No. 1 Georgia OVERCOMES SLOW START to Take Down South Carolina [FULL GAME RECAP] | CBS Sports

Start it's how you finish and how about the walk-on for Georgia Cash Jones cashing in to make it 21 unanswered points for the Dawgs in the second half as they rally to win it 24 to 14 their 20th straight win and they survived the upset bid from Spencer Rattler and the Gamecocks look South Carolina look good in the first half opening drive touchdown from juice Wells but then knocked out of the game because of an injury and Georgia couldn't get anything going in the first half down 14 to 3 Spencer Rattler looked like a Heisman trophy candidate 16 of 18 152 yards in a touchdown but in the second half he was 6 of 24 104 yards and two interceptions indeed a tale of two halves good teams win great teams cover Georgia did not cover the 25 and a half in fact how about this nugget and I hope you were listening to us before this game South Carolina now 4 and 0 ATS their last four trips to Athens this SEC on CBS postgame report is presented by Bell for the leading disaster recovery partner for businesses and communities as we welcome in CBS Sports HQ college football analyst Barrett Salih Barrett was shaky in the first half for Georgia what changed in the second half of the number one team of the nation well I think two things one they got to Spencer Rattler a little bit more than normal and look Spencer Rattler's been money against the Blitz but you can only be so good for so long in big games so that was one thing I think the bigger thing though is they got Carson backs Beck settled in but I think most importantly they got him settled in with a running game they really couldn't get things going in the first half and in the second half you saw a wide variety a stable of Georgia running backs get in the mix led by day John Edwards so you know I think that the the adjustments that Mike Bobo made I know Mike Bobo sometimes a dirty word dirty phrase in Athens because of some of his history as the offensive coordinator but I think Mike Bobo did a great job focusing a little more on the running game it got Carson Beck settled in and as we saw Carson Beck had a great second half so it was halftime adjustments I think from from both sides of the ball for Georgia all right Barrett sit tight much more with Barrett Salih as we continue here on the SEC on CBS postgame report as you take a look at the numbers for Spencer Rattler really a tale of two halves as we mentioned 16 of 18 he started 10 of 10 he was awesome to start led the team at an opening drive touchdown juice Wells was a really really nice play you saw Georgia blitz there you kind of question who should they have not done that and they got down early and then in the second half Georgia's defense bringing the pressure early and often as Rattler six of 24 just over 100 yards and two picks as South Carolina's upset bid fails in Athens and let's get right to the site back out to the Georgia South Carolina game the man who called this game Brad Nessler taking a couple minutes for us Brad appreciate the time here what did you see differently compared to the first half to the second half from this Georgia team I came I think the offensive line for Georgia was really the difference in the second half I think they imposed their will on South Carolina's defense a little more they hadn't been able to get their ground game going really through the first two weeks of the season but they sort of started their year last year that way and everybody forgot about it after they went 15 and oh but Dajon Edwards having him back in there today and and being healthy enough to go for over 100 yards and then they just kept rotating backs and I think after a while South Carolina's on the field too long their defense got a little bit gassed you know there was some costly penalties I think on both teams really that could have made the outcome a little bit different but I think Georgia's those hogs up front just said okay this is our ball game it's raining it's gonna get a little messy if we don't bear down and and they did and I think that was the difference in the second half Kirby smart said they wanted to get tested and and not a lot outside of Athens probably thought that they were gonna get tested on this day by South Carolina we know the talent that South Carolina has we were looking probably too ahead in terms of where they'd be tested what did you learn about this Georgia team at the end of the day well I think the fact that you know they came in as almost four touchdown favorites and South Carolina to score first and keep the lead get up by 11 points and I think that's it's just a perfect coaching tool for Kirby I know him well enough that this is gonna be perfect because they won the game that was number one priority but to get behind and fight back and you know missed field goals I mean they should have won the game by more than what they did but they're always gonna it seems like every year they have a game like that last year it was Missouri you know they survived that and they barely won the game and everybody said you know the Georgia Bulldog Nation was falling apart the sky was coming down because they almost lost to Missouri well here at home you know to get pressed by a better South Carolina team that I quite frankly thought they were coming in they impressed me and I think to have that you know long winning streak on the line everybody's talking about three Pete's and all that the Georgia players aren't and Kirby certainly isn't but the fans are trust