Alabama set a record for rushing yards in an Ess-E-Cee Championship Game, but it was a play action pass from AJ McCarron to Amari Cooper in the fourth quarter that gave the Crimson Tide the opportunity to play for their 10th national title...
Georgia hung with the Tide toe-to-toe, but the defense was having to put up with both TJ Yeldon and Eddie Lacy in various stages of rest and was gassed by the fourth quarter.
The Bulldogs had in the neighborhood of 70 seconds to go the length of the field to get the win trailing 32-28. Dee Milliner picked off a pass with 43 seconds left for the win, but it was ruled incomplete after review. Tavarres King caught a Murray pass to the Alabama 34 followed by a connection to Arthur Lynch down to the 8. However, a pass to Chris Conley was not close enough to the sideline as time expired.
Conley caught the pass after it was deflected by CJ Mosley at the line of scrimmage instead of letting the ball fall incomplete...
Let's face it, Alabama escaped after not playing very well...
Here was something that Georgia pulled off that Alabama could not early on in the game to try and put points on the board- a fake punt (without any mention of Tim Tebow as an up-back)...
((HT: SEC on CBS))
Conventional wisdom now has Georgia dropping all the way to the second Orlando-based bowl game on New Year's or the Peach Bowl in Atlanta (or close to it) since the Cotton, Sugar, and Bee-Cee-Ess games all have their preferred dance partners in Florida, LSU, and Texas A&M.
So much for all that thinking that playing well to the end would work in your favor...
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