Life goes on.

A pastiche of doings in the world of college football:

• An opportunity for attrition, or simply a matter for the Peer Intervention Group? Hint: Johnson, a senior defensive back from Sulligent, was one of the Crimson Tide’s captains and team leaders. This past season, he had 94 tackles and six interceptions.
• “[Meyer] is a guy not highly regarded among other coaches for his tactics.” Really. Who knew?
• Someday soon, someone will come up with a Sam McGuffie drinking game. There will only be one rule. Can you guess what it is?
• ESPN’s SEC spring practice summary and its SEC spring practice power ratings are out. More love for the Dawgs, in case you were wondering.
• TE NaDerris Ward is weighing the possibility of a transfer to a school closer to his Oakland, California home.
• It’s not enough for Georgia Tech internet geeks to whine about being treated badly at Sanford Stadium. Now they have to complain about mistreatment in other people’s homes. Talk about self-parody.
• The Birmingham News lets us know that the SEC continues to generate a boatload of money.
• The BN also convenes a panel of experts to choose the fifteen greatest broadcasters in SEC history.  The panel knows its stuff.

The 10 best SEC games of 2007: #2

November 24, 2007: Tennessee 52, Kentucky 50 (4 OT)

1,084 yards of offense. 13 passing touchdowns. 192 offensive plays.

It’s a wonder any of the players were still standing at the end of the game.

The game may have featured the most unlikely overtime series in SEC history. The Vols’ winning score came when they managed to convert a first and 25 with a 40 yard touchdown pass – Ainge’s seventh. How many times have you seen a 40 TD yard score in a college overtime period?

Before that, there was this exchange of possessions.

1st and 10 at UK 25		Arian Foster rush for 4 yards to the Kent 21.
2nd and 6 at UK 21		Erik Ainge pass intercepted by Sam Maxwell at the Kent 1, returned for no gain to the Kent 1.
DRIVE TOTALS: Tenn drive: 2 plays 4 yards, 00:00 Tenn INT
Kentucky at 15:00			TENN	UK
1st and 10 at TENN 25		Rafael Little rush for a loss of 2 yards to the Tenn 27 out-of-bounds.	38	38
2nd and 12 at TENN 27		Rafael Little rush for 8 yards to the Tenn 19.
3rd and 4 at TENN 19		Rafael Little rush for 2 yards to the Tenn 17.
4th and 2 at TENN 17		Timeout TENNESSEE, clock 15:00.
4th and 2 at TENN 17		Lones Seiber 34 yard field goal BLOCKED.

As a Georgia fan, it’s a real punch in the gut to watch this.

It’s a credit to Kentucky that it was able to take that blow and immediately come back and score a TD in the next OT period. The ‘Cats couldn’t click on the two point conversion, but, then again, Tennessee couldn’t either after the Vols scored to tie the game at 44-44.

After Tennessee converted the two point play in the fourth OT period to make it 52-44, it was up to UK to answer. The ‘Cats closed to within two on four straight rushing plays, and everything came down to this play to take the game to a fifth overtime:

Sometimes you stop the other guy in overtime, and sometimes the other guy stops you.