The play that screwed Georgia and propelled Bama to an unearned CFP berth

It was late in the 2nd quarter of the SEC Championship game. Bama had a 10-7 lead and was facing 4th-and-4 from the Georgia 37 with over a minute and a half left in the first half. Milroe threw a pass to Isaiah Bond. This was the result…



The call on the field was complete pass and 1st down Alabama. Inexplicably the play was not reviewed. Two plays later, Alabama scores a touch to take a 17-7 lead into the half. Had the play been reviewed, the booth would have seen the ball hit the ground and assisted the receiver in gaining possession of the ball, thus it was a textbook example of an incomplete pass. Georgia would have had the ball on its own 37 yard line 1st & 10 with about 1:25 on the clock to work with.

But they never got that chance. Instead the touchdown that resulted two plays later helped Alabama win the game by 3 points. The playoff committee used this win to throw Georgia out of the top four, along with undefeated ACC Champion Florida State, and replace them both with Alabama and Texas. The CFP fates of four teams were decided by this blown call all because a routine play that in another game involving any other team would be reviewed as SOP. But not on the SEC when Alabama is playing.