Welp, hello 6 months without blogging, and this is 11 days late, but this definitely deserves to be written about!
By far one of the best moments of my life, and by moments, I mean every stressed, hair pulling, groaning, yelling cursing, whole body shaking moments, all the tears (there were lots) and pure joy that was this exhilarating, incredible, unexpected, dominance vs destiny, Florida State Victory!!
I am 99.9% positive that I am the only person
in the world who still cares or thinks about this game, but I
still plan to bask in the details of the game of the year until next September!
Of course, I recorded the whole game and have watched it multiple times without being in the state of pure panic that I was during the game, and a few things keep jumping out to me as turning points in the game.
So, here are 8 things that made the
ultimate difference in the BCS National Championship Game
1)
Ricardo
Louis dropped first pass of the game. He was left wide open down the middle,
and I mean WIDE open. Easy touchdown if he catches this.
2)
Auburn’s
missed field goal in the 2nd Quarter. That kick went MAYBE 6 inches
wide right of the post, but any missed points in a game like this are critical.
Thank goodness Jimbo focuses on recruiting excellent kickers (I’m looking at
you Graham Gano, Dustin Hopkins and Roberto Aguayo).
3)
Jimbo Fisher
calling a fake punt down 21-3 in 2nd quarter. When it seemed like
NOTHING could go right for FSU, Jimbo trusted his talent and called a trick
play that resulted in a first down and a touchdown.
4)
Missed
tackle/collision on Rashad Green run. This one irks me because I was told by a
Bitter Betty the day after the game that we “got lucky” on this play because
two Auburn defenders ran into each other, allowing RG to run for a big gain. I
would like to call a very large BS on that comment, because college football
and sports in general, are made up of tiny, seemingly insignificant moments
that pan out differently than you expect, and that makes up the game! Hey
Auburn/Bitter Betty/Haters, how about two Georgia defenders trying to catch the
ball instead of batting it down and instead pushing it straight into the arms
of the receiver, and you run that in for the game winning touchdown? Little
moments. ALL THE TIME. Every single game.
5)
PJ Williams’s
interception. Led to a score, pushed momentum even further into FSU territory.
6)
100 Yard
Punt Return. Holy Kermit Whitfield, welcome to the spotlight my friend. Stay a
while!
7)
Tre Mason
scored too early. This one baffles me, because I see Gus Malzahn as such a
strategic thinker, yet he didn’t instruct his running back to stop before the
goal line and eat up some more of the clock. I also wouldn’t be surprised to hear
that Jimbo Fisher told the defense to lay off a little, let him score (gasp!)
and get the ball back. Don’t leave the Heisman Winning, spotlight loving,
birthday celebrating, freshman QB 1:19 to play with.
8)
Chris Davis.
The hero of the Iron Bowl, blah blah blah. He almost muffed three separate
punts, clearly held down RG’s arms in the end zone, and was grossly physically
overmatched against Kelvin Benjamin on the final play of the game. 6’5” vs. 5’11”. No contest
Go Noles!!
