2012 SEC Championship - #2 Alabama vs #3 Georgia

we welcome you to atlanta georgia and the georgia dome on this first day of december seems almost placid doesn't it it's a beautiful day but a little bit noisier inside that building as we welcome you to the sec championship game on cbs presented by dr pepper let's take a look at what's at stake here's the bcs top 10. notre dame will play in miami for the title and for the first time there's no vote necessary this has become a de facto semifinal game as either alabama or georgia will advance to take on the fighting irish good afternoon everybody vern lundqvist along with gary danielson for these two teams to look in the mirror they probably see each other whether it's style of play season record so many similarities they really are they're built on toughness they're built on defense and they're built behind quarterbacks but they like to run the ball look at the stat the two tandems of the running backs kind of typifies how close these teams are built in similarities look at that the two from alabama the two from georgia almost the exact same stats nevertheless gary there are contrasts they really are when you look at this alabama football team you have to start with the offensive line they've got really three all-americans four guys are going to be drafted high in the draft and the georgia offensive line must step up they have some question marks they've been playing better lately but they have to come through on the offensive line well if george is to win and they're a slight underdog what segment of their team needs to really play well i think you know this alabama likes to run the ball that means georgia and those great defensive linemen and linebackers must stop the run first because if they do that means their all-american jarvis jones can get involved in this football game todd grantham their defensive coordinator will line him up all over the field they will keep alabama guessing where he's going to come from if george is going to win i think he's going to have one of those games where he causes a couple of turnovers late in the game if they run it he might not get involved you know you and i have the privilege of getting to do this every saturday afternoon for three months and almost inevitably we wind up talking about quarterbacks well let's do it again you can't hide if you're a quarterback especially if you want to be a champion quarterback these two guys aj mccarron aaron murray they know each other they know and respect what each other has to do a.j mccarron mccarran's coming off a national championship aaron murray he had a couple nightmares a few ghosts but he's coming on hot later in the year but you know her when you watch aaron murray right there and the whole georgia football team i don't think it's going to be the extraordinary place just the ordinary plays might be good enough well settle in this could be fun as alabama and georgia play in atlanta for the first time since 42. the sec championship on cbs presented by dr pepper is sponsored by kia chick-fil-a allstate and by dr pepper don't wait for lunch you could be and we welcome you once again inside the georgia dome sellout crowd of 72 000 gathering here as alabama comes in as the defending national champions the georgia bulldogs one national title that was 32 years ago you might say this is the most important game that the bulldogs have played since then first on the field led by their head coach nick saban now in his sixth season in tuscaloosa next on the field led by mark richt in his 12th season in athens the georgia bulldogs let's go down live to tracy wilson who's with nick saban thanks so much coach you said the biggest challenge for your team would be handling the emotions and the enormity of this game how did you prepare them for this moment well they got to have the discipline to execute the plan but we also got to play with a relentless competitive attitude for 60 minutes in the game to be like two heavyweight fighters for 15 rounds and whoever can do that the best will have the best chance to be successful thanks a lot good luck tonight vern i was at both walk throughs yesterday i could summarize it this way alabama was extremely focused georgia was very loose and confident i think it works for both teams well here's aj mccarron and now let's go back live to tracy wolfson who is with mark richt thanks so much vern you mentioned a.j mccarron and coach all week the question is how will aj how will aj and how will aaron murray perform against this tough defense how can he be successful today well he needs some help from his teammates of course blocking helps you know guys running the ball well guys making catches for him and all that but uh he's just got to get us in the right place and and do what he does on a daily basis thanks a lot good luck all right thank you tracy thank you we timed you in 5.35 for the 40-yard dash and i think mark rick summarized it perfectly aaron murray needs help he doesn't want to face that third down defense third and long all day nobody would from atlanta this is the sec championship game on cbs presented by dr pepper we are back inside the georgia dome the sec championship game on cbs presented by dr pepper georgia won the toss they have deferred and so alabama will receive the opening kickoff as these two teams meet for the first time since 2000. a little more at stake this time and isn't it nice that there's going to be no opinions that matter just on the field between the white lines football the way it should be alabama leads the all-time series they first met in 1895. alabama won that last meeting 1942 the last time the two teams met here and think about this at that point georgia was number two in