Category: UGA Football

Robert Beal Jr. doesn’t spend that much time watching contact sports on television. Georgia’s 6-foot-4 and 255-pound outside linebacker would prefer to watch either bowling or tennis, he said during a Quick Chat this week.

A senior from Peachtree Ridge, Ga., Beal got into football, he said, because he was too physical for basketball when he was in fifth grade. It’s a transition that has worked out well for him. Beal has seven tackles, including a sack, and seven quarterback hurries through four games this season. In last Saturday’s 62-0 shutout of Vanderbilt, he had three solo stops, a 10-yard sack and two QB hurries,

During our Quick Chat, Beal talked about his start in football, not liking getting hit, his love of bowling, and much more. Here’s some of what he had to say:

Frierson: What do you remember about your start in football? We’re you really eager to play or did you kind of fall into it?

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The years keep rolling one after another. One minute James Cook is a freshman running back competing for carries amid a very talented backfield led by D’Andre Swift and Elijah Holyfield, showing flashes of explosiveness when he got the chance. The next, Cook is a senior, a veteran leader trying to help lead the Georgia football team to a special season.

A senior from Miami, Cook and Zamir White have been the leaders of the Bulldogs’ talented running back group for the past couple of seasons. That depth has kept all of their totals down but it hasn’t kept them from making plenty of big plays. White led Georgia with 779 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns last season while Cook had 303 yards on the ground, averaged 6.7 yards per carry, and scored three rushing TDs. Cook also caught 16 passes for 225 yards and two TDs.

Cook’s older brother, Dalvin, is not only the Minnesota Vikings’ top running back, he’s one of the best in the NFL. Dalvin ran for more than 1,500 yards last season and caught 44 passes. Georgia doesn’t give James Cook as many carries as the Vikings do his big brother, but the Bulldogs do try to make the most of his versatility. Heading into Saturday’s big SEC game between the No. 2-ranked Bulldogs and No. 8 Arkansas, Cook has rushed 22 times for 123 yards (a 5.6-yard average) and caught eight passes for 27 yards and a score.

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ATHENS — The Saturday, Oct. 9, Southeastern Conference football game between Georgia and Auburn in Auburn will kick off at either 12:00 noon or 3:30 p.m. ET according to an announcement Monday by the SEC office.  Game time and televising network will be set following games of Oct. 2.

Georgia and Auburn will play at either 12:00 noon on ESPN or 3:30 p.m. on CBS.  Arkansas at Ole Miss is the other game under consideration.

 How the Bulldogs in the NFL fared in Week 3:

    Falcons 17, Giants 14
    Cameron Nizialek, P: Nizialek punted six times for an average of 47.3 yards, with three inside the 20-yard line, for the Falcons. He held on the 40-yard game-winning field goal as well as on two extra points and he kicked off three times.
    Lorenzo Carter, OLB: Carter had a tackle for loss and recovered a fumble for the Giants. The fumble was forced by former Bulldog Azeez Ojulari.
    Tae Crowder, ILB: Crowder led New York with 11 tackles and he defended a pass.
    Azeez Ojulari, OLB: Ojulari had three tackles, including a sack, and forced a fumble for the Giants. The fumble was recovered by former Bulldog Lorenzo Carter. Ojulari is the first Giant with a sack in each of his first three games. He stands ninth in the NFL with the three sacks.
    Andrew Thomas, OL: Thomas logged all 70 snaps at tackle and helped the Giants accumulate 346 net yards.

    Rams 34, Buccaneers 24
    Leonard Floyd, OLB: Floyd had four tackles, including a sack, for the Rams.
    Sony Michel, RB: Making his first start for Los Angeles, Michel rushed for 67 yards on 20 carries and hauled in three passes for 12 yards.
    J.R. Reed, DB: Reed was not active for the Rams.
    Matthew Stafford, QB: Stafford went 27-of-38 for 343 yards and four touchdowns, including a 75-yarder, for Los Angeles. He stands second in the NFL with nine touchdown passes and fifth with 942 passing yards.

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ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia true freshman tight end Brock Bowers has been named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week following the Bulldogs’ 62-0 rout at Vanderbilt, according to a league announcement.

This marks the sixth weekly honor for the Bulldogs this season and the first for Bowers.  Junior ILB Nolan Smith (Defensive Player) and WR Adonai Mitchell (Freshman) earned honors following the win over South Carolina.  In the win over UAB, senior QB Stetson Bennett (Offensive Player) garnered an SEC honor.  Senior S Christopher Smith (Defensive Player) and senior N Jordan Davis (Defensive Lineman) collected a pair of conference accolades after the season-opening victory over No. 3 Clemson.

Bowers, a native of Napa, Calif., led the Bulldogs in receiving for the fourth straight game with four catches for 69 yards and two touchdowns against the Commodores.  He added his first career rushing touchdown from 12 yards out to open the game.

Bowers is the first Bulldog to score three touchdowns in a game since Sony Michel versus Kentucky in 2017.  He is leading his team in both catches (18) and yards (272) and has also scored a team-high five touchdowns this season

The No. 2 Bulldogs (4-0, 2-0 SEC) play host to No. 8 Arkansas (4-0, 1-0) on Saturday.  ESPN will televise the matchup at 12 p.m. and ESPN College GameDay will be live from Athens between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m.

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 Georgia 4-0 , 2-0

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Vanderbilt 1-3 , 0-1

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Another Shutout By The Defense: Georgia posted its sixth shutout in the Kirby Smart era and the fourth in an SEC game with today’s 62-0 victory. Today marked Georgia’s second biggest margin of victory ever in an SEC game, trailing only a record 75-0 win over Florida in 1942. VU finished with 77 yards on 46 plays. At halftime, VU had 50 yards on 25 plays as the Bulldogs led 38-0. It marked the third time this year that Georgia has blanked a team in the first half. Coming in today, Georgia ranked second in the SEC, allowing just 7.7 points per game. Today was Georgia’s first shutout since blanking Missouri 27-0 in 2019.

Huge Margin Of Victory: The 62-point margin of victory was the largest since 2014 when Georgia blanked Troy 66-0. The Bulldogs have won their last three games by at least 27 points, marking the first time they have done that since the 2017 season when they did it six times.

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