Bulldogs justify Nashville black-and-white takeover

As expected, the 40,500-seat center featured nearly three-quarters of Georgia's third-place fans, confirming the predictions that 30,000 Bulldogs fans would attend the game. It is possible that more people did not bother to enter the stadium as a red theme covered the landscape in all directions outside the stadium.

There was something to be thrilled about, as the Bulldogs not only played a rare first game of the season on the SEC road, but faced all their opponents with reasonable assurance that Georgia would dominate. Georgia entered the game as a 21.5-point favorite.

The Bulldogs will quickly reward their loyal customers, scoring in the first half of the game and taking only four minutes. Junior Demetris Robertson, who turned down a reception and touchdown last season, scored both goals on a game with a 3-yard score on a cross-backstroke at the back of the end zone. It took just 3:59 of the clock.

Vandy ran six games before having to push the ball back, and Georgia scored again. Isaiah Wilson canceled what would have been a 53-yard pass by Jake Fromm. But Fromm returned to Robertson for a 17-yard finish in the next game and Robertson for another 15 at the end. That would give James Cook an 18-yard scoring run. With 56 seconds to go in the first quarter, Georgia led 14-0.

And so on. One day when Georgia's former quarterbacks, Jacob Eason (349 yards, 4 TDs for Washington) and Justin Fields (234 yards, 4 TDs, 1 TD ran for Ohio State) had big days for their new teams, Fromm had one good for his old. The junior and third-year starter was 7-of-8 for 97 passes and a touchdown at quarterback. At this point, the Bulldogs were already up 21-0.

Vandy, with three 15-yard penalties for personal fouls, was on the scoreboard with a pair of goals scored in the second quarter. The second was a 46-yard runner and arrived with just 4 seconds left in the half.

There were so many intrigues about who would qualify for the Bulldogs as anything that goes into Saturday's game. As a SEC party, only 70 players are allowed to travel and dress for each team. This left the coaches of Georgia some interesting decisions to make.

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For example, the number of people who went there was larger than expected. The quarterback of the third channel, Nathan Priestley, a freshman from California, was the most outstanding. He replaced D'Wan Mathis, the newcomer who was to undergo brain surgery in the summer.

The grouping of positions was finally composed of eight receivers, including recruits George Pickens and Dominick Blaylock and graduate transfer Lawrence Cager; 10 offensive linemen, including recruits Xavier Truss and Warren Ericson; 10 defensive linemen, including first-year players Travon Walker and Tramel Walthour; seven linebackers, including Nakobe Dean and Trezman Marshall; five linebackers, including Nolan Smith, first year student; 12 defensive backs, including recruits D.J. Daniel, Lewis Cine and Tyrique Stevenson; and six backs, including rookies Kenny McIntosh and Zamir White and walkon Prather Hudson.

The Bulldogs also brought two players to the line of Steven Nixon and Payne Walker, a punter Bill Rubright and a kicker Brooks Buce.