Final Score, South Carolina 45, Georgia 42
End of 4th Quarter
Another knee is taken by Garcia.
0:20
Garia takes a knee. A loss of two.
1:10
Steven Garcia takes a knee. 2nd and 10. Timeout. Georgia has no more timeouts.
1:14
Marcus Lattimore rushes eight yards for the 1st down.
1:17
DeAngelo Smith for a gain of one.
2:03
Lattimore runs for six yards. Timeout.
2:07
Onside kick recovered by the Gamecocks.
2:13
Click on the link to read my analysis about which conference is more dominant?
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/579393-big-east-basketball-vs-sec-football-which-conference-is-more-dominant
2nd Half
0:00 Kentucky 70, Georgia 77
Doron Lamb fouls out. Thompkins makes both free throws. Knight misses a three. Darius Miller fouls out. Thompkins makes two more free throws. Jones makes the layup and is fouled by Thompkins. Jones makes the free throw. Harrellson blocks a shot. Jones for three. Bulldogs win.
1:05 Kentucky 64, Georgia 73
Doron Lamb is called for a foul. Robinson makes both free throws. Jones air balls a three and everybody is yelling at him for it. Leslie is fouled and makes both free throws. Lamb misses a three point shot. Lamb fouls Gerald Robinson. Robinson makes both free throws. Miller misses the three twice in a row. Terrence Jones with layup. Wildcats are down by nine.
2:13 Kentucky 62, Georgia 67
The Georgia is ecstatic here as DeAndre Liggins fouls out for Kentucky. Thompkins makes both free throws. Terrence Jones for three. Kentucky living on a prayer right now.
2:37 Kentucky 59, Georgia 66
Gerald Robinson makes both free throws. Terrence Jones shot bounces off the rim. Trey Thompkins with the mid range jumper. Georgia is up by 7.
3:14 Kentucky 59, Georgia 62
Liggins misses the three. Robinson misses the three. Kentucky turnover. Thompkins sinks both of his free throws. Georgia up by three. Lamb is fouled as he misses the shot. Lamb makes the 1st free throw. Lamb misses the 2nd free throw. Liggins is called for his 4th foul of the night. Chris Barnes makes the 1st free throw and misses the 2nd free throw. Miller misses the layup. Robinson misses the layup and is fouled by Darius Miller. Timeout.
6:47 Kentucky 58, Georgia 59
Rocky Balboa just made an appearance at Stegeman Coliseum and both sides of the crowd are cheering for him. Ware misses the three. Lamb misses the layup. Out of bounds, Georgia’s ball. Jeremy Price seems to be all right after falling out of bounds. Brandon Knight for two. Knight is playing a great 2nd half so far. Liggins fouls Travis Leslie. Leslie makes his first free throw.
7:53 Kentucky 56, Georgia 58
Gerald Robinson for two. Price called for the foul as Jones scores. Terrence Jones makes the free throw. Price called for another foul. Lamb misses the open three. Lamb misses the layup. Terrence Jones is called for a foul. Timeout. Dustin Ware for three. Price with the rebound.
10:33 Kentucky 53, Georgia 53
Lamb called for a foul. Gerald Robinson called for a foul. John Harrellson called for the foul. Chris Barnes makes both shots. Brandon Knight with the layup. Travis Leslie scores to tie it up. Harrelson scores of his own offensive rebound. Thompkins with the dunk. Doron Lamb with the layup. He know has 17 points today. Darius Miller tips the ball out of bounds. Official timeout.
13:21 Kentucky 45, Georgia 47
Doron Lamb misses the three. Out of bounds Kentucky. Brandon Knight scores. Kentucky is within seven points now. Jones misses the baseline shot and is called for his third foul. Georgia misses another scoring chance. Doron Lamb for three. Kentucky within in four. Doron Lamb scores again. Lamb has five points on back to back shots. Timeout called by Georgia.
