06-24-2011, 05:36 PM
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Re: Beginner Dynasty
Lobos Can't Hang With Bulldogs For Four Quarters
Athens, GA -- The Lobos started their 2011 campaign between the hedges in Athens, GA against the 2010 SEC #13 Georgia Bulldogs. Last season New Mexico travelled to Eugene, OR for opening game and lost a tight one 24-14. This year Coach Redfoot's squad hoped they could pull the upset off this time. UGA returned sophomore QB Aaron Murray along with superstar wideout A.J. Green and solid RB Washaun Ealey. On the defensive side the Dawgs were headed by preseason All-American Shawn Williams.
Ealey would establish himself early. On 3rd and short Ealey made 2 defenders miss then went 61 yds for the Bulldogs score giving them the 7-0 lead. The Lobos would attempt to respond. However after picking up 2 first downs disaster would strike. Sophomore QB Tarean Austin would look deep for sophomore wideout Myles Daughtry. The pass would go off Daughtry's hands, bounce around between 2 UGA defenders before finally being picked off. The defending SEC champs would make them pay. Thanks a few long pass plays the Bulldogs moved into Lobos territory. After a few more powerful runs by Ealey, he would cap off the drive with a short TD run. 14-0 Bulldogs. Austin and the Lobos offense would come firing back. Putting together a 10 play 70 yd drive that ate up about 3 min, the Lobos would put a dent UGA's early lead with a short Demond Dennis TD run. 14-7 Georgia. The quarter would end with the Bulldogs once again on the move.
That drive however would end early in the 2nd quarter at midfield forcing a punt by last year's national punter of the year Drew Butler. New Mexico would take control of the quarter with another impressive drive. This time 14 plays for 59 yds eating up just shy of 4 min of game clock. The big news in this drive would be the injury to Shawn Williams. The preseason all american would break his tailbone tackling backup runningback James Wright. The UGA defense would recover though from the blow and come up with a big stop inside the 5. On 1st down Tyson would bust through the Lobos offensive line and drop Dennis for a short loss. Then after an incomplete pass the Bulldog D would get in the backfield again this time dropping Austin for a long sack. James Aho would trot on the field and knock through his 1st FG of the 2011 season from 33 yds out. 14-10 UGA. The rest of the quarter would turn into a defensive stalemate as both teams would force 3 and outs until Georgia would run the clock out of the half. The Lobos would head into the half surprisingly only down 4.
The opening kickoff would set the tone of the whole 2nd half. Senior cornerback Anthony Hooks would receive the deep kickoff from UGA kick Blair Walsh, spring upfield and get popped by Georgia defender. The ball would go squirting free and Israel Troupe would scoop it up for the Bulldogs and return it 17 yds for the TD giving the Bulldogs a sudden 21-10 lead. It would not get any better New Mexico as after another solid drive, Austin would throw his 2nd INT of the game. A few plays later Ealey would again bust through the New Mexico defense, this time on his way to 56 yd TD ru. 28-10 Bulldogs. The next Lobos drive would almost be a perfect mirror of their previous drive as again the would move the ball into UGA territory. Then for the 3rd time of the day Austin would throw an INT. However the Lobos weren't giving up yet. On the first play of UGA ensuing drive junior DT Ugo Uzodinma would pop Ealey and force a fumble. Emmanuel McPhearson would sweep in from his nickel position and scoop the ball up and race into the endzone for 22 yd fumble return for a TD. 28-17 Bulldogs. It looked like the Lobos were back in the game. The game would head into the 4th with Georgia again on the move.
In the 4th quarter the Lobos would finally fall apart. After hanging in for the majority of the game the Bulldogs would pull away in front of their home crowd. Murray would cap off a pounding drive with a TD toss to stud WR A.J. Green who had a relatively quiet day. 35-17 Georgia. New Mexico would drive twice more inside Georgia territory with one ending on 4th down and the other an INT by Austin. Tarean finished the day with 4 picks and 0 TD. Ealey however would have cap his incredible game with another late 4th quarter TD to put the final score at 42-17 Georgia Bulldogs.
