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Georgia 26, Tennessee 14. Tennessee wasn't expected to win at Georgia, and was significantly outplayed for the vast majority of the loss. But there was a specific sequence in the second quarter that summed up the Vols' 0-3 conference start with a neat little bow. Off a rare big play and subsequent touchdown to cut Georgia's lead to 13-7 with two minutes to go in the half, Tennessee had UGA backed up at its own 3 when the Bulldogs' booted the ensuing kickoff. Georgia's goal at this point is just to get out from its own goal line, make a first down or two, and take the clock down to halftime hanging on to a shaky-looking six-point lead.

Matt Stafford completed one pass for a first down to the UGA 19, then another to the UGA 33 with about a minute to play. From there, it's clock-killin' time -- unless Tennessee, say, hands the Dawgs a free 15 yards to midfield, which it proceeds to do when Demetrice Morley is hit with a personal foul penalty for a lick on a streaking receiver after the ball sailed over his head. Two plays later, Stafford hit Demeko Goodman for an 18-yard gain, at the end of which he was slung down out of bounds, drawing a second 15-yarder in three plays to move Georgia inside the Tennessee 20. Three plays later, Stafford fired a touchdown to A.J. Green to extend the halftime lead to two touchdowns. By their own hand, the Vols gifted Georgia the chance at a 97-yard touchdown drive, ruined a positive ending to the first half and all but took itself out of a winnable game.

That's a little thing: Tennessee was also outgained by 275 yards and held the ball for less than 18 minutes to Georgia's 42 minutes. The Vols netted one yard rushing for the game. It was only by a pair of Bulldog turnovers that it was only a 12-point margin, and not a humiliating massacre. At this point, that's just the state of Tennessee football, I guess.

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Photo of Nick Stephens via the Associated Press.