Thursday, September 4, 2008

GAME OVER! COMMODORES WIN!

Score: 24-17 Commodores (0:00)
Player of the fourth quarter: Jared Hawkins;

Play of the fourth quarter: Jared Hawkins 13-yard touchdown run to give Vanderbilt a two-touchdown lead.

Notes from ninth SC drive (continued from third quarter):
• Davis is back. That acclaimed sports medicine physician Erin Andrews has declared that he has a mildly strained quad. Davis gets his sixth first down of the game.
• Benoist strips the ball from Cook. 3rd & 10.
• Delay of game. 3rd & 15. (14:27)
• Hamilton runs across the field and fells Mo Brown.
• Big, big field goal here. 48 yards. NO GOOD! That delay of game penalty was huge.
• Can we eat up the clock on these guys? Oh yeah, we've got most of the fourth quarter left.

Notes from tenth VU drive:
• Austin Monahan picks up a first down. After a slow start, our tight ends are making some big grabs and playing with confidence.
• Graham taken down after a grab. He's stepped up.
• Nickson short after a spinning, diving run but Captain Munnerlyn called for holding Walker.
• LET'S SCORE A TOUCHDOWN!
• 1st & 10 on the 35.
• Huge facemask on Jared Hawkins and its not called. Horrible officiating.
• Huge interference call on the Captain on third down. That could have been a makeup call. Or maybe not. Gamecocks seem to be losing their cool. The Captain is on the sideline cooling off.
• Hawkins picks up eight yards. 2nd & 2 on the 13. (9:40)
• Chris Reinart looks like he broke his leg. Now he's pumping up the crowd while he gets taken off the field on a John Deere. Tough kid.
• JARED HAWKINS! JARED HAWKINS! 13-yard run! He doesn't look like Harry Potter now!

Notes from tenth SC drive:
• Squib kick and long return puts Gamecocks on SC 45.
• Plenty of time left for the Gamecocks. 1st & 10 on the 40.
• Holding on Gamecocks. Now it's 1st & 20 on the 50.
• Smelley almost sacked and then scrambles for 25 yards. That could be the play of the game. Let's hope not.
• 1st & 10 on the 25.
• Cook gets 9 yards and we knock his helmet off. Cook's got 7 catches for 103.
• Big catch by Mo Brown. DJ was going for the pick. 1st & goal on the 5. (7:42)
• Touchdown. Our secondary looks whipped.

Notes from eleventh VU drive:
• We can't turn the ball over.
• Nickson knocked to the ground. 2nd & 10. We've got to get a first down. Our defense is worn out.
• Hawkins breaks five tackles, picks up two yards.
• 3rd & 9. Whoops. Snap infraction on the center. 3rd & 14.
• Man, we're deep in our own territory.
• Graham gets another screen. He's not a burner, though. We gotta punt. Go clock, go.

Notes from eleventh SC drive:
• 1st & 10 on the VU 48. LeCorn gets 5 yards.
• Man, they're moving the ball. Smelley is in a rhythm. 35 yard line. First down.
• Smelley incomplete. That breaks a string of seven in a row. (3:52)
• Huge sack by Billinger. He knocked Smelley off his feet. That could be the play of the game if we pull this out.
• 3rd & 16. Steven Stone gets a sack! 4th & 18. They're punting. That's a smart move on their part.

Notes from twelfth VU drive:
• 1st & 10 on the VU5. Nice run by Hawkins, 7 yards. Gamecocks have two timeouts left.
• 2nd & 3. FIRST DOWN, HAWKINS! (1:42)
• Hawkins picks up three. Gamecocks out of timeouts. (1:37)
• Hawkins gets a yard and the clock is ticking, ticking.
• 3rd & 6. FIRST DOWN, HAWKINS!
• IT'S OVER! WE WIN! I'M SORRY I EVER DOUBTED YOU, JARED HAWKINS!

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