Both teams came out a little rusty and punted away the first quarter. Texas A&M connected first with a touchdown from Johnson to McCoy. The pair connected on 15 yard pass.
Georgia's defense led via a group effort (Coach Richt, Coach Garner and two Graduate Assistants) did a pretty good job of bending but not breaking. A&M racked up the yardage but they did not rack up the points.
Georgia's offense did not really show up in the first half, but the special teams did. A blocked field goal by big Geno Atkins set the tone early, and ignited the Dawgs.
(Photo courtesy of Georgiadogs.com) After the initial touchdown by Texas A&M, Georgia's Brandon Boykin returned the kick 81 yards for a TD.
The next possession A&M was back to punt and Bacarri Rambo blocked the kick. Georgia setup First and Goal and Caleb King punched it in (Michael Moore was present to scoop up the touchdown, but the officials credited King with the TD).
A&M was short on timeouts as the first half wrapped up and the score at the half was UGA 14 - A&M 7.
Georgia pulled away big time in the second half putting up an additional 30 points to A&M's 13. Aaron White put a pair of TD's and Caleb King and Shaun Chapas both got a TD.
Even though Georgia was out gained in the game in total yards as A&M gained 471 to Georgia's 366, the final score did not reflect as Georgia had the lead and kept it via some key interceptions, and grinded it out on the ground in the second half.
Georgia finished the night with 208 yards on the ground and 158 in the air. Georgia's secondary got 2 interceptions on the night and shutdown A&M's comeback attempts.
Georgia has won 13 of last 16 bowl games and improves to 7-2 in the postseason under coach Mark Richt.
(Photo courtesy of Georgiadogs.com)
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