The good vs. the bad from Georgia’s season opening win at Arkansas

Georgia won its season opener at Arkansas 37-10. We breakdown what went wrong and what went right here.

The bad of last week’s game:

Offensive line 

Yes, the unit started to move the Razorbacks defensive front in the second half, but the struggles early were nasty. Preseason second-team All SEC center Trey Hill had issues with snaps, which forced Georgia to rotate sophomore Warren Ericson in to the center spot and Hill to left guard.

Run game

With the offensive line struggles comes a lack of a running game and Georgia had nothing going for most of the game. White was able to burst a few runs in the second half, but the backfield as a whole didn’t show out like we had hoped. Junior back James Cook lost a fumble and the backs did not contribute in the passing game with only five catches for 19 yards total.

Penalties 

A large part of the Bulldogs struggles were due to first-half penalties. Georgia was flagged 11 times for 98 yards for things like horse-collar tackle, running into the punter, pass interference, holding, facemask etc. We might have seen a completely different half if Georgia could have refrained from shooting itself in the foot.