re: AL game rewatch

Check out that long TD throw to Talyn Taylor.

The ball was on the left hash.
At the snap, Gunner ran towards the right hash and fades back 5 yards on the rollout.

He throws the ball across his body to Taylor on the left hash.

I read some people claim that the throw was inaccurate.
I read some claim that the throw was late.
The reality is that it is an extremely difficult throw running backwards to the right and throwing that deep to the left.
QBs are less accurate going right and throwing left.

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Also when they are trying to dump the ball and not get a grounding

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You are the one saying that he threw it into the defenders hands while trying to ground the ball.

If he wanted to get rid of the football, he would have continued to run right away from the pressure on his left and throw the ball out of bounds. Or at least leave the tackle box.

The pressure on his right was picked up by the split action from the tight end. I dont remember any other pressure on the play.

You are literally the only person to insinuate grounding.

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It was absolutely not a pick. When they played it in slow motion you could easily see he didn't have control of the ball and the ball hit the ground.

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Of course it wasn't. There was a view from the first set of replays that showed his hands not underneath the football. It was on the ground. The only people insisting that the replay wasn't conclusive are Bama homers and Georgia haters.

Kirk Herbstreit is in the latter group, which is why he didn't show that particular replay later in the game when he was advancing his opinion that Bama was the victim of bad officiating. When you see Kirk pull up selected videos multiple times to reiterate his opinion, especially later in the game, you know he's trying to create a narrative.

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Part of the problem is the size of the monitor those guys watch the game on.

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I could agree with that if their coverage was even handed, but it wasn't. If they don't have a good view, stop being so opinionated about the officiating. Don't question the replay officials, because they have a very good view. Officials make mistakes and the ones in this game made plenty. If the announcers want to point it out, do it both ways or STFU. And contrary to public opinion, an official's call that occurs near the goal line, or late in the game, is no more important than other calls throughout the game. Fans like to make that distinction because of proximity to the final outcome, but if the game was officiated differently throughout, the situation at the end would be different. That downstream exact play would never even happen.

Herbstreit and Fowler ignored obvious missed calls that helped Alabama, didn't even comment or show a replay. The late hit on Gunner was no less flagrant than the pass interference by Bolden. They harped on one no-call and completely ignored the other, even suggested Thompkins made the tackle despite the fact Gunner tripped, fell and was obviously down when Thompkins was four yards away. And they wrapped up their coverage by saying that Georgia "got a little lucky". That's biased announcing and they don't get the benefit of the doubt about what they saw or didn't see.

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Drew Miller seems to think a 52 yard punt into the endzone is better than a 42 yard punt to the 10. Every damn time.

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Maybe the punting/special teams coach should be working on that with him.