SEC Championship Game Final Stats and Thoughts

[pmull]

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[pmull]

I give UGA credit for playing a very good game but after looking back over the stats this morning the game should not have been as close as it was.

We out gained them 512 to 394. We had 26 first downs to their 18. We held the ball 37:35 to their 22:25.

The difference was turnovers. We had a fumble on our end of the field that did not lead to points. We threw an INT in the end zone that would have been an easy 3 pts. We get a field goal blocked and returned for a TD. That was a 10 pt swing. UGA had one turn over just before the half that lead to a Field goal.

UGA got their first TD by executing a well designed fake punt. In almost the exact position we take too much time and get a delay flag and had to punt.

I am extremely happy to win the game but we hurt ourselves time after time.

[XBAMA]

years ago , when I was going out west people used to ask me ...
"how does Coach Bryant get those skinny white boys to play like that"


HEART ... it's what Coach Bryant knew how to bring out of players and
we are getting to see it again with Coach Saban ...

PRIDE ... just playing for the University of Alabama brings that out of you 



BEAT THE IRISH !


 

[XBAMA]

I would like to give some props to Cade Foster on the job
he did last night ... see the stat

[Marshal Dillon]

I give UGA credit for playing a very good game but after looking back over the stats this morning the game should not have been as close as it was.

We out gained them 512 to 394. We had 26 first downs to their 18. We held the ball 37:35 to their 22:25.

The difference was turnovers. We had a fumble on our end of the field that did not lead to points. We threw an INT in the end zone that would have been an easy 3 pts. We get a field goal blocked and returned for a TD. That was a 10 pt swing. UGA had one turn over just before the half that lead to a Field goal.

UGA got their first TD by executing a well designed fake punt. In almost the exact position we take too much time and get a delay flag and had to punt.

I am extremely happy to win the game but we hurt ourselves time after time.

My thoughts exactly. We almost beat ourselves again. Potentially, we left 10-17 points on the field & gave away 7 on the blocked FG, that is a 24 point turnaround. In the afterglow of victory, folks have forgotten about our awful special teams play. We HAVE to get rid of Bobby Williams & find a real ST coach, he is a huge liability.


 

[Catch Prothro]

I would like to give some props to Cade Foster on the job
he did last night ... see the stat

[Catch Prothro]

I give UGA credit for playing a very good game but after looking back over the stats this morning the game should not have been as close as it was.

We out gained them 512 to 394. We had 26 first downs to their 18. We held the ball 37:35 to their 22:25.

The difference was turnovers. We had a fumble on our end of the field that did not lead to points. We threw an INT in the end zone that would have been an easy 3 pts. We get a field goal blocked and returned for a TD. That was a 10 pt swing. UGA had one turn over just before the half that lead to a Field goal.

UGA got their first TD by executing a well designed fake punt. In almost the exact position we take too much time and get a delay flag and had to punt.

I am extremely happy to win the game but we hurt ourselves time after time.

Georgia out-executed Bama in the first half in certain areas, especially time management.  Both the fake punt, and the failure to call a timeout at the end of the first half, were execution mistakes that surprised me from this group.  But then Georgia made their own time management mistake at the end of the game -- not spiking the ball.  Great win for Bama, but the game shouldn't have come down to the end like that.

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