Georgia not looking back at last year's loss to Florida

ATHENS -- Davin Bellamy had no idea Florida only threw six passes in last year's 38-20 loss in Jacksonville, Florida.

"Did they only throw six times last year?" Bellamy asked. "Wow. I didn't even know that."

Of course, the Gators didn't need to throw any more than that after putting up 418 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns on 60 carries in their rout of the Bulldogs

Bellamy, then a redshirt freshman, had a different perspective from many of his teammates at that game -- from the sideline.

Bellamy didn't play much and joked that his role was to "be there for his teammates." This year, Bellamy will play a bigger role as the Bulldogs seek some kind of answer for the rushing attack that beat them last season.

"You have to stop the run in the SEC, and setting the edge is a big point in that," Bellamy said. "You never want the guy with the ball having to keep running side ways and can't cut up like that. We just know that for us to win the game, we've got to stop the run."

Georgia should expect more of the same this year. With the suspension of Will Grier, Florida's offense once again will be led by Treon Harris and Kelvin Taylor.

Taylor burned Georgia last year for 197 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries. Taylor was able to succeed greatly by running off tackle with Georiga's front seven unable to set the edge or contain Taylor and Matt Jones, who had 25 carries for 192 yards and two touchdowns.

"Stopping the run is definitely one of our biggest emphasis of the week," junior safety Quincy Mauger said. "Just got to stay locked in."

"We set the edge this week, just trying to contain him," Bellamy said. "We've definitely got to set the edge on him."

As hard as last year's game was to take, Georgia's players and coaches claim they're just trying to move on and look forward. Mauger said he "never thinks about the past" win or lose, and Bellamy pointed out that this year's team is different, so last year's game doesn't matter in the big picture.

"We're kind of looking forward because we know we've got a big game ahead of us," Bellamy said. "Won't dwell on the past about that or last year's team, we have a different team."

For Georgia, the goal isn't so much to forget the game as it is learning from it and putting the rest of it behind.

"We really have to learn from every experience, every week whether it be a win or a loss," Mauger said. "Even when you do a good thing, there's still some bad somewhere that you've got to focus on."

But even that isn't easy, especially in a rivalry game that both teams take personally. Even head coach Mark Richt, the level-headed leader of the team, acknowledged that his team will be trying to avoid last year's result.

Even if the Bulldogs have "forgotten" about it.

"Giving up that much yardage on the ground isn't pleasant no matter what team you're facing," Richt said. "We'll be working hard to make sure that doesn't happen again."

This story was originally published October 26, 2015 at 8:57 PM with the headline "Georgia not looking back at last year's loss to Florida ."