Athens -- Knowshon Moreno is still the show.

That much was obvious the first time Georgia's running back touched the ball in the annual G-Day game in front of 19,874 rain-soaked fans at Sanford Stadium.

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Georgia's Caleb King is tackled by Akeem Den (left) as Ramarcus Brown (11), comes in from the opposite side. King danced through the line for 31 yards on six carries.

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But that spotlight might have to be shared a little bit if Saturday is any indication of things to come in 2008. Caleb King, the redshirt freshman everybody wanted to see, left everybody wanting a little more following the Red's 17-3 victory over the Black.

"It was just like he did in high school, slashing, getting people to miss and getting in the open space," said linebacker Rennie Curran. "He really impressed me with his performance."

The totals on that performance were six rushes for 31 yards. The most spectacular of those runs may have been one of the shortest. With the Black team facing a third and two, King took the handoff and pulled a 360 around the onrushing Akeem Dent to pick up three yards.

While King might have been the player whom people came to see, it was clear that Moreno is the back for Georgia. The sophomore played sparingly but didn't disappoint, particularly with a near one-handed grab on a pass from Matthew Stafford.

After the catch Moreno used his typical bumper cars moves to turn it into a 12-yard gain for a first down.

"Both of them have the ability to get people to watch them, cause a lot of buzz and make plays," Curran said. "They have that 'wow' factor."

Michael Moore flashed a little bit of that as well. The junior receiver, who disappeared after dropping what would have been touchdown pass against South Carolina in the second game of the season, has been fighting for starting time.

Saturday might have helped that effort.

Moore grabbed the only two touchdown passes of the game. The first was a 30-yarder from Matthew Stafford. The second was a 12-yard throw from Logan Gray.

"Awesome," said wide receiver Kris Durham. "Just that one word.

"You could really see him working hard all spring and he really took advantage of his opportunity."

Moore was afforded that opportunity because of injuries to two of Georgia's top four receivers: Mohamed Massaquoi (neck) and Tony Wilson (ankle). Tight end Tripp Chandler, who was third in receptions last season, also was out with a hip flexor. So that left the quarterbacks with limited options.

But it didn't appear to limit the big play too drastically. In fact Stafford hooked up with Durham on the first play for a 31-yard gain. That four-play drive was capped with Moore's first touchdown catch.

The second touchdown was set up by a pass interference call on Asher Allen.

"The offense, I think they buy the referees' lunch before the game, so I don't know what is going on out there," Allen said.

But Allen also put some of the onus on himself for a dropped interception of a Stafford pass.

"Me dropping a pick, I can't believe I did that," Allen said. "It hurts doing that. I haven't dropped a pick since like, '95. There were a lot of plays that we should have made. I love the fact that we are going into the offseason kind of disappointed because that means we are going to work hard."

Last season the defense was embarrassed in the spring game, and that turned out pretty well for Georgia.