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In 2016 Tennessee vs UGA, All Hail The Prettiest Hail Mary Ever Thrown

Posted on 10/14/24 at 4:15 pm
Posted by AulderMagee
Dallas
Member since Mar 2024
3087 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 4:15 pm
It's too bad it was ruined ten seconds later by Josh Dobbs. No one remembers that pass but it was a beauty. Tennessee had the game well in hand, had the Dawgs on their heels, and that QB you guys later benched turned it around on a dime.

What a clutch performance.



Posted by Knowshon5Dolla
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2021
1725 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 4:18 pm to
Hasn't Georgia reeled off 7 straight wins since then?
Odd that you would bring this up.
Posted by Murph4HOF
A-T-L-A-N-T-A (that's where I stay)
Member since Sep 2019
15299 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 4:21 pm to
Damn, 2016.

Pre-COVID, pre-NIL, pre-transfer portal. Seems like a different time.

Got a clip of a UTK win since then?
Posted by Jrv2damac
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Posted on 10/14/24 at 4:23 pm to
OP just posted almost a 3 hour video


This post was edited on 10/14/24 at 4:24 pm
Posted by AulderMagee
Dallas
Member since Mar 2024
3087 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 4:23 pm to
You're taking offense at kind words about a beautiful pass by an opponent?

Fking Georgia fans lol.

So insecure.

quote:

OP just posted almost a 3 hour video


Just click the big arrow, Einstein. Don't worry, I've done the thinking for you.
This post was edited on 10/14/24 at 4:25 pm
Posted by Murph4HOF
A-T-L-A-N-T-A (that's where I stay)
Member since Sep 2019
15299 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 4:25 pm to
quote:

OP just posted almost a 3 hour video
Video editing software has come so far since 2016.
Posted by AulderMagee
Dallas
Member since Mar 2024
3087 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 4:30 pm to

Posted by AulderMagee
Dallas
Member since Mar 2024
3087 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 4:30 pm to
Such a beautiful pass.
Posted by Knowshon5Dolla
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2021
1725 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 4:35 pm to
quote:

You're taking offense at kind words about a beautiful pass by an opponent?


You had to go back to 2016 to find a reason to compliment Georgia's quarterback play? Take a look at highlights from every single Georgia/Tennessee game since then and you'll find plenty of reasons to be impressed by the Bulldogs. The Vols...not so much.
Posted by DawginSC
Member since Aug 2022
7341 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 4:42 pm to
UGA's pass wasn't a hail mary. A hail mary is when you throw a pass up for grabs into a group and hope your guy comes down with it.

It was a deep route that was open. It wasn't throwing a long pass into a large group and praying your guy came up with it. Ridley just beat his man and made a deep catch.

Tennessee's pass was a hail mary. There were about 10 guys from both teams in a group and UT's prayer was answered by their guy managing to come down with it.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 10/14/24 at 4:43 pm to
You give alters a bad name...
Posted by mtopdawg421
Middle GA
Member since Aug 2017
1247 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 4:46 pm to
Just 5 short years later, we would be National Champs once again.

Really makes us appreciate how far we've come seeing this. Thanks!


1998.
This post was edited on 10/14/24 at 4:48 pm
Posted by Barstools
Atlanta
Member since Jan 2016
10364 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 4:50 pm to
Damn has it really been that long since you've beaten us? Feels like forever ago.
Posted by AulderMagee
Dallas
Member since Mar 2024
3087 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 4:51 pm to
quote:

UGA's pass wasn't a hail mary


Eh? Let's see. 19 seconds left. Own 50. Down 4, no chance that a field goal helps you.

Should I change the title to 'Prettiest Desperation Pass Ever Thrown'? Will that ease your insecurity?



quote:

Thanks!


You're welcome. It was a beautiful desperation pass. The prettiest desperation pass ever thrown. (sorry, I had to change it. one of your insecure brethren took offense).
This post was edited on 10/14/24 at 4:53 pm
Posted by DawginSC
Member since Aug 2022
7341 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 5:02 pm to
quote:

Eh? Let's see. 19 seconds left. Own 50. Down 4, no chance that a field goal helps you.

Should I change the title to 'Prettiest Desperation Pass Ever Thrown'? Will that ease your insecurity?


I explained it in the post. Apparently you didn't bother to read.

The traditional "hail mary" is you run a bunch of receivers to the same part of the field and launch a pass to that spot and "pray" your guy catches it.

UGA wasn't running that. They weren't in a one pass left scenario. They ran a normal deep route tree. They had time to get a chunk of 30 yards or so and still stop the clock to take a shorter shot at the end zone so weren't throwing it up for grabs.

If it was a last ditch "hail mary" effort, UT wouldn't have had time to run a play of their own, because the game would have been over.

Ridley simply beat the DB covering him and Eason made a great pass. But the reason why there weren't a ton of DB's covering it is that it wasn't a hail mary. UGA had players running shorter routes that they would have taken instead if Tennessee's safety had gone to cover Ridley.
Posted by AulderMagee
Dallas
Member since Mar 2024
3087 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 5:04 pm to
So, prettiest desperation pass ever thrown.

Okeydokey.

I don't want to offend any of our insecure UGA brethren.
Posted by lewis and herschel
Member since Nov 2009
13998 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 5:06 pm to
Offensive pass interference, ut wr dragged down one of our dback.
Posted by gypsy2091
Member since Sep 2016
774 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 5:06 pm to
Dobb nail boot!
Posted by AulderMagee
Dallas
Member since Mar 2024
3087 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 5:10 pm to
quote:

Offensive pass interference, ut wr dragged down one of our dback.


Yeah! Still melting
Posted by DawginSC
Member since Aug 2022
7341 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 5:13 pm to
quote:

So, prettiest desperation pass ever thrown.


Again, it wasn't a desperation pass. It was a normal route that was open.

UGA likely ran the same play call several times that game. In this one Tennessee messed up the coverage and UGA capitalized.

UGA had 2 more attempts left had that play failed. Maybe 3. They were looking to get a chunk of yards on that play, not necessarily throwing it to the end zone regardless. UT's safety just didn't take it away. Worked out for UT in the end with their hail mary (which actually was a hail mary). But UGA wasn't throwing up a desperation prayer on that play. They were taking whatever was open down the field because they didn't have to chuck it to the end zone yet.
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