Saturday's area, state, and national college football coveragepalooza, from Georgia Southern's shocker to a 7 OT game, and all in between

September 11, 2022 Central Georgia Sports Report

Box score is the scoreline link

Technology company has outage, ticket problems across nation, including in Georgia

North Carolina 35, Georgia State 28

UNC has to battle on the road again

Shaky Heels defense came up when it needed to

Late offense helps stymie upset bid

Turning points

Trey Bonner of Jones County was the lone Central Georgian to play for the Panthers.

Fort Valley State 9, Kentucky State 7

Defense, Peach County’s Alderman, bow up in win

Peach County grad Tim Alderman came up with the game-saving sack on fourth and 15 inside the final two minutes, and had four tackles, and 1.5 tackles for loss. Houston County’s Caleb Thomas had seven stops and ex-Trojan Ethan Manns was sixth with six tackles, plus a TFL. Perry grad Cameron Johnson had three tackles, and Peach County’s Bryce McGuire two.

Perry grad Jaylen Johnson had seven tackles and two for loss for Kentucky State while former Panther Brandon Wade had six tackles and two breakups.

GMC 39, ASA-Miami 0

The 12th-ranked Bulldogs recorded their second shutout of the season with their third win.

GMC is at home again in a week, hosting Lackawanna.

Cincinnati 63, Kennesaw State 10

Owls faces UC’s sixth-largest crowd, couldn’t get going

Bearcats talk about it

Washington County’s Preston Daniels set a career mark with 21 rushes, en route to 59 yards and a score. Perry’s Je’Cory Burks had two tackles.

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Georgia 33, Samford 0

This time, the D was better than the O

Takeaways

Mitchell injury update

Baldwin’s Javon Bullard got his first start for the Bulldogs, and had two tackles and a pass breakup. Peach County’s Kearis Jackson had two catches for 33 yards. Bleckley County’s Amarius Mims saw notable snaps.

Mount de Sales’ Josiah Cotton had three tackles for Samford. Washington County’s Jabari Brooks got the start on the offensive line.

Georgia Tech 35, Western Carolina 17

Strong run game ends seven-game skid

Notes

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Georgia Southern 45, Nebraska 42

Historical program makes history

‘Fire Frost, fire Frost, fire Frost’

Takeaways

Schemes gave Nebraska trouble

Eagles ‘got after’ the Huskers

Inside the box score