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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TIME

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ROLL TIDE

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Roll tide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

ROLL TIDE!!!

Nice to see so many old friends here today!

 :worship: :worship: :worship:

 :jump: :shake: ROLL TIDE ROLL. RTR!

THREE HOURS AND 20 MINUTES.

 :popcorn2: :popcorn2:

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Roll Tide, ya'll.

Somebody better call the ASPCA.  There is fixing to be a dawg slaughter tonight.

PETA is going to be upset with Alabama tonight. We 'bout to mistreat some dogs.

 :lol:

Here's the #9 dog abuser!

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Roll Tide!! Let's Do This Men! :)

 :wave:  Hello, Terrie.

Minkah being fitted with a red flak jacket (seen on ESPN).

Good evening everyone!  Y’all strapped in? :wave:
 

Are y'all ready for some SEC football

Been watching some warm up on Facebook. RTR!

So ready to get this game started! RTR

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Championship Game, so let's remember all of those former players, coaches, fans, and CRS members who went before us.

 :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship:

Yes but not with the seat belt I've been wearing for basketball.  :unsure:

 :pray: for family and we love you all. I love it, God Bless Alabama, God Bless America, and God Bless the Crimson Tide. RTR!

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Big opportunity for Hassenauer.   :worship: :worship:

 #+ Eli just sounds so steady. I don't think he has a nerve at all.  :lol3:, RTR!

15 minutes!! :jump:  :jump:

Corso put on the elephant head. Oh well, he picked us last week, too. Roll Tide!!!

:clap:

Surprised he didn't put on a buckeye mushroom!   :lol2: :lol2: :lol3:

I've had the TV on all day.  Pollack is the only one I have seen that picked UGA.

We need an early fumble by Michel.   :tinfoil: :tinfoil:

Jimbo just did too.

Well it is time to kick off after the National Anthem. RTR!

Yes, let's get to the football.

 :deadhorse: :deadhorse:

Great Job Zac Brown Band! That's how you sing the National Anthem! :) RTR

That was awesome!

Be great if we win the toss, and make UGA handle the ball first.

 :popcorn2: :popcorn2:

Crowd sounds about 3-1 Georgia.

Time to go teach the bulldogs to behave.

:popcorn2:

Alabama wins the toss, and defers.  WOOT!!

Since January 2010 I've watched Bama win/play for championships in:

'10 - a Beijing dorm room
'12 - Frank's Sports Bar Beijing
'13 - a dorm room at Malaysia Baptist Theological Seminary
'16 - a Starbucks in Jakarta
'17 - BINUS School Serpong Indonesia

Tonight, finally, Tuscaloosa.

A defensive stop and good field position would be a great start! Get 'em, D!

I've got butterflies.  Let's do this!!

And we did!! :). Good call!

 #+ #+

Touchback.  Good kickoff.

I didn't know the band member died today. GA honoring her was really cool. RTR!

Good first play by the D.

INTERCEPTION TONY BROWN!!!! ROLL TIDE!

INT by Crazy Tony!

Wayyyyyyyy to go Tony! RTR!

Oh help me God to see this. RTR!

Tony said "Look what I found".

Great catch Ridley!!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump:

Jet sweep!
Jet sweep again!

Kiffen's back!

Way to go Calvin. RTR!

Nice run by Jalen! Looking good in this first possession!

WOOOT, Jalen!!!

Hurts!

Big run by Hurts!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump:

Eli said Jalen made chicken salad out of chicken droppin's. RTR!

Ridley wide open.  :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall:

TD missed... awwwwwww crap.

Ridley was wide open after the DB fell down.

 :wall:  Sigh :(

Oh gosh. RTR!

Unbelievable.
 :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall:

Penalties again killing us. RTR!

Well, that looks familiar.  >:(

Pappy good on the fg, but a penalty backed us up; Pappy misses the 2nd try.

 :wall: :wall: :wall:

Penalties will kill us against a good team what is Irv thinking. RTR!

