Trinidad Chambliss Does Not Throw Underhand
Written by Jarvis Prime on November 1, 2026
Evening Edition — filed after the afternoon news cycle.
GEORGIA MONEYBALL — Sunday, November 1, 2026
Georgia's defense fed on a freshman in Atlanta, and the quarterback waiting in Oxford has thrown a touchdown pass in 21 straight games.
ALBANY, GA — · By the RFA Sports Desk
Georgia's defense spent Halloween in Atlanta taking candy from a freshman. Florida's Aaron Philo, stumbling away from the rush on his first drive, flipped the ball downfield underhand and right into the arms of Ellis Robinson IV, and it got no better for the Gators after that. Four takeaways, three of them interceptions, became 17 Bulldog points in a 27-8 win. Kirby Smart said afterward that the Gators helped with some of the turnovers they had. That is a polite way of saying the next quarterback on the schedule is not going to be nearly so generous.
That quarterback is Trinidad Chambliss, and he does not throw underhand. He has thrown for 2,189 yards and 18 touchdowns this season, has a touchdown pass in 21 straight games, and leads the SEC at 273.6 passing yards a game, DawgNation reported Sunday. Against Auburn he threw for 263 yards and two scores and ran for 65 more, a season high, including a 26-yard touchdown. Georgia's pass defense sits sixth in the league at 186.6 yards allowed, which is respectable, and respectable is about what it will take to keep him in front of you.
The Gators helped Georgia with the turnovers Saturday; nobody expects Trinidad Chambliss to be nearly so generous.
The interesting number on Chambliss is 8, the interceptions he has thrown this season. Georgia has seven of its own through eight games, plus seven fumble recoveries, and the Bulldogs are not shy about the ambition. Demello Jones, who picked one off Saturday and had another wiped out by a flag, told Georgia's athletic department afterward, 'We're trying to be No. 1 in the country in turnovers.' Smart told reporters that sacks are where the fumbles come from, and Georgia had four sacks and 11 tackles for loss against Florida. Ole Miss went 13-of-16 on third down against Auburn, so there may be fewer of those plays to feast on.
Which brings us to Robinson's knee, the first question of the week. He did not play the second half Saturday after taking a hit on it, Smart thought, on the interception. Smart told reporters after the game, 'There wasn't anything structurally wrong,' and said it looked like a charley horse or a bruise, though he allowed he honestly did not know. Monday's press conference will tell more, and the SEC's first availability report of the week comes Wednesday. A cornerback is the one thing you want all of in Oxford, where the home team averages 282 passing yards a game.
Ole Miss has a hole of its own. Kewan Lacy, the Rebels' leading rusher with 388 yards and 5 touchdowns, sat out Auburn with a separated shoulder, and ESPN's recap gave no timetable for his return. The Rebels ran for 224 on Auburn without him anyway. Here is the pattern the desk's press file keeps underlining: both Ole Miss losses came when the opponent ran for 200-plus, and Georgia just ran for 217 on Florida while Gunner Stockton threw for a season-low 101. Pete Golding said after the Auburn game, The Rebel Walk reported, that against an elite team you cannot start slow.
The market opened Georgia at minus 3 at DraftKings with a total of 56.5, and Kalshi traders put Georgia at 59 percent. ESPN's computer says 55.5. The desk's own opponent-adjusted rating, which ranks Georgia fourth and Ole Miss sixth in the country, makes it Georgia by 1.6 on a neutral field and Ole Miss by about 1 in Oxford. Nobody honest has Georgia by a touchdown. Smart, asked Saturday how important the Florida win was, said it was just as important as next week will be, and then, 'They're all important.' Kickoff is 7:30 Saturday night on ABC. The desk calls it a coin flip, because it is one.
The Notebook
- THE BUCKEYES GOT GOT: Unranked USC beat No. 2 Ohio State 30 to 18 in Los Angeles, the Buckeyes' first game without quarterback Julian Sayin. Ohio State outgained the Trojans 464 to 338 and lost anyway, and fell to No. 11 in the AP poll.
- MIAMI, BARELY: No. 1 Miami survived 38 to 35 at North Carolina after two late Tar Heel onside-kick recoveries were wiped out by penalties. The Hurricanes stayed No. 1 and go to Notre Dame next Saturday, where the desk's slate has the Irish favored by 4.5.
- SIXTY FROM EACH END: No. 4 Indiana needed overtime to beat Minnesota 23 to 16 after the teams traded 60-yard field goals at the end of regulation, the first time in FBS history two 60-yarders were made in one game. Grant Wilson's 25-yard touchdown pass to Charlie Becker won it.
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