Dawgs do not score any runs in the bottom of the 9th. The final score from Foley Field is Georgia Tech-15 Georgia-6.
Player of the game is Matt Skole with his two homers and 8 RBIs.
The Dawgs will look to rebound on Friday in the first of a three game series with LSU. Friday’s game starts at 7:30 at Foley Field.
Thanks for reading and supporting WUOG Sports. I’m Dayne Young, have a great night.
MEMPHIS-The Liberty Bowl was not much fun for any fan of good football. The game saw a lone touchdown and plenty of turnovers. It was a sloppy postseason affair. However, it was the Knights of UCF that could smile and celebrate on Beale Street last night. Georgia’s offense never generated the production it needed to beat the Conference USA champion. The Dawgs only needed 11 points and failed to get there.
A stunned Justin Houston watching Georgia's last drive
Here is the stat line for the game:
Aaron Murray: 21-38, 198 yards, two interceptions
Washaun Ealey: 16 carries, 60 yards
A.J. Green: Eight catches, 77 yards
Kris Durham: three catches, 47 yards
Brandon Boykin and Branden Smith both had an interception.
Here are some quotes from coaches and players:
Coach Mark Richt: “The only thing you can do at this point is congratulate Coach O’Leary and Central Florida…UCF, I think they would like to be called UCF and they certainly earned that tonight. They did a great job. They certainly played great defense. They made plays when they had to make plays offensively. Their special teams were very outstanding. It was a hard fought game and a very good football game if you like defense. I think the turnovers were pretty much a loss. Both teams had a couple. They just did what they needed to do when it counted most. It wasn’t a lack of fight or effort on our guys part.
Richt on Murray wearing gloves: “The glove decision:he’s been practicing in them when its been wet. He’s been throwing the ball really well with the gloves. I don’t think that was a factor. It was really more windy than wet. But I don’t think the wind was a factor. He just misfired and tried to force it a few times. Alot of it had to do with the defense being played”
Richt on if he would go for the touchdown instead of a field goal in the first quarter if he had a do over: “Well if I’d known what the final score was, yeah. But I think it was the right thing to do at the time. I think a couple players were upset that I didn’t go for it at that time. But I was like, if you wanna make it, make it on third-and-one, don’t tell me you wanna go for it on fourth-and-one. I don’t think it was a bad decision”
Richt on season: “We’re all disappointed. We didn’t want to finish with a loss. We didn’t want to finish with a losing record. Nobody could have probably predicted that. It is what it is. There are reasons why we ended the way we did. We have got to make changes. We gotta make sure that doesn’t happen again in the future. We’re going to improve. We’re going to get Georgia where it belongs.”
Both teams have opened the quarter with a sense of urgency by throwing the ball down field. That is what we were all wanting in the press box. This game needs a little more excitement. UCF has a drive going as night falls. They gain a first down at the UGA twenty six yard line.
UCF Scores a touchdown and is now up 10-6 with 9:01 left in the game. Also, rely on my Twitter for the remainder of the game. I will soon leave to make it to the post game press conferences. That is @dayneyoung on twitter http://twitter.com/#!/dayneyoung It has been a pleasure to update this and I will update and recap the game as I can. Please look at the Twitter for updates as soon as I can give them to you. It has been a pleasure. Live from Memphis, I’m Dayne Young for WUOG.
Dawgs-6 UCF-10
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The Dawgs are in Memphis where they will face off against the UCF Knights tomorrow in the Liberty Bowl. I got up to Memphis today and can tell you that the town is full of Dawg fans, as well as Knights. Georgia will wear white jerseys tomorrow, but one of the most famous Dawgs will not be in attendance. UGA VIII has a gastro-intestinal condition and will have Russ fill in for him. Russ has not fared well this year with a 2-4 record when he is on the sideline. He was present for the win over Georgia Tech last season.
UCF is the Conference USA Champion and has a record of 10-3 this season. They start a Freshman QB in Jeffrey Godfrey. Check back here tomorrow for my live blog of the game and much more info.
Here is a video of the Georgia Redcoat Band at the Liberty Bowl Parade. I apologize for the format of the video, I’m learning how to shoot video with my Ipod.