Guess the defense will have to get us started with a pick-6.   :clap: :clap:

Hate leaving points on the field.  >:(

Good defensive stop on 3rd and 15.   :clap: :clap:

Nice play by Thompson! 4th and 15! ROLL TIDE

Punt almost blocked. 81 yds to go.

Fromm really showing a live arm.  He needs to get hit.

 :tinfoil: :tinfoil: :tinfoil: :tinfoil:

We’ll score on this drive.

Georgia players playing dirty.

Well....that didn’t work out the way I wanted.  :wall:

53-yard punt.  Georgia at their 21 again.

 :unsure: :unsure:

Scott flipped the field, thank Heavens.

You and our entire crowd.  Good defense on 3rd down by GA.

Da'Ron Payne.  :lol2:

Is our offense trying to play or what is going on. RTR!

Tony jumped offsides.   :wall:

BLOOM!!!!

We finally get to Fromm!  :clap:

SACK!!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump:

Wow! what a sack by Averett

Unreal. Our boys not playing like they want to win.

 >:(

Gosh we are giving GA as great as they are first downs. RTR!

Let them off the hook on 3rd and long.  Good run by Michel.

 :popcorn2:

Another big 3rd down coming at our 27.

BUT END OF 1ST QUARTER.

Bama 0   UGA 0

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Geez guys, how do you not get off the field on a 3rd and 20?

Harrison took a bad angle; Lewis went inside and didn't stop the wide stuff.

Should be 7- zip

Field goal GOOD by UGA: 3-0.

 :tinfoil:

I was sure hoping we would score first. RTR!

We made every mistake possible there, and still held them to a field goal.  Okay, now we dominate.

ROLL TIDE!

Time for the O to execute......all the way this time.

DE (Marshall) for UGA is hurt; down on the field.

Eli said he "backup DE" for UGA.  Hope he's okay.

I just said the same thing!  Now we ROLL! :)

He's up and "gingerly walking off".

Run the Bawl!!

Didn't work on 2nd down.  3rd and 5.

Another 3 and out.... :-X

Ball was tipped; Ridley was open!   :wall: :wall:

Need a 3 and out here.  :popcorn2:

Ridley is beating his man.  There's an opportunity there for sure.  Didn't expect that!

Bama only wins this game if the defense outscores Georgia's offense.

Lots of garbage offense by UGA.  We need to adjust.

3rd and long again.  Let's get 'em!

Little Ridley wide open.

Good catch by UGA receiver at the Bama 6.   :wall:

Eli said his foot hit OB first!  MAYBE!

This is the Auburn game 2.0. Our boys have no fight in them. They're unprepared and undisciplined.

Nope, good catch.

Good defense, rushing the QB to force a bad pass.  Close to interception.

Field goal good.  UGA 6-0

Nice run by Jalen! C'mon men, let's get it going!

Hurts runs for 30 yards, across the 50.

:jump:  :jump:  :jump:

Good punt to the UGA 5.

Another punt let's GA back in again. God we are not playing good. RTR!

Offense is just not getting it done. I hesitate to say this but if Hurts can’t get this thing going, maybe give Tua a shot if the ship starts to sink.

Cmon defense stop the 1 yard gains. RTR!

Little Ridley again for a first down.   :wall: :wall:

Okay, they punt, and we've got 2:25 before the half.

But penalty on bad block.   :wall: :wall:

We punt again.  UGA has 1:19 to go 65 yards.

Michel on 3rd and long again gets another 1st down.  We're off balance.

Fromm runs down to the Bama 19. 

Time for a big play by us!   :clap:

Back-shoulder pass to the Bama 4.  25 secs left.

Another penalty sets up UGA at our 1, and they run it in for a 13-0 lead.

 :wall: :wall:

I hope something positive happens in the locker room because it’s not happening on the field.

Game's over. Bama players don't care whether they win or lose. Pathetic effort tonight.

HALFTIME:  GEORGIA 13-0 OVER BAMA.

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Are our players hungover or just not interested? RTR!

Bama needs a real Offensive play caller

Roll Tide.

Gotta believe, folks.  Gotta believe.