the ap poll alabama was number three that was only 70 years ago yeah marshall morgan will kick off number 13. cyrus jones d milner are deep the game is underway cyrus jones at the goal line aj mccarron wonderful season as he comes in to his 26th start only two defeats with 23 wins and the leader for the second year in a row with a national championship in his pocket and as much as nick saban likes to shuffle other players on this football team he does not switch up his quarterback three straight quarterbacks he's stuck with these guys at least 20 consecutive starts john parker wilson greg mcelroy and now aj eddie lacy is the running back here's mccarran to throw on first down but he wants a screen he gets it eddie lacy breaks the first tackle that patented spin move and let's present you with the dr pepper starting lineups great offensive line quan joe warmack jones steen and fluker and they are joined by amari cooper michael williams the tight end lacey kevin norwood and christian jones who gets the start kenny bell number seven the speediest of the wide receivers broke the leg last week out for the year second down and nine see if georgia brings four yes they do jarvis jones was coming to pass complete christian jones tackled by bakari rambo gain of 22. well in the slot christian jones is taking the place of kenny bell and look at the perfect throw and the big running catch afterwards both staffs knew the other team would go a little bit up tempo is not surprised alabama goes up tempo eddie lacy with the carry now it's interesting don't you think that they gave a little sense of that last weekend they did they kind of went a little dress rehearsal last week against auburn hard to say that playing against auburn in dress rehearsal but it really was second down seven game of three they've already flopped jarvis jones to the other side over here you're gonna continue to move him around so when alabama breaks the huddle they're not sure where to help on jarvis jones omari cooper bottom of the screen matched up with sanders cummings number 19. mccarron throws it away at the feet of eddie lacy let's introduce you now to this bulldog defense garrison smith john jenkins washington the linebackers jordan jenkins mike gilliard alex uncle free and jarvis jones and the secondary cummings williams rambo he's the defensive player of the week based on last week's win against georgia tech third and seven and jarvis jones is in the middle that's the third different spot we've seen him in already this time cooper's top of the screen matched up against number one brandon smith underneath tip it was intended for norwood it's knocked away by sanders coming 19. and alabama will punt the georgia defense played excellent defense one play a slam play was the only play that alabama had any success on here's cody mandel on to punt first punt of the game and rhett mcgowan number 27 is back to return it they've tried a variety of punk returners throughout the 12 games played thus far mandel it bounces touchback good disguise by mandel he confused the gunner for alabama and allowed that ball to go out for a touchback georgia gets the ball nick saban's team goes on defense aaron murray is a junior quarterback at the university of georgia leads the country in pass efficiency now you need a calculus degree to explain how they get to that point but he's had a good season especially lately he's a gym rat mark rick loves the amount of time he's put in there to get ready for this football game and the dr pepper starting lineups gates lee andrews burnett john theiss is a true freshman we'll keep our eye on him malcolm mitchell lynch the tight end xander ogletree the fullback gurley and tavares king complete the georgia offense 11-1 for the season the one loss of crashing really back in october at the hands of south carolina and murray did not play well in that game had some problems in the most significant win they had this year that was against florida but murray threw three interceptions in the first half of that one has not thrown an interception since and he's going to take off and pick up three three and a half and stinson made the first contact what mark richt is asking aaron murray to do is choose one two if it's not there get up and get us out of a bad play either throw it away and try to get us two or three yards straight up the middle top gurley and let's introduce you to the alabama defense stinson jesse williams the nose guard will keep our eye closely on ham square hubbard the priest johnson and xavier dixon the linebackers the secondary blue lester clinton dix and milner third and two murray low outside incomplete intended for chris gauntley conley three and out well it was the first down play that really caused this the ball was a little outside but actually the first down play really set the tone for that uh third down pass really telling though georgia believed in third and two they needed to throw the ball colin barber is on to punt he's specialized in forcing fair catches this year almost half of his punts have been christian jones is the deep man he's going to let it bounce and it takes a georgia roll connor norman is down 53-yard punt time call this sec championship diamond moment is presented by kay jewelers the 2009 sec championship featured number one florida and number two alabama in a rematch of the previous year's game won by the gators heisman trophy winner mark ingram rushed for three touchdowns and game mvp greg mcelroy threw for 239 yards and a touchdown in alabama one clinching its 22nd sec championship doubleheader tomorrow for you the nfl on cbs league game early new england at miami and the league game late pittsburgh at baltimore on cbs the home of the super bowl it all