Didn't watch it. Didn't care to watch a SEC conference game. Would have liked to have seen how the Buckeyes (if they decided to play 4 quarters) would have faired. What I have read here is what I love about college football though. You really never know how it will end up. OSU vs WI when we rolled them. OSU getting railed by Iowa this year. One never knows. It is easy to forget these are still young men not far removed from HS. That is what impresses me. The poise some of these young players show in a big spotlight. Pretty cool.
They would have gotten destroyed by either of those teams, and I don't say that as an Alabama fan, SEC fan, or a as yall think a "Buckeye hater". I've watched way more football than I should both SEC and big 10. And I have been the first to call a spade a spade and say so if Bama was playing shit football. Bama only played half a football game, GA still played tough after the half as evident by GA only allowing bama to go +2 on 7 attempts on 3rd down. But some team magic happened when Sabin put Tua in and the Tide was back playing ball. In the end the Alabama D started clicking and it was obvious that Ga had spent a ton of time practicing for a Hurts style football game. They were completely unprepared for a left handed true freshman Quarterback with an arm who made that big bad GA defense look like Purdue. You know how they talk about depth winning football games, well who else has depth at the QB position well enough to put in the backup QB and come from behind not only in score but every other aspect of passing, rushing, first downs, and time of possession to win a football game in only a half.
Here's how the game sat at halftime with Hurts
Bama / GA
Score 0 to 13
1st downs 4 / 16 (4 and fuckin 16! Sweet Jesus.)
3rd down eff 1-6 / 6-11 (1 of 6 vs 6 of 11. Is Bama even trying!)
total yards 94 / 223 (What... No seriously.. WTF!)
Passing yards 21 / 126 (Oh come on! 21 yards!! For fucks sake)
comp-att 3-8 / 11-23 (Someone check if Hurts is crosseyed, who is he throwing to!)
Rushing yards 73 / 97 (Where's that big bad Alamaba run game now? )
Rushing attempts 16 / 24
possession 10:37 19:23 (Seriously!! They've played twice the gama Bama has)
Complete shit performance by Alabama before the half. I mean an absolute shit show. There's usually no coming back from a beating like that. Got beat like a cupcake on both sides of the ball.
Enter Tua after the half / Left hand Freshman with maybe 15 career snaps.
End of game.
Bama / GA
Score 26 to 23
1st downs 20 / 22 (+16 while holding GA to only +6.. Impressive)
3rd down eff 3-14 / 8-19 (Ga still making those critical stops)
total yards 371 / 365 (+277 holding Ga to +142) Almost quadrupled their 1st half yards
Passing yards 187/ 232 ( +166 holding GA to +106) 8X their first half yardage! Ga still moving the ball same as the first, only -20 less this half vs last)
comp-att 17-32 / 16-32 (+14 on 24 with GA going +5 on 9) (Shutting em down)
Rushing yards 184 / 133 (+111 with ga going +36) (Bama killed their run game and ran it down their throat)
Rushing attempts 39 / 45
possession 26:17 / 33:43
Anyone who says those two teams didn't deserve to be there after watching that game is smoking crack. Tell me another team in the nation that could have pulled off that comeback in only half a football game? Sure the hell isn't urban or he would have done against Iowa. The bucks had a 17/17 tie against Iowa 3 minutes before the half, then ended up 55/24 and lost by 31. 3/3 tied ballgame at the half against Oklahoma. Urban ended up going down 16 / 31 in half a game. Georgia put up more points against Oklahoma in the second quarter alone than Urban did the entire ballgame, Ga more than tripped the bucks in total scoring against Oklahoma. Alabama fought back withonly a second half, with a backup QB, for the win against that kind of scoring Ga offense. 1 quarter, 4 quarters, hell give em 8 quarters, they would have fared horribly against either team buddy.
