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Top Row Dawg · 10-15-2024, 02:12 AM

With Love for Uncle John Always!

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Dasha Vidmanova and Alexandra Vecic each produced dominant performances to secure qualifying round victories at the ITF W100 Macon at the John Drew Smith Tennis Center on Monday. #22 Vecic opened the morning with a singles qualifying first round match against Julie Bedard. After trailing 4-0 in the opening set, Vecic rallied to come back to win seven of the next eight games to take the set 7-5. In the second, it was all Vecic as she cruised past Bedard to earn the set and match 7-5, 6-0. #2 Vidmanova followed action in the early afternoon as she faced off against Margaret Sohns. Setting the tone early in the match, Vidmanova took control and never looked back, producing a stellar all-around performance as she blanked Sohns 6-0, 6-0 to advance to the qualifying second round. Vidmanova and Vecic will return to action on Tuesday, Oct. 15 with qualifying second round matches and times to be announced at the conclusion of Monday's matches.

For the first time since 1958, Georgia will face Texas in Austin. Saturday night will be a top five matchup, and ESPN College GameDay will be there too. The teams last met in the 2019 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans with UT holding off the Bulldogs 28-21. The Longhorns own a 4-1 edge in the series. Georgia is 17-18 all-time with the College GameDay crew on site including 0-1 this year (@ #4 UA). Last year, they were in Athens to see Georgia whip No. 9 Ole Miss 52-17 and in Atlanta when it fell to UA in the SEC Championship Game.

The Bulldogs are 3-5 in school history versus the top-ranked team and 2-1 under Kirby Smart.

1977-Jan. 1 L #1 Pitt 27, #5 GEORGIA 3 New Orleans
1985-Nov. 9 W #17 GEORGIA 24, #1 Florida 3 Jacksonville
1996-Nov. 2 L #1 Florida 47, GEORGIA 7 Jacksonville
2009-Oct. 31 L #1 Florida 41, GEORGIA 17 Jacksonville
2011-Dec. 3 L #1 LSU 42, #12 GEORGIA 10 Atlanta
2018-Dec. 1 L #1 Alabama 35, #4 GEORGIA 28 Atlanta
2022-Jan. 10 W #3 GEORGIA 33, #1 Alabama 18 Indianapolis
2022-Nov. 5 W #3 GEORGIA 27, #1Tenn. 13 Athens

Dawgs vs. Steers

First Meeting: Georgia entered the 1949 Orange Bowl on an eight-game winning streak and No. 8 AP ranking. Texas was 6-3-1 and playing in its first Orange Bowl and posted a 41-28 win. UT ran 58 times for 324 yards and five TDs, including 107 yards and a score by Tom Landry (eventual Dallas Cowboys Hall of Fame coach) in his final game.

Second Meeting: The 1957 contest came at Grant Field in Atlanta in front of a crowd of 33,000 and was the first game of 33-year-old Darrell Royal's tenure at UT as the Longhorns won 26-7.

Third Meeting: In 1958 in Austin, Georgia was trailing 6-0 early in the 4th quarter when future Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton put himself in (coaches had planned to redshirt him as the 3rd-string QB) when he saw starting QB Charlie Britt still sitting on the bench as the team took the field. He ran in and told his teammates, "I've come to win this game." He directed a 21-play, 95-yard TD drive along with a two-point conversion for an 8-6 edge. UT answered with a 17-play, 72-yard TD drive capped by a 1-yard run by Bobby Gurwitz to lift 11th-ranked Texas to a 13-8 win.

Fourth Meeting: Ask a Georgia fan what time it is in Texas and you'll likely hear it's Ten to Nine! In the 1984 Cotton Bowl, UT entered 11-0 and ranked No. 2 with a shot at its fifth national championship if it beat No. 7 Georgia (9-1-1). Down 9-3 with less than five minutes left, the Bulldogs took advantage of a muffed punt return by Craig Curry at the UT 24. Gary Moss recovered it and Georgia later scored on a 17-yard scamper by QB John Lastinger with 3:22 remaining for a 10-9 lead as Vince Dooley's Dogs claimed the upset and finished with a No. 4 ranking.

Fifth Meeting: Sam Ehlinger finished with three rushing TDs and 169 passing yards to lead Tom Herman's UT squad to a 28-21 upset of No. 6 Georgia in the 2019 Sugar Bowl. The Bulldogs finished 11-3 and ranked No. 7 while UT ended the season 10-4 and No. 9.

DateW/LGameSite1977-Jan. 1L#1 Pitt 27, #5 GEORGIA 3$New Orleans1985-Nov. 9W#17 GEORGIA 24, #1 Florida 3Jacksonville1996-Nov. 2L#1 Florida 47, GEORGIA 7Jacksonville2009-Oct. 31L#1 Florida 41, GEORGIA 17Jacksonville2011-Dec. 3L#1 LSU 42, #12 GEORGIA 10Atlanta2018-Dec. 1L#1 Alabama 35, #4 GEORGIA 28Atlanta2022-Jan. 10W#3 GEORGIA 33, #1 Alabama 18Indianapolis2022-Nov. 5W#3^ GEORGIA 27, #1^ Tenn. 13ATHENS