ATHENS — Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea found positives in the Commodores loss that will have Kirby Smart and his Georgia staff hard at work.

ATHENS — The numbers from the Vanderbilt game don’t tell the entire story.

Movement atop the AP Top 25 poll is negligible at this point of the season, a matter of aesthetics among the elite.

ATHENS — In what was a surprise to many, Vanderbilt did not play quarterback Jared Curtis on Saturday.

ATHENS — The stage is set for Georgia and Alabama to battle for early SEC supremacy, both with unbeaten records heading into next Saturday’s matchup in Tuscaloosa.