If you’re wondering why Georgia running back Sony Michel wasn’t called upon early in the game on a couple of third and fourth down short-yardage situation, there’s a simple answer. Michel entered the game “about as healthy as you can be this time of year” according to Richt but on one of the team’s first plays from scrimmage, the sophomore tailback suffered a broken hand.

“Either the first or second play he broke a bone in his hand. He kinda played with a banged up hand,” Richt said on his Sunday teleconference. “It’s not anything that’s going to need surgery or anything like that, but there was a slight fracture, I guess is the best way to describe it. That didn’t help the cause, but, again, that’s football.”

Richt confirmed that he doesn’t expect Michel to miss any time with the injury, but the South Florida native isn’t the only Bulldog standout dealing with an injury.

Freshman defensive lineman Trenton Thompson was attended to on the field late in the game for what appeared to be an injury to his lower leg. According to Richt, that’s something the former five star has been dealing with for awhile now and he, too, shouldn’t miss any time.

“He’s fine,” Richt said of Thompson. “He’s just been dealing with a sprained ankle and sometimes you’re in there battling in the trenches and it gets tweaked and it just hurts for awhile.”

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