One Last Thing on the Loss to Bama

I'm really confused by all the talk about the non shot clock violation. It was pretty much irrelevant. I went back and watched the play, and Takais Brown did not secure the rebound until he was out of bounds. So even if there was no shot clock violation, Bama would still get the ball. I'm surprised that is dominating the "controversy" talk rather than the obvious travelling violation by Steele on the games final shot. Ronald, pack a bag the next time you are going to travel that far. Image from AJC.com. What I am glad to see is the way Coach Felton handled the officiating. Instead of protesting individual calls, he talked about the powers that be taking away freedom of speech when it comes to commenting on officiating. From the AJC article linked above:

"Unlike any other situation in this country, your First Amendment rights are taken from you when it comes to [commenting on officiating]," said Felton, at that moment still awaiting a meeting with SEC supervisor of officials Gerald Boudreaux.

This way Felton expresses his displeasure, but he probably won't get in trouble with the league office for complaining about officiating. Anyways, no more talking about this game. Time to move on to Kentucky. I think if Georgia brings their A game, this is a winnable game at home. Maybe we can have some of that "It's tough to win on the road in the SEC" magic on our side, if you know what I mean. Wink. Wink.