all the time going to be on Arch Manning. However he was clearly the second-best quarterback on the sector tonight.
Bear in mind the preseason when he was the famous person and Gunner Stockton was an afterthought? The form of QB a group wins with and never as a result of? Effectively, Georgia gained this recreation tonight due to Stockton and never regardless of him.
It’s time for folks to appreciate simply how gifted Stockton is. You don’t set all the highschool passing information in Georgia with out expertise.
