UGA Football: Bulldogs Go Deep To Rally Past Vols

In a season that felt like it was one more loss from slipping away, and in a game that started poorly and looked like it was about to get much worse, the Georgia football team needed somebody to make a big play. Enter punter Brett Thorson, naturally.

With the No. 12-ranked Bulldogs trailing No. 7 Tennessee 7-0 late in the first quarter at Sanford Stadium on Saturday night — Georgia’s offense having gained 22 yards on 13 plays so far — Thorson booted a 51-yard punt from near the UGA goal line. The Volunteers’ Boo Carter fielded the punt and headed upfield and to the right, with a lot of unoccupied Dooley Field grass between him and the end zone.

Carter had one man to beat to get there and put the Vols up 14-0. Enter Thorson, the 6-foot-2 and 235-pound Melbourne native who grew up playing Australian rules football. Displaying the form and aggression of a linebacker, Thorson brought down the 5-11, 195-pound Carter after a 26-yard return. Tennessee still had the ball at the Georgia 37-yard line, but the Vols weren’t celebrating a touchdown.

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