Green Day

It's now officially A.J. Green's world. We're just living in it.

Despite my apartment being absolutely packed with people, many of whom I had no idea who they were, I managed to watch the Georgia-ASU game last night. Between the Miller High Life and some sort of deadly punch creation, my recollections were hazy. But alas, here they are.

The highly touted Georgia receiver from Summerville, SC put on a show last night in the desert, catching eight balls for 159 yards and a touchdown, as the Dawgs pounded Arizona State 27-10 (please refer to my picks, I was off by a point). Green's solid day at the office was a key part of a Georgia offense that rolled up 461 yards of total offense.

If you'll allow me quite a bit of hyperbole, the trio of Matthew Stafford (16 of 28, 285 yards, 1 touchdown), tailback Knowshon Moreno (23 carries for 149 yards and two touchdowns), and Green has a sort of Aikman-Smith-Irving vibe to it. Of course, I'm not actually saying the Dawgs' trio is in the same league as a group of Hall-of-Famers, but you get my point.

Green showed off his outstanding athleticism and great hands several times and was nothing short of unstoppable until the Sun Devils began rolling their coverage towards him.

Stafford matched his career high with 285 yards and looked poised. Moreno continued to create doubt as to what his planet of origin is. He stocked the highlight reels with his first touchdown run, when he took off from the 4-yard line and soared into the end zone.

Georgia's defense allowed just 212 yards of offense to Rudy Carpenter and one of the PAC-10's most dynamic offenses. The pass rush looked better, thanks to some different blitzing schemes. Rennie Curran is probably the best pound-for-pound defender in the country.

Georgia managed to defy the Hellfire heat of Arizona, Mark May's infinite wisdom, and the theories of jet lag to play an extremely sharp ballgame. Whether it's enough to prevent another slip in the polls (Tim Tebow won on Saturday too! He's dreamy!) remains to be seen. Either way, the win sets up a huge top-10 showdown next week betweem the hedges, when No.9 Alabama comes to town. Herbstreit and the gang might be following.

The pass rush still needs to improve and the pass protection was spotty at times, but the Dawgs looked good. With UT looking horrible and Vandy still being Vandy despite their hot start, a win over Bama next Saturday would mean the Dawgs should be 7-0 heading to Baton Rouge in October.