Independence Bowl: The better team won
Washaun Ealey and the Georgia running game took a while to get on track. (Associated Press)
The first half of Georgia’s game against Texas A&M in Shreveport didn’t look so promising for the Dogs, mainly because poor play by the offensive line stymied the running game and led to some questionable play-calling by Mike Bobo. The Aggies were having success with run blitzes on first down.
But A&M’s fast-paced offense wasn’t looking much better early on. Georgia’s much maligned defense looked good up front and got a lot of pressure on Aggies QB Jerrod Johnson, though linebacker and secondary play was sketchy.
Neither team scored in the first 27 minutes. They both looked rusty.
The difference in the first half was Georgia’s superior special teams play.
Georgia’s halftime adjustments on the offensive line were successful and the Dogs eventually took command of the game in the second half. And they seemed like the better conditioned team, too, as the Aggies looked flat-out tired in the fourth quarter. Thankfully, this wasn’t the same Jerrod Johnson that Texas saw in their regular season finale.
Basically, the better team won tonight.
It’s difficult to draw many conclusions about next season from this game since the Dogs will have a different QB and a new defensive coordinator. But I was encouraged by how Georgia ended the season.
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SEC
December 28th, 2009
10:54 pm
UGA, feel free to move to the ACC if you want to.
Lilburn DAWG
December 28th, 2009
10:54 pm
Good win for the Dawgs. Looks like we didn’t need Martinez or Fabris after all. Who would have imagined a couple of graduate assistants could coach a better game than Martinez. Thank God the Joe Cox experiment is over and we can look forward to a new era at quarterback. What a wasted season. If only Richt would have taken his head out of Cox’s ass and played a better quarterback. I knew the season was awrite-off when Richt said Cox “gives us the best chance to win.” What load of crap. Yes, we kicked the crap out of A&M, but then again, it was A&M.
GT Joe
December 28th, 2009
10:55 pm
Okay draggin fly. And I guess the Jets are better than the Colts, huh?
Better than you
December 28th, 2009
10:57 pm
Hey Atlanta Jacket………….30-24. Sleep well wuss
Hey Bulldog Lover
December 28th, 2009
10:57 pm
HouDOkie—-You mindless mutts are going NO where with Richt—enjoy nothing maggots—your team plays in a CESSPOOL and you eat KUZU—country-boy —get some teeth.
Then just like CPJ said—-I can knock them out—you bunch of Puzzies
Stinger is depressed cause UGA won
December 28th, 2009
10:58 pm
GT Joe… 30 to 24… Tech can’t fill a 55,000 seat stadium with their best team in 20 years and you want to talk smack. What you missed your meds?
Shane
December 28th, 2009
10:59 pm
Maybe Kentucky is ACC champs?
No they didnt play and dominate GT
4 tix 4 hotdogs 4 cokes
December 28th, 2009
10:59 pm
All those empty seats look lonely.
Coffee Bluff DAWG
December 28th, 2009
10:59 pm
Virginia Dog,
I don’t get it either. We finish 8-5, win a bowl, and fans want to put a lot of the losses on Joe.
There were obviously a lot of problems with the D special teams throughout most of the year>
GT Joe
December 28th, 2009
10:59 pm
Since UGA is better than us, why isn’t UGA ranked in the BCS? It’s an honest questions guys, can someone clue me in?
Stinger is depressed cause UGA won
December 28th, 2009
11:00 pm
GT JOE, actually it is very simple.. UGA 30 Maggots 24.
GT Joe
December 28th, 2009
11:00 pm
But Shane, Kentucky completely dominated UGA.
Shane
December 28th, 2009
11:00 pm
Since UGA is better than us, why isn’t UGA ranked in the BCS? It’s an honest questions guys, can someone clue me in?
We play in the SEC
Shane
December 28th, 2009
11:01 pm
But Shane, Kentucky completely dominated UGA.
They did but they didnt play GT .
We did and killed them
GT Joe
December 28th, 2009
11:01 pm
I hate to break it to you dogs… but the UGA-GT game meant WAY more to you than us. Things have changed fellas.