Washaun Ealey finished the day with 28 carries for 255 yds and an impressive 4 TDs. His outstanding performance would give him NCAA Player of the Week honors. For New Mexico the bright spot would be MLB Carmen Messina. Picking up where he left off last year the senior would record 13 tackles (10 solo) and TFL. Coach Redfoot would state after the game that Austin would get the start in 2 weeks against hated rival New Mexico State Aggies but that his leash was very short. Georgia opened the year 1-0 while the Lobos fell to a disappointing 0-1.
| New Mexico (0-1) at #13 Georgia (1-0) | | Aug 27, 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | | New Mexico | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 | | #13 Georgia | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
| Top Performers | | New Mexico | | #1 Demond Dennis 18 rushes 46 yds TD | | #58 Carmen Messina 13 tackles TFL | | #13 Georgia | | #3 Washaun Ealey 28 rushes 255 yds 4 TD | | #11 Aaron Murray 14-21 188 yds TD |
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| NM | UGA | | First Downs | 20 | 16 | | 3rd Down Efficiency | 6-12 (50%) | 6-9 (66%) | | 4th Down Efficiency | 0-1 (0%) | 0-0 (0%) | | Total Yards | 495 | 540 | | Passing Yards | 196 | 188 | | Rushing Yards | 116 | 266 | | Penalties-Penalty Yards | 0-0 | 0-0 | | Turnovers | 5 | 1 | | Time of Possession | 17:02 | 14:58 |
| | Scoring Summary | | FIRST QUARTER SCORING | NM | UGA | | 6:45 | (UGA) Washaun Ealey, 61 yd run (Walsh kick) | 0 | 7 | | 3:44 | (UGA) Washaun Ealey, 3 yd run (Walsh kick) | 0 | 14 | | 0:57 | (NM) Demond Dennis, 1 yd run (Aho kick) | 7 | 14 | | SECOND QUARTER SCORING | NM | UGA | | 3:28 | (NM) James Aho, 33 yd FG | 10 | 14 | | THIRD QUARTER SCORING | NM | UGA | | 7:52 | (UGA) Israel Troupe, returned Anthony Hooks fumble 17 yds (Walsh kick) | 10 | 21 | | 2:46 | (UGA) Washaun Ealey, 56 yd run (Walsh kick) | 10 | 28 | | 1:08 | (NM) Emmanuel McPheason, returned Wayshaun Ealey's fumble 22 yds (Aho kick) | 17 | 28 | | FOURTH QUARTER SCORING | NM | UGA | | 7:16 | (UGA) A.J. Green, 20 yd pass form Aaron Murray (Walsh kick) | 17 | 35 | | 2:08 | (UGA) Washaun Ealey, 4 yd run (Walsh kick) | 17 | 42 |
| | New Mexico | | PASSING | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | | Tarean Austin | 15/35 | 196 | 0 | 4 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | Demond Dennis | 18 | 46 | 2.5 | 1 | | James Wright | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | | Tarean Austin | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Lucas Reed | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 0 | | Lamaar Thomas | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | | Myles Daughty | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 0 | | Ty Kirk | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | | DEFENSIVE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | Carmen Messina | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Reggi Ellis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Emmanuel McPhearson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LG | | James Aho | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| 33 | | PUNTING | TOT | YDS | AVG | -20 | | Ben Skaer | 2 | 90 | 45 | 0 |
| #13 Georgia | | PASSING | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | | Aaron Murray | 14/21 | 188 | 1 | 0 | | Logan Gray | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | Washaun Ealey | 28 | 255 | 9.1 | 4 | | Aaron Murray | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Washaun Ealey | 4 | 11 | 2.7 | 0 | | Rantavious Wooten | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | | Tavarious King | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | | A.J. Green | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 1 | | Alec Ogletree | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | | Orson Charles | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | | Marlon Brown | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | | DEFENSIVE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | Joe Hamilton | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Abry Jones | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Reuben Faloughi | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LG | | Blair Walsh |
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| | PUNTING | TOT | YDS | AVG | -20 | | Drew Butler | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 0 |
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Last edited by nredfoot; 06-24-2011 at 05:49 PM.
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