begins with the nfl today tomorrow 12 noon eastern jb and the gang presented by southwest airlines second alabama possession they start at the 19. both teams are using three wide outs because they do not like the matchup of a nose tackle over their center with three wide receivers it keeps the center free in the middle eddie lacy gets the hand off cuts back gets into the secondary and is down short of the 30-yard line the tackle made by sean williams as good as barry jones is and he's one of the great linemen in all of college football both alabama and georgia like excuse me georgia lights the matchup with either jenkins or gethers on top of him alabama likes with three wide receivers that they go more of a four-man line look second down one officially a gain of nine last play lacy nice run damian swann finally made the defensive play nifty move to the right yeah don't get fooled that lacy is a 240 50 pound battering ram he's very light on his feet makes a lot of people miss loves to run outside in space and as vern said that spin move he doesn't get hit hard a lot eddie lacy comes into this one with 1001 yards he's carried three times for 21. latest in the succession of running backs to gain over a thousand for the crimson tide play action mccarran rip tide deep left side beautiful and it's going to be incomplete and bakari rambo made a tremendous play both sean williams and bakari rambo two of the great safeties in college football rambo runs this ball down it looks like he's got an easy throw one high safety you love to throw the ball to the sideline watch rambo outrun the football and make the hit on a perfect throw rambo the defensive player of the week for his game against georgia tech a week ago today bakari rambo that's a winning play by a senior a a big time safety marvin shin number 80 is in the slot for alabama they go right lacey barrett jones out there number 75 to try and help out great job by garrison smith that time from the backside read that screen everybody who knows watches alabama knows they like to feature that running back screen and garrison smith number 56 comes from the left side of the screen sees it reroutes and comes from behind to make the tackle to give it third and medium officially third down four amari cooper number nine looks back over at the bench mccarran play clock and jarvis jones is the guy that did it if you pull that ball down one time you're gonna have a fumble look at christian robinson as the guy who ended up with the ball but we talked about jarvis jones if they could stop the run just enough jones i think he's over here this time comes around the outside runs through two players but one hitch and then jones causes the turnover he's a great football player and you know when you're pass blocking and you're a quarterback you don't have it you got to have that mental clock and that time aj mccarron didn't have it aaron murray and his georgia teammates were in this game last year actually led 10-nothing against lsu at the half but really gary a game of missed opportunity it really was early easy plays tavares king dropping a touchdown pass malcolm mitchell as easy you can get it here's a drop an interception that could have changed the game we talked about the ordinary plays and you know what in big games they become extraordinary because of the scope of the game so the first turnover of the game it was ruled a sack and a fumble by aj mccarron recovered by christian robinson number 45 who is aaron murray's housemate murray first quarterback in the sec with three consecutive three thousand yard seasons first down and ten that didn't look right i think todd gurley started soon on that one snap full start number three offense five yard penalty remains first down tom ritter heads the crew officiating this game well we can understand there's a little nerves going on out there oh it was the shift by the alabama defense that caused gurley to pucker and move malcolm mitchell is wide to the left they'll hand it off to the freshman gurley he's had a marvelous year sharing that spot with a fellow freshman keith marshall but gurley explosive start way back in september most by a freshman no sean mourinho was a redshirt freshman in 07. and then that guy named walker back in 1980 had a pretty good season here's murray screen pass left side got some room for gurley breaks a tackle i mean he broke the tackle or the tackle was missed well i think there was a block from behind on the play that time and this one's going to come back one of the wide receivers i'm not sure which one it was got a late block on the play i think it was tavares king number 12 yes and that's going to bring that ball well called play offensive coordinator mike bobo going up against his former georgia bulldog on the illegal block in the back number 12. divorce king number 12 we showed his drop pass last year against lsu this time he has an opportunity just gets a little bit too anxious and a block in the back even though he tries to pull off that really was a good call ran through dion blue and now we're gonna have uh just wanted to point out mike bovo good buddies with kirby smart coordinator for alabama the d coordinator there's mike bobo georgia quarterback kirby smart of course a defensive back for georgia they're matching wits here today that was a good call for bobo he had the right call dialed they marked off too much yardage on the penalty so now that's a look of display that's about as angry as mark rick gets murray swing pass almost dropped by conley but he does manage to control it and he gets back to the original line of scrimmage which is the 40. robert lester number 37 the interesting part about this alabama defense this year is they don't have the elite pass