Just one week after lighting up the scoreboard with 55 points, the No. 22 Georgia Bulldogs (1-1) couldn’t find the end zone against the stingy No. 24 South Carolina defense, losing the conference game 17-6.

South Carolina (2-0) converted third downs at will all afternoon ending up 9-of14 while dominating time of possession, keeping the ball for over 35 minutes in the contest.

After rolling through last week’s tune-up against sparring partner, Louisiana-Lafayette, Dawgs starting quarterback, Aaron Murray ended the day 14-of-21 for 192 yards and no TDs.

On the other side, true freshman running back, Marcus Lattimore, was the offensive player of the game rushing for 182 yards on 37 carries and two touchdowns.

In all, the Gamecocks outgained the Bulldogs 354 to 253 yards including 189 to 61 yards on the ground.

Georgia was playing without their star receiver, A.J. Green who is sitting out a four-game suspension and his absence was clearly missed.

Georgia hosts Arkansas next week while South Carolina hosts Furman. Full box score on this game is here.

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Jay Donetelli is a Tampa-based freelance sportswriter and contributor to Sports Climax. With an opinion sharper than an Ovechkin skate blade with the sting of an Ali jab, Donetelli has a loyal cult of readers who have found a way to love him.

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