Georgia vs. Oklahoma

Cowherd and Co. roasting OU coaching and their conservative play calling late in the game. Oh course, as DKR once said, "everybody likes to gamble with someone else's money". I do question that stupid squib kick, or whatever it was, that gave Georgia a FG right before half.
 
Although if the execution was right, that squib never gets talked about.

I'm also not so sure OU really did go conservative. OU was running the ball well all game - not quite as well as Georgia, but Anderson averaged almost 8 yards a rush and was just as dangerous a weapon as the passing game was.
 
Early in the game the quick play calling had UGA on their heels and they couldn't sub or get the play calls in right. When they slowed it down that strategic advantage went away. I would like to have seem them run that counter with Baker running with two lead blockers until they stopped it and then have a play action off of it.
 
As much offense as OU generated all game, seems like 55 seconds is enough time to go 40 yards for a FGA. I can't fault any one facet, but it's hard to blame the coaches when a QB can't hit a wheel route (like the announcers did). Baker went 1-3 and Anderson ran for 8 yards. You have to make the throws is all. jmo
 
beijinghorn1 said:
One more time that the Heisman trophy is a complete joke. Why it is not given out after the bowl games will never make sense to me.
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I would like a middle ground option...allow voting to narrow the field to eight or ten players and THEN vote from there post-bowl. Otherwise you risk giving what is supposed to be THE elite award to the season equivalent of Bucky Dent.
 
Godz40acres said:
Kinda like that muffed punt by someone against Georgia has haunted me someone the rest of his life.
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Thanks for bringing THAT memory up, I witnessed that muffed punt live....

Baoklahorn and I agree that is probably the #1 haunting memory we both have from 50 years of watching the Horns....
 
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X Misn Tx said:
I liked Georgia's offense.

OL blocked like pros, RBs hit the holes then cut, TEs and RBs were used in the 5 to 10 yard range for quick passes.
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Wait a minute...you mean it really IS legal to have an O-Line open a gap and the player who gets the ball behind them then gallop 50 and 75 yards? Is Beck aware of this?
 
Not sure the Georgia was as cold as the Tennessee game in 69. I was at both, but sitting on the front row of the upper deck for the Georgia game.
 
ViperHorn said:
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I was right in front of the play and we had a feeling something bad was going to happen.

Correct me if my memory has failed, but Texas was sitting at number 2 and number 1 Nebraska was playing Miami that night in the Orange Bowl. Field Goal Fred played his pro style quarterback and left his option quarterback on the bench. We assumed that he was going to open up the offense. However, he ran the ball all day and kept playing for field goal positions. GA did not cross the 50 in the first half and could not move the ball on Texas.

The muffed punt was by a fine young man who had not been fielding punts in the game (and I ain’t bringing up his name). To say GA was gifted with a very short field for the game’s only touchdown is an understatement.

Miami beats Nebraska and Texas misses out on one of several MNC opportunities they have blown. That year it was a slam dunk for Fred Akers. It was all on him.
 
Fred really didn't think Georgia was going to kick.

On the TD, the UGa guard reached out and grabbed both of Ty's ankles, otherwise it's a minimal to no gain.
 
Robinson is still trying to catch that screen pass for the winning td in his sleep. I already had both arms up signaling td when he dropped it.
 
Chinstrap said:
Correct me if my memory has failed, but Texas was sitting at number 2 and number 1 Nebraska was playing Miami that night in the Orange Bowl.
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Correct. My GF at UT was from Dixon NE (and was pursuing her Masters in Professional Accounting in the GSB). We engaged in many hours of (mostly) good-natured discussion that season about the irresistible force (the Husker offense) and the immovable object (the Texas defense).
 
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Chinstrap said:
I was right in front of the play and we had a feeling something bad was going to happen.

Correct me if my memory has failed, but Texas was sitting at number 2 and number 1 Nebraska was playing Miami that night in the Orange Bowl. Field Goal Fred played his pro style quarterback and left his option quarterback on the bench. We assumed that he was going to open up the offense. However, he ran the ball all day and kept playing for field goal positions. GA did not cross the 50 in the first half and could not move the ball on Texas.

The muffed punt was by a fine young man who had not been fielding punts in the game (and I ain’t bringing up his name). To say GA was gifted with a very short field for the game’s only touchdown is an understatement.

Miami beats Nebraska and Texas misses out on one of several MNC opportunities they have blown. That year it was a slam dunk for Fred Akers. It was all on him.
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I have always thought that if we had won, Miami wouldn't have had the incentive and motivation to beat Nebraska. They were ranked either 4 or 5 and would have had no chance at the title had we won. They jumped on Nebraska 17-0. I have always thought C.C.'s muff cost Nebraska as much as us, in a weird kind of way.
 
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Godz40acres said:
Kinda like that muffed punt by someone against Georgia has haunted me someone the rest of his life.
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I had absolutely no intention of....

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Okay, maybe I was seeking some shared suffering.
 
WorsterMan said:
Thanks for bringing THAT memory up, I witnessed that muffed punt live....

Baoklahorn and I agree that is probably the #1 haunting memory we both have from 50 years of watching the Horns....
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It was years before I could even talk about it. It's odd that everyone remembers the punt, but never mention the missed 43 yard field in the 4th that would have made the score 12-3. They could have played until Thursday and UGA wouldn't have scored 10 more points.

In my mind, Fred coached the game of his life, with the greatest defense the Forty has ever seen. I was stunned when Georgia punted that ball.......
 
For some reason that 1984 Cotton Bowl was played on Jan. 2, a Monday. I suppose it was because the colleges didn't want to compete with the NFL?

I had to work, but people had brought TV sets and I saw most of the game. I just remember that it was freezing cold that day, even in San Antonio, so it must have been really cold in Big D.

That was one of the bitterest UT losses I can remember. Akers started McIvor because he was the hero of the A&M game, but I agree with Chinstrap, if Akers wasn't going to pass, he should have gone back to Moerschell, who started most games that season.
 
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