rusher that makes the sack on his own it's got to be more by committee you know there's no upshaw there's no marcel darius it's got to be by a group third down 10. receivers bunched to the left murray with time across the middle that is complete for a first down inside the 30. how aggressive was kirby smart on third and long he featured the zone blitz and malcolm mitchell picked up perfectly by the way by george's offensive line and aaron murray delivers it in a spot d miller good coverage but not good enough up a couple as georgia goes quick lee adrian hubbard made the stop yeah i i get the feeling that everybody watches tape and ever since that a m had the success with that up tempo everybody's trying to do the same thing to bama that was the low point of the season for alabama of course as johnny manziel led the aggies to a 29-24 win in tuscaloosa second down nine blitz murray pumps once goes deep for connie and throws it behind it yeah i don't know it was worth the shot though he couldn't hold it any longer just like mark rick told us you know you don't have all day kirby smart was aggressive again you got to pick out a small spot and let it go he had to just guess this time he could feel the rush and that's better than a sack and again a third and long this is the second consecutive one they got an 11 yard gain on the pass from murray last time out see how poorly alabama played against lsu here's murray caught and dropped back at the 33-yard line by xavier dixon number 47. well these have to be what they call their rabbits xavier dixon jeffrey pagan number eight comes in the game they've got their speed rushers in the game the best they got adrian and it's dixon that gets them butt also you got to tack on pretty good coverage downfield that will bring on marshall morgan number 13. his long for the season is 52 8 of 12 for the year this one will be measured at 50 yards for the first score of the game that's going to stay outside the upright no good wide right that's a big answer for this alabama defense a turnover early in the game and they snuffed it out well we expected a big afternoon from jarvis jones he's not disappointed here early that's the sack and now marshall morgan reacting to that 50-yard field goal wide to the right nick saban's team has the ball back welcome back to the beautiful city of atlanta aerial coverage provided by goodyear tires that go the distance make goodyear a fan favorite goodyear more driven got a sports fan on your gift list cbsports.com shop has officially licensed nfl gear and ncaa gear from over 500 schools and three-day shipping on every order at shop.cbssports.com nice defensive stand by the crimson tide missed field goal after the fumble recovery barrett jones getting ready to snap the ball back to his quarterback and we will now see tj yeldon the freshman in the backfield quick hits out of the right side that's amari cooper number nine though he has had a splendid freshman season you know verna uh for georgia the freshman running backs tj gurley had to come through for them to be a full offense for alabama it had to be amari cooper they needed one breakout receiver on the team and that freshman has come through for them well he started as the second teamer d'andrew white was injured earlier and uh amari cooper has now caught 47 passes for the season including that one as he fights for yardage just across the 50. well one of the big moments for georgia this year was a statement made by sean williams of safety for more let's go down to trace that's right guys george's defense was struggling early on in the season and then after that kentucky game sean williams came out and he called his team soft and it really resonated with his team he did make a lot of them upset but as margaret told us yesterday while it was a bad thing it turned out to be pretty good and i think it woke up this georgia defense guys all right trace thank you second down and seven well that was after a poorly played game against kentucky georgia won but uh didn't play particularly one look since that quote gary that was the florida game now you you also have to look at who georgia was playing they didn't catch a lot of uh elite football teams and also though distorted a bit two of those teams george's southern and georgia tech were wishbone teams so that rushing thing is a little bit out of whack too there are better rush defense than their stats show third down three remember last time it was third and four when they had the sack let's see what they do this time didn't get it pretty close though pretty close but you're right about a yard short yep very interesting the difference in the call that type for alabama they couldn't pass block against jarvis jones so what did they do they ran right at him chance warmack right there number 65 is going to pull and block jones but inside no push good job by that defensive line inside no push inside that's good run to defense and alec ogletree comes from behind to make the tackle fourth down and one at the 44. and cody mandel comes on as nick saban will go for the punt rhett mcgowan is back at the 10-yard line no time-out wow time-out delay again it would have been a first down too delay a game fire for the snap delay of the game offense five-yard penalty remains four pounds they had it too sure did i heard the whistle before the snap now you can just just hear the whistle now the punt and the fair catch taken after 12. vinnie sunseri number three did have the first down he did it was the back judge way back here here's the responsibility i don't even know if he took the picture way back to the back end is the guy that's responsible for calling that play and he whistles it just as it's out let's see if he comes in