UGA Football Coach Kirby Smart Gives Injury Update After Beating Florida
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ATHENS - Georgia Bulldog coach Kirby Smart gives the latest injury update and more after beating the Florida Gators for the fifth consecutive season.
Opening Statement
“Opening statement is that this team just won’t go away. First of all, a lot of credit goes to Coach Napier for assembling this roster. He’s got a bunch of big, tough, physical players, and that’s one of the biggest things. Defensive line, offensive line, they match up very well from a physical standpoint, and they were hard to defend. Tough up front, stopping things, and making it tough.
“Our kids were very resilient. Another night in the SEC. I don’t know what else is going on around the country, but when you play in this league, every game comes down to the last few possessions. I thought we managed that well. Played the game, obviously in the fourth, had fourth downs where we were able to get a stop. That made the difference in the game. We knew they had four downs. Three-point differential, they weren’t going to kick a field goal there. I wouldn’t have either. Defense made a huge stop. Offense had a great drive, and then the defense came out with another big stop. A lot of credit goes to the players. We’ve gotten better throughout the year. We’re a beat-up football team with a lot of injuries, so looking forward to getting ready for next week.”
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On Gunner Stockton...
“He’s a gamer. He plays better as the game goes on when he has to. I don’t think he played his best. They did some good things defensively. They ran some tight coverages. Different from Ole Miss, it was just a different kind of defense in the way they attacked. We’d try to run the ball. We didn’t run the ball as efficiently as we have in the past. That’s every quarterback’s best stuff to some explosives for him.”
On RB Chauncey Bowens...
“Greta runs. I’ll be honest with you, Nate [Frazier] can probably make those runs, too. Dwight [Phillips] can make those runs. [Josh] McCray can make those runs. I’ve got to give credit where credit is due. Chauncey did an awesome job, and I thought that the check on the run for the touchdown was the second biggest play of the game. Gunner saw something, changed the ‘O-line,’ picked it up. It’s hard to run that and to defend that play when you’re straining the line, which they were doing. A great check by him [Stockton], and our ‘O-line’ ran it beautifully. We’ve worked on that very hard. Chauncey was worth a great run, so I’m really proud of him. That was a good job, and the toss sweep was a nice play, too.”
On the status of Chris Cole, Jordan Hall and Demello Jones...
“We patched together because we had to. We have some depth on the ‘D-line.’ I don’t know Jordan’s injury. It’s something to do with his knee. I don’t know the exact injury. Demello is something with his elbow. I don’t know how severe it is. Chris Cole is something with his knee. I didn’t get a report before I came in here, so I don’t know. That puts us a little bit down at
several positions. We’ll have to have guys step up and play. It’s all over our region right now. Florida was that way coming into the game besides the defensive guys they got back for this game.”