15:30 Kentucky 38, Georgia 47
Thompkins called for the foul. Terrene Jones makes both foul shots. Robinson misses the outside jumper. Lamb misses the two pointer. Travis Leslie with the monster jam the Bulldog fans have been waiting for. Terrence Jones for two. Jeremy Price with his first basket of the night. Knight misses the three. DeAndre Liggins with the layup. Terrence Jones scores again. He’s heating up right now. Jones with the rebound. Jeremy Price with the rejection.
This is Matt Ryan blogging live from Sanford Stadium. Today at noon the Georgia Bulldogs take on the 12th ranked Arkansas Razorbacks. The Bulldogs are coming off a tough loss at Columbia last week to the Gamecocks and look to rebound today against Arkansas. Arkansas is led by quarterback Ryan Mallet who is arguably the best quarterback in the country and the potential #1 pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. This is Arkansas’s first conference game of the year. Yesterday the NCAA ruled that A.J. Green will be ineligible for his full four game suspension, which is not good news for the Dawgs. The Dawgs will need a different play maker to step up today. Georgia won last year’s game in Fayetteville 52-41 and this year’s game is sure to feature some offensive firepower again. Kickoff is 16 minutes away! (more…)
Good Evening from Stegeman Coliseum, I’m Matt Ryan and I’ll be updating you throughout tonights game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the #3 ranked Kentucky Wildcats. The 13-14 Dawgs look to win their last home game of the season and get back to the .500 mark. Kentucky is looking to regain momentum heading into the month of March after losing at Tennessee last Saturday. The Coliseum is packed tonight with lots of fans sporting both red and black, as well as blue and white. Tonight also marks the final home game for seniors Albert Jackson, Ricky McPhee, and Tyler Whatley. On the other side of the court, the Kentucky Wildcats are talented team loaded with NBA potential and are led by John Wall, arguably the biggest name in college basketball. Although, Wall has attracted most of the attention for this game, the front court duo of DeMarcus Cousins and Patrick Patterson is equally important for Kentucky’s game plan and both will pose challenges for the Dawgs tonight in the paint. An interesting match up to watch tonight is the super athletic Travis Leslie against Kentucky’s three guard lineup, which could pose problems for Darius Miller and Eric Bledsoe defensively at times.. Tip off is only moments away. This sold out game will have a football like atmosphere tonight.
Here’s tonights starting lineup
Georgia Bulldogs
F – 1 – Travis Leslie
F – 25 – Tyler Whatley
C – 34 – Albert Jackson
G -10 – Ricky McPhee
G- 3 – Dustin Ware
Kentucky Widlcats
F – 15 – DeMarcus Cousins
F – 54 – Patrick Patterson
G – 1 – Darius Miller
G -11 – John Wall
G – 24 – Eric Bledsoe
Game Overview
It was a disappointing second half for the Dawgs after keeping it within four points after the first 20 minutes. Jeremy Price had a great game with 19 points and Ricky McPhee scored 4 three pointers in his final game at the Stegeman Coliseum. Trey Thompkins and Travis Leslie shot a combined 8-26, which kept the Dawgs from cutting down the Kentucky lead in the 2nd half that reached as high as 19 during the game. John Wall had another stellar performance for the Wildcats with 24 points and 3 steals to go along Patrick Patterson’s 17 points. Georgia will close out the regular season this Saturday at LSU and the SEC tournament begins next Thursday in Nashville. I’m Matt Ryan, thank you for following my blog tonight on WUOG.org .
2nd Half
Final Score: Kentucky 80, UGA 68: Patterson with the miss. Thompkins misses the three. Albert Jackson called for the foul on John Wall. Walls makes both foul shots. Jeremy Price makes both foul shots. Wall with the easy lay up. Price with the easy two points. Thompkins misses the dunk and is fouled by Patterson. Thompkins misses the free throw.
3:22 Kentucky 74, UGA 63: Another celebrity has been spotted tonight at Stegeman. Rocky Balboa just ran up the stairs of the arena to his own theme song during the last time out. Thompkins makes his two free throws. Miller misses the shot. Dustin Ware makes his 2nd three of the game. Ricky McPhee for three. Dawgs are within ten. Darius Miller scores two. Ricky McPhee with another three. Dawgs are within nine and the crowd is roaring. Patrick Patterson scores for the 7th time tonight. Orton with a blocked shot. Miller misses another three point attempt.