It’s garbage time in this football game for the Dawgs now. They are killing the clock as there is now 4:19 left in the game. The Dawgs have played a really solid game. They’ve won the turnover battle and had the ball in Tennessee territory numerous times. This game was a much needed hiatus from the 4 game losing streak that had plagued Mark Richt’s team. Georgia will go to 2-4 on the season.
GEORGIA WINS THE GAME 41-14 OVER TENNESSEE. …exhale dawg fans…the losing streak is over.
In the midst of being announced number 1 party school in the country, the football season is quickly approaching. In under a month, students, alumni, and fans will gather in Sanford Stadium for the biggest party that UGA has to offer…one that includes over 92,000 people. The 2010 season is littered with questions. Some include:
-How will Aaron Murray do as starting QB having no experience? (For the record, there is no experience behind him either…his backup is true freshman Hudson Mason…Logan Gray moved to WR)
-Tebow left Florida, will this be the year that the Dawgs defeat the Gators?
-How will Coach Grantham’s 3-4 look and perform?
These are just a couple of questions the face the Dawgs in the coming weeks.
However, there are some guarantees that can be made in regards to the opening game for the Dawgs: 1) Fans will be PUMPED. 2)This team will look different and have a more aggressive demeanor spearheaded by Richt and Grantham. 3)Runningbacks Washaun Ealey and Caleb King will take much of the load to keep pressure off of Aaron Murray. 4)It will be blazing hot. 5)It’ll be fun!
The first day of classes for students is August 16th, a mere 19 days until the opening Saturday for UGA football. Amid the rush to find tickets, learn about the team, and figure out where to tailgate, the students might find time to study a little bit…maybe.
So with the party and excitement for football theme, I’ll leave you with the Georgia Redcoat band playing All the Way Turned Up…because thats what we all are anyway. By the way, at time of publication, it is 2575825 seconds til kickoff!
Former Georgia Bulldog, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Atlanta Falcons running back Verron Haynes joined Dayne,Dave, and Matt on the Triple Play. He talked about his discussions with teams, his time with the Steelers, wearing his Super Bowl ring to business meetings, and of course, The Hobnail Boot! Here is the interview in it’s entirety. You can catch awesome content like this every Tuesday on WUOG on The Triple Play (3p) with Dayne Young, Dave Tarter, Matt Ryan, and producer Trey Roberts.
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Former Georgia Bulldog and current New York Giants running back DJ “Danny” Ware joined “The Triple Play” on WUOG. He talked about his favorite memories as a Georgia Bulldog, life as a NFL running back in New York City, and even some of his mama’s good ole home cooking!
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Georgia beat Florida 78-76 tonight. Mark Fox said it best when he said that it was a good thing that the clock stopped. Florida had all the momentum towards the end of the game. Florida outscored Georgia by 13 points in the second half and had a 62.1% field goal percentage in half number two.
Trey Thompkins: 20 pts, 7 rebounds, 5 assists
Jeremy Price: 13 pts, 5 rebounds, 3 assists
Dustin Ware: 10 pts, 1 rebound, 2 assists
Those are your top performers. Below is audio from Coach Mark Fox and video from Ebuka Anyaorah and Vincent Williams. I do apologize for the low audio in the video. I will buy an external microphone one of these days.
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Coach Fox has this team playing well. They have grown so much this season. He is an awesome coach. I have a feeling that nobody wants to play UGA in the SEC tournament. Next game: Kentucky. Georgia has proven that they can play with Kentucky. Now time to see if Georgia can beat them!
Play by play from here on out:
Trey Thompkins missed a ten foot jumper. Gator ball with 56.4 left in the game. Stegman crowd urging Georgia to play defense. Gators miss a shot and Georgia gets a rebound. Coach Fox calls a timeout with 39.7 seconds left in the game. Georgia up by two. There is a twelve second difference in game and shot clock.
Florida has the ball and is down by 2 points with 13.3 seconds left. Shot clock is turned off. Dan Werner was left WIDE open for a three and Albert Jackson ran up and blocked it. .1 seconds were left on the clock. Florida inbounded and missed the shot
GEORGIA WINS 78-76 OVER FLORDIA!
Check back with WUOG: Postgame wrap-up coming up!!
