'We preach emotional maturity:' Kalen DeBoer says he 'would have by no means anticipated' Dijon Lee's late private foul in loss to Georgia

Would Alabama have had an opportunity to tie Georgia and even get the win with out Dijon Lee’s late private foul penalty?

The sophomore cornerback was referred to as for a private foul late in a on Saturday evening. After Alabama stopped Georgia on second all the way down to arrange a third-and-2 simply after the 2-minute warning, Lee’s final smack of Georgia large receiver Craig Dandridge on the finish of the play gave the Bulldogs a free first down and allowed them to easily kneel out the clock.

When Lee got here to the sidelines, Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer was livid. We’ll allow you to lip learn what DeBoer was saying to Lee. It might need been about costing Alabama an opportunity at a comeback.

After the sport, the primary query of DeBoer’s information convention was about Lee’s penalty.

“We preach emotional maturity and I actually really feel sturdy that throughout the board we had that with our workforce and would have by no means anticipated that to occur,” DeBoer mentioned. “You’ve received to offer your self an opportunity … You’re on the market giving all the pieces you’ve received, you’ve simply received to offer your self an opportunity. Emotional maturity is what it comes all the way down to and we’ve been fairly good at that occurring the final two years and clearly, second comes up like we had simply now, we didn’t reply the precise manner.”

After all, there’s no assure that Alabama would have gotten the ball again if Lee hadn’t been penalized. Bo Walker gained seven yards on first down earlier than his one-yard acquire on second all the way down to arrange that brief third down. With simply two yards to go — and the advantage of the 2-minute warning to consider the decision — Georgia had loads of play choices to go for the primary down itself.

As an alternative, the Bulldogs didn’t have to train any of them.