I never want to see that punt again. You're right about it becoming the worst moment in the history of Michigan football. I wish he wasn't trying to catch it all at the FIVE yard line but he DID settle himself and avoid catastrophe which lead to my favorite TD and win of all time.
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I liked Saban's post game interview. He was asked directly, "can you tell us about the last play-call." He caveated what followed with this classic statement: "When a play doesn't work, its bad."
He goes on to explain he had 3 plays called. On the first, we had what we wanted (on M's D) but M called a time out. Maybe because they knew or saw what was coming. On the second call, we didn't like what we saw, and called a time out. On the final call, it was a planned QB power that we just didn't execute it correctly.
If you go to mgo, Brian does his usual game review. Later in the article there is a full breakdown with film of how M stuffed Milroe on what Saban noted was a planned QB power run. A flare out of the backfiled was not an option. Brian (and others) speculate that Milroe was supposed to go off the left side but a low snap where he had to bend down to gather it panicked him. He just ran straight ahead. Sanistril was blitzing from the slot as a Nickle and got to Milroe from behind as he hit the pile. Saban commented he knew M would blitz much like Minter had been dialing up prior to the final OT play. Milroe didn't go left and Sanistril blitzed into Milroe from his left side. S Rod Moore along with the pile stuffed him . Game over.
Brian doesn't speculate how Alabama's play call would have worked if Milroe had stepped left instead of straight ahead. There were two LBs holding the left edge with two blockers present. I speculate that Milroe would have had a better shot going left.Mission to CFB's National Championship accomplished. But the shine on the NC Trophy is embarrassingly wearing off. It's M B-Ball ..... or hockey or volley ball or name your college sport favorite time ...... until next year.
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Originally posted by WingsFan View PostRatings Bonanza
OT was a staggering 32.8 million.
Top-10 cable telecast ever.
The most of any College Football Playoff semifinal.
Top non-NFL sporting event since 2018
M is a money making Machine for CFB and the B10. Dumb.Mission to CFB's National Championship accomplished. But the shine on the NC Trophy is embarrassingly wearing off. It's M B-Ball ..... or hockey or volley ball or name your college sport favorite time ...... until next year.
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Bad snap by the Bama center. Derrick Moore and my guy Kenneth Grant holding firm. Josiah Stewart stuffing the Bama RT. Sainristil with pressure from the edge. Collective awesome play by the M defense.
Yeah, if Milroe had an option of tossing it out to the flat, that would have been a Bama TD. M’s man coverage wouldn’t have caught him.
Hard to say if that defensive stop or the Corum rushing TD was my favorite play of my favorite M win ever.AAL 2023 - Alim McNeill
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Yeah, that film shows J. Stewart pushing Alabama's LT back. Milroe trips over his legs and goes down. Note that the RG is pulling left which demos that Milroe was supposed to go over him. No other reason to be pulling the RG if Milroe wasn't supposed to be stepping left and running behind that guy.,Mission to CFB's National Championship accomplished. But the shine on the NC Trophy is embarrassingly wearing off. It's M B-Ball ..... or hockey or volley ball or name your college sport favorite time ...... until next year.
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Better view, Wings and the replay helps see how costly Milroe's trip over the LT was. But that doesn't happen without Stewart absolutely pancaking him.Mission to CFB's National Championship accomplished. But the shine on the NC Trophy is embarrassingly wearing off. It's M B-Ball ..... or hockey or volley ball or name your college sport favorite time ...... until next year.
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Originally posted by Mike View Post
This guy seems like most Alabama fans I've met. Good bunch of people who act like they've been there because, well....
Georgia fans.
Holy shit.
I went to a local oyster bar last night with my family. We sat at the bar and had a couple dozen oysters and a few pints.
The bar conversations that I overheard were pretty funny. A lot of teeth gnashing and excuse making and a collective "We got screwed" and "We'd have beat either team" getting tossed around.
I just ate my oysters and smiled 😁I feel like I am watching the destruction of our democracy while my neighbors and friends cheer it on
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Any other year except 2023 and they would have still made the playoff. It was just a weird year where there were so many 0 an 1 loss P5 teams. If Jayden Davis didn't go down for FSU, Bama wouldn't have been in either. The howling would have been ear piercing.
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