“How is Georgia looking on returning players?”
Georgia loses all five starting offensive linemen, plus running back Musa Smith has said he’s turning pro. Receiver Terrance Edwards is also through with his college years.
On defense, two starting linebackers and assorted others are seniors this year.
The Georgia fans feel confident about next year, but I’ll have to see them be as good to believe it.
I think they lost too much to win another Southeastern Conference championship next year.
When I saw the play live I thought for sure he was interfered with. The replay indicated otherwise, but it still looked to me that he was held. A slightly different violation, but it still would have given OSU another shot.
sir viks, how much of a role do you think Miami’s 5, count 'em, 5 turnovers played in the result, huh? They’re lucky to have even made it to overtime - the luck being that missed FG by OSU.
So the call was PI instead of the correct Holding. Made no difference.
Your guys didn’t play as well and they lost. That’s sports.
And your cheerleaders can’t kick worth shit, either.
Yep, 5 turnovers is pretty bad. I’d find it difficult for any team to stay in a game (much less win a game) with that many turnovers. After the fourth turnover I turned to my wife and said that turnovers are costing Miami this game. Also, Miami also missed a field goal of their own, so I consider that a wash.
The penalty was for pass interference, and after several replays I didn’t see what that one referee was talking about. There was another referee at the goal line with a far better angle who saw no pass interference. Hell, both commentators, qualified football analysts, thought it was a bad call.
Within 5 yards of the line of scrimmage the defensive player is allowed to “bump & check” the wide receiver. There may have been some grabbing going on (by BOTH wide receiver & defender), but nothing I would have thrown a flag over.
I understand there are bad calls in sports, and I’m OK with that. But here’s my real problem. A great game will forever be remembered as being decided by the judgement of one referee. Yes, you can say there are calls that weren’t made for both sides, so Miami probably had calls that should have been made against them but weren’t. Only in this specific case can you say definitively that if the call wasn’t made then Miami wins the National Championship. So when a sport is reduced to the subjectivity of a referee, it loses it’s appeal.
My guys? My cheerleaders?
Oh, you’re under the assumption that I am either a student, fan, or an alumnus of Miami. No, I’m just a guy who watched a great football game between two teams but doesn’t like the outcome to be decided by over-refereeing. Let 'em play.
But I do agree with you – Miami’s cheerleaders can’t kick worth shit. 
So teams should be allowed to cheat, so long as it’s on the final, game-deciding play and not ridiculously blatant? Please. Watching the play in action the first time I saw the hold going into the end zone and couldn’t believe that Ohio just got robbed by two bad no-calls for Miami.
As for the Miami cheerleaders…you two can nitpick all you want about their kicking, I’ll still take 'em. 
Guess that second replay angle didn’t show things off too well:
Did he have anything holding his lower leg ON other than skin?
Dammit all to hell.
That sounds like the Robert Edwards injury, and he couldn’t play for 3 years.
I was thinking the same exact thing. In retrospect, this game really doesn’t mean anything if it costs McGahee his career. I wish him the best for his recovery.
You’re never allowed to bump and check when the ball is in the air. The flag wouldn’t have been thrown half the time, but it’s a justified flag. Deal.
I just ran across a video of the injury in livejournal. Linked Here for those with strong stomachs.
The only thing Miami got robbed with was the ball.
Face it, Im from VT, Miami cant handle a good field position team. Ohio State is exactly that.
The PI was a bad call. It was not a hold beforehand either. On EVERY play where the DB is playing press coverage, EVERY DB and receiver engage in that same contact, whether the ball is in the air or not. It was not a hold. It also was not pass interference. However, it IS Miami’s fault for putting themselves in that situation. They didn’t lose because of that call, they lost because they committed 5 turnovers.
As my FB coach told us once- if you allow yourself to be put in a position to lose a game because of a bad call, then you didn’t deserve to win it anyway.
As soon as I say the first replay of McGahee’s hit, I said, “There goes the ACL.” I didn’t know he tore the other two ligaments as well.
I think it is a career-ender. Robert Edwards had at least proven he could play in the NFL. McGahee hasn’t, and not alot of teams are going to take a chance on him, I don’t think.
I wonder what his major is? Hope it pays well.
I HOPE that his family(or he) had the foresight to get insurance, I read in one of my magazines recently(ESPN or Sporting News or SI) that high profile college athletes can get mulit-million dollar insurance policies rather cheaply for just this case. I do not recall if they could get one while they were still in college, or if it could just be used in between their college and pro career(in case of car accident/fire/ etc)
Actually, he’s a RS Sophomore. He has two years before he’s totally done with school, maybe three if he gets a medical red-shirt for next season. So his pro hopes are still alive, although I don’t get to see Joey Harrington hand off to him in September.