My take on the game

[skrayper77]

I will be honest, I don't think the game was truly as close a contest as the score indicated.

I've posted this a couple of places, but I think you're the only ones who actually watched the game with a trained enough eye to have seen this.

1.) Eddie Lacy, IMO, broke the goal line. That was the same set of downs where AJ threw the pick in the end zone. If Lacy did cross the line, that is +7 in favor of Alabama as we did not end up scoring on that drive.

2.) The non-PI call. This one truly bugged me. Not only did it lead to a long FG attempt that UGA ran back for a TD (-7 if this is removed) but we would have had 1st down in UGA territory (+3 / +7 at that stage as we were moving the ball). Bare minimum that is a 7 point swing, but a potential 10-14 point swing.

So, take off the 7 from UGA's FG block, and add either 7, 10, or 14 for the Tide... and the score becomes more reflective of our offensive domination:

39-21 / 42-21 / 46-21

Also, keep in mind that while UGA had 394 yards, 74 came on a final drive that should have been meaningless if not for the refs. That's holding one of the best offenses in college football to 320 yards and 21 points.

Please, please tell me I'm not the only one who noted this?

 

[TheOysterMan]

I agree that I think the score was closer than it could of been. I really credit UGA with playing a very optimistic ball game. There was not a chance put in front of them that they didnt take advantage of. They have a top notch football team. I wasn't so upset with the Lacy fumble. I just didn't feel like there was anything on the replay that could overturn the call on the field. I still feel like we backed ourselves into a corner some in the first half by not winning on first down. We really committed to the run in the second half though, and took over the game. That was one of the best football games I have ever watched. And I'm pretty sure when Amari caught that ball, I pulled a hamstring running around my yard lol. Roll Tide!

 

[Florida Tom]

I'm watching it again now, I see your point. The Sack/fumble in the first qtr was scary untill they missed the FG. I knew when I saw Tom Ritters crew were would be in trouble. Lot of things did not go our way & our last offensive series we needed that first down to run out the clock, that to me made the game a lot closer & came down to the final seconds.

Our team played so hard & hurt & never gave up.

 

[TideMom2Boys]

I agree, there were a lot of non calls and mistakes by us, this game could have easily been out of reach for UGA. This gives me hope against Nd even more, we can correct the mistakes.

 

[JBama_in_PCOLA]

I was saying this all during the game last night. We were killing them last night. When we Finally found out they couldn't stop the ball, it was game on! Although they did have a few good drives, we made many coaching errors and in a couple of ways weren't helped by the refs at all. Even when they were up 21-10, they still were unable to really do anything. We answered that by just pounding it down the field!

 

[257WBY]

It is a team game and special teams are part of that. The blocked FG just about lost the game. Can't fully agree with you.