actually we focus in but it was the back judge and you know nick saban was not happy about that who would be 36-yard punt fair catch georgia football first down 10. left side todd gurley across the 20. well the last time georgia had the ball it was a disaster of a drive two penalties and a sack they only gained seven yards actually for both teams alabama had the turnover and now georgia after the last time they come back and pound the ball they both go to what they like to do this one the carry by gurley close for the first down vern i spoke with mike bomo about gurley and marshall and whether he was going to use them in tandem in this football game and he said no in this game it's going to be more like florida i'm only going to spell gurley i think we need the size and the power of gurley's attack i'll only spell him with marshall i will feature him i think he had 27 carries against florida and so far in this game five for 19. there's the stretch of the chain well we mentioned that's a first down and georgia wouldn't be here without groups nobody just would not be here he's the guy that came through remember they lost isaiah crowell their feature back from a year ago in that florida game gurley rushed for 118 yards on those 27 carries he wears number three marshall wears number four and their teammate tavares king nicknamed them because herschel wore number 34 xavier dixon with the tackle well as a tandem they compare favorably 720 for keith marshall dodd gurley 11 57 those numbers coming into this game left side only gets outside goes by robert lester lester misses the tab look at that look at the skill of this kid who was playing high school ball now you can't really call him you know a total he has a rookie but he's got a line and into the secondary and dion blue has to make the tackle but a first down just running the ball off tackle that is a big series for georgia being able to run the ball for a first down and on cue keith marshall comes on the field georgia with the first and ten out of the spread murray throws it incomplete yeah but he saved about 15 yards by getting that ball out of bounds and so second down at 10. kirby smart defensive coordinator gary mentioned almost like a brother to mike bobo is what he told us yesterday they grew up their dads were highly successful high school coaches down south and they were ball boys and first met each other in elementary school offense number 26 5 yard penalty well the same thing happened alabama was getting ready to cross linebacker blitz in the middle and that movement got malcolm mitchell to kind of squirm a little bit to the outside both false starts because of movement by alabama's defense marshall goes left doesn't get much under two to go opening quarter this is where aaron murray now has to be a smart football player yes third and long you'd like to pick it up you'd like to move to chains but you can't take big risk with the football here nothing wrong with the punt it's still the first quarter of this football game your defense is playing well three wides again it's conley and tavares king lower part of the screen and malcolm marshall up at the top alabama sends three drops a bunch deep got him to king with the grab as they go deep right side this was a great back shoulder throw it happens out here a bust by dion blue number 13. does not find the football it's in the air he's got his shoulders going the wrong way when he turns around he's too late to get there and tavares king makes a big catch in the sec championship that's a gain of 34 in the first down 10. murray looks for the screen fires it left no screen just a little underneath pass cj mosley the outstanding linebacker who is a particularly effective defender of the pass made the tackle yeah mosley plays more against the pad and actually it was a screen david andrews was out there to play the screen and mosley just read it too fast there's mosley three interceptions in his career for touchdowns ties an all-time record you know he's been quiet jesse williams yeah that means david andrews and chris burnett and dallas leader doing a good job inside left side early back on the battery in the backfield and the tackle made by d milner well he's not a great pass rusher he's more of a stopper on run they just kind of live what he can do with on the pass rush on third down he's not in the game third down ten four wides and they've already converted a third and 12 and a third and 11 in this game defensively murray goes deep kindly contact no well there was contact there's no flag gino smith did a good job he turned around and looked at the official saying did he see my arm did i do too much you could see the left arm but i think that's a good no call you know what i think the georgia team has looked at aaron murray and say they got their guy we got our guy let's play that's the end of the first we're scoreless in the georgia dome first and the national championship game is on the line we'll return after this message and a word from your local station royalties we welcome you back inside the georgia dome for the beginning of the second quarter after the first scoreless first quarter in sec championship game history this game initiated in 1992 in birmingham played a couple of seasons there under the leadership of former commissioner roy f kramer who with his wife sarah joe is in attendance at this it was lynched to game what a play they spread everybody out all over the field but they had a guy eligible inside that alabama didn't realize cummings right here is the board of the ball goes through arthur lynch makes the perfect throw a little bit late is robert lester so both sides have dialed up a fake punt one a little too late and one very smartly drawn up you know