FINAL: Penn 42, Georgetown 13
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And it's official, the Red and Blue have a win on the board, moving to 1-3. The whole team looked good, particularly the running game (which had averaged 3.1 yards per carry) and the run defense.
1:15 4th Q: Penn 42, Georgetown 13
Penn pulls a Georgetown and runs out of a four-wide receiver set.
The punt goes through the arms of the returner and out of bounds at the one. The few fans remaining, aka the ones doing The Line, chant for a safety. Georgetown doesn't get it though.
5:23 4th Q: Penn 42, Georgetown 13
Lawrence has now taken over the punt return duties for Ambrogi, who fumbled twice in two games. He's got some nice returns so far, but goes nowhere off of that nice boot.
The new quarterback is Philadelphia-area native Brendan McNally. Bagnoli originally told me he was recruited as a wide receiver, but the Penn Charter man is apparently the third string signal caller now. He's mostly running though, and taking a few nice licks in the process.
9:13 4th Q: Penn 42, Georgetown 13
Georgetown goes down the field and scores yet again, and Bassuener once again hits Van Fleet for a touchdown.
Huh, apparently Amoo-Achampong is the fourth running back now, as he finally gets into the game.
14:05 4th Q: Penn 42, Georgetown 6
Blackmon punches it in on third and goal, and it's 42-6. Andrew Samson puts the PAT through. I'd be careful, with all of the injuries to kickers this year I'd be careful of his "leg fatigue".
15:00 4th Q: Penn 35, Georgetown 6
Tyler Fisher almost takes the kickoff to the house, but gets tripped up as he crosses midfield.
After a fourth down conversion, the Quakers are driving, and down inside the five, but yet another (at least four so far) false start penalty pushes them back to the seven.
Bradford Blackmon is in the game at running back, Kelms Amoo-Achampong must be injured, even DiMaggio is out now.
4:11 3rd Q: Penn 35, Georgetown 6
Brit Ertman nicely bats down a pass on a blitz to bring up fourth down, but Bassuener runs around the corner for the first at the Penn 30.
Wow, a beautiful pass from Bassuener to Van Fleet on a post in the end zone puts GTown on the board. Real nice play, well-executed drive.
Just when the Hoyas thought they'd saved some face, Naheem Harris gets a paw on the PAT, and it stays 35-6.
6:21 3rd Q: Penn 35, Georgetown 0
There's not much to get too excited about now. Both teams gain a few yards and then have to punt. A pass interference call on CB Greg Ambrogi gets Georgetown into Penn territory, though, following a fourth-and-one conversion.
HALFTIME: Penn 35, Georgetown 0
It's gotten pretty ugly. I'd like to see Bagnoli yank Sandberg so he can be healthy for that must-win next week against Columbia.
Here are some stats for you from the first half:
1:12 2nd Q: Penn 35, Georgetown 0
Matt Bassuener comes into the game for Lane at quarterback. He gets a couple first downs, but a long pass is broken up very nicely by Wynn, saving a potential touchdown.
Georgetown goes for it on fourth and long, completes a pass, but doesn't get enough. Walker quickly gets Penn down the field with a throw to Lepisto and then one to Dan Coleman.
Walker then hits Tyler Fisher on a nice slant to go up 35-0.
3:51 2nd Q: Penn 28, Georgetown 0
Just when Georgetown starts getting something going, a pitch goes awry, the running back tries to pick it up, runs past it, and it's Penn ball.
A 47-yard field goal is blocked, though, and GTown's offense is in business.
7:54 2nd Q: Penn 28, Georgetown 0
Walker goes deep for David Wurst, who gets a nice pushoff on corner Dennis Jackson, but there's no call, and he still drops the ball that would be a wide open TD. Jackson is hurt on the play, but it looks to be a cramp. Either way, the penalty should have gone against Penn.
Five wide receiver set for the Hoyas, but of course they'll run the ball. Bad idea though - FS Tony Moses absolutely lays out Lane as he heads up the middle on the keeper.
11:21 2nd Q: Penn 28, Georgetown 0
Bagnoli clearly wants to punish this team, as Sandberg is still in the game. Although, when i was in high school we played against Mustafa Shakur of Friends' Central, a point guard for the Kings, and my coach specifically asked them to leave him in as long as possible so we could learn from it. I learned a lot, like how to make a defender fall, how to throw an alley-oop and how to do a 360 dunk. Real pertinent.
11:52 2nd Q: Penn 28, Georgetown 0
I'm speechless - Georgetown passed. It was definitely a designed run, but out of panic, the already-rolled-out Lane chucks the ball out to his wideout.
Wow, another short completion and Lane is 2-for-2 passing. That's now doubled his season total in completions.
They still get stopped on the drive at Penn's 48, and will be forced to punt.
0:12 1st Q: Penn 28, Georgetown 0
This is pretty sad.
Hoyas signal caller Robert Lane, who still hasn't attempted a pass, looks to pitch, but when the linebacker goes toward the back, Lane gets indecisive. He slips and falls, but not before he loses the ball and Penn recovers. Wow.
The Quakers make quick work, as Sandberg, back in the game, does his specialty bobbing-and-weaving-run for a touchdown.
0:43 1st Q: Penn 21, Georgetown 0
Bagnoli must have The Buzz on his blackberry. Sandberg wasn't in at all in that drive, but it doesn't matter against the Hoyas' defense.
DiMaggio trucks an unsuspecting linebacker and rumbles nearly 40 yards for the touchdown.
1:51 1st Q: Penn 14, Georgetown 0
Glen Cressman for the Quakers literally picks up the return man, and body slams him to the ground. This is getting a little ugly. And it's the first quarter.
After another three unsuccessful runs, the Hoyas have to punt.
3:52 1st Q: Penn 14, Georgetown 0
A couple more Sandberg runs and a pass from Walker to Braden Lepisto get the ball into GTown territory.
A post downfield to Marcus Lawrence and a keeper, and Walker is finally taking some of the pressure off of Sandberg. He then lobs a ball to fullback Jason Miran, who's wide open in the corner of the end zone.
If Al Bagnoli is smart, he'll take Sanbderg out of the game pretty soon. Even if his back is healthy, don't risk a third injury of the season against this team.
9:55 1st Q: Penn 7, Georgetown 0
The Penn kickoff goes to the 30-yard line, and is returned about 10 yards on top of that. Dave Kuncio has been pretty good this year, but that was ugly.
Ahh, that's how you average 3.1 yards per carry. QB Robert Lane collides with running back Kyle Van Fleet, as the first two carries go nowhere. A draw actually nearly gets a first down, but safety Pat Kimener makes a fantastic open field tackle to save the drive for the Penn defense.
10:45 1st Q: Penn 7, Georgetown 0
On a nine-play drive that included two passes (and one was a screen), Sandberg walks in for the touchdown. He made it look real easy, running patiently as his offensive line did all of the dirty work.
12:38 1st Q: Penn 0, Georgetown 0
Returner Chris Wynn gets a huge hole up the middle on the kickoff, and takes it all the way to the 44. Maybe the hole was a little too big - the Quakers get whistled for holding.
Running back Joe Sandberg, who Bagnoli said would have limited carries after a "deep bruise" in his back, takes the first three carries of the game for an easy first down. Quarterback Bryan Walker (in for the injured Robert Irvin) connects deep down the middle to tight end Chris Chatterton, and a few more runs from Sandberg and Mike DiMaggio take the Quakers into the Georgetown red zone.