7:19 Kentucky 70, UGA 52: Jeremy Price makes his two free throws. Cousins with the mid range jumper. Chris Barnes makes the layup after DeMarcus Cousins launches the ball while jumping off the court. Ricky McPhee misses from way downtown. John Wall makes another easy layup. Leslie misses the shot, but looks healthy after limping off the court about 10 minutes ago. Daniel Orton scores for Kentucky. Dustin Ware makes a three pointer to get the Dawgs within 12. DeAndre Liggins scores for the 2nd time tonight and is fouled by Trey Thompkins. Time out. Liggins makes the free throw. Anyaorah misses the shot. Darius Miller scores two. Patterson misses the shot. Patterson scores with a one handed jumper. Cousins with his 4th block tonight. Ricky McPhee for three from downtown. DeMarcus Cousins for two. Thompkins fouled by Perry Stevenson. Time out.
15:14 Kentucky 55, UGA 40: Wall makes a three pointer for the half’s first points. DeMarcus Cousins lays it in. Kentucky scores 5 quick points and has a 9 point lead now. Georgia timeout. Miller blocks Leslie’s shot, and Leslie is called out of bounds. Miller misses a three. Patterson scores two for the Wildcats. Darius Miller is called for his third foul of the night. Wall makes the layup and is fouled by Ricky McPhee. Wall makes his lone shot. Vincent Williams fouls Eric Bledose, its Georgia’s 2nd team foul of the half. Bledose makes the two free throws. Bledose misses the three. Barnes assists Leslie on a monstrous dunk for the teams first of the half. Leslie is hurt and is being carried off to the locker room. Cousins makes one of his two free throws. Jeremy Price scores two off a Vincent Williams pass. Darnell Dodson with the three. Patterson called for the foul. Time out.
Halftime Reaction: Kentucky 40, UGA 36
What an exciting 1st half here at the Stegeman Coliseum. The house is packed with everybody from Sir Charles Barkley to former WWF superstars “Macho Man” Randy Savage and Bret “The Hitman” Hart, all three of whom I have meet tonight. Once again Georgia has played up to their competition and only trail the Wildcats by four points. Jeremy Price has had a monster game thus far with 11 points and has keep the Dawgs in this contest against John Calipari and Kentucky. Thompkins has scored 7 points, but is only shooting 3 for 9. Patterson and Cousins have combined for 21 points, but Kentucky’s lead has been limited by Eric Bledoe’s 1-6 shooting in the first half. John Wall is having a good game so far with 10 points and three assists. Thhe 2nd half is moments away.
1st Half
0:00 Kentucky 40, UGA 36: John Wall assists Perry Stevenson for his first basket of the night. Orton rebounds for the Wildcats and Wall scores on the Kentucky possession. Orton blocks Leslie shot attempt. Travis Leslie scores for the Dawgs after the recovery. Bledsoe misses another three tonight and is not playing good at all so far offensively. Price makes a basket for the Dawgs and is now in double digit scoring for the game. DeAndre Liggins scores the final points of the half.
3:26 Kentucky 34, UGA 32: John Walls steals the ball and drives it down the court for a dunk that has the blue and white going crazy. Bledsoe misses a shot off a turnover, but Orton scores on the rebound. Patrick Patterson scores again for the Wildcats who are on a six point run and have tied the game at 26 a piece. Patterson has scored 11 points in the games first 13 minutes. Dodson is called for the foul. Thompkins misses his free throw. Dodson gets his first points of the night. Travus Leslie lays it in for the easy two. Bledsoe misses another shot. McPhee rebounds Wall’s missed three point attempt. Price scores for his 4th time tonight. Dodson makes the three for the Kentucky lead. Patterson misses his shot and Ware scores two on the next possession for the Dawgs. Dodson makes a long three attempt for back to back shots from beyond the arc.
