re: Nick Fairley broke Aaron Murray's sternum, per Murray's dad

I agree, as a Bammer, that that call when looked at in a vacuum was BS. I think when you look at Fairley's play in the UGA game though, the refs wanted to send a message to him that they weren't going to allow him to play like he did in the UGA game. Like I said earlier, I don't really vilify Fairley for his play in the UGA game, I blame the refs for allowing it to devolve the way it did. The refs in the Iron Bowl, most likely instructed by the league, weren't going to allow that to happen.

And guess what? It worked! Fairley played a clean game after that, and even made the play that probably gave AU the win when he forced the fumble and recovered it late in the game.