Stinger is depressed cause UGA won
December 28th, 2009
11:01 pm
Cause we didn’t have 5 patsies on our schedule…. Vanderbilt, Jax State, Wake forrest, Duke and Mississippi St., none of which had a winning season or went to bowls.
GT Joe
December 28th, 2009
11:02 pm
But Kentucky absolutely destroyed UGA…
doggiestyleforlife
December 28th, 2009
11:02 pm
I bet anyone the dags lose 3-4 games next year—AND IN ATHENS I PUNCH TWO NASTY DAGS RIGHT SQUARE IN THEIR BIG PHAT SLOBBERING LIPS.
DOGS BARK CAUSE BEES STING
GT Joe
December 28th, 2009
11:03 pm
hmm… i thought UGA played Vandy too…
Stinger is depressed cause UGA won
December 28th, 2009
11:03 pm
GT Joe, pretend it didn’t matter… that will make it hurt less. If it didn’t matter what are you doing on a UGA blog?
Shane
December 28th, 2009
11:03 pm
I hate to break it to you dogs… but the UGA-GT game meant WAY more to you than us. Things have changed fellas.
Nah. It just set the natural order back in line. You guys had stepped over the line and its important to keep you on that side of it. Thats all.
Stinger is depressed cause UGA won
December 28th, 2009
11:04 pm
We did play Vandy.. but we also played Florida, LSU, Oklahoma State, Auburn and the best team in the ACC… which we beat…
GT Joe
December 28th, 2009
11:04 pm
It’s easy to pretend when you are on the beach in Miami…
But I wonder, was it easy for you to think UGA was better than Tech while watching the dogs play in the Shreveport High School stadium?
Shane
December 28th, 2009
11:06 pm
It’s easy to pretend when you are on the beach in Miami…
As what? ACC champions? Does that really mean anything?
Eskimo Joe
December 28th, 2009
11:07 pm
Texas A & M gave #2 ranked Texas a tough game, but they were no match for the mighty bulldogs. Good win for Richt–tough D, won the turnover battle, excellent special teams.
Shane
December 28th, 2009
11:07 pm
As what? ACC champions? Does that really mean anything?
Thats like saying you were the tallest at a midget convention
GT Joe
December 28th, 2009
11:07 pm
Auburn? really? Why even mention them. Not even top 25.
Yeah you played UF, LSU and OK State and got $#hitbeat. I think Western Wyoming CC also played UF.
doggiestyleforlife
December 28th, 2009
11:07 pm
THIS IS ONE BEE YOU FELLOWS DON’T WANT TO MESS WITH. NO GAMES BOYS—-MEET ME IN SNELLVILLE FOR AN A$$ WHIPPIN ANYTIME—-THEN I WILL BEND YOU OVER AND GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT—A BIG OLE STINGER RIGHT UP THAT POOT SHOOT
GT Joe
December 28th, 2009
11:08 pm
Shane, not sure if you got the memo, but ACC champs go to BCS bowls…
Stinger is depressed cause UGA won
December 28th, 2009
11:08 pm
GT Joe… I think Miami pretty much destroyed Tech… UGA was ahead of KY 20 to 6 at halftime and had 4 turnovers in the second half. That is the only way they win that game. Miami just blew tech out…. Oh by the way… the 339 yards rushing we had against Tech was the most rushing yards by any UGA team in the CMR era.
ToccoaDawg
December 28th, 2009
11:08 pm
The MVP of this game were the 2 grads that didn’t give up on the team.
GT Joe
December 28th, 2009
11:10 pm
Yeah, Miami “destroyed” us… but they’d trade seasons with us any day.
And so would the mutts.
Stinger is depressed cause UGA won
December 28th, 2009
11:10 pm
First BCS bowl ever for tech even though they lost to a 5 loss SEC team..for the second year in a row. First major bowl in 47 years… now that is pitiful.
cherokee
December 28th, 2009
11:10 pm
GT Joe…..Not sure you got the message UGA owns Tech
Cuz
December 28th, 2009
11:10 pm
How much money can we pool to put on Bama to beat the Leghorns?
