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News and notes from Georgia’s 44-31 win over Kentucky:
- You can’t turn the ball over four times and win. Not in the SEC. UK was a +4 in the turnover department last week and rallied from a 28-10 deficit to beat South Carolina. It was -3 tonight and could not rally from a 28-10 halftime deficit against Georgia.
- The Cats turned the ball over three times at Ole Miss, and lost that game 42-35. UK was a -3 in the turnover department in Oxford.
- Mike Hartline, LaRod King and Donald Russell all lost balls on fumbles.
- Kentucky punted just once the entire night, yet lost the game 44-31.
- Kentucky allowed 290 yards. It was the fewest yards UK has given a team in any loss since Georgia gained 283 in 2007, and won 24-13 in Athens.
- Kentucky outgained Ole Miss by 123 total yards (424-301) and lost. Kentucky outgained Georgia by 133 total yards (423-290) and lost. Again, back to the turnovers.
- Mike Hartline completed 27 of 43 passes for 353 yards with four touchdowns and one interception. His passer rating was 157.8. Hartline’s 353 yards is a career-high, surpassing the 349 of last week.
- In SEC games, Hartline is 132 of 201 for 1,481 yards, with 14 touchdowns and four interceptions. His passer rating is 146.6.
- Kentucky has scored at least 30 points in four straight SEC games, for the first time since 1999.
- Danny Trevathan had 11 tackles, his fourth consecutive game of double-digit tackles. The last UK player to do that was Jeff Snedegar in 1997.
- Freshman Raymond Sanders ran hard, gaining 79 yards on 16 carries. He also caught seven passes for 77 yards.
- Georgia coach Mark Richt: “Well, this game in particular, let’s face it, was it three or four turnovers in the first half? I mean, that’s hard to overcome for any defense. Our field position was tremendous. It’s hard to keep people out of the end zone when you have such a short field to defend. And seven points was a kickoff return for us. It’s hard to start fast defensively when that many turnovers are happening.”
