Practice report: Georgia rallies to defeat ‘Boise State’ 38-34
ATHENS – Down 31-0 at halftime, Georgia rallied in the second half and scored a touchdown with 11 seconds remaining for a dramatic 38-34 win over Boise State Wednesday in Sanford Stadium.
OK, so it wasn’t the real Boise State. It was the Bulldogs’ scout team posing as the No. 5-ranked Broncos and going against Georgia’s varsity offense and defense in a practice game at Sanford Stadium.
Georgia coach Mark Richt said he spotted “Boise” the 31 points — they only played one half – to “create some drama.” And it did.
The Bulldogs were trailing by three inside the Boise 5-yard line late in the fourth quarter when Quantavious Harrow, playing the role of a Broncos’ defensive back, flew in and forced a turnover. But Boise was unable to run out the clock and had to punt the ball back.
Georgia won when Hutson Mason hooked up with Tavarres King on a fade route on third-and-goal.
“We had a great second half and just rolled right through them,” quarterback Aaron Murray quipped.
Richt was happy with the final result and the overall play of the defense but otherwise wasn’t particular thrilled.
“We would not have been ready today,” Richt said. “Even our pregame warmup left a little to be desired.”
Georgia’s defense was particularly resourceful, creating six turnovers and “at least” four interceptions, Richt said. Two of those picks were returned for touchdowns by cornerback Brandon Boykin.
“It was interception mania there for a minute,” Richt said. “But their offensive line didn’t protect very well and that’s the main reason why.”
UGA kept “unofficial official” stats for the scrimmage. Tailback Isaiah Crowell had six carries for 54 yards and a touchdown, Ken Malcome added 11 for 61 and a TD and Brandon Harton had five for 26 and a score for the Georgia offense.
Murray was 5-of-9 passing for 79 yards and Mason 7-of-9 for 98 and a TD. Tight end Orson Charles had three catches for 31 yards, King added three for 21, tight end Aron White had two for 46 and Harton ripped off 49 yards on one reception.
“I actually think it was the best we’ve done in one of these kinds of games” Murray said. “The offense was pretty sharp.”
Defensive end Abry Jones was the defensive star with three tackles and two sacks, cornerback Jordan Love had three stops, a sack and forced a fumble and safety Shawn Williams had an interception and pass break-up.
“As a defense, we took it as our first chance to attack what Boise does,” Abry Jones said. “I think we did a good job. Now we’ve got to go back and look at the film and see what we can do better.”
Also, place-kicker Blair Walsh nailed a 56-yard field goal in his only attempt.
Captains named
Georgia coaches appointed captains for the Boise State game before Wednesday’s scrimmage. They are center Ben Jones, defensive end DeAngelo Tyson, punter Drew Butler and Boykin.
Boykin said he was particularly proud of the honor.
“It means a lot,” he said. “Playing in the Dome in my hometown in the first game of my last year, I really appreciate it.”
Missing in action
Most of the players who have been out the last few days remained sidelined with injuries. Among them was TB Richard Samuel (quadriceps), FB Bruce Figgins (hamstring), TB Carlton Thomas (ankle) WR Malcolm Mitchell (leg muscle) and WR Marlon Brown (ankle).
Etc. . . .
Afterward, Richt said the tailback’s depth chart going into the final week is Samuel first, then Crowell, Harton and Malcome. . . . Georgia will hold a special teams practice today, then a closed situational scrimmage on Friday.
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411 comments Add your comment
how2fish
August 25th, 2011
1:39 pm
@ga gator Congrats on your marriage I have to tell you it sounds like you got a winner!
GT Joe
August 25th, 2011
1:39 pm
um tampa, 2005 BSU was NOT coached by Peterson. FYI. So please don’t reference that game.
GT Joe
August 25th, 2011
1:42 pm
The most common post on the UGA blog at the end of this season:
“we hung with boise state for a half and they won the national title. we aren’t that bad, huh?”
ga gator
August 25th, 2011
1:44 pm
how2fish thanks I did. We will be on row 5 right behind the UGA bench in the Dome for the game.
ga gator
August 25th, 2011
1:45 pm
GT Joe he was the OC/QB coach them.
NOTSO FAST
August 25th, 2011
1:49 pm
WOW.. a win over our scout team and new uniforms to boot means a vitory for the Dogs.
GT Joe
August 25th, 2011
1:49 pm
ok gator, but OC is quite different from HC, as any mutt would tell you, just look at coach dodo, i mean bobo.
When peterson took over in 2006, BCS bowl win in the greatest bowl game ever.
7576DAWG
August 25th, 2011
1:53 pm
I agree the Boise State Pro Combat uniform get high marks let’s say 9 out of a possible 10 score and maybe even 10. Georgia’s uniform score from 0 to 10 get’s? Is there something below 0? I could have lived with uniforms like the BS one’s, they are really nice. I wish as much thought would have been given for ours.
ga gator
August 25th, 2011
1:55 pm
Just the facts Joe, just the facts. Don’t know if it was the greatest ever; but certainly one of the greatest upsets. The Tx/USC National Championship game would certainly be in the group of the greatest ever.
