Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Texas A&M Aggies 27, Georgia Bulldogs 17


This weekend, the Aggies traveled to the Georgia Dome in Atlanta to face the Georgia Bulldogs. It seemed as though we would have had a half without a single TD, as the Aggies scored 2 field goals and the Bulldogs one of their own. With the 1st half winding down, Stephen McGee connected on a 52-yard pass to E.J. Shankle to give the Aggies a 13-3 lead at the half. Georgia came out on offense and Thomas Brown jogged into the endzone untouched to score their first touchdown and make it 13-10. Jorvorskie Lane rumbled his way through the Bulldog defense, scoring a TD on the ground and putting the Ags up 20-10 going into the 4th quarter. Georgia chewed up alot of clock on their next possession, capping it off with a 13 yard TD pass to Thomas Brown and making the score 20-17. After an Aggie 3-and-out, the Bulldogs took over with 1:50 left on the clock and all of their timeouts. QB Matt Stafford managed the clock well and it seemed as though the Bulldogs were on the verge of handing the Aggies their first loss of the season. The Aggie defense tightened up, however, and sacked Stafford on a 4th down conversion try. All the Aggies had to do now was run out the clock. But it didn't happen that way. McGee handed the ball off to Mike Goodson, who took it all the way to the endzone on a 41 yard run to seal the deal. With less than a minute left in the game, the Bulldogs were desperate, but couldn't manage the plays they needed, losing a heartbreaker and becoming the 4th straight team to fall to the Fightin' Texas Aggies. The Georgia defense limited McGee's impact this week, as he went 13 of 30 for 188 yards and 1 TD and 47 rushing yards. Goodson ran for exactly 100 yards and 1 TD. For the first time this season, McGee was not named Big XII or NCAA Offensive Player of the Week. Both honors went to Oklahoma Sooners Wide Receiver Juaquin Iglesias, who had 9 catches for 107 yards and 3 TDs. The Aggies head back home next week to face the Miami Hurricanes (1-3), who are coming off back to back 2-point losses to the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Virginia Cavaliers. Miami's lone win was at home against the Iowa Hawkeyes, a 10-6 affair, after being blown out by the Michigan Wolverines in Week 1. Miami is the first unranked opponent for the Aggies this season, and even though the Aggie's are undefeated and playing at home, many are expecting a close game. The Hurricanes are just hoping to leave Kyle Field in better shape than the Sooners did last week.

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