It wasn’t pretty, especially in the first half, but the Bulldogs figured things out on their way to a 37-10 win. Below are four instant observations about the Georgia football win.

Richard LeCounte, Georgia secondary help create havoc in win

While much of the focus was and will continue to be on the offense, the Georgia defense for the most part lived up to its reputation against the Razorbacks. The Bulldogs forced 3 turnovers and limited Arkansas to just 10 points.

The Georgia secondary made things very difficult for Arkansas passing attack, with the group’s leader Richard LeCounte showing why he was a First Team All-American selection going into the season.

After getting beat for an early touchdown, LeCounte responded with two interceptions. The first gave the Georgia offense great field position thanks to a 35-yard return. The second came on an attempted trick-play that clearly never should’ve been tried.

LeCounte wasn’t the only Georgia defensive back to get in on the turnover fun, as Eric Stokes came up with his first career interception. He proceeded to take it to the house and thus help grow the Georgia lead.

LeCounte now has four interceptions in his last two games, as he also snared two interceptions in the Sugar bowl against Baylor to end the 2019 season. He was one of the captains for Georgia on Saturday, and he backed up that honor with a stellar performance to start his senior season.

Scott Cochran special teams make a difference

Most of the offseason was dedicated to talking about what kind of impact Todd Monken would have on the Georgia offense.

There is also another new coordinator for Georgia and his unit excelled for the entire game on Saturday, as the special teams made a difference for Georgia under new special teams coordinator Scott Cochran.

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The Bulldogs blocked a punt and had two kickoff returns go for more than 40 yards. Jake Camarda had a stellar game having 5 of his 7 punts downed inside in the 20, with only one resulting in a touchback. And new kicker Jack Podlesny made all of his extra points to go along with a clutch 39-yard field goal just before halftime. Podlesny added another 38-yard field goal in the fourth quarter.

Podlesny did initially doink his first attempt off the upright, but Arkansas called a timeout giving the Bulldogs a mulligan. Georgia also got a strong punt return from Kearis Jackson that would’ve given the Bulldogs starting field position in the red zone, but a holding penalty negated the return.

The Georgia special teams, along with the standout Georgia defense helped keep the Bulldogs in the game while the offense tried to find its footing. If Georgia can continue this in the games to come, that will only help the offense even more.

Sloppy play doesn’t help offense in first half

There’s no sugar-coating how bad the offense was in the first half. The group had just 110 yards before Stetson Bennett engineered a 59-yard drive to set-up Podelsny’s field goal.

At that point in the game, the Bulldogs had 98 penalty yards. Some of those penalties stunted Georgia drives, ultimately leading to no points.

But it wasn’t just on the Georgia offense, as the defense had its fair share of penalties as well. On Arkansas’s lone touchdown drive, the Bulldogs initially stopped the Razorbacks to force a three-and-out. But a pass interference penalty from Stokes gave Arkansas new life, and the Razorbacks turned it into a touchdown.

Not surprisingly, when the Bulldogs stopped committing penalties, it began to play much better. Georgia had just a single penalty for 10 yards in the second half, as the Bulldogs took the lead and then pulled away from Arkansas.

Georgia will have to be much sharper next week against No. 8 Auburn. The Tigers came away with a 29-13 victory over No. 23 Kentucky.

5-star skill players step-up in second half against Arkansas

Much attention and credit will go to the job Bennett did in turning around the Georgia offense. But he got some help in the second half from some of Georgia’s most talented playmakers.

The Bulldogs took the lead thanks to a touchdown pass to George Pickens. It was a nice throw by Bennett, but Pickens was the one who turned it into a touchdown, as he lept for the end zone to give Georgia its first offensive score of the season.

In the first game of his sophomore season, Pickens caught 4 passes for 47 yards and the touchdown. Kearis Jackson was Georgia’s leading receiver as he caught 6 passes for 62 yards.

The Bulldogs also got the ground game going in the second half thanks to Zamir White. He finished the game with 13 carries for 71 yards, with 65 coming in the second half on 8 carries.

White also found other ways to impact the game, as he caught 2 passes for 9 yards. Then on special teams, he blocked a punt.

To cap it off, he found the end zone as well, giving Georgia a commanding 34-10 lead to salt away the game.

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