Florida fans might be seeing Georgia’s Brock Bowers in their nightmares for a while.
And college football fans across the country might be seeing replays of the catch Bowers made Saturday for the rest of the season. It’s that good, that wild and that incredible. You could make the argument that it’s more impressive than Anthony Richardson’s 81-yard touchdown run against LSU from earlier this season. We’ll let you be the judge.
With about 12:47 to play in the second quarter, Bowers – an all-around offensive mega-weapon – lined up in the slot as Georgia set up for a 1st-and-10 play from its own 27-yard line. When the center snapped the ball to quarterback Stetson Bennett, Bowers took off like a train leaving the station. As Bennett reared back to throw the ball to his favorite tight end down the sidelines in Jacksonville, Bowers didn’t quite have his man beat. Gators inside linebacker Amari Burney got a hand on the ball.
But it didn’t matter. One player was Brock Bowers and the other was not. So, while the ball fluttered and bounced around, Bowers kept his eye on it, spun, bobbled it and secured the catch.
And then he took off, sprinting into the endzone untouched. It will show up in the box score as a 73-yard catch and run for a score, but it was so much more.
See for yourself:
HOW?!?!
TIP DRILL TOUCHDOWN FOR THE DAWGS pic.twitter.com/lomEZdruSN
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) October 29, 2022
Here’s a closer look at that catch:
HOW?! 🤯
What a catch by Brock Bowers for @GeorgiaFootball pic.twitter.com/cUzmo88T8f
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) October 29, 2022
College football fans around the internet reacted about how you might expect, with awe, disbelief and hyperbole.
Brock Bowers is a fake player
— Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) October 29, 2022
Georgia still gets Brock Bowers for another season next year. Unfair.
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) October 29, 2022
Brock Bowers has the cheat code to football running through his blood I swear. #godawgs
— ❁ (@kennedygrace_) October 29, 2022
brock bowers is a human cheat code
— carly 🔆 (@carly_phillipss) October 29, 2022
Brock Bowers from Georgia is an absolute animal.
— JBo (@UX_JBo) October 29, 2022
With a 42-20 victory Saturday, Georgia has now won five of its last six meetings with Florida at the game nicknamed “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.” Bowers was a big reason why the Bulldogs won, as he finished with five catches for 154 yards and that magical touchdown. While the undefeated Dawgs won big, bettors might be a bit unhappy with the result. Georgia entered this game as 22.5-point favorites and failed to cover by half-a-point.
Bowers entered Saturday’s game with 475 yards from scrimmage and five touchdowns on 29 touches this season. His odds for the Heisman (+20,000 at Draft Kings) are a long shot, but if he keeps making plays like this every week, we’ll have to start seriously talking about it.