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I think it is down to just the two of us.  Everybody else seems to have bailed out on our boys.
 :dunno:

Bama has all the offensive talent in the world, and two different coordinators in two years have been unable to find a way to use it from November onward after lighting everyone up the first two months of the season.

My friend, I'd rather beat Georgia with 2 winners than a crowd of doubters.  ROLL TIDE

Post of the year.  ROLL TIDE!

I'm here and believing! I do not lose faith in our guys. I always believe we can come back and win. Never been one of those who think the game is over this early.

Christ Stewart thinks we'll see Tua to start the 2nd half.

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I have been saying for a good while, the problem is Hurts! He simply cannot throw well enough to pressure a good defense. Daboll compounds the problem with his play calls and overall system. Bama has better receivers but can’t get the ball to them. If Satan doesn’t get down off his pedestal and change QBs, this game may get out of hand fast!

Gene Stallings says he 'believes Alabama will take the ball right down and score'.

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I haven't bailed out, I'm just disgusted by the lack of effort and stupid mistakes by our guys. Georgia came to play, and our boys look purposeless, lifeless.

Indeed.

We're only down by 13. Not time to panic. Hopefully halftime adjustments will getter done. Jalen WILL need to start throwing the ball sooner. Receivers have been open all night. He needs to get his confidence back and start hitting them. If he doesn't, will be a long second half. Our D needs a blow.

Okay, we've got 4 supporters, and ...... "Satan".   :dunno:

Thanks, Terrie.   :clap: :clap:

Addendum:  2's back!  :toast4:

Anybody that says the game is over at half time is not doing it right.  HTH.  :lol2:

Tua's in!

Tua!

Accurate pass!

Emotions run high. We say things we don't really mean.

Tua sacked on 3rd down.

And Jonah Williams, our starting LT, is now hurt.

 :wall: :wall: :wall:

Oh yeah Tua doing SO much better.  Good grief!

Williams out. We just can't catch a break this year.

UGA offside on the blocked punt. 

Sims just saved Bama from the knockout punch.

Cam Sims saved a TD punt return. 

UGA starts at their 37.

Bama needs to go back to Bama football. Look at what they did when they played old school ball and what has happened when playing this crap that they have been playing the last few years.  

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Still here. Hats of to Saban for giving Tua a shot.

Defense looks better.

Good defense: 3rd and 21 -- they punt back to us.

Who will our QB be??

 :dunno: :dunno:

A couple of lucky calls - hopefully we can get the ball and make something happen!

Great series on D. Maybe a spark.

Good field position. Offense has to do something this possession.

We start at our 41; good punt return by Diggs.

This is a big series.

BELIEVE!

 #+ #+

Tua time.

So close!!!  :facepalm:

Great play by Tua!

Now we're moving!

TUA!!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump:

Here we go!

RUGGS!!!

TOUCHDOWN TO RUGGS!!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump:

RUGGS TD!!!!

TOUCHDOWN ALABAMA!!! <whew>

Well I stand corrected Dang Tua

Bama 7  UGA 13

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Pick-six time.

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Eat up, doubters!!

HAHA I love this! RTR

We are getting killed on 3rd down.

I really felt if they gave Tua a shot he would do it.

Almost OB, but not a good view.

UGA 20  Bama 7

Sad trombone.

Now the pressure is off.  He can just wing it.

 #+

Bad pass.  Intercepted.   :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

Well I stand corrected again this game is over. Maybe next year if changes are made to the offense.

Don't know why he threw it.  Ridley was blocking, thinking it was a sprint-run.

Not over yet, but we need a pick-6 now.

If he was going to throw it, he should have just thrown it into the stands. He was out of the pocket.

That's what happens when you put in a true freshman who hasn't played since October.

Davis keeps us in the game!

Woot.  Interception to R Davis!!

:jump:  :jump:

what an interception. Someone get him some oxygen - quick!! LOL

I guess the game is back on again now?  :dunno:

Keep that ball close to your body, Tua!

Ridley finally gets hit in the hands and drops it.

LOrd, let Pappy make this FG.  :pray:

Whew!