8:48 Kentucky 20, UGA 26: Dustin Ware makes the two point jumper. Kentucky turns the ball over and Travis Leslie makes the Wildcats suffer with one of his signature Sportscenter dunks. Kentucky Timeout. John Wall makes his 2nd three of the game off a Ramon Harris assist. Eric Bledsoe is called for the foul. Wall steps out of bounds, Dawgs ball. Chris Barnes is fouled by Daniel Orton. Ricky McPhee for three. Wall misses a three, but Harris scores off the offensive rebound. McPhee misses the three. Ebuka Anyanorah is fouled at the three point line by Darius Miller, Miller’s second. Anyanorah gets three foul attempts, and makes two of the three. Leslie called for the foul. Eric Bledsoe sinks a three pointer for his 1st points. Patterson blocks the shot from Jackson and scores two on the next Kentucky possession . Jeremy Price is fouled by Cousins after gaining the offensive rebound, but still gets two for the Dawgs. Timeout. Price makes his lone free throw. Bledsoe turns the ball over. Price makes another shot. Josh Harrellson checks in for Kentucky. Jeremy Price makes his third basket in a row, and the crowd is going wild here. Patrick Patterson makes a three for the Wildcats. Trey Tompkins makes a three pointer to give the Dawgs a six point lead. Bledsoe misses the jumper.
15:35 Kentucky 7, UGA 7: Darius Miller misses a three point attempt. Patrick Patterson lays it in for the games first points. DeMarcus Cousins rejects back to back shots from Travis Leslie, Leslie also grabs back to offensive rebounds. Thompkins shots a mid range jumper for the Dawgs first points. Dustin Ware called for a foul. Wall makes the easy three. Darius Miller called for a foul, Kentucky’s first. Jackson and Thompkins miss back to back shots. Thompkins called for the foul on Patterson. Patterson makes both shots. Darnell Dodson checks in for the Wildcats and Chris Barnes for Georgia. Cousins is called for the foul as Barnes is fouled on the layup. Barnes makes the shot. Wall comes in for Bledsoe. Dodson misses the three. Thompkins makes the layup and ties the game for the Dawgs. Timeout and The Dance Dawgs are now rocking the floor.
Tonight the Georgia Bulldogs Mens Basketball team resumes play against the 17th ranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. The Bulldogs went 7-1 during their first eight home games and look to beat their first ranked opponent of the season. UGA lost their last game on January 2nd at the University of Missouri and look to rebound tonight against the Yellow Jackets. Georgia Tech has received a lot of attention for their famed freshman forward Derrick Favors, a player who could be the top pick in this year’s NBA draft. However, another freshman to keep an eye on is Mfon Udofia. He’s been a big time scorer for the Yellow Jackets so far, but he’s very prone to turning the ball over. The Dawgs will need a big game form Trey Thompkins tonight against the dominant Tech frontcourt, after he only scored nine points in his last game. The arena is nowhere near full capacity and I see very little gold and blue, I guess a lot of Tech fans are more concerned about the Orange Bowl tonight. (more…)
Matt Ryan here blogging live at Sanford Stadium on this Saturday afternoon in Athens, Georgia. It’s hot and sunny today, so the weather won’t be as horrific as it was last week. Today the 18th ranked Georgia Bulldogs take on the 4th ranked LSU Tigers between the hedges. Georgia beat Arizona State last Saturday on a game winning field and the 4-0 Tigers are coming off a close game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs which they won 30-26 on a goal line stand. Les Miles is 0-2 against Georgia during his tenure at Baton Rouge and looks for his first win today against Mark Richt. LSU is last in the SEC in offensive yards and will need to improve on that side of the ball to compete with the Dawgs. Georgia’s secondary finally stepped up last week to limit the Sun Devils to 116 passing yards, but committed 3 turnovers which has been a problem for them in their first four games. One key matchup to look out for today is wide receiver A.J. Green vs. LSU defensive back Patrick Petterson. LSU has won the coin toss and the game is about to begin. (more…)
After an exciting first week of the new NFL season that included Adrian Peterson’s three touchdown performance against the Cleveland Browns and Brandon Stokley’s miracle last second touchdown to beat the Cincinnati Bengals (sorry the state of Ohio it was a tough weekend on the Gridiron with the Trojans in Columbus), I realized I forgot to post my picks for the upcoming season. My picks below have not been changed after the first week despite injuries to key players on some of my playoff teams such as Donovan McNabb and Troy Polamalu. (more…)
