Matt Laws will be live on-site from the Georgia Dome in Atlanta for tonight's Chick-Fil-A Bowl game between LSU and Georgia Tech.Avery County native Paul Johnson, head coach of the Yellow Jackets, brings his team into the postseason in just his first season at the helm of the Ramblin' Wreck and faces the defending National Champion Bayou Bengals of LSU.
Live Real-Time statistics can be found during the bowl action at: http://www.chick-fil-abowl.com/ .
We hope to have various multimedia (photos, quotes, etc.) either during or shortly following this evening's contest.
Best of luck to Coach Johnson this evening!
UPDATE: A 28-point second quarter was too much for Georgia Tech to overcome as the LSU Tigers defeated the Yellow Jackets 38-3 at the Georgia Dome on New Year's Eve night. Charles Scott had 65 yards on 15 carries and three rushing touchdowns in the game.
Nine different receivers caught passes from LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson in the game.
"We would have liked to have won. We would have liked to have played better, but we didn't," Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson said after the game. "It was a disappointing ending to the season. We got outplayed, we got outcoached. It was a good beating."
The biggest special teams plays all fell in LSU's favor. LSU recovered an onside kick and a Georgia Tech fumbled punt return and made a fourth-down stop on the Yellow Jackets' fake punt attempt from Georgia Tech's own 22-yard line.
"We have some pretty nifty special teams guys," LSU coach Les Miles said. "We felt like we needed to maybe steal some possessions and keep the ball away from their offense."
LSU turned the fumbled punt and stop on the fake punt into quick touchdowns while outscoring Georgia Tech 28-0 in the second quarter. "We started the game by kicking the ball out of bounds and it got worse from there on special teams," Johnson remarked. "I think this is the worst special teams game I can remember."
Georgia Tech (9-4) was denied its first 10-win season since 1998, but the team and its coach is optimistic on the close of this campaign and looking ahead to 2009.
"We would have liked to have won. We would have liked to have played better, but we didn't," Coach Johnson added. "I don't think this affects our team moving forward. The 2008 season's over. I look forward to 2009."
