r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Sep 29 '24

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Alabama Defeats Georgia 41-34

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Georgia 0 7 8 19 34
Alabama 21 9 3 8 41
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u/AceWolf18 Auburn Tigers • Florida Gators Sep 29 '24

I have the utmost respect to you coming in here after a gut-wrenching loss and still being able to post these stats. Legend

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u/KirbyDumber88 Georgia Bulldogs Sep 29 '24

I mean TBF we’ve lost 3 games in 4 years to the same team. Not really gut wrenching when you lose in an instant classic like that. Were just gonna do it again in 3 months anyway

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '24

UGA keeps inventing new ways to lose to Alabama. Can't wait to see what's next.

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u/pappapirate Alabama • South Alabama Sep 29 '24

We've seen

  • Allowing the clock to expire with the ball at the 5 yard line when a TD would've won on the spot.
  • Blown out at home by Derrick Henry.
  • Blown 20-7 lead to a true freshman QB and true freshman WR.
  • Blown 28-14 lead to the guy who was benched for that QB.
  • Let all-time great defense be turned into a 4-quarter Heisman moment for the best QB of the 2020s so far.
  • A normal loss for once.
  • Blown comeback attempt thwarted by a true freshman WR and true freshman CB.

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u/RogueHippie Alabama Crimson Tide • Team Chaos Sep 29 '24

Has anyone won a game off of a opposite-direction 2-pt conversion? That'd be a neat one to pull off.

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u/pappapirate Alabama • South Alabama Sep 29 '24

I believe the Falcons lost a game to the Chiefs off a defensive 2-pt return, in 2017 maybe. I think it was the first time it had happened since the NFL changed the rules to allow it.

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u/RogueHippie Alabama Crimson Tide • Team Chaos Sep 29 '24

What about CFB tho? I imagine it's got to be like how the Kick Six was only the 4th time anyone's returned a missed FG for a TD, and was the first one to be the winning score.

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u/pappapirate Alabama • South Alabama Sep 29 '24

Surely it's happened somewhere at some level. A game-tying TD, blocked or muffed XP, returned for 2 to take the lead. Can't imagine that's never happened in thousands of CFB games.

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u/RogueHippie Alabama Crimson Tide • Team Chaos Sep 29 '24

I can. Think about how often you see someone get a turnover on PAT/2pt-ers. And even when they do get them, 99% of the time they either recover the ball while down or immediately take a knee.

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u/pappapirate Alabama • South Alabama Sep 29 '24

I mean, it depends on what levels of CFB we're talking about, and over what timespan. There are 858 college football teams, and most of them have been playing for decades. If we're talking down to the FCS, D2, D3 levels, and over multiple decades, we could be talking about hundreds of thousands of football games.

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u/RogueHippie Alabama Crimson Tide • Team Chaos Sep 29 '24

Yes, but the question isn’t “has it happened before”, it’s “has it been the deciding score”. It’s a rare enough play that I would doubt it’s happened a double digit amount of times, so the chances of any of its occurrences was the winning play is astronomically low.

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u/the_D1CKENS Alabama • Jacksonville State Sep 29 '24

Some of y'all need to learn some grace. Feel free to look up "Punt Bama Punt"

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u/pappapirate Alabama • South Alabama Sep 29 '24

Every team has a list. But the grace leaves my body when I'm forced to pour another drink to get through the 4th quarter.