Same state. Same Bulldogs (minus a few). Same outcome.
Maybe it was the absence of Deandre Baker, Georgia’s award-winning corner, who opted to miss the Sugar Bowl before the NFL Draft. Maybe it was the absence of D’Andre Walker, a late scratch for the Bulldogs who Kirby Smart said he would use “situationally” in the days leading up to the game. Or Jordan Davis, Georgia’s freshman defensive lineman with 25 tackles on the year.
Whatever it was, it didn’t matter. Because Texas came out looking like a team with something to prove, while the Bulldogs barely mustered a whimper in a game that, for what seemed like the first time in ages, their fans were not in the majority.