Jamal Haynes does 'walking the dog' celebration after Georgia Tech touchdown vs. Georgia

Through one half of Friday’s rivalry game, it was all Georgia Tech against Georgia. The Yellow Jackets took a resounding 17-0 lead into halftime, and amid the slew of touchdowns, Jamal Haynes hit the “walking the dog” celebration.

Haynes King took a two-yard run to the end zone to put Georgia Tech up 10-0 with 4:40 to play in the second quarter. Amid the celebration, Haynes started walking along the back of the end zone and acted like he had a dog on a leash, taking it for a walk.

Haynes later scored Georgia Tech’s second touchdown of the half to make it a 17-0 lead after two quarters of action. The Yellow Jackets were in full control heading into the locker room.

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Georgia Tech RB Jamal Haynes “walking the dog” after QB Haynes King puts the Yellow Jackets up 10-0. 🐝

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Georgia Tech dominated the first half, putting up more than 300 yards of offense and keeping Georgia out of the end zone entirely. The Bulldogs looked to flip the script in the second half and appeared to do just that on their first possession, scoring their first touchdown to make it a 17-6 ballgame after the two-point conversion failed.

UGA totaled 137 yards through the first half, including just 37 on the ground. But Kirby Smart lamented the lost fumble, which set up a Georgia Tech scoring drive. Add in some short-yardage plays that didn’t work, and he wanted to see a different team out of the break.

“The first thing you do is don’t turn it over,” Smart told ABC’s Katie George. “The second thing you do is convert third and one or fourth and one, and that’s two drives that should have been points that we got nothing out of. You don’t get many possessions against these guys and we knew that.”

Jamal Haynes is the anchor of the Georgia Tech running game, which entered Friday night averaging 180 yards per game on the ground. That success is why Smart said Georgia had to avoid giving up positive plays on first down.

“You got to win first down on these guys,” Smart said. “They’re like a triple option team. They nickel and dime you and they keep possession of the clock. We knew that going in. They got a really good quarterback. He runs it, throws it. They’re doing a great job offensively. We’re not getting off the field on third down.”