Field Goal cuts the lead to 10

:jump:  :jump:

Well we only got 3 points.  Does that mean the game is over again?  I can't keep up.  :dunno:

Thank you, Lord!!   :lol2: :lol2:

Offense is making things happen now. Defense has to make more big plays.

Ok. Down 2 scores. Let’s go D!! 3 and out.

Come on boys!  Don’t lose your composure.

We continue to shoot ourselves in the foot.

48 may have just lost his scholarship.

REAL bad composure.

Deserved.   >:(

All the deep balls are opening up the running game.

Ridley finally gets a catch.

Agreed!

Or not.  :lol2:

Alabama player Kyrik McDonald has collapsed on sidelines.

 :( :(

 :pray:

Crazy game. Feels like we might see a wild 4th quarter like two years ago.

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He appears conscious.

UGA running game working now.  Out to midfield.

Got to stop the run.

Sack!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump:

Great sack! 4th Down!

Come on, Tua. Get us some points!

C'mon Bama, take it in!

Okay, we've got the ball at our 17, down by 10.  A TD would fire us up like crazy.

 #+ #+ #+ #+

March it down the field, boys. We can still win this thing.

Attaboy, Najee!!!

Rolling, rolling, rolling.....

NAJEE!!

Najee runs to the 14!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump:

Najee looking good!

Do we ever need this. He just missed Jeudy.

We've got 3rd and 8 at the UGA 12.  Timeout called by us.

 :popcorn2:

The lost FG and giving up the 3rd and 20 early in the game are looming large.  :'(

Punch it in.

We've got their defense exhausted.  If we can score, we can drive the field with Bo, Najee, and Damien.  We can win this!!

 #+ #+ #+

He did not have control in the field of play.

Good call.  #+

Dodged a bullet. Got three points. Defense has to hold.

Pappy knocks it through!  Bama 13  Georgia 20

 :tinfoil: :tinfoil:

FG good. One possession game. C'mon D!!!

Thank you, Jesus!!   :worship: :worship:

One more stop!

Ok. Down one score. Let’s hild here and get another.

And then win in OT, just like Preacher predicted.

Mixed feelings about 48 right now.

Defense holds!!

Good stop! 4th down!!

3 and OUT for Georgia!  WOOT!   #+ #+

what the h*ll is wrong with that idiot Tony Brown..fighting his own players on the side;lines!

I know. I couldn't believe he was back in the game.

We've got the ball on our own 34 after a good punt.  We need 66 yards to tie the score!

Let's go, boys!!

 #+ #+

"Shhhhhhhhhh"  "We're not telling CNS."   :lol2: :lol2:

Damien!

Damien across the 50!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump:

Good Catch Damien!! First down Bama!

PI, whew!!!

Interference against Smith!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump:

Jeudy!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump:

Tua runs to the 6.  Third down.

 :popcorn2:

Damien runs to the 5.  4th down.

 :popcorn2:

CALVIN TD!!!!

TOUCHDOWN RIDLEY!!!!!!

Tua to Ridley for a TD!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump: :jump:  :jump:  :jump:

Bama 20  Georgia 20

:jump:  :jump:  :jump: :jump:  :jump:  :jump:

OK, NOW one more stop!  :lol2:

Can the D hold up for one more series?

Not sure my heart can take another one of these finishes.

Georgia starts at their own 22.

 :popcorn2:

YES!!!

Payne is playing a whale of a game!

If we hold I think we win this.

UGA 3 and out again!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump: :jump:  :jump:  :jump:

4th Down!! Whew! This game has been a workout for my heart!

Tua's got this.

NAJEE again!!!!!!!!!!!

Najee! Making plays!

Can Pappa make the game winner?

Tua to Ridley to the 31!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump: :jump:  :jump:  :jump:

We got Preacher praying for us -- YES!!

FIRST DOWN TUA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come on Bama!!!!
(not 1st and goal - got ahead of myself!) LOL

Tua for a 1st at the 20!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump: :jump:  :jump:  :jump:

Ga just called their last time out.

