{"id":14580,"date":"2023-08-24T16:30:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T21:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=14580"},"modified":"2023-08-24T16:30:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T21:30:23","slug":"dominic-lovett-provides-unique-perspective-on-georgia-after-offseason-arrival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/dominic-lovett-provides-unique-perspective-on-georgia-after-offseason-arrival\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominic Lovett provides unique perspective on Georgia after offseason arrival"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATHENS, Ga. \u2014<\/strong> Just about everybody in Athens remembers the way Georgia-Missouri went down last season. The Bulldogs needed a fourth quarter comeback to escape Columbia with a win over the upset-hungry Tigers, maintaining their undefeated record in the process. And while Georgia faithful certainly was happy to see their team on the winning end of the close call, new UGA wide receiver Dominic Lovett<\/a><\/strong> can\u2019t say the same. <\/p>\n

A transfer from Missouri, Lovett gave Georgia just about everything it could handle in the first half with six catches for 84 yards before exiting with an injury. Missouri\u2019s offense wasn\u2019t the same in the second half without the threat of Lovett, putting up just six points after leading by ten at the break. Now on the other side of things, Lovett looks back at that game as both a reminder that the Bulldogs are going to get everybody\u2019s best and a statement on how tough it is to take them down.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually took that game as an honor with them being undefeated and with them just winning the National Championship. I went out there and had fun, played ball,\u201d Lovett said<\/a>. \u201cWe (Missouri) were up. They (Georgia) came back and they won.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I look at that game as a growing point, from being there and being here, that Georgia is one of those teams you\u2019re going to have to play for four quarters. They\u2019re never out of a fight. Of course we can go back to the Ohio State game. They\u2019re never out of a fight,\u201d he continued<\/a>. \u201cSeeing how so many of those players entered the draft from offense and defense, I feel like it 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\u2019ll catch y\u2019all next year. I just so happened to end up here next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cwe\u201d and \u201cthey\u201d of the equation have changed with his transfer. Announcing Georgia as his next destination back in December, Lovett got to work right away. He was with the team in the spring, adding another weapon to a receiver room that\u2019s got a couple of them already.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe felt like he gave us depth and a playmaker at a position that we needed it,\u201d Georgia head coach Kirby Smart said<\/a>. \u201cWe were going to lose some good wideouts last year. We\u2019ve lost a couple the last couple years. We played against. We\u2019d seen him in high school. We knew about him in recruiting. We saw what he did to us when we played him, and just felt like he was a really good player and a good asset to the program. Once we were around him and knew what kind of person he was and his family, we felt like he was a good fit and a good match.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a tremendous blessing,\u201d he continued<\/a>. \u201cI think he\u2019d be the first to tell you the demands and what we\u2019re asking him to do every day at practice is taxing him more, but it\u2019s making him a more \u2014 hopefully, to be more of a complete player, which is what he wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lovett led Missouri in receiving last season with 56 catches for 846 yards and three touchdowns. He\u2019ll look to do just the same this season, only beside Georgia\u2019s top two pass catchers from a year ago \u2013 Brock Bowers<\/a><\/strong> and Ladd McConkey<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 plus other talented players like Mississippi State transfer Rara Thomas<\/a><\/strong> and returning Bulldogs Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint<\/a><\/strong>, Arian Smith<\/a><\/strong> and Dillon Bell<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt that Georgia had a strong connection as soon as I entered the portal. When I came down here, they showed me around the facility, nutrition, the academics. It was basically everything I was looking for in a program,\u201d Lovett said<\/a>. \u201cTheir standard, of course how they develop young men and send them to the league, that has been at a very high level. Coach Smart, the coaching staff, everything was everything that I wanted. The transition has been exciting, actually. New people. New people to me. New friends. New brothers to be around. That was really the main part. As far as my growth, I can say from the weight room to on the field, everything, has just gotten better. I\u2019m just stacking days, day in and day out.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I\u2019m just another weapon added to an offense that already had plenty of weapons, which is why I can go back and say they welcomed me with open arms,\u201d the transfer pass catcher added<\/a>. \u201cThey did it two years and I wasn\u2019t here, so I was just another weapon that they added. I can add another brother, another teammate, all pushing in the same direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lovett said he doesn\u2019t focus on individual goals like leading the team in receiving yards but certainly has his sight set on one for the team: another National Championship. He wasn\u2019t a part of the first two, so winning a third would get him a ring he\u2019s been after.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt drives me a lot, but that\u2019s not something I\u2019m really focused on. My focus is on our first opponent, which is Tennessee-Martin, prepping for them and getting ready for them,\u201d Lovett said<\/a>. \u201cWe can\u2019t look past no opponent. I feel like we just got to take it one game, one practice at a time. That\u2019s the ultimate goal. But we gotta take it one game, one practice at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Georgia opens the season in less than 10 days at Sanford Stadium against the UT-Martin Skyhawks. Kickoff time is set for 6:00 p.m. ET, streaming exclusively on ESPN+ and SEC Network+.<\/p>\n

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