Shipwreckers: Helmet stickers from Georgia Football’s Dore slamming

The Classic City is buzzing with excitement about the Top 10 matchup between Georgia and Arkansas at Sanford Stadium this weekend.

The anticipation is building for College GameDay’s arrival on campus, and Georgia football fans are still buzzing about the Dawgs undressing of the Commodores in Music City over the weekend.

The 62-0 final marked the second-largest margin of victory in Georgia football history when facing a Southeastern Conference opponent.

First on the list? Beating that team down in Gainesville 75-0 in the 1942 World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party en route to a Heisman Trophy for Frank Sinkwich and a Rose Bowl victory for the Dawgs.

Georgia’s convincing win over Vandy mimicked their victories in the first three games of the season in the sense that they were truly team efforts, but there were some individual performances so impressive that we deemed them helmet sticker worthy.

And since the Dawgs performed like headliners Saturday in the Music City, this week’s helmet stickers will all have a musical flair to ’em.

The venerable Larry Munson would have turned 99 this week. With such a big matchup looming, Georgia fans can imagine his customary pessimism probably would be at an all-time high heading into Saturday’s game with Arkansas Between The Hedges.

One thing that may have turned some of his instinctual doubts into delight is the play of true freshman tight end Brock Bowers.

Bowers was a one-man shipwrecking crew against Vanderbilt, posting two touchdowns in the first quarter against the Dores, one rushing and one receiving.

For good measure, he added one more receiving touchdown in the third quarter, and finished the day with four catches for 69 yards and two scores to go along with one run for 12 yards and a touchdown.

Bowers three-touchdown day earned him SEC Freshman of the Week honors.

On the season, the California kid leads all Georgia receivers in receptions (18), yards (272) and touchdowns (4).

His performance in Nashville was worthy of a mic drop, so Brock takes home the mic sticker.

Jalen Carter’s traditional stat line from the Dawgs drubbing of the Dores may not leap out at you, but if you watched the game, you’re fully aware that no one was more dominant in Nashville than Georgia’s sophomore sensation.

Film sessions for Vandy’s o-line group this week are gonna be tough, and 88 is a big reason. He made the hog mollies up front look like they were on skates and terrorized the Vanderbilt backfield all afternoon.

Of particular note, this play, where he landed a clothesline on Vanderbilt running back Rocko Griffin that probably made Stan “The Lariat” Hansen beam with pride.

For his efforts, Carter can slap the drumstick sticker on his helmet, for beating the Commodore o-line’s rear ends like a drum all day long.

Undersized receiver Ladd McConkey spent his freshman season at Georgia running the scout team against future NFL-ers Eric Stokes, Tyson Campbell, and DJ Daniel.

All of those reps against guys now playing on Sundays showed up in spades for McConkey against the Dores.

He hauled in four catches for 62 yards and his first touchdown as a Dawg, on a play where he beautifully high-pointed the football in the right corner of the endzone to put six on the board for the good guys.

Like Brock Bowers, McConkey also made a house call on the ground, taking one in on a 24-yard scamper in the first quarter to put Georgia ahead 35-0.

He performed like a guy that could one day be the front man for the wide receiver room, so we think he’s worthy of that lead guitar sticker this week.

Georgia football’s unity as a team has been one of the striking narratives of the young Dawgs season.

From top-to-bottom, the guys on the roster support each other at every turn, and it’s just so obvious that there’s a team over me attitude about this group.

Nobody embodies that more than sophomore running back Daijun Edwards. Even though he’s not part of the regular running back rotation, he’s doing what he can to help the football team by contributing on special teams.

After Brock Bowers second touchdown of the day to put the Dawgs in front 14-0, Georgia’s kickoff coverage team took the field.

Jake Camarda lifted the kickoff high and deep and Vanderbilt’s James Ziglar III decided to bring it out.

As Ziglar was being tackled, Jaylen Johnson poked the football free. Daijun Edwards grabbed the loose ball out of midair and returned it 13 yards down to Vandy’s four. Two plays later, Zamir White cashed in on the turnover with a one-yard touchdown run to put Georgia up 21-0.

In the second half, Edwards reaped the rewards of contributing to the explosive first half. He logged 10 carries for 46 yards, including a 15-yard fourth quarter touchdown run, his first of the season and second of his Georgia career.

It’s the kind of performance that makes you want to see an encore, so Daijun can slap that BIC lighter sticker on his helmet. Light that flame and hold it high!

Look at the crowd in that picture. They might as well rename Vanderbilt Stadium Sanford North.

As they always do, Georgia fans travelled. My social media feed was one post after another of Dawgs fans living their best live in Nashville last weekend.

The TV broadcast had a few sweeping shots of the stadium and it was awash with Georgia red. What an uplifting thing that must be for the team to walk out and know they’ve got the crowd behind them in a road game.

The People’s AD took notice as well, and he was proud as a peacock.

Dawgnation, y’all get The Hedges sticker for making every road game feel like it’s being played at home – Go Dawgs!