UGA 27 Georgia Tech 15

Grant Park, Atlanta, GA
Saturday January 25, 2003, 12pm
Referee: Alex Rocca

We played this game at Grant Park, which worked out pretty well because it meant we didn't have to play in Tech's Burger Bowl. It was a chilly day and the field was a bit muddy but not too bad. Tech took an early 3-0 lead on a 20 meter penalty kick but UGA responded with a try at 17 minutes when Daniel Van Dijk picked up from a ruck a couple of meters out and went through and touched it down. Blake Richter converted for a 7-3 lead.We (the author reserves the right to flip back and forth from "Us/We" and "UGA" as he sees fit) had some good continuity and posession along with several good breaks but kept giving them away with penalties.

Ten minutes after the first try Trevor Maliro chipped over tech's line from 25 meters out and Julian Harris pulled it down in the try zone for the score to make it 12-3. A few minutes before the half after some sustained pressure Josh Feller picked up from a ruck and dove over for the try to make is 17-3.

Early in the second half tech's inside center was sent to the sin bin for a high tackle after Tech had been warned in the first half. UGA responded a few minutes later with more pressure and a try off of a ruck at 5 meters by Josh Tedder to make it 22-3. Five minutes later Tech kicked a ball deep which was bobbled by our wing, Tech came down on it, picked it up, and scored an easy try to make it 22-8. At the 30 minute mark Julian Harris had an impressive 40 meter try, weaving through several tech defenders to make it 27-8. Just before the end of the game UGA was countering a kick close to its own line and threw a poorly advised pass which was picked off and taken in for a try to close the scoring at 27-15.

All in all we had some promising play and did a lot of things well, but mistakes typical of the first game of the season hurt us and kept the score closer than we would have liked. We had some loose ball handling all around and gave away some easy points which could have been avoided.

1 Jamie Bohannon (Neil Beers - 65th)
2 Eric Rogers
3 Josh Tedder
4 Seth Burrow
5 Rick Crowson (Daniel Van Dijk- 40th)
6 Daniel Van Dijk (Chris Payne - 40th)
7 Pete Bigham
8 Josh Feller (Chris Davis - 55th)
9 Michael Francis
10 Trevor Maliro
11 Marc Petrini
12 Marc Thomas
13 Blake Richter
14 Kevin Wilson
15 Julian Harris

 

Second Game
UGA 57 Georgia Tech 0

Referee: Doug "Garbageman" Porter

The second game was a bit of a mismatch from the start as UGA had several veterans playing along with the rookies against a young Tech team. UGA broke many long runs as Tech had trouble tackling. Tech did have some good phases of play but had trouble sustaining anything because of a lack of support and some weak rucking. Note the sharp looking ref in the picture.

 

 

1 Neil Beers
2 Brian Sanders
3 Chris Davis
4 Will Baldwin
5 Rick Crowson
6 Chris Payne
7 Larry Doong
8 Dave Collins
9 Josh Price
10 Chase Robinson
11 Matt Midgett
12 Coleman Robinson
13 Matt Verner
14 Marc Petrini
15 Tyler Boykin

If there are any mistakes or inaccuracies, it's likely because Doug coughed himself senseless and forgot everything, so please let us know what we messed up.