Stockton Throws Five First-half Touchdowns, Georgia Wins 70-20
Georgia scored 49 points in the first half and Gunner Stockton threw all five of his touchdown passes in it. He completed 13 of 16 passes for 234 yards. The Bulldogs beat Western Kentucky 70-20, and the Hilltoppers are now 0-2.
The pace was almost silly. Ethan Barbour caught a seven-yard touchdown pass from Stockton on the first score, Nate Frazier ran for a seven-yard score, and Chauncey Bowens made it 21-0 with a 21-yard catch before the first quarter ended. Stockton added a three-yard throw to London Humphreys, a 70-yarder to Sacovie White and a five-yarder to Talyn Taylor in the second quarter, and Landon Roldan scored on a nine-yard run for 49-0 with 5:51 left in the half. Brock Glenn got Western Kentucky on the board with a 15-yard run late in the half (the extra point failed), and that was 49-6.
Tyriq Green then took over. He returned an interception for a touchdown in the third quarter, from zero yards out, and then returned a kickoff 91 yards for a score in the fourth. That is 14 points on two plays that the offense had nothing to do with. Georgia's offense still piled up 497 yards, 259 through the air and 238 on the ground on 33 carries, and Ryan Puglisi broke a 70-yard touchdown run in the third.
Georgia lost two fumbles but threw no interceptions. Western Kentucky threw two and lost two fumbles, and gained 225 yards. Glenn did get his: two rushing touchdowns, plus a seven-yard throw to Coleson Arends with 1:17 left, to make it 70-20.
Fantasy owners with Stockton and Glenn both won something here, and it was a strange one.