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The call was reversed on replay. Unfortunately, luck seemed to be on the side of the Crimson Tide here. Ultimately, Young would lead Alabama down the field on a yard drive that culminated in a field goal by Will Reichard for a lead.
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Full screen. The 15 strangest college football seasons There is no secret that the season has been one of the strangest, wildest and controversial years in the history of the sport. The global pandemic has brought unique challenges as well as interesting opportunities that we may never see again in our lifetime.
But this isn't the only season that has been a bit crazy. Sure, it will take a lot to topple this season from being the oddest on record but there have been plenty of seasons that just didn't go as expected.
There are a variety of reasons for these crazy seasons but all have left a mark on the sport for better or worse. Here are fifteen of the strangest college football seasons ever. The influenza pandemic forced cancellations of many games, and that was on top of World War I taking a lot of college-aged kids to the battlefield. Military organizations fielded teams made up of former college players to play against collegiate games.
The combination of those two events nearly put a stop to the sport in October the season's first month in those days. With the easing of war restrictions and quarantines ending, college football kicked into high gear in November.
Students were back in school, and programs filled schedules on the fly. Michigan and Pittsburgh would end up splitting the national championship. This was also Knute Rockne's first season as head coach. A story arose that used the transitive property of winning to declare tiny Slippery Rock the national champ. It follows like this: Slippery Rock beat Westminster Slippery Rock, who finished and competed in the Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference, and their satirical "championship" was picked up by national wire services 's version of going viral and became a running joke in college football for years.
Even today, Slippery Rock's scores will be announced by public address announcers and find their way into papers and websites. Eight SEC schools The Pacific Coast Conference saw many of its members sit out. The schools that did play staggered the starts to their seasons and created vast differences in the amount of games played, similar to what happened in There were travel restrictions due to rationing and various sacrifices made to accommodate the war effort that affected the college football season.
The Associated Press did include service schools in their polls for the first time, as the War Department promoted teams made up from players on their training bases and flight schools. However, on the very next possession, Bennett responded with a picturesque yard scoring strike to Adonai Mitchell, giving the Bulldogs the lead right back at Georgia's vaunted defense, exposed during the point loss to Alabama on Dec.
The second of which, an interception by Kelee Ringo, served as the nail in the coffin, as the year-old freshman cornerback picked off Young and raced 79 yards for Georgia's third straight touchdown. Young, who had designs on following wide receiver DeVonta Smith and becoming the second straight Alabama player to win both the Heisman Trophy and National Championship in the same season, was attempting to lead the Crimson Tide to a game-tying score and two-point conversion, when his throw was snatched by Ringo.
On the night, the sophomore signal-caller attempted a whopping 57 throws, completing 35 for yards in the loss. Bennett, though asked to do less, was sharpest when it mattered most, following his touchdown pass to Mitchell with a yard scoring toss to Brock Bowers, putting Georgia up 8 points with to play. Bennett ends his storybook career in Athens by going for yards and earning offensive MVP honors.
The game's earliest moments lacked a certain degree of excitement as both Georgia and Alabama were largely forced to settle for field goals. The Crimson Tide led at the half, and the game's first touchdown wasn't scored until Georgia running back Zamir White punched it in from one yard out with remaining in the third quarter.
However, the game's final quarter offered up big plays befitting a contest of this magnitude, including both Bennett's fumble and his touchdown pass on the ensuing drive. For Smart, the win means he finally gets the better of his mentor. For Georgia, though, it's simply a return to top dog status, 41 years in the making. Bennett was 17 for 26, with passing yards and two touchdowns.
In a key moment in the fourth quarter, the senior quarterback launched a yard scoring strike to Adonai Mitchell, to take back the lead from the Crimson Tide Both teams go into halftime at Defense continues to be the storyline as the two offense have combined for yards and 15 first downs.
Where both these defenses made real impacts was in and around the redzone by standing tall when it mattered most and holding the opposing defense to field goals. Each offense has been predicated on the passing attack so far with Alabama having and Georgia with in the air.
Both Stetson Bennett and Bryce Young have made huge passes to give their offenses chances to get six points, but nothing came about. One big difference maker who's future in this game is still up in the air is Alabama WR Jameson Williams who hurt his knee on a big yard pass. He was able to walk to the locker room on his own weight. Both teams will be looking establish the run game in the second half as they both have combined for 36 yards.
Georgia kick Jake Podlesney nails yard field goal his longest attempt of the season to bring the Bulldogs within three. Georgia has begun to find a rhythm after a slow couple of drives to start the game. The Dawgs now have yards of total offense on 27 plays. Alabama was on the cusp of making it a point game after a yard play to get them inside the Georgia six, but the Dawgs came up big and sacked Bryce Young for a loss of That forced another field goal from the Tide that extended the lead to six.
The lead came at a price as star WR Jameson Williams went down after twisting his knee on a yard completion and later being helped off the field. He walked to the locker room under his own power and there is no word on if or when he will return. Jameson Williams was injured on this play: pic.
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