 :wall:

I was all ready to celebrate #17.   :'( :'( :'( :'(

Just unbelievable.

OVERTIME TIED 20-20

 :-X :-X :-X

Lord, in addition to a OC, please send us a FG kicker!

One that won't choke with the NC on the line!

Faith, buddy, faith.   :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship:

It was ours. OURS!! >:( >:(

We win the toss; defense first.

 :popcorn2:

Still is ours.  We got this.

BAM!!!!!

Lewis!

SACK!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump: :jump:  :jump:  :jump:

:jump:  :jump:  :jump: :jump:  :jump:  :jump:

That ugly-azzed kicker of theirs is good.

They kick a 51-yard field goal to lead 23-20.

 :popcorn2:

Gotta have a TD.

Touchdown SMITH!

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:jump:  :jump:  :jump: :jump:  :jump:  :jump:

Alabama Championship NUMBER 17!

NOW the game is over.  See how that works?

THANK YOU MY GOD Almigthy! RTR!

TUA has a NCG win and Legend! RTR!

FAITH, Folks, FAITH!

 :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray:

:toast4:

Omg I stand corrected holy crap

Congrats to Bama for a WONDERFUL WIN!!! :)

And thank you for never giving up, Terrie.   :worship: :worship:

Thank you Coach! No One should've counted us out so early!!! RTR

I AM TOO OLD FOR THIS S***!!!!!

WOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!

 :jump: :jump: :jump:

NUMBER 17!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump: :jump:  :jump:  :jump:

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Davonta Smith has won 2 games for us.

Roll tide

ROLL TIDE ROLL, ERRBODY!!!!!

That OT happened it almost doesn't seem real. 

Let's all toast the team with some cool Hawaiian Punch!

ROLL TIDE HL!  Did the boys over at WA call game over by half time?  :lol2:

I just want to toast my knees! Lordy, my nerves are pooped out. RTR!

I Love you all. God Bless. #17 but I have to hit the hay have to go to store to volunteer tomorrow. RTR!

Your prayer this morning helped, Preacher!   :worship: :worship:

Merk's gotta change his avatar!

I've gotta wear this goofy cap still??

Yes, until we lose.  :lol2:

Man.  I keep getting kicked off.  

And you are right. Have to find a 17 now. What a pleasure that will be!

I need a new sig. That journey is over. Any suggestions since Merk will be using the permanent #17.

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Check out that smile!   :worship: :worship: :worship:

Bradley Bozeman just proposed to his girlfriend on the field.  #+

Bozeman just proposed to his girl ON THE FIELD, and she accepted.

 #+ #+ #+ #+

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The Prophet.

coach appeared to enjoy this win better than most

let it be written ... to thee fans ...

hence forth let this be known as and it will be called...

"THE NEVER GIVE UP GAME"  #17  01/08/2018

it is written .... here here .... Dilly #17 Dilly


ROLL TIDE YA'LL    #+

Okay, that's done.  Let's go fishing!!   :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

Hey 2. You know, I’ve enjoyed having that 16 avatar for a few years now. I will now relinquish my hold on  17 if you would like to use it as yours.

Roll Tide!

That's ok, Merk. I've had "The Road to 17" for 2 years now. Time to go to something else. #17 is yours my e-friend.  :worship:

there's that bounce off his head you were talking about !


 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Tua showed he is very knowledgeable. Post game interview, he said he looked the safety to the inside receiver, which freed up Smith. The rest is history.

Lots of folks calling for Hurts' head for sure.  Mostly figuratively.  Mostly.

We snuck Derrick Henry on the field.  No wonder we won!

Here too.  Lots of whiners ...   >:( >:(

They can eat crow!

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Second!   :lol2:

He photobombed the natty!   :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

 :-[

I was amongst them.  Glad we didn't have to watch that offense for another half.

The first half was awful. The team showed no heart, no life. When the defense let UGA march down the field and score just before halftime, it didn't seem possible that Bama had what it took to win the game. Unbelievable comeback by this team.  I've never been so happy to be wrong.

