The 2011 Georgia Game

The South's oldest rivalry starts again. It's a big game for both teams as usual. Georgia can clinch the SEC East with a win. The Tigers need a 7th win to move into better bowl territory. Auburn comes off an off-week. Georgia might as well have since they blew out New Mexico State last week. After losing their first 2 games, the Bulldogs have won 7 straight. The game is a 2:30 kickoff on CBS from Athens.

FIRST QUARTER

Georgia receives from their 30 drive 70 yards for the touchdown. They get a good spot on a 3rd and 1, convert a 3rd and 16 when our safety didn't get over to the ball, and get the 8-yrd. TD pass when their receiver beats T'Sharvan Bell in the end zone. The Dogs were 4 of 4 on third downs. We've had a problem all year on third down of course.

Auburn 0 Georgia 7

That's OK if our DBs will get in the game and our offense has come to play 4 quarters. We stopped Crowell on that first poasession.
AU starts on their 24.
First down pass to Blake to the 36.
First down pass to Lutzenkirchen.
There is a play-action 45 yd. pass to Blake.
Then we go 3rd and goal from the 10.
Offside Georgia.
3rd and goal from the 5.
Wow!
Mosely to Uzomah who passes to Lutz for the touchdown!
What a play!

Auburn 7 Georgia 7

Bam, bam. The Tigers answer the Bulldogs. Here we go for another typical Auburn-Georgia game.
From their 23 the Bulldogs drive for the TD again the score coming from a 27-yd. pass with 3:02 left in the first quarter.

Auburn 7 Georgia 14

After one first down, the Tigers go to 4th and punt as the first quarter ends.

END OF FIRST QUARTER

Auburn 7 Georgia 14

So far Georgia certainly looks like the better team. We can't run the ball. Georgia hasn't gotten their running game going either, but they are 8 of 10 passing. We are -8 yards rushing. So far we cannot run the football, and if we can't run, we certainly will not win this football game.
Georgia fair catches the punt on the Ga 14.
Georgia is out to their 46 on the second play.
Georgia runs down to our 41.
Our defense is getting whipped.
Crowell fumbles unmolested and Freeman recovers!!!
Auburn is on their 45 first down trailing 14 to 7 with 13:16 left in the first half.
THEN we turn around fumble right back to Georgia halfback to halfback in the backfield. So sloppy and stupid. That was an ugly looking turnover by our offense.
Georgia is on our 40.
Georgia is on our 23.
Loss of one.
Incomplete pass.
Their QB scrambles for the first down at the 12 on 3rd and 11. Our defense is porous.
Their QB is in control. Nobody open,easy run for a first down.
Plenty of time. No one open. Murray scrambles for an easy first down.
TD pass. The Georgia is abusing our defense. No one covers their receiver on a flat route. The Bulldogs are dominating. Georgia is abusing Auburn.

Auburn 7 Georgia 21

Auburn better get its act together in a hurry or this will get ugly. Georgia has scored on all 3 possessions.
Auburn is not playing well on defense. That was a flat route with a missed assignment.
Auburn looks beaten already.
The Tigers have not played well. Georgia is much more efficient and posed.
We start inside our 20. This does not look good at all. We could be looking at a route.
Georgia intercepts and runs it in. Touchdown Georgia.
Poor pass by Mosely. Auburn is coming apart. You wouldn't expect this with a week off to prepare for this game. We've had two consecutive turnovers.
This game is already almost out-of-hand.
Georgia is not 28 to 7 better than Auburn. The Tigers are not playing well. This is not to be expected given that we had a week off. How could we be this discombulated.

