MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. Georgia football dropped a boulder on the remnants of Florida State’s team in Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday.

The Seminoles did not at all resemble the bunch that went 13-0 and were left out of the college football playoff. Its roster was decimated by players who pulled out of playing after being crushed to not be able to play for a national title.

Georgia took advantage of a 63-3 shellacking of the No. 5 Seminoles in the Orange Bowl.

Coming off an SEC championship game loss to Alabama that knocked it out of the playoff, the Bulldogs rolled to a 42-3 halftime lead behind 383 yards of total offense and finished the season 13-1.

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Here are three things we learned about the Bulldogs after their second win in this bowl game in the last three seasons.

Georgia football shows no mercy in the Orange Bowl.

Georgia’s offense played without two projected NFL first-round draft picks, tight end Brock Bowers and offensive tackle Amarius Mims.

The Bulldogs still had way too much firepower for a Florida State defense, missing eight starters to opt-outs and injuries. That included three new names that came to light on game day: defensive linemen Joshua Farmer and Braden Fiske, and linebacker Tatum Bethune. The Seminoles had 14 starters out in all.

Georgia set a program record for most points in a half in a bowl game with 42, and the 39-point first-half lead was its largest ever in a bowl.

Kendall Milton rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns on nine carries, all in the first half, as Georgia rolled up 180 rushing yards on 16 carries. Milton went left, then cut back and went right and into the end zone for a 15-yard touchdown run, and later added a 5-yard score. Daijun Edwards 15-yard touchdown run made it 21-7.

Georgia scored touchdowns on nine straight possessions after turning it over on downs the first time it had the ball. That includes having Gunner Stockton at quarterback for the last three of those.

Carson Beck was 13 of 19 for 203 yards, with touchdowns of 12 to Arian Smith on the screen and 2 to Dominic Lovett. Beck was lifted at halftime.

Dillon Bell laid out to make a diving catch for 35 yards and then made another spectacular catch for 40 yards later in the half.

UGA football defense clamps down on the Seminoles

Jordan Travis, Florida State’s star quarterback, who was lost for the season and missed the final two games before the Orange Bowl, went to the locker room using crutches and in a walking boot with the Seminoles managing just a field goal in the first half.

Brock Glenn, the true freshman third-stringer, was 7 of 22 for 122 yards and an interception. He got the start when backup Tate Rodemaker opted out before Christmas.

Georgia was missing starting inside linebacker Smael Mondon, who was held out due to nagging injuries.

Cornerback Daniel Harris, who posted on social media that he was going into the transfer portal but hasn’t, got in the game in the second defensive series.

He was in coverage on a well-placed deep ball to Kentron Poitier for a 55-yard gain early in the second quarter. That was two yards shy of the longest pass play given up by Georgia this season.

Mykel Willaims and CJ Allen combined for a 1-yard loss on a Glenn run, and the Seminoles settled for a short-field goal.

Allen, a freshman linebacker, had a team-high six tackles. Williams forced a fumble and recovered late in the second quarter.

Playmaker Ladd McConkey scores on a 'touchdown run'

Running back Kenny McIntosh threw a touchdown pass in the 2021 Orange Bowl, and Ladd McConkey looked like he would too on a throw behind the line of scrimmage.

Instead, the wide receiver weaved his way from in front of the Florida State sideline all the way on the other side down the Georgia sideline for what went as a 27-yard touchdown run. He broke a tackle at the 20-yard line.

McConkey put his arms across his chest and broke out a big smile in the end zone.

Coach Kirby Smart was smiling broadly on the sidelines as well.

It was the fourth rushing touchdown of McConkey’s career.

The redshirt junior had two touches in the game. His other was a 22-yard catch.