2015 Game 10 Georgia

The 5 and 4 Tigers face Georgia once again at Jordan-Hare.  Did the team find itself last week in a 26 to 10 win over TAMU?  Did Jovon Robinson have a coming out as he rushed for 159 yards on 27 carries?  Has the defense really improved?  Is the offense ready to play Malzahn tempo?  Who will start at quarterback?  Just before kickoff I see online that Jeremy Johnson will be at the helm.We will soon know where this season is headed down the stretch as this game will kickoff at 11 on CBS.

FIRST QUARTER

Peyton Barber starts at running back.  The Tigers win the toss and receive.
There's a first down to the 39.
The Tigers march right down the field in their opening possession for a touchdown.
Kerryon Johnson wildcats it in from the 10.
That was one impressive opening drive by the Tigers!
Though Barber started, Jovon Robinson had an impressive run on that drive.
75 yards 11 plays 4:36 off the clock.
56 yards on the ground and 19 in the air as JJ was 4 for 4.

Auburn 7  Georgia 0

The Bulldogs drive the AU 46 but have to punt on 4th and 9.
Auburn will start on their 16.
This time Georgia forces a three and out.  JJ runs for 8 yards for only after being sacked for a loss of 3.
Despite this our announcers say that Jeremy is playing with more confidence.
The punt goes to the Georgia 34 with 4:32 to go in the quarter with the wind against us.
The Dogs drive to a first down at the AU 11 as the quarter ends, the drive kept alive as they convert a 4th and 4 along the way.

SECOND QUARTER

First play from the 11 there's a run to the two.  Not good.
There's a fumble and Kris Frost almost recovers.
We stuff the run on third down.
On 4th and 1 for the first down from the two the pass is incomplete as Carl Lawson got into the passing lane.  Not a deflection but he blocked their quarterback's vision.
That's a big stop for the defense!
On the first play from the two Jovon Robinson runs for 33 to the 35.
BUT Johnson throws an interception later and Georgia starts on their 40.
Our QB has to shake this off.  We shall see.
The Dogs move to a third and short on our 12 but for some reason their QB goes back deep to pass and McKinzy sacks him!  The 40 yard FG is good.

Auburn 7  Georgia 3

So far after that opening drive our defense has kept us in the game.
Our offense must get going again.
The verdict is so-so.
The Tigers drive for a first down to the Bulldog 22 but have to settle for a 42 yard Daniel Carlson field goal.  We were running effectively but suddenly we try to throw from the 22 and Jeremy Johnson is not the best QB when you're throwing on every down.  We are at half.

Auburn 10  Georgia 3

THIRD QUARTER

The teams swap possessions until late in the quarter when Georgia drives from their 34 for the touchdown.  We had them stopped but a face mask call gives them a first down which leads to the score.  The problem is that earlier there was a blatant face mask on Jeremy Johnson right in front of the official that wasn't called.  No consistency in the officiating.

Auburn 10  Georgia 10

Our offense needs to get going, but it doesn't like it's going to happen as the third quarter winds down.
Three incomplete passes and Auburn is punting with 59 seconds to go in the quarter.
Sean White is in the game having come in the last series but it makes no difference.
They are stuffing the line of scrimmage and we cannot throw the ball.
Our offense is not in the game.
Georgia has all the momentum.  This game has turned against us in the third quarter.
Luckily we are stilled tied at this point.
Georgia gets good field possession after the punt at their 45.
The pressure is on our defense with no help so far in this half from our offense.
A touchdown here and we are in serious trouble.
The quarter ends with Georgia facing third and 2.
This game is going down to the wire it would appear.

FOURTH QUARTER

First down to the Auburn 44.  It looks like we can't stop them.
We do push them back helped by penalties but their punt rolls dead at the 6.
We had them 4th and 42 but they get a 20 yard run before the punt.  I don't understand that.
If we go three and out from here Georgia will win the game.
We are lucky the game is still tied  with 11:52 left.
Jovon Robinson runs for 2 yards.
Sean White is our QB.
We are only 2 of 8 so far on third down.
Johnson comes in and is dropped on the 6.
Once again we're three and out.  Of offense if comatose.
Since the first quarter our offense has gone backwards.
We will need another miracle as in 2013.
And now there is a punt return for the touchdown as the officials miss a block in the back.
Georgia gets away with another non-call.
Now we are in serious trouble.
This is all due to our offensive ineffectiveness.
It's been all Georgia in the second half.  Our offense is out of it.  It will cost us this game.

Auburn 10  Georgia 17

Will there be a 2013 like miracle?
I doubt it.
Sean White has been in there but he is obviously hobbled.
Jeremy Johnson is still Jeremy Johnson.
When forced to throw we can't do it.
In the second half we have one first down and 21 yards of total offense.
AU begins at the 23.
9:22 to go.
Disaster strikes.  White fumbles, Georgia recovers, and kicks the field goal.

Auburn 10  Georgia 20

I don't understand this offensive meltdown.  After last week's improvement and our opening drive today, what has happened???  The shame is that our defense has obviously improved.  This game is all over with 6:49 to go.  This is not a very good Georgia team but they are better than Auburn today.
Ford returns the kickoff to the Auburn 27.
Finally Auburn moves the ball smartly down the field with Jeremy Johnson at QB but from the 7 Ricardo Louis reverses his field on the speed sweep and fumbles near the goal line and Georgia recovers. So we will lose this game as the offense suffers its third turnover.
It's hard to understand the ineffectiveness of this Gus Malzahn offense especially when our defense kept us in this game till the end.  I never thought I would such a poor, poor Malzahn offense.
Auburn is using its timeouts to make Georgia punt near their goal line.
We use our three timeouts to force Georgia to punt from their end zone with 3:09 left.
After the punt we start on their 37 with no timeouts left.
We have to score quickly to get a miracle finish.
The Tigers get close enough to elect to go for the field goal and attempt the onside kick with 1:14 to go.

Auburn 13  Georgia 20

Georgia recovers the onside kick and that's that.
After such a great start as we score our only touchdown on our opening possession the defense keeps us in the game, but our offense vanishes.  It's all because we cannot throw the ball.  We have no threat of a passing game so all a team has to go is stack the line of scrimmage, dare our offense to throw it, and we can't.