re: Poor 3rd down conversion rates Bama/Georgia game

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I'd like to see a breakdown of when those happened. If the majority were in the end half then I wouldn't be very alarmed. The 2nd half offense seemed like, hey let's try to run out the clock, not do anything dangerous that might cause a TO and give uga any type of momentum to get back in the game. Especially when the weather was as bad as it was.

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That's pretty much what happened. Here are the results of Bama drives up to their last TD

Fumble
Punt
FG
TD
Punt
TD
Punt
Punt
TD

4 scoring drives, 4 punts, 1 turnover.

During those possessions, Bama only faced 6 third downs (which speaks volumes about their dominance). They only converted 1, but another was Henry's fumble (which had first down yardage) and a Henry run up the middle to kill the clock with :50 left in the first half and Bama leading 24-3.

The others came after the score was 38-3 and everyone from the refs to Uga the dog just wanted to go the heck home.

Bama attempted 1 third down pass after the last TD. All the rest were runs.