Lesson in life, boys.  Never stop believing!  :toast4:

Amen, Phil! I've never seen a team with so much resiliency. Yes, Tua came in and worked the magic we needed with the offense, but the D bowed their necks after the bomb TD, that kept us in it for him to take us to #17. Never been more proud of a team in my life. Just look at everything they overcame during the year and during the game. My hat is off to Saban, the coaching staff and this team. WOOOT!!!

Georgia ran about 45 plays the first half.  D needed halftime to come.

This just in:

Coach Saban is 12-0 against former assistants.

 :lol3: :lol3: :lol3: :lol3: :lol3:

Great game guys.  I wasn't online, but I never game up hope. 

I knew GA's kicker was much better than ours, after seeing him kick a 55 yarder against OK right before halftime in their semifinal game. So when we went into OT, our only chance was a TD.  Bama was never going to win a FG battle.

Tua dropped back and wisely lost 16 yards, to give himself room for the BOMB that was to come.  That pass was a thing of beauty, seeing the release, the ball hanging in the air, waiting on the TV coverage to show the receiver, then BAM!  TD BAMA!

Ballgame!

Man, that was a frozen rope!!

Well, if you had Georgia + 3.5,

YOU WON!   :lol2: :lol2:

Consolation prize.  I guess "The Bear" wins his bet after all, even though he picked GA to win.   :lol2:

Yep, he said GA + 3.5. 

Guess we'll be hearing that next year.   :lol:

"frozen rope" indeed, great description.   :clap:

Wanna know something cool about retirement?  No work tomorrow!!
 :unsure:

https://twitter.com/BW_Jones/status/950614690002030592

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And this ^

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APrgZZGxgoY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pPgkMZjqsQ

Well I just got back from Hibbett's.  T-shirts all around the SC household!  I made my contribution to Saban's salary.  :lol2:

Worth every penny too!  :lol2:

THE UGLY:

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We don't have a Hibbett's here.   :( :(

Favorite cartoon that summarizes the season.

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I'm in SC. I can't even find a Clemson tee shirt here.  :lol:

when is CNS gonna have enough of the idiot Tony Brown and kick him to the curb?  He's poison.

He's a senior.  What's the point??

Just now saw this.   :lol:

Reaction of the night.

LANGUAGE WARNING!!!!

https://www.barstoolsports.com/barstoolu/i-cant-stop-watching-this-georgia-fan-beat-the-absolute-shit-out-of-his-apartment-door/?_branch_match_id=300247003967329317

Anfernee Jennings after the game...this will get some dust in your eyes:

https://twitter.com/ArashMarkazi/status/950609834767998976

Good stuff!

Aww, man, makes me want to cry.   #+

If anyone is having trouble coming down off all the excitement from last night, the basketball team starts at 6.  That will settle you right down.

#unbuckled

Play calling:

Haven't heard anybody say it, but I was very pleased to see Daboll calling so many passing plays once he had 'a hot quarterback'.  That's when you win, when you let the hot hand keep throwing.  College coaches are so controlling these days that offenses stand and wait for a call from the sidelines.  Last night's up-tempo play during the second half was VERY refreshing; catch and throw.  Tua stayed focused, stayed hot, and UGA wore down quickly.

WOOT!

It's easy to call good offensive plays when everyone executes. ALL the plays look good then. Been listening to Clemson sports radio today. They started by whining and complaining about the officiating, then graduated to "Tua may be the greatest QB of all time and I told ya so and Saban is dumb for not using him earlier".

I would argue that THEY are the dumb ones. Why use your secret weapon before you have to? Still won the Natty, right? Timing is everything.  8)

DAWG FAN BE LIKE ...  :clap: :clap: :clap:

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About 12 hrs ago I finally went to sleep -- after several visits/toasts with Ezra Brooks.  The significance of what happened last night, and HOW it happened has not sunk in with me yet.  It's still almost a dream.

What a sudden reversal of emotion at the end of the game.  That last time I remember a game like that was Van Tiffin's field goal against Barn back in the 80's, I think.  I can't put that kind of feeling of joy into words.

