Ladies and gentlepeoples, you just saw a college football program THROW a football game on nationwide television for the purposes of the betterment of the Southeastern Conference and the exclusive nature of the College Football Playoff...
2 minutes to go, 4th quarter.
Bama has cleanly failed a fourth down to give the ball back to Auburn down 10-3 in Alabama territory, two timeouts.
So, second down on their series, Auburn's back does not surrender himself in bounds and goes out of bounds, they fail on third and 2, punt, and Bama goes 97 yards (and needs the time that back gave him) to score the tying TD.
(Oh, forgot a borderline horse-collar attempt on that same second-down play.)
Oh, and on the play before the touchdown, ANOTHER "subjective" Delay of Game no-call to favor Alabama!
Then, 23 seconds left and a first down stopping the clock for the chains, you surrender and go to overtime.
YOU WANT BAMA TO WIN THIS GAME AND I DAMN WELL KNOW WHY!!!
Let's see how overtime goes!!!
Bama possession: Unguarded direct throw into the end zone on 3rd and 4 from the 8, touchdown, uncontested. (Just like the Rodgers Hail Mary against Detroit and the one against Arizona, if you want comparisons...)
Auburn possession: Is there still a penalty for using the earhole of the helmet to turn the helmet like that? Bad optics if nothing else...
Two stuffs, third and goal at the 6... Auburn gets the TD -- and there was coverage on that one, unlike the Bama TD! 17-all.
Second overtime -- must go for 2:
Auburn possession: Run, stuff. Run, loss of 4 (like the 3rd down in the regulation series!), 3rd and 14.
Sack, loss of 3, 4th and 17 from the 32. FG looked like it needed a little "assistance" -- jerked to the right screen-wise -- but now Bama has 4 down territory to win with a TD.
Alabama possession: Incomplete, complete for small gain, 3rd and 5.
Incomplete, 4th down and 5. Field goal try. 38 yd from the same hash the Auburn FG was on. (See just above...)
Good. Shootout time. 2-point conversions.
Shootout R1:
Alabama: Good, decent coverage on the pass.
Auburn: Looked like they almost were going to get through, but good.
Shootout R2:
Auburn: Defended in the end zone, no good. AND AN UNCALLED BUMP.
Alabama: Unguarded to the pylon.
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIGGED.
PS: About 15 minutes after the game, I do what I do in cases like this and type the hashtag "#Rigged" into Twitter -- the Iron Bowl came up as a recommended topic.
you mean to tell me it WASN'T Auburn's defense being stout as hell until they physically couldn't anymore? Or the offense being out-passed and out-ran? It wasn't Alabama being extremely sloppy for the first 3 quarters against inferior opponents like they have been at parts of the year? That Alabama didn't manage to pull it out in sudden death OT, a place where things are completely up to chance, luck, and sometimes straight skill? Shut the fuck up you Q'd out wannabe Skip Bayless/Alex Jones bastard child. Go say the second moon is the moon from Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask and admit yourself to your local mental health place. Or are you scared they'll kick you out for making more threats towards football coaches you don't like?
ReplyDeleteNo, it wasn't.
ReplyDeleteYou see, here's your problem. You can't be what the NCAA is purporting these men to be -- intelligent college students (yes, you may start the laugh track right about.... here. But the fact is that's what the NCAA purports, moron.) -- and not have a real question as to how in Hell that running back goes out of bounds in that situation, rather than surrender two yards shorter and keep the clock running another 40 seconds after third down!
Then the horse-collar no-call, then the delay of game no-call. And we get our touchdown and Alabama is tied.
Now show me where any effort was made on defense whatsoever on the overtime Alabama touchdown or the winning conversion. I'll wait, and I think I'm going to keep waiting.
Something is going on far above your pay grade as an idiot shill fan who thinks the games are even REMOTELY legitimate. I'll try to explain it to you if you need to try to keep up.
Oh, one more thing: Son, under the conditions you state in the last paragraph, they'd KEEP ME IN such a place, you fucking moron.