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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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Texas vs. Georgia: Daring selections propel Bulldogs towards Playoff as Horns’ possibilities sink
The Bulldogs host Charlotte on Saturday after which end their common season towards rival Georgia Tech on Nov. 28 in Atlanta. That sport will likely be performed as a neutral-site contest at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, as a substitute of at Bobby Dodd Stadium on Georgia Tech’s campus.
The Longhorns are at dwelling for his or her ultimate 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 school 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 ability 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 value his crew.
Manning completed 27-for-43 with 251 yards, a landing and an interception. That’s nowhere close to ok, particularly when contemplating what Gunner Stockton did on the opposite facet of the ball.
The opposite factor that's most likely going to close down this Texas as a 9-3 Playoff crew dialog — and good luck to the Horns beating A&M with their offense — is that there could possibly be 10 10-win groups within the SEC and Huge Ten mixed, plus Miami and Notre Dame.
After making what was basically his school debut within the SEC Championship Sport final 12 months towards Texas when Carson Beck acquired harm with Georgia trailing, Gunner Stockton is used to stress — 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 towards top-10 opponents — towards then AP No. 5 Ole Miss final month and towards 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 sport. Behind that, Georgia is finished 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 attempting to get ultimately zone. Simply being snug in that state of affairs.”
An excellent evening for Oklahoma followers acquired even higher after archrival Texas acquired 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 nicely 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 might very nicely render that time moot, with the added bonus of edging its archrival out of the 12-team discipline.
The preseason No. 1 crew that Texas was anointed for the primary time at school historical past this 12 months is now a protracted shot — at finest — to make the Playoff.
It was numerous the identical issues which have hounded Texas all season. The Longhorns couldn’t run the ball, didn’t do a ok job defending Manning and had inconsistent play from their receivers.
On the defensive facet, 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. Perhaps beating the Aggies, the SEC’s solely remaining unbeaten crew in convention play, to associate with victories towards No. 11 Oklahoma and No. 14 Vanderbilt, can maintain Texas in play for a 3rd straight CFP look beneath coach Steve Sarkisian.
Georgia might 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 crew to face the Bulldogs? Ohio State is crushing everybody it faces, however Georgia is essentially the most battle-tested and hardest crew 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 get rid of Texas from the CFP dialogue. It gained’t after all however completely ought to.
Paul E: I’ve no canine on this struggle. I’ve by no means been a giant Georgia fan, however I’ll inform you, 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 numerous respect for Sark.
Lionel B: Georgia appears to be like like an excellent place to see a sport.
That loss actually damages Texas’ possibilities of making the School Soccer Playoff. The Longhorns nonetheless might have a path if they will pull off an upset of Texas A&M on Black Friday, but when the offense appears to be like prefer it did tonight, it’s exhausting to ascertain Texas pulling that off agains a stout Texas A&M protection.
It additionally looks like Georgia beneath Kirby Good has Texas’ and Steve Sarkisian’s quantity. The Dawgs have knocked off Texas thrice of their three conferences courting again to October 19, 2024. And the UGA protection has a manner of conserving the Longhorns’ offense in verify, which it did once more on Saturday evening.
Georgia’s protection has been shaky at instances this season, but it surely definitely wasn’t shaky tonight … not at one level on this sport. Tonight’s sport appeared like the real article.
That was the type of protection Kirby Good loves and is understood for, and Texas had no reply for it. Georgia was sooner and extra bodily, and Texas appeared prefer it wished no a part of it.
Kirby Good after what is well Georgia’s most spectacular win of the 2025 season:
“I like this crew. This crew fights. They compete. They like it. What an excellent ambiance to play in. Our guys got here out and competed. I although defensively, we stepped up towards a extremely good crew. 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. Received an excellent soccer crew, numerous soccer left. You gotta be aggressive to win. This league’s tight, the margins are small. You gotta take possibilities when you’ll be able to.”
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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 towards Good (though numerous coaches don’t match as much as Good).
For some time in his head teaching profession, Kirby Good was identified for being conservative in his sport administration, leaning on his protection. However as he’s purchased increasingly more into analytics — which regularly name for going for it on fourth down — Good has taken extra possibilities.
And he took a giant 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 beneath heart, 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 acquired one other set of downs. Just a few 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 crew. 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 to be like prefer it’s getting proper at simply the suitable 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 acquired into the top zone on the following drive. However Texas was held to a discipline aim on its opening possession, then went three-and-out the following drive.
And that three-and-out appeared like classic Georgia: Cornerback Demello Jones threw down Ryan Wingo after a brief acquire on first down, then a blitz by Quintavius Johnson compelled 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 stress in methods Georgia has struggled to do that 12 months. And after Texas ran the ball nicely 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 look like rounding into type. The shape individuals are used to seeing from a Georgia protection.
As Daniel mentioned, we actually have to 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 is probably not fairly the underdog story that Stetson Bennett was, however he’s clearly the suitable quarterback for this crew.
