| 2006-2007
College Football Season
Chick-fil-A Bowl
Post-Game
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Virginia
Tech (10-3) |
24 |
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Georgia
(9-4) |
31 |
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Georgia
Wins the Important Half
by Mike Mitchell
12/31/06
2:05 am est
Virginia
Tech took a 21-3 lead to the halftime locker room and then Georgia
let the dogs out and won the important half 28-3 for a 31-24
Chick-fil-A Bowl victory.
Surely, no one thought the top defense in the country would give
up an 18-point lead. But no one thought that the Hokies' quarterback
would commit four turnovers on four consecutive possessions.
However, the biggest surprise - the one that opened the door
for Georgia - came after the Bulldogs had made a harmless, but
impressive, 51-yard field goal to cut the gap to 21-6. Georgia
caught Virginia Tech off-guard and recovered an onside kick.
52 yards and seven plays later, the Bulldogs made the score 21-13.
When Virginia Tech finally got the ball back, Glennon threw an
interception on the fifth play to Tony Taylor. Georgia needed
just four plays to go 58 yards, and a two-point conversion tied
the game at 21-apiece.
Virginia Tech's next possession was halted on the first play
when a blindsided sack forced Glennon's fumble. The Hokies' defense
kept Georgia from scoring a touchdown but a 28-yard field goal
gave the Bulldogs a 24-21 lead.
Taylor got his second pick off Glennon on the third play of Virginia
Tech's next series, and returned it to the 1-yard line. Brannan
Southerland punched it in on 4th-and-goal for a 31-21 lead.
Glennon threw his third interception of the fourth quarter just
four plays into the next series. Kelin Johnson came out of nowhere
to stop what likely would have been a Virginia Tech touchdown
on a long pass over the middle at the Bulldogs' 10-yard line.
Georgia went three-and-out and the Hokies got the ball back at
their opponents' 27-yard line on a shanked punt. Still, the offense
only produced a 28-yard field goal with 3:41 left in the game.
Virginia Tech's last possession began at its own 20 with 1:08
left but lost five yards in four plays.
The loss broke the Hokies six-game winning streak as they finished
10-3. Georgia won its third straight game to end the year with
a 9-4 record.
The game drew a sell-out crowd of 75,406 to set a bowl record,
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