alabama was in the defense stays they were playing safe but it was the formation that confused him arthur lynch to sanders coming and murray has to call time out my goodness calls time but they do have a first look at tim brando back in atlanta with his chick-fil-a update the oklahoma sooners have pledged a share of the big 12 title a possible sugar bowl berth but they may need some help damien williams with this 66-yard run to help polish off tcu today that's our chick-fil-a update surprise surprise a big play by the georgia bulldogs very luck was back to you oh thank you tim that's i think worth a couple of looks gary vern six people are eligible to handle the ball this guy's eligible that's number one these two guys are eligible two and three four and five the last guy is the tight end because right here this guy is covered he's not eligible alabama thinks he is that's the mistake when georgia realizes that they have the audible on they get the look they want the bench says go with it they've got the play on exactly look at that space and lynch makes an easy first down and let's take another look at the play from the avis that was the avis cam action cam captain james we're here to help each other you got it first down in ten keith marshall is the running back nothing well jesse williams stuffed up that play we talk you know when i looked at this football game i really believe that the nose tackles jesse williams for alabama john jenkins and kwame gaithers needed to stop that run insider that's all they get this time he's lined up on david andrews last play he made the play high formation murray got a man open it's jay and we have the first score of the sec championship j rome who plays basketball he probably is getting a text from mark fox right now right 19 yards morgan for the extra point baby it was a great read burn by aaron murty because alabama was trying to disguise two safeties but right before the snap robert lester comes up to be the eighth man in the box murray keeps his eyes open he sees it he knows he's got the tight end he throws it away and this time compared to 2011 georgia's not dropping those touchdown pass murray on target and the georgia bulldogs on a 13-play drive that took 87 yards now lead 7-0 aaron murray has had a terrific first quarter in a minute in this championship game and he's now past peyton manning it's always good to pass peyton manning that can't be bad we were gary and i were in a van with archie the other night and uh nancy and i live in colorado as you know and archie leaned up and he said listen my middle son really likes his new home and i said your middle son after you got if he paid him peyton and eli and of course peyton playing for the broncos and playing quite well don't you think yep here's the kickoff simus jones and alabama's got the ball did you expect sure two two fake punts well no that's a good point i admit but both coaches i think respect the other team's defenses they know every possession counts so much they know the yards are going to be hard to come by i mean these are solid tough defenses it's kind of the story of 2012. it's been the big defense of teams you know notre dame's got there with a good solid defense too and in this league defense has ruled first down and ten alabama mccarran goes left and over throws kevin norwood matched up against damien swan ball's a little high i think you can feel that aj mccarron understands he's not going to be able to sit all day before he pulls the pin meaning he's got to get back there in rhythm and throw the football that jarvis jones coming off the edge he know he's going to get there if you dally at all jarvis jones up on the line on the left side toward the bottom of the screen now backs off no no he's back up here he comes pj yeldon in jail alex ogletree number nine with the tackle you know when you watch this georgia defense play you can understand why shawn williams was so frustrated as tracy pointed out with that quote after the kentucky game there's talent all over the defensive field they've got nine or ten guys in that defense that are going to play in the nfl alec ogletree is another one of them third and 11. alabama yet to convert a third down in this game over three cooper matched up with sanders cummings bottom of the screen mccarron rather got him john jenkins the nose tackle number six you know somebody must be doing well in the secondary because right now aj mccarron is looking down there and having to hold the ball too long just looks like a zone defense that's all it is they're playing combo nobody to throw the ball to might have come down to the bottom of the screen but he couldn't see him and this time feeling the guys on the outside and then jacob just runs right into him another defensive line play for georgia now mitchell is deep this time here's the punt for mandel and the catch taken by mitchell he heads right oh boy dude he got away with the block it looked like we might get an illegal block in the back but no flags corey moore number 39 that's a 42-yard punt and seven on the return john jenkins the news tackle rather large man aaron murray has responded to the challenge so far in this game gary he sure has i mean uh and we decided this week to say i don't want to talk to the press now when you do that people say you know what's the deal i don't care i don't care if he ever talks to us he wanted to zero in on his game plan he knew he had his number one and number two receiver out now that might not have been a big deal the last four games because the talent really didn't push it but michael bennett marlon brown right there where they're two big time receivers what's happened though is not only has chris conley come on but the tight end