me I got a lot of friends that are Georgia fans and they're gonna come away with this one and they're gonna be upset that they didn't win by 30 points because that's just the way they are but then they're gonna look back at it if it gets all the way to let's say it gets to Tennessee November 19th and George is still undefeated they'll look back go oh yeah South Carolina that's right we beat them that's the way they look at it yeah and let's give a little bit of credit to South Carolina right you said pregame that the recipe for an upset you got to start fast and they did you saw Spencer Rattler move that offense down the field 10 of 10 led the touchdown drive the juice Wells who caught the ball unfortunately got injured there on the play but this South Carolina offense looked pretty good in the first half it just fell apart because of that Georgia defense in the second half yeah and that you know Georgia's defense knew that Spencer had to throw in the second half because they had no ground game he was their leading rusher Rattler was and some by design mostly by scrambling running for his life so you know joiner had a touchdown run but it was like two yards and you know it was out of the Wildcat formation so they got to find a ground game or they're gonna be in trouble but you know Spencer Rattler is talented as he is they're gonna keep them in a lot of games and probably win them a lot of games but it's just too much to overcome today when it's just one-dimensional Brad great call as always on CBS appreciate it for stopping by here on CBS Sports HQ 20 straight wins for the Georgia Bulldogs appreciate enjoy the rest of your weekend you got it Hakeem thanks a lot Brad Nessar one of the best in the business taking some time for us here on CBS Sports HQ another win for Georgia that makes it 20 in a row that's impressive to put together a 20 game winning streak and look they had to work for it but they got it done 21 unanswered points in the second half to rally to victory 24 14 the eighth SEC team to win 20 or more and they're gonna look to go 21 in a row when they continue their schedule coming up soft one against UAB and then Auburn and then Kentucky Vanderbilt Florida we'll see if they've got any resistance against Missouri who got a nice win on this day back here with CBS Sports HQ college football analyst Barrett Salih and Barrett we left off with Brad talking about Spencer Rattler he looked great to start this game but then this Georgia defense just really swallowed up this South Carolina offense in the second half what did you see in terms of what will must champ the former South Carolina head coach be able to draw up against Rattler well I think first things first his biggest weapon juice Wells the loss of juice Wells I think finally came back to bite them in the second half because Georgia could have went to the locker room and knew that it wasn't an option that his best receiver although I know Zabel gets great but you know juice Wells is the best receiver on that team and so they didn't have to worry about that and so as a result they they lit him up even more they brought more pressure in and Spencer Rattler to his credit did so well I mean he does so well in the face of pressure he's done it all season long cuz South Carolina's offensive line just really doesn't exist so you know I think they just were relentless they were Georgia that's what Georgia defenses do and I think we'll must champ smell blood in the water he knew that Spencer couldn't hold up long term and they knew that he knew they had guys who could cover Liggett and even take care of the carry and joiner when when they tried to get creative with him so it was I think a great job by George's you know coaching staff to make it up make an adjustment to Spencer and say hey look if if we're going down he's gonna have to beat us and he did all he could but he couldn't do it no he could not as for the other quarterback in this game the winning quarterback Carson Beck his numbers weren't great what are we talking about this week if we're Kirby smart what's the what's the message what's the adjustment with him in terms of being a little more efficient in a game like this try not to make him do everything because early on they were throwing a lot they were throwing a lot more than they probably should have and it was almost like they were trying to get him used to being in a big game because he hadn't before but when you have this stable of running backs like they hadn't they finally got back to that in the second half you you do run to set up the pass and I think they learned a valuable lesson that you know yeah Carson can handle it he's a good quarterback we saw in the second half he made some great throws and and led Georgia to a win led Georgia from behind to a win but instead of passing to set up the run which I kind of felt they were doing early let day John Edwards cook you know let these let these stable of running backs that they have do their work and make it easier on Carson Beck and and I think they'll do that moving forward they know now that he can go out there and get the job done when the pressure is on and I think that's important but moving forward maybe maybe run the ball more effectively the beginning of the game so you don't have to rely on Carson Beck too much all right so where do we expect to see more resistance on this schedule because I look at the schedule and I didn't expect South Carolina to put up much I think I thought they were gonna be good today but I didn't think that Georgia