ATHENS — G-Day is over and done with and the Bulldogs have now wrapped up all 15 spring practices. A number of players had standout performances on Saturday, while some position groups showed they’ll need to use the offseason to continue to develop.
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Good point. There were technically 4 plays, that all went UGA's way (and needed to), that decided the Peach Bowl. 1) Targeting flag picked up 2) re-spot of BB's 4th down reception 3) CKS time out on OSU fake punt AND 4) OSU missed long FG at midnight.
I am not sure only 4 plays decided the game and all went Georgia's way but if you want to think that I'm ok with it.
For too many years the plays did not go our way (thinking Alabam specifically here). I always say though that you make your own luck. You have to put yourself into position to be lucky or get the calls. It is the putting yourself in the best position that comes with hard work and talent and good coaching.
All true...but, I gotta ask...what's the point of rehashing all of that?
You could line up a handful of plays in every single game...that, if they had gone the other way, would have changed the results of the game. Just looking at some of UGA's "Big Game" losses over the past decade or two, would reveal at least two games that would have resulted in Natty's for the Dawgs, if a few plays or calls had gone the other way.
TCU could've easily had 5 or 6 losses in 2022, had a few plays gone differently, throughout the season. Lol...that's football..."a game of inches"....literally. just ask Oklahoma State.
For instance....2012....UGA would've beaten Alabama and gone on to beat ND in the BCSCG, if Connelly (Freshman) had dropped the ball at the 3 yd line, rather than catch it and run out the clock...the Dawgs probably score. There were other plays in that game...that's just one, at the end of the game, that is fresh on my mind.
Then there's the 2017 CFPCG....The referees were atrocious in the 2nd half. If I'm not mistaken...that was the game, in which, UGA blocked a BAMA punt inside their own 40 yd line, that would've given the Dawgs the ball in Tide territory and control of the game. That great play was wiped out by a crooked official. They called offside, where slo-mo and freeze-frame showed that the UGA player was clearly on his side of the ball, when it was snapped. They couldn't overturn it.
A non-UGA game that comes to mind, is the 2021 Iron Bowl. If Auburn's Tank Bigsby stays in-bounds on their final drive...AUB likely runs out the clock...beats BAMA...and UGA faces a different team in the SECCG.
I like playing around with alternate results, as well as the next man....but, I'm not sure it serves any purpose, unless there's a lesson to be learned. Like....keep a steely eye on the "referee crew" working the game.