position has come on listen to this for georgia the first eight games the tight end cost 10 passes the last four 18 passes and another big one today jayron got the touchdown 19 yards out here's murray again this one's ticked and incomplete well you talk about the two receivers bennett and brown and mark rick telling us yesterday we particularly miss them in a game like this because of their toughness both of them yes he talked about it but being able to block in this formation they like to do the wide receiver screen like the bubble screen they've got three guys out here they like to bubble screen it there it is there it is not for mitchell i figure if i got it alabama must have it right and if i get it you know we're going to be on talk shows we did that one already yeah we did when they when they stack those three guys wide like that they have a pretty it's a read he can either hand it to the running back or go outside with the bubble screen you see aaron murray's record against top ten teams one and four the one win was this year oh my goodness yeah but it wasn't gonna it wasn't gonna pick up the first down anyway that was good defense by alabama they hung in there forced a short throw this time inside and geno smith was going to make the tackle even if this one was caught and so it'll be fourth down and 13. lynch with the drop the tight end and colin barber is on the punt christian jones number 22 biggest story in the game so far alabama's offensive line has not been the difference nice and high oops very short very very short he gets a favorable bounce and it does go out of bounds inside the 20-yard line the thought was as aaron murray led that team on that last drive could alabama keep them off the field with a strong running game far no tim brando with a reminder coming up on the geico halftime report archie spencer tony and i will tell you about which names are popping up on the coaching carousel and who should win the husband now let's get back to the game all right tim 7-0 georgia here 19-yard touchdown and uh let's take a look at today's facebook poll question what's the most memorable sec championship game we'll give you a 92 that was the first 97 tennessee 2002 georgia the two davids 2008 florida tim tebow that was a one versus two or 2009 alabama that was the two versus one i'm sorry so to vote log on to facebook.com sec on cbs to make your voice heard i might say alabama's struggling on offense eddie lacy is the running back now mccarran goes deep amari cooper it's not like bakari rambo didn't see it coming georgia wasn't fooled he was standing back there jumped up for the ball but one great athlete out jumped another good athlete alabama goes quickly they give it to lacey he comes over right tackle and near the tight end we got a little shoving match but it doesn't amount to anything john jenkins was involved look at that and dj fluker wow i guess you know why a guy like johnny manziel there's nobody too young to have any impact in these games now these guys that are coming out now are ready to play at a really young age cooper with that great catch a 44-yard gain second down jones is really struggling inside with the big size of the georgia when they've got a guy on his nose it's gathers now lacy up the middle to the 11. vera jones must have been listening good vlog so if you're having a little trouble inside what do you do you asked chance warmack your big offensive guard to help inside and they did it quick alabama offense and it's cooper out on the left side now one of the things that nick saban was upset with when teams do it to him right is that after a team makes a first down the offensive team gets up there and runs another play even before the down markers have got out there to change they're not even set up and and so he's doing it to them he said well if i can't change the rule i might as well do it well it's kind of ironic yep second down three plays of 20 yards today second and nine what's the moral be careful with your replays thought he had a block but he did not have a block lacy with the carry and the verizon red zone stats for alabama touchdowns on 39-50 trips inside the red zone 74 that's 13. well there'll be a math major to figure that out nashville average 61 and it is third and six alabama's still looking for its first third down conversion cooper nearside 36. marvis jones on the left side this time got up and went right to the referee ogletree is closing in on mccarran as he throws the ball let's see what happens helmet to helmet good call they gotta come in low that's the play they're trying to get out of football and you have to get out of football mccarran knew it took it right on the jaw another reason why he might have thrown it high too mccarron watch him turn around and go what's the deal hit me right in the face and he got the call and so on first and goal from the four nose tackle jesse williams comes in as the blocker number 54 will line up directly behind mccarran and eddie lacy is the running back lacy cuts to his left drives toward the goal line and comes up just short michael gilliard with the tackle they are just holding on for dear life trying to keep them out of the ends i think remix wilson number 51 was also there trying to do it usually you see those offensive linemen coming in to push from behind but not that time williams remains in the backfield and lacey is behind him i think lacy tried to reach the ball over the goal line and that's when it came out but what a hit right at the goal line it was ogle three first alec ogletree vern says the guy who had the penalty like a linebacker should and that ball comes out it's free and aj mccarron yes he did have the ball out but wow it was actually a second effort when