SUGAR BOWL: GEORGIA VS. HAWAII

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Georgia defensive end Marcus Howard sacked Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan in the first quarter. Brennan was sacked eight times in the game.

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Sugar Bowl Coverage

By Paul Arnett
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NEW ORLEANS » Those who thought Hawaii belonged on the same field with Georgia quickly discovered otherwise in last night's 41-10 Allstate Sugar Bowl shellacking before 74,383 boisterous fans packed into the Superdome.

Watching Colt

How UH quarterback Colt Brennan did yesterday:

Attempts 38
Completions 22
Yards 169
Interceptions 3
Touchdowns 0

The Bulldogs made a statement for not being invited to the national championship game and took it out on the Warriors in one of the more thorough whippings in the postseason.

Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan was lucky to get off the field with his head attached as Georgia's front seven dominated the line of scrimmage, sacking him eight times, and leaving June Jones' run-and-shoot in shambles.

Not since the Warriors were beat by USC 63-17 in Brennan's first game in 2005 has Hawaii looked so ineffective. By the time the third quarter ended, Georgia's fans were chanting, "O-ver-rated, O-ver-rated" and there was nothing anyone could do to argue that statement.

Georgia's Knowshon Moreno and Thomas Brown combined for 134 yards and three touchdowns, and sophomore quarterback Matthew Stafford threw for another to complement a defensive effort that included a fumble recovery by the Bulldogs' Marcus Howard in the end zone off a sack of Brennan to punctuate the win.

Brennan was knocked out of the game in the fourth quarter and Tyler Graunke came off the bench to promptly lead the Warriors to their only touchdown of the game. Several times the defense turned back the Bulldogs, including after UH gave up a 90-yard kickoff return, but it wasn't enough, as Georgia handed Hawaii its only loss of the season.

It dropped Hawaii to 12-1.


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Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan called for a timeout after being sacked by Georgia linebacker Rennie Curran in the second quarter last night at the Louisiana Superdome.

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Hawaii linebacker Blaze Soares couldn't get a hold on Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford in the second quarter.


Georgia 41, Hawaii 10

At Lousiana Superdome

Hawaii (12-1)

3 0 0 7 -- 10
Georgia (11-2)

14 10 14 3 -- 41

First Quarter
GA 9:42 Knowshon Moreno 17 run 0-7


(Brandon Coutu kick)
UH 4:30 FG Dan Kelly 41 3-7
GA :57 Moreno 11 run 3-14


(Coutu kick)
Second Quarter
GA 9:36 FG Coutu 52 3-17
GA 8:00 Sean Bailey 11 pass from Matthew Stafford 3-24


(Coutu kick)

Third Quarter
GA 8:57 Marcus Howard fumble recovery 3-31


(Coutu kick)
GA 1:40 Thomas Brown 1 run 3-38


(Coutu kick)

Fourth Quarter
GA 14:32 FG Coutu 45 3-41
UH 10:32 Ryan Grice-Mullins 18 pass from Tyler Graunke 10-41


(Kelly kick)

Attendance: 74,383. Time: 4:05.
Officials -- Referee: Brian O'Cain; Umpire: Al Granado; Linesman: Cleo Robinson; Line judge: Michael Feldman; Back judge: Steve Hudson; Field judge: D. Spiesterbach; Side judge: Bernie Hulscher; Scorer: Gayle Letulle.


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Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan discussed strategy with coach June Jones.

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Hawaii safety Jake Patek brought down Georgia tailback Thomas Brown in the first quarter. Brown was the game's top rusher with 73 yards.


Team Statistics


Hawaii GA
FIRST DOWNS 20 19
Rushing 2 9
Passing 14 10
Penalty 4 0
NET YARDS RUSHING -5 159
Rushing Attempts 18 40
Average Per Rush -0.3 4.0
Rushing Touchdowns 0 3
Yards Gained Rushing 51 169
Yards Lost Rushing 56 10
NET YARDS PASSING 311 175
Completions-Attempts-Int 35-57-4 14-27-1
Average Per Attempt 5.5 6.5
Average Per Completion 8.9 12.5
Passing Touchdowns 1 1
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 306 334
Total offense plays 75 67
Average Gain Per Play 4.1 5.0
Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-2 1-0
Penalties: Number-Yards 11-90 11-100
PUNTS-YARDS 3-102 3-145
Average Yards Per Punt 34.0 48.3
Net Yards Per Punt 34.0 45.7
Inside 20 0 0
50+ Yards 0 1
Touchbacks 0 0
Fair catch 1 0
KICKOFFS-YARDS 3-191 8-508
Average Yards Per Kickoff 63.7 63.5
Net Yards Per Kickoff 21.0 41.6
Touchbacks 0 0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 3-8-0 0-0-0
Average Per Return 2.7 0.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 7-175-0 3-128-0
Average Per Return 25.0 42.7
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-0-0 4-2-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-1
Miscellaneous Yards 0 0
Possession Time 30:39 29:21
1st Quarter 7:28 7:32
2nd Quarter 4:58 10:02
3rd Quarter 8:41 6:19
4th Quarter 9:32 5:28
Third-Down Conversions 7 of 17 6 of 14
Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 0 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 4-6
Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 8-45
PAT Kicks 1-1 5-5
Field Goals 1-1 2-2


