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I watched the replay last night. It was apparent almost from the get go ABC definitely didn’t bring its A-game to the broadcast – either that, or Reggie Carter played the most invisible game an ESPN impact player has ever turned in – but I found myself able to ignore most of Rod Gilmore’s chatter as the game went on.
- Horrible, horrible ruling on the Bennett “fumble”. Really nothing to chalk that up to other than a little conference home cooking.
- The defensive holding call on Floyd was weak sauce, too.
- On the other hand, the chop block call on Theus that negated a touchdown looked correct.
- You know who had a really good game? Kenarious Gates. In fact, it may have been his best of the season. If you watch the replay, check out his blocking on Gurley’s blast in the second overtime period. He literally created the hole that Gurley ran through by getting two blocks down, one to each side.
- It may have been kind of quiet, but Damian Swann turned in a very solid second half. Grantham made a key move on Tech’s last drive in regulation by flipping Swann for Dawson in coverage on a third-and-seven. Swann rewarded his coach by covering the receiver and forcing a punt. He also came up big on the last two plays in the second overtime period, stepping up to allow Floyd to swallow Godhigh on third down and batting down the deflected pass (and having the presence of mind to hit the receiver who was fair game after the tip as well) to end the game.
- I didn’t give Herrera enough credit. He had a monster game.
- The best play of the game was that 30-yard completion to Lynch on Georgia’s first drive of the second half. The offensive line picked up a six-man blitz, Mason threw a great ball and Lynch made a terrific catch to make up for his drop on the previous play.
- It looked like Ted Roof came in wanting to stop two things: Todd Gurley’s running and Georgia’s screen game. The results were mixed, to say the least.
- I will no doubt get my ass jumped for saying this, but Grantham didn’t do that bad a job. His game plan was sound. It would have worked better with Matthews and Wiggins in there, but you play with what you’ve got. With one big exception, the defense didn’t get gashed badly on perimeter runs. The defense did a good job defending the option. There were some recurring issues with gap alignment that allowed Sims to go for 100 yards rushing. And as sorry as pass coverage was for much of the game, it did tighten noticeably late in the game. You could argue that made the difference in the end.
- I joked about not seeing anyone playing right offensive tackle, but unless I’m mistaken, on Attaochu’s last sack, Georgia really did use a formation without a right tackle. Lynch was lined up next to the guard and went out for a pass, leaving Gurley to handle Attaochu all by his lonesome. They might want to rethink that alignment in the future.
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