DogDazed
August 25th, 2011
1:56 pm
This is a HUGE win for the dawgs!!!!! Dawgs should move up in the polls and become a strong favorite to win the SEC East. This should silence the critics that say the Dawgs can’t compete against top 10 opponents like Boise State. Well done dawgs!!!!!!
5 Time National Champs Nebraska
August 25th, 2011
2:04 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Might as well hand out “participant” ribbons.
TampaDawg
August 25th, 2011
2:11 pm
@The Reverend Baby Doctor Bedpan — way to stay classy .. Must be a GT yellowbugger
Dawg Gone
August 25th, 2011
2:16 pm
@The Reverend Baby Doctor Bedpan I’m sure he prayed but not for victory as both sides are his team. I’m sure he prayed for a good practice and no injuries…now don’t you have somewhere else to be troll?
WDE
August 25th, 2011
2:20 pm
@GT Joe most common post at the end of the season on the Bug blog….we are 1-10 when will we be delivered Oh Lord when will the pain and suffering stop WHEN!
TampaDawg
August 25th, 2011
2:42 pm
From the Boise Blog reports:
Speaking of injuries, here’s the list of guys who didn’t participate: Percy, Shoemaker, defensive tackle Chase Baker, cornerback Ebo Makinde, safety Taylor Loffler, defensive end Nick Alexander, tailback Drew Wright, tailback Zach Keiser and offensive tackle Faraji Wright. Petersen won’t say much on injuries but didn’t seem particularly concerned about them. He said before camp that Makinde likely would miss games with his chest injury. Tight end Chandler Koch limped off and wide receiver Aaron Burks was carted off during the scrimmage. Petersen would only say that those injuries don’t appear to be season-ending.
Read more: http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2011/08/21/ccripe/notes_quotes_and_observations_boise_state_football_teams_scrimma#ixzz1W4FjI8rt
DawgsOwn
August 25th, 2011
2:53 pm
Sorry dawgs……….. Boise is just too good and they have been for a while. We can talk about 2005 to make us feel better but it’s not gonna change the outcome of this game. I think our team will keep it close maybe for the first half.
Not only does Boise have better players in almost every position but now Nike has to give them superior uniforms. They’re gonna look like Storm Troopers and Mark R. and team will look bloodied and unprepared.
WDE
August 25th, 2011
3:00 pm
@DawgsOwn cry me a river based on what Boise’s stellar record vs the SEC? Beating VT last year? I will allow those unis they trotted out today are way better than ours…..that won’t win it for them.
Alabama | MrSEC.com
August 25th, 2011
3:00 pm
[...] Georgia kicker Blair Walsh will likely set the SEC’s all-time scoring mark this season.4. UGA rallied in yesterday’s scrimmage to beat “Boise State.”5. Linebacker Danny Trevathan is Kentucky’s defensive [...]
gt4ever
August 25th, 2011
3:03 pm
Soooo Many delusional Dawg fans….. I just want to puke when you guys start talking about how the speed in every position in the SEC is sooooo much better….. I mean, that is so ABSURD! These athletes are ALL fast in ALL conferences…. Yes, you may get better athletes on average in the SEC, but please, enough of this horsecrap, SEC has this, SEC has that….. It just makes you look, well, STUPID! I think you will win this game, because I believe that Boise St is way over hyped this year…. Good Grief….
gt4ever
August 25th, 2011
3:05 pm
I will say this about the SEC… You have WAY more IDIOT fans than any other conference in the country! Second to NONE!
TampaDawg
August 25th, 2011
3:08 pm
@gt4ever — Dude relax .. if you want proof on the speed, check out the Ohio State blogs prior to their game against LSU. All they talked about was that the Florida game was a fluke and yes, Florida was fast but that’s just one team and how they were going to dismantle LSU. After the game, all they talked about was the TEAM speed was for real. It is not the same at every other school. Not at every other conference. And until another conference can beat an SEC team when it counts for a crystal ball, they can all just take a hike until the next year.
GT Joe
August 25th, 2011
3:12 pm
Tampa: speed means nothing with inferior coaching. And that’s what you have, speed AND inferior coaching.
WDE
August 25th, 2011
3:14 pm
@gt4ever team speed in the SEC is how one of the worst UGA teams in a decade stomped a mudhole in the Bugs in 09 when they were ACC champs…what you mean that no longer counts..bummer dude.
1eyedJack
August 25th, 2011
3:15 pm
Somebody must have told the nerds there were free calculus problems on here. Or Clearasil.
Nate the Great
August 25th, 2011
3:16 pm
@GT Joe (aka Retard): Do nicer looking unis put more points on the board?
1eyedJack
August 25th, 2011
3:16 pm
“speed means nothing with inferior coaching. And that’s what you have, speed AND inferior coaching”
I guess we’re not “smart” enough to lay down and let the opponent score a touchdown so that we’ll only be 8 points behind.