was gonna be held to three points in the first half and look it's any given Saturday right we joke about any given Sunday it's also any given Saturday these games can be bonkers it's college football it's why we love the sport it's things can be chaotic I mean we see it every Saturday I mean you put up 20 like parlay together like me and I'm thinking I'm good I'm going to the bank and then one leg loses because there's an upset there's craziness right so when you look at this Georgia schedule I still I keep looking down and I go Tennessee like like in late November that's the first time I see like they're really gonna be tested in a game where they're gonna match up yeah I mean I think it's we've seen Georgia in the past sleepwalk a little bit on in road games Missouri last year is a perfect example where it just kind of like it doesn't click for whatever reason so yeah Tennessee is the one you point to and say okay really good Tennessee team we'll see how they do tonight against Florida but I think that's the one you have to look at hard atmosphere tough atmosphere dynamic quarterback you have to worry about them Ole Miss you know we'll see what Ole Miss is but it they can run up the score a little bit too so does Carson Beck have to go win that game with his arm maybe weird things happen in Jordan hair Stadium at Auburn always weird weird things and so in a couple weeks when Georgia plays at Auburn the big rivalry that crowds gonna be juiced up is that a place that can can kind of rattle Carson Beck and maybe put Georgia on the on the ropes I I don't know after what we saw last week from Auburn it was maybe not but you freeze is a good play caller Hugh freeze can get get the job done in big games so I think at Auburn a home at home against Ole Miss and then at Tennessee or the three you look at that okay those might be the potholes but I mean those are pretty small potholes considering who it is and Georgia Georgia's a machine I'm sure they'll find a way to figure things out yeah they have UAB next so good luck to the Blazers all right time now for the bell for player of the game Barrett who do you have on your docket there's the player of the game here for South Carolina and Georgia Dajon Edwards the running back for the Bulldogs he goes over the hundred yard mark on the second to last drive of the game really carried that team in that second half and once he got cooking the other running backs got involved and I think more importantly Carson Beck settled down so I don't think with did with Dajon Edwards out I don't know if they would have won that game he was an incredible piece I think he was part of that adjustment that Mike Bobo make he said hey look we need somebody stable we need somebody to be the bell cow and Dajon Edwards was that guy and everything opened up for that Georgia offense after that happened yeah you talk about a lot of the times when we expect teams from year to year and a lot of the times people forget even us about changes in the coaching staff like you mentioned Mike Bobo taking over for Todd Munkin it feels like sometimes it takes time right for this to really gel for this to really get into the way the guy wants to run his offense and it sort of felt like that today it was a stagnant offense in the first half and in the second half we saw what we expect from Georgia yeah and you know what it's not unusual everywhere yeah right I mean yeah Mike Bobo's been at Georgia he was there last year as a consultant but he and he knows what what the expectations are but it's also with the personnel right we haven't seen Dominic Lovett get involved that much in the offense he was a great receiver last year for Missouri he was counted on to be one of the deep threats and really he hasn't really evolved into that but he can be right so I think early in the season yeah you have to sort of find that groove between offensive coordinator and the players but I think the players themselves have to sort of find that groove as well because they're only three games into this a lot of these guys have never played together at all and barely even know each other might not even have their cell phone numbers so it is I think one of those things there's no preseason in college football you sort of have to bring these things along slowly at times and I think because of that you do see some some issues arise from time to time and and people not being on the same page whether it be players on the field or coaches with the players when they're calling plays I don't think they need this cell phone numbers anymore they could just hit them up on Instagram snapchat whatever your social media please not tick tock Twitter X or whatever we're calling it nowadays we're calling it X I sound so I sound it down I sound so old right now so I'm gonna I'm just gonna stop we are but the social media like you don't need cell phones right you need a phone but you know just hit me up on Instagram by the way thanks for tagging me on Instagram last night appreciate that what I'm here for the friends are for it appreciate it a good teammate good teammate Barrett Salih here on CBS Sports HQ breakdown South Carolina and Georgia as Sir Big Spur tried to peck away at UGA pregame but it was the Bulldogs who bit back in the second half 21 unanswered points as they win it 24 to 14 the rushing numbers quite a disparity 189 to 53 led by Dajon Edwards 118 on the ground and Georgia grinds out a win on their home turf much more coverage ahead here on CBS Sports HQ we've talked about it full highlights ahead