Missouri was the biggest SEC challenge in Georgia’s national championship season last year.
The Bulldogs trailed 22-12 early in the fourth quarter before mounting a comeback and squeaking out a 26-22 win in Columbia.
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The Tigers’ leading receiver in 2022, Dominic Lovett, finds himself in Athens this year after transferring to Georgia this offseason. Lovett spoke to the media on Wednesday about playing the Bulldogs last season.
I feel like it (Georgia) was the coolest team to play. I felt like we got after them pretty good, and it was a good game. They came out on top. I had no bad blood. I just told them after the game that it was a good game and maybe we’ll catch y’all next year. I just so happened to end up here next year.
Lovett was a force for Missouri in the slot as a sophomore catching 56 passes for 846 yards and three touchdowns with an impressive 15.1 yards per catch. He earned second-team All-SEC honors following the 2022 college football season.
We mostly joke and laugh about it. They tease me about it every day when it comes on TV. Hey Dom, look, you’re on the TV, and I just laugh. But it is kinda cool seeing where I was and how I ended up here, from going against them to now playing with them. That’s a big factor. That’s pretty dope.
Lovett joins a loaded UGA receiver room, including returning leading wideout Ladd McConkey with Arian Smith, Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint, Dillon Bell and Mississippi State transfer Rara Thomas.