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 known as for a private foul late within the No. 6 Crimson Tide’s 20-17 loss to No. 2 Georgia on Saturday evening. After Alabama stopped Georgia on second right down to arrange a third-and-2 simply after the 2-minute warning, Lee’s final smack of Georgia broad 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 may 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.
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“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 have to give your self an opportunity … You are on the market giving every little thing you’ve got received, you’ve got simply received to present your self an opportunity. Emotional maturity is what it comes right down to and we have been fairly good at that happening the final two years and clearly, second comes up like we had simply now, we did not reply the suitable approach.”
After all, there is not any 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 achieve on second right 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 a substitute, the Bulldogs did not have to train any of them.