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Ryan Grice-Mullins couldn't hold onto the ball while being hit by Georgia's Prince Miller.

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Georgia tailback Knowshon Moreno celebrated a touchdown with center Fernando Velasco.


Individual Offensive Statistics

RUSHING--Hawaii, Kealoha Pilares 7-26, Daniel Libre 1-7, David Farmer 1-0, Colt Brennan 9-(-38). GA, Brown 19-73, Moreno 9-61, A.J. Bryant 1-20, Kregg Lumpkin 3-7, Brannan Southerland 3-4, Stafford 2-0, TEAM 3-(-6).
PASSING-Hawaii, Brennan 22-38-3-169, Graunke 13-19-1-142. GA, Stafford 14-23-1-175, Joe Cox 0-4-0-0.
RECEIVING--Hawaii, Jason Rivers 10-105, Davone Bess 7-53, Grice-Mullins 6-37, C.J. Hawthorne 4-73, Libre 3-15, Farmer 2-17, Pilares 2-8, Jason Laumoli 1-3. GA, Mohamed Massaquoi 5-54, Kris Durham 3-48, Moreno 2-26, Bailey 2-18, Michael Moore 1-17, Tripp Chandler 1-12.

Individual Defensive Statistics

Hawaii

Player Solo Ast Tot
Jake Patek 7 2 9
S. Elimimian 3 6 9
Amani Purcell 5 1 6
Blaze Soares 5 0 5
Adam Leonard 3 2 5
Erik Robinson 3 0 3
Gerard Lewis 3 0 3
Karl Noa 1 2 3
Siave Seti 1 2 3
Ryan Mouton 2 0 2
Myron Newberry 1 1 2
C.J. Hawthorne 1 0 1
Jason Rivers 1 0 1
Keala Watson 1 0 1
Michael Lafaele 1 0 1
Timo Paepule 1 0 1
Ryan Grice-Mullins 1 0 1
David Veikune 1 0 1
Ryan Keomaka 1 0 1
Fale Laeli 0 1 1
John Fonoti 0 1 1


Georgia

Player Solo Ast Tot
Asher Allen 6 3 9
Dannell Ellerbe 5 3 8
Rennie Curran 5 2 7
Reshad Jones 5 1 6
Akeem Dent 4 0 4
Marcus Howard 4 0 4
Kelin Johnson 2 2 4
Darryl Gamble 1 3 4
Bryan Evans 2 1 3
Geno Atkins 2 1 3
Ramarcus Brown 2 0 2
Quintin Banks 2 0 2
Brandon Miller 2 0 2
Jeff Owens 1 0 1
C.J. Byrd 1 0 1
Southerland 1 0 1
Thomas Flowers 1 0 1
Prince Miller 1 0 1
Roderick Battle 1 0 1
Andrew Williams 1 0 1
Shaun Chapas 1 0 1
Demarcus Dobbs 1 0 1
Corvey Irvin 1 0 1
Jeremy Lomax 0 0 0
Michael Lemon 0 0 0

Tackles for loss-yards -- Hawaii: Elimimian 1-3, Purcell 1-1. GA: Howard 2-22, Curran 2-6, Miller 1-10, Battle 1-6, Atkins 1-4, Jones 1-4, Ellerbe 1-1.
Sacks-Yards -- Hawaii: None. GA: Howard 3-22, Curran 2-6, Miller 1-10, Battle 1-6, Atkins 1-4.
Fumbles forced -- Hawaii: Purcell. GA: Howard 2.
Fumbles recovered -- Hawaii: None. GA: Howard 1-0, Miller 1-0.
Interceptions -- Hawaii: Patek 1-0. GA: Allen 2-2, Ellerbe 1-0, Miller 1-0.
Passes broken up -- Hawaii: Newberry 2, Patek. GA: Johnson, Atkins, Flowers, Miller, Lemon.
Kicks blocked -- Hawaii: None. GA: None.
Quarterback hurries -- Hawaii: Hawaii. GA: Atkins, Dobbs, Lomax.



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