GT Joe
December 28th, 2009
11:10 pm
339 yards rushing. Big deal, stinger. We had 400 on UGA last year, and it wouldn’t rank in the top 5 for CPJ at Tech…
Stinger is depressed cause UGA won
December 28th, 2009
11:12 pm
Nah, there is no pride in an 11 win season when you play so many patsies and play in the worst conference in the country and lose to your instate rival with two weeks to prepare, at home with the best team you’ve had in 20 years…that is a very hollow 11 win season.
MATHDAWG
December 28th, 2009
11:12 pm
Our special teams and our defense looked better without Willie and his two monkeys. If CMR har fired these three morons during spring practice, we may have been SEC Champions. We will not miss Willie and the Mororns!
GT Joe
December 28th, 2009
11:13 pm
so many patsies huh. GT had a tougher schedule than LSU, UF and Bama. Look at the Sagarin SoS ratings, chump.
Stinger is depressed cause UGA won
December 28th, 2009
11:14 pm
GT Joe… what will you have to say when you lose to Iowa and fall out of the top 10? Not much I am sure but you will still be hanging out on UGA blogs cause UGA is just more interesting than Tech no matter what kind of season we have. get a life nerd.
From the sofa ...
December 28th, 2009
11:15 pm
Lotta dog fans on here saying they were impressed by the dog’s play. Tex A/M was 6-6 this season with a bad D, yet still outgained GA. Be careful not to get the wool pulled over your eyes … you can’t expect to get the special teams teams play like tonight in every game. A kickoff return TD, blocked punt TD (recovered at 1 yd line), punt snapped over punter’s head TD (recovered at 20 yd line), and a blocked FG. Add to that 2 ints (on consecutive possessions) when the score was 17-14.
Don’t even think about spatting back at me b/c you said all season that the Big 12 is a “one-trick pony” (Texas). And this A&M team was NOT good. If you really think this will help you in 2010 then you’re in for a rude awakening in the big, bad SEC.
You can’t get excited by beating a 6-6 team that played like that and still put up dam* near 500 yds of offense. 6-6 (3-5 in conf) does not deserve a bowl game. Now they are 6-7 – very nice.
Mauijacket
December 28th, 2009
11:15 pm
Hey cuz—Congrats—the program needed that—–just got home from work—what’s with all the hate on here?
Cuz
December 28th, 2009
11:15 pm
GT Joe, late here sorry. I would not trade my 8-5 season to be undefeated National Champs as a member of the Thundering Nerd Herd. Glad you are happy being ACC champs and second place in the State of Georgia. Look out. Iowa is right behind you.
Stinger is depressed cause UGA won
December 28th, 2009
11:15 pm
You played patsies… what does someone else’s schedule have to do with who you played… all the teams you mentioned would kill tech.
GT Joe
December 28th, 2009
11:15 pm
Hey Stinger, no matter how bad we lose to Iowa, we’ll never fall below UGA in the rankings… hate to break it to you.
NSX
December 28th, 2009
11:16 pm
We’re used to playing in a highschool stadium… we play at Grant Field every other year.
MATHDAWG
December 28th, 2009
11:16 pm
And, I forgot to mention, to all the Tech nerds hanging out on the UGA Blog, EAT S..T AND DIE!!!!!
Cuz
December 28th, 2009
11:17 pm
Dont know Maui, I was at friends, I have them really, and missed the hate speil. Loved the postgame with Butler, he was awesome in his awesomeness.
Coffee Bluff DAWG
December 28th, 2009
11:17 pm
Joe,
Your star receiver choked at the end of the UGA game. Almost as pathetic as all your excuses (ie we don’t care, etc.).
What a tool.
GT Joe
December 28th, 2009
11:18 pm
Tennessee Tech? Really?
Won a bowl game against a 6-7 team?
LOL.