# Holy Mother of God \[Alabama and Auburn game\]
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [December 1, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173 "2013-12-01T00:27:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173/1 "2013-12-01T00:27:05Z")
Great game.
In case you didn’t watch it, it was 28-28 with one second left on the clock, Alabama elected to try a 57 yard FG, the Auburn guy caught it deep in the end zone and ran it all the way back for a TD.
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173/2 "2013-12-01T02:02:52Z")
Like the Michigan-OSU game earlier, to take a ballsy chance to win on a last second play. It’s a better ending than to [Tie One for The Gipper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Notre_Dame_vs._Michigan_State_football_game).
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### Author:  [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173/3 "2013-12-01T02:06:54Z")
> [@kunilou](#):
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> Like the Michigan-OSU game earlier, to take a ballsy chance to win on a last second play. It’s a better ending than to [Tie One for The Gipper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Notre_Dame_vs._Michigan_State_football_game).
The ND/MSU tie was 47 years ago. Give it a rest. There have been plenty of college football outrages since then.
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### Author:  [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173/4 "2013-12-01T02:23:42Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#):
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> The ND/MSU tie was 47 years ago. Give it a rest. There have been plenty of college football outrages since then.
But that set the standard and it’s been 47 years and is still well remembered.
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### Author:  [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173/5 "2013-12-01T02:35:10Z")
> [@R.P.McMurphy](#):
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> But that set the standard and it’s been 47 years and is still well remembered.
It is well remembered except for the details, in that Notre Dame had the ball in its own territory and its 2d string QB in the game. Playing it safe was the proper percentage move, as judged by the fact that ND won the national championship that year. Gutsy, no. Effective, yes.
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### Author:  [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173/6 "2013-12-01T02:54:16Z")
That was a freakin’ amazing game. Not at all sorry to see Bama go down, which adds to the joy.
Of course, all that means is that Ohio State will manage to lose to Michigan State next week, Florida State will lose to Duke, Auburn will beat Missouri. Bama rises to #2, and we get a rematch (and another all-SEC) BCSNCG.
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### Author:  [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173/7 "2013-12-01T03:08:58Z")
I thought the last play in the Auburn/Georgia game a couple of weeks ago was amazing. Then the play tonight happened.
Breathtaking.
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### Author:  [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173/8 "2013-12-01T04:32:39Z")
Edited the title so it’s a bit more clear on what the thread is about.
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### Author:  [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2013, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173/9 "2013-12-01T05:59:01Z")
> [@jsc1953](#):
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> That was a freakin’ amazing game. Not at all sorry to see Bama go down, which adds to the joy.
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> Of course, all that means is that Ohio State will manage to lose to Michigan State next week, Florida State will lose to Duke, Auburn will beat Missouri. Bama rises to #2, and we get a rematch (and another all-SEC) BCSNCG.
If both OSU and Auburn win, then what?
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### Author:  [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2013, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173/10 "2013-12-01T06:31:59Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#):
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> If both OSU and Auburn win, then what?
The undefeated team(s) rank first, then the SEC champion. So in this scenario, #1 OSU plays #2 Auburn.
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### Author:  [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2013, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173/11 "2013-12-01T07:48:20Z")
> [@jsc1953](#):
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> The undefeated team(s) rank first, then the SEC champion. So in this scenario, #1 OSU plays #2 Auburn.
What? FSU and OSU meet in the BCS if OSU doesn’t lose to MSU.
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2013, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173/12 "2013-12-01T08:03:46Z")
As a foreigner I have to ask, do the two Alabama players who half-heartedly run across in “defense” and tap Davis on the shoulder, as though they are playing touch, get any criticism?
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### Author:  [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2013, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173/13 "2013-12-01T10:12:07Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#):
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> If both OSU and Auburn win, then what?
A two-man sack race will be held on consecutive Sundays until a champion can be crowned.
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### Author:  [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173/14 "2013-12-01T14:11:26Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#):
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> As a foreigner I have to ask, do the two Alabama players who half-heartedly run across in “defense” and tap Davis on the shoulder, as though they are playing touch, get any criticism?
They tried hard and didn’t get enough on Davis to tackle him. There was nothing half-hearted about it - they just weren’t fast enough to catch him. The criticism would be on the Alabama coaching staff for not getting the right players on the field to defend against a run back on the miss and getting them to play defense right after the ball was kicked.
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### Author:  [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173/15 "2013-12-01T15:51:07Z")
> [@dnooman](#):
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> What? FSU and OSU meet in the BCS if OSU doesn’t lose to MSU.
And if FSU wins their ACC championship game. My “all-SEC” scenario was predicated on FSU losing.
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### Author:  [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173/16 "2013-12-01T18:09:45Z")
> [@kunilou](#):
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> Like the Michigan-OSU game earlier, to take a ballsy chance to win on a last second play. It’s a better ending than to [Tie One for The Gipper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Notre_Dame_vs._Michigan_State_football_game).
I don’t think it was “ballsy.” I doubt Hoke did the math, but 3 yards for the win vs. facing a superior Ohio St. team in overtime was a good decision.
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### Author:  [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173/17 "2013-12-01T21:03:09Z")
That’s the best ending to a game I’ve seen. I’d put as a tie with “the band is on the field!” for Cal-Stanford, and (especially as a Miami fan) well ahead of Flutie. We can probably now forget that the Flutie play ever happened.
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### Author:  [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173/18 "2013-12-01T22:01:17Z")
> [@mkecane](#):
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> We can probably now forget that the Flutie play ever happened.
Good luck with that.
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### Author:  [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173/19 "2013-12-02T03:07:25Z")
You mean [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3ykWbu2Gl0) Flutie play, right?
😃
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### Author:  [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mother-of-god-alabama-and-auburn-game/675173/20 "2013-12-02T03:50:28Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#):
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> As a foreigner I have to ask, do the two Alabama players who half-heartedly run across in “defense” and tap Davis on the shoulder, as though they are playing touch, get any criticism?
Those players are linemen, and way, WAY slower than Davis.
Where Alabama deserves criticism, is that after the ball was kicked, most of their players stood around watching to see whether the kick was good. That forced them to scramble across the field at the last second. They should have been instructed, “The minute the ball clears the line of scrimmage, you become defenders. Locate the return man and get in front of him.”
The same play came up in the Bears-Vikings game today. The Bears attempted a 66-yard FG on the last play of regulation, knowing it would probably come up short. Their linemen-turned-defenders got into position right away and easily bottled up the return. Of course in pro football even the linemen are faster, and everybody is more experienced. (Not that they don’t still make stupid mistakes.)
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