Nate the Great
August 25th, 2011
3:17 pm
@GT Joe You cant coach speed…retard.
If you cant catch them you cant tackle them…retard.
TampaDawg
August 25th, 2011
3:17 pm
No way GT, there’s always ACC fans. They’re fans of teams so bad they go on to other teams blogs and throw out childish insults .. the nerve of some of them.
Big Dirty Dawg
August 25th, 2011
3:18 pm
GT Joe…are you really talking about inferior coaching?? LMAO only high school’s use the triple option!!! Enuff said!! LOL
Nate the Great
August 25th, 2011
3:23 pm
@GT4ever: The ACC definitely takes the cake for idiot fans:
GT: Still think they are relevant.
Miami: Nevi Shapiro
UNC: Butch Davis
Clemson: Still think they are relevant.
Va Tech: Only relevant in the ACC. 1-19 vs top 10s right?
FSU is your only real fanbase with a legit team, but they are about to defect to the SEC or Big XII(X).
ACC=Dead Conferenct by 2015.
GT Joe
August 25th, 2011
3:37 pm
Nate the great, thanks for calling me a retard. What are you, 6?
I see speed helped you guys against O’leary and central florida, eh? Oh wait, nevermind.
GT Joe
August 25th, 2011
3:40 pm
SEC is top heavy. The rest of of the SEC is mediocre. Tennessee? Kentucky? Vandy? Ole miss? missy state? UGA? Then you have USC who is USUALLY mediocre at best.
Come on.
1eyedJack
August 25th, 2011
3:42 pm
GT Joe, about as much as Fishfry’s triple optioned helped ya’ll against Air Force.
GT Joe
August 25th, 2011
3:43 pm
Nate, by your RETARDed logic, the fastest team wins. So I guess there were 7 teams faster than UGA last year. HEE HAW.
gt4ever
August 25th, 2011
3:44 pm
GT Joe,
Just stand back and let the comments prove my point…..
WDE
August 25th, 2011
3:44 pm
@GT Joe what exactly was the year that the Bugs won a bowl game ?
GT Joe
August 25th, 2011
3:45 pm
Nice one 1eye! Now do you have 1tooth also?!
Don’t forget, we were playing a 2nd string QB, a redshirt soph. If Nesbitt plays, we win.
So whats your excuse against central florida community college?
TampaDawg
August 25th, 2011
3:45 pm
Yeah GT Joe, Come on! This sucks! I wish GT could beat even one of those schools you mentioned! But GT can’t sooooo, awwww fiddledumpers. Wish you guys could throw the ball forward too, that would make things more fair.
@The Reverand .. you make a comment mocking CMR about “praying for a victory” but you want to talk crap about our fan base … yeah, that makes sense.
GT Joe
August 25th, 2011
3:46 pm
WDE, nice one! You are really sharp!
Now what exactly was the year that the mutts won a NC?
GT Joe
August 25th, 2011
3:48 pm
Hey Tampa, CPJ is 4-2 against the SEC while at TECH. Eat it RETARD. HEE HAW
TampaDawg
August 25th, 2011
3:48 pm
GT Joe
August 25th, 2011
3:45 pm
Nice one 1eye! Now do you have 1tooth also?!
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Class is definitely not your specialty .. anyway, you keep bringing up Central Florida, but being close by, I saw a few of their games and one against an adopted fave of mine, USF, and well, GT WOULD HAVE HAD NO SHOT AGAINST THEM EITHER. If UCF is a community college then GT is a junior high ..
1eyedJack
August 25th, 2011
3:49 pm
Haven’t heard any excuses. Just a lot of mad fans. I guess you guys are OK playing second rate to a service academy.
TampaDawg
August 25th, 2011
3:50 pm
with the 2 L’s being against UGA .. have fun with that one.
UGA '05
August 25th, 2011
3:51 pm
Hey, GT Joe, are you gonna be on a UGA blog all day again like you were yesterday? You have no life. Get out of your parents house and go get a job with that GT degree you have.
GT Joe
August 25th, 2011
3:51 pm
IF GT is a junior high, UGA is an elementary school! Hee HAW.
Damn, I just insulted elementary schools.
GT Joe
August 25th, 2011
3:52 pm
CPJ OWNS THE SEC. 4-2. HEE HAW.
Now THAT’s some SEC speed….
5 Time National Champs Nebraska
August 25th, 2011
3:55 pm
I see the UGA faithful are still here. The ones that prefer insults to meaningful discourse.
UGA '05
August 25th, 2011
3:55 pm
Yeah GT Joe that’s why UGA owns CPJ. Get off of a UGA blog. Is tech so bad that you have to be on a UGA blog all day? Get a life get a life get a life get a life get a life get a life get a life get a life get a life get a life…. Get a life
5 Time National Champs Nebraska
August 25th, 2011
3:55 pm
Oh…..I will give you mental giants a head start:
Lawrence Phillips!!
UGA '05
August 25th, 2011
3:56 pm
Sorry but i gotta go now GT Joe, becuase you know…. I have a life.