It's not just that we came in as the #4 seed and won the Natty.  Somehow it feels like the style of Bama's O has been irreversibly changed, at least for a while.

Yeah, baby, me too.  Can't sleep yet!

Maybe it's winning for all of those players who were injured, and because it seemed so improbable.  It's certainly sweet!!

ROLL TIDE!

For sure Alabama has a changed "O". RTR!

I think the "O" was there, it just needed someone to execute it.

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GREAT, great plays. RTR!

 :unsure: :unsure:

Miracle; they punted 7 times, and we didn't drop a one.

 #+ #+ #+

For sure the stars were aligned in the second half of that game.  :-*

Not bad to have a playbook stolen two days prior to the game.

Told ya so!  :lol2:

So we went from no way to get in, to no way to beat Clemson, to game over before half time against UGA, to National Champions!  :lol2:

Next time, I hope he maps out a simpler plan.  :unsure:

:lol:

It was a test.  Some of y'all failed.  :lol2:

 :lol: crap I was one of the halftimers thinking we might be out of it. When it came back I knew we could win if we got it into OT because they would get their 2nd wind. RTR!

wonder what was on that laptop too  :dunno:

I had two "fans" at my house watching the game that failed miserably TOO
kept telling them to hang on , just give the team a minute , they said they were ... "done  !"  :lol2:
you know the rest of the story ...

 #+ to SC, because he never lost faith. 

 :worship: :worship: :worship:

 :unsure:, one of these days SC is gonna hit the score. When he does we are going to all have Faith I hope.  :tinfoil: :o, RTR!

Slow motion video of The Pass.

https://247sports.com/college/alabama/Bolt/Alabama-Crimson-Tide-Football-Slow-motion-video-of-Tua-Tagovailoas-TD-pass-vs-Georgia-113785782

Looks like he was going to pass it left whether Smith was open or not; maybe because he knew the safety wasn't moving over.  He drops back, then as he prepares to wing it he glances at the left safety, then as he cocks and throws he looks at Smith.  WOW!

A thing of beauty!

IMHO...Tua knew Smith could beat the GA DB and knew he was going to Smith before the ball was snapped.  He looked right to keep the safety from coming over to cover Smith.  On a wider shot you can see the GA safety drifting away from Smith.  I think when Tua saw that he knew he had 'em.

I will never grow tired of watching this play.  It's up there with Snake's run in the mud.

You're certainly correct.  Tua said afterward that he kept his eyes right to draw the safety farther from Smith.  And as Tebow and GMac said, "It was a play beyond his years".
 #+ #+

Not to mention Smith told him in the huddle that, "Throw it to me; I won't drop it."

I've been in those huddles.  THEY ALL SAY THAT!   :lol2: :lol2:

I watched that game at the Central YMCA in Montgomery with a bunch of friends. Those of us who were Bama fans went crazy. Will never forget it. Or Van Tiffin's 52 yarder against the barn, and now this Tua to Smith walkoff TD.

I was working at a grocery store (A&P) the afternoon of Snake's run.  I walked outside, saw that the storm was clearing; sunset was red, and a friend told me "Alabama won on a long run by Stabler".  It was a good day.

Where did you spend your younger years, CatMandu?

The 1967 Auburn game was not on TV.  ??? I remember listening to the game on the radio. That was the days only one or two games a year were shown live. Listen on Saturday and watch the relay Sunday afternoon on the Bear Bryant Show.

You know, you're right. We did listen to it on the radio. It was later that we saw the filmed replay on WSFA TV. That was a long time ago. My memory ain't what it used to be.

I was sitting in the student section getting soaked by the miserable rain, but Snake made it worthwhile.  I don't think I've seen that run since Bryant's show.  Wonder if it's available.

Grew up in Mobile, and worked there at A&P until senior year (1969).  Off to Bama then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIvqaAyjT_w

Here you go.  Run by Stabler, narrated by Bryant, and commentary by Keith Jackson.  :clap:

Many thanks, Super.  Three famous names here.  And I had forgotten we were behind before his mud run.