It’s Matt Ryan here to bring you the first part of today’s doubleheader between the Winthrop Eagles and Georgia Bulldogs. Today’s starting pitchers are Jason Lever (Georgia) and Ken Monteith (Winthrop). Check back tonight for an audio recap of the game. (more…)
The cliché “Cinderella team” is used too often in sports to describe a team that surprises many people by their success or come from behind efforts. George Mason during the 2006 Final Four and the Tampa Bay Rays in last October’s World Series are teams that have received this tag in recent years. It is hard to believe that only four weeks the Cardinals were underdogs at home against the Atlanta Falcons going in to Wild Card weekend; they are far from a team that came out of the middle of nowhere and go deep in the playoffs. While their success has been unexpected, it is far from a historic run. After all the Cardinals were 7-3 at one point during the season and were seen as a potential Super Bowl dark horse. They have a high scoring offense lead by MVP candidate Kurt Warner, two Pro Bowl receivers in Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin, in addition to four time Pro Bowl running back Edgerrin James. They won their first division title since 1975, at that time they were playing in St.Louis at Busch Stadium.
Their 9-7 seemed unconvincing after they won 2 of their last 6 regular season games, including a 48-20 loss on Thanksgiving in Philadelphia and a 47-7 beating from the New England Patriots during a snowy Week 16 game in Foxborough. Even after their 30-24 win against the Falcons for only their third playoff win in franchise history, their chances seemed dim at winning again for this season. They won their next game 33-13 in Charlotte against the Panthers, after surrendering a touchdown to Panthers running back Deangelo Williams on the game’s the opening drive. They scored 24 points in the first half of the NFC title game against Philadelphia, including 3 touchdowns from Larry Fitzgerald. While the offense lit up the score board early, they almost blew an 18 point halftime lead to the Eagles in the fourth quarter. Warner was able to lead his team back from 25-24 deficit and in doing so the Cardinals became the first 9-7 team to make the Big Game since the 1979 Los Angeles Rams. Those Rams lost 31-19 to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XIV. That same franchise will be the Cardinal’s opponent this Sunday. The Pittsburgh Steelers are a 7 point favorite and their will likely be more Terrible Towels in Raymond James Stadium than red and white. However, no doubt should be given to the Cardinals based on their success in the last three games. In their three playoff wins the Cardinals showed how potent their offense can be, but they also proved their dense won’t be a hindrance on their Super Bowl chances.
Pittsburgh showed during their first 18 games why their favored by a touchdown. They still have 15 starters from their team that won the Super Bowl three years ago. Their defense led by defensive player of the year James Harrison and All-Pro safety Troy Polamalu led the league in countless defensive categories, and is clearly a level above the Cardinal’s defense. It’s also being raved as possibly the best Pittsburgh defense ever. They will likely give Kurt Warner problems all day, but I have a hard time comparing them to the 1970’s version Steel Curtain that had four Hall of Fame players. However the defense is on par to teams that won recent Super Bowls with strong defenses such as the 2000 Baltimore Ravens and 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
A “Cinderella” team gets by on luck, some lackluster play from their favored opponents, and is still viewed as having no chance heading in to their next game. Going in to last year’s Super Bowl the New York Giants were seen as a team that filled that description. The 18-0 New England Patriots were 12 points favorites and there was little doubt they would become the first unbeaten NFL team since the 1972 Miami Dolphins. New York upset Tom Brady’s team 17-14, in what may be the biggest upset in Super Bowl history. It completed a run of “Cinderella” proportions because they beat a team that was being hyped as the best ever. That was similar to North Carolina State beating Houston’s Phi Slama Jama team in the 1983 Final Four or the Texas Longhorns beating the USC Trojans in the 2006 Rose Bowl. If the Cardinals win Sunday it will only be an upset from the perspective of the greater Pittsburgh area and the odds makers, not in the context of David vs. Goliath.