Auburn 7 Georgia 28

Georgia has 238 yards of total offense vs. 92 for Auburn.
AU starts on the 38 with 9:34 to go in the half. Something good needs to happen for Auburn soon!
No go. Mosely is sacked on 3rd down at the Auburn 38.
Auburn is getting whipped all around
After the punt Georgia fair catches on their 30 after just a 31-yd. punt.
It's do or die with our defense. There is no hope at this point. We have not stopped their offense yet.
There is a long pass to the Auburn 35 as their QB has all day to throw the ball.
The pass was short but Bell never looked.
There's a run and a first down to the Auburn 25. Our defense looks awful. But then so does our offense.
The Bulldogs have their foot on our throat.
There's a touchdown pass. Easy pitch and catch. Chris Davis is asleep.
Georgia is killing us. No other way to put it. Auburn will not win this game.

Auburn 7 Georgia 35

This is as bad as Auburn has looked in a long time. LSU was a superior team. Georgia may better but they shouldn't be this much better. Georgia is eating us up on first and third downs. Georgia will run up the score if they can and that's fine. Stan White says he's never seen a domination like this in this game before. At this point Auburn looks helpless.
No help on this possession. We can't get a first down. As the clock winds down we have to punt. It's as if Georgia knows every play we are going to run. We have no answers on offense or defense. This is as bad as Auburn has looked in Chizik's time on the Plains. Georgia is executing and Auburn looks helpless.
Georgia is on the loose again on their 29.
On 3rd and very long we finally hold.
Georgia finally punts from their 24.
A short punt and we start on the Georgia 41.
The Tigers get pushed back going 3 and out.
The Dogs have the ball back on their 46.
Mercifully the clock runs out and we are in big, big hole.
What a horrible first half for Auburn.
There is no way we will win this game. We've had better first halves than second halves, but this is a mountain we can't climb. We look pitiful.

END OF HALF
Auburn 7 Georgia 35

Going into the second half, our only hope is to keep the score respectable. This is the worst Auburn effort of the year. Makes you wonder since we had a week off.
Auburn has 89 total yards in the first half.
Let's see if Auburn can play well for the next 30 minutes in the most adverse circumstances I've seen in the history of Auburn football. We need something, anything, positive to happen.
AU starts on the 20 on the touchback.
Dyer goes to the 36.
McCalebb gets roughed up in a head-to-head blow on the play, but no penalty.
After that one play, we are 3 and out. Auburn looks horrible. That's all there is to it. Georgia is putting pressure on our QB at will. We have no deep threat.
The Tigers punt. How bad can it get??? We have no offense, and Georgia is making no mistakes except for the one fumble, and then we give it right back to them.
On a third and 8 Georgia runs out to the 45 for a first down on a draw play.
There is a gain of 17.
Our defense is being totally dominated.
Georgia is threatening to score again. This is embarassing.
This is as bad I've seen Auburn get beat in the Chizik era.
The Bulldogs are moving the ball at will. Missed tackle after missed tackle.
This is as bad I've seen Auburn beaten in a long time. LSU was bad, but this is much worse because we are getting beat physically.
Georgia takes it down to our 9.
The FG is good. This is embarassing.

Auburn 7 Georgia 38

Well, I didn't expect this. To lose is one thing; to lose this badly is embarassing.
Finally we start moving the ball.
But we fumble and Georgia recovers.
What can you say except that with a little bit of momentum we fumble. Georgia takes the ball on their 38 leading by 31. This is as bad an Auburn loss as I remember seeing in a long time. We getting totally whipped.
Georgia mounts another drive. The quarter ends with the Bulldogs in complete control. Except for the 7-7 score early, Auburn has never been in this game.

END OF THIRD QUARTER
Auburn 7 Georgia 38

Georgia scores again in the final quarter.

Auburn 7 Georgia 45

There is no silver lining in this game. We are whipped from start to finish. Our team looks like it's sleep-walking.
Georgia drives down the field to lead 7 to 0.
Auburn responds to make it 7 to 7 and it looked like a shootout early.
But Georgia kept going and the game got ugly after that.
Georgia took it to us. Auburn could not respond in kind. That about sums it up.
This looks like boys against men.
This is as bad as Auburn has looked in a long time. Very, very bad.
Georgia out-hit Auburn all night long. The best team wins.

FINAL SCORE

Auburn 7 Georgia 45