the ball came out mark rick looks like he wants to call time i do have to wonder sometimes why that isn't forward progress though he was hit he put the ball out and then all of a sudden i did not see clearly when the ball came out let's see if we can get a better look at this they are going to review this okay there's a kit he stopped he fights through leeches it out yes that's a good call i think that's going to hold up i think that will hold up lacy stayed alive on the play great hit by ogletree but then when he goes a secret effort to reach it out that's when the ball pops out you know the alabama defense has had a couple of big stops with the turnover in their own area and then the next series that started in their own zone but this would be a huge goal line stand for georgia romique wilson number 51 is the guy who ultimately locked the ball loose alec ogletree just that was i know you're right on the second part of it but that is big time football right there you go back that's the guys you know that's that's a chris spielman type play back in the day that's any type of those big time linebackers brandon spikes i'm sure there's guys all over college football that played linebacker that are going now that's football and the play is under review another look here's tom after further review the ruling on the field stands i think that's the right call he gets stunned but he reorganizes and takes another plunge for it that's when the ball pops out nice heads-up play by aj mccarron too yes it was and now third and goal midway through the second and you know vern if the ball is on the half yard line you might think alabama might use two more downs but from here i think unless they get it real real close this will be one shot at a touchdown and then a field goal cooper top of the screen sanders cummings defending him third and goal three men split wide right comes the corner blitz mccarron into the end zone intercepted back shoulder throw what a play by sanders cummings they went to the back shoulder throw on man-to-man coverage and sanders cummings makes the play rule to touch back after the 20. how about that stepped out of bounds after the interception boy cummings just anticipated the play amari cooper was thinking navy would go deep aj mccarron and cooper were not on the same page what a goal line stand for georgia mccarron has thrown his third interception of the season crossed right this is gurley flag is down yeah holding i think it was holding inside that time it was david andrews that got the hold those back shoulder throws look beautiful when they work when they don't it's like what was that holding number 61 offense 10-yard penalty replay first down you know it is it has a quarterback thinking about that back shoulder throw right there that's a trust throw you throw that ball you're you're just you know confident that your guy is going to either get it or knock it down that was a great play by sanders cummings and after the penalty is marked off todd gurley right side and stinson with the tackle i'll tell you the word that keeps kind of popping in my head as i'm watching this this is vicious football you better be a man to come out on the field i'm just thinking it's grown man yeah it's vicious that's uh goes back to the comments from sheldon richardson to missouri watching missouri or georgia's first game and he said it's old man football georgia won that game of missouri and held up a sign it's grown man football third down and six murray 8-14 with the touchdown divorce king in tight with chris connolly numbers 12 and 31. stunts alabama murray heaves it just at the feet of malcolm mitchell it'll be fourth down nowhere to go on that one they just uh had a good defensive call that time alabama faked the blitz to the left side of murray and actually the guy that was faking the blitz ended up going to the right side to get involved in the throwing lane that was a good just punt the ball down colin barber is on for the punt and christian jones number 22 to return it this is beginning to have the feel of last year's game for georgia remember they dominated early against lsu and only had a 10 nothing lead right steals the same seven nothing just it feels like georgia is further ahead to me nice and high and a fair catch taken coming up the half stay tuned for the dr pepper tuition giveaway always a highlight of the sec championship halftime first and ten seven nothing player down costa bobliss who is a special team star for georgia is the injured player time taken back in atlanta tim brando with your heisman watch brought to you by nissan well he may not be a heisman candidate this year but perhaps there's one in his future kevin hogan with that big touchdown pass to help lead stanford to the rose bowl now tonight a real candidate monty ball of wisconsin will be on display in the big ten title game and colin klein from mini manhattan will be taking the kansas state wildcats in to take on texas that's your heisman watch let's get back to vernon gary all right tim thank you good to have you in the game with us let's take a look at the last drive gary well georgia gets down there very close you figure they're gonna after the big play a jump ball that amari cooper makes a huge play you figure alabama's going to stuff it in ray mc wilson number 51 cleans up a hit from alex ogletree and sanders cummings gets the back shoulder play todd grantham the defensive coordinator the emotional coach for mark rick by the way he coached and served under nick saban's staff at michigan state so both saban and he probably learned nick's defense very similar we talked about the similarities in the open on first down 10 504 to go in the first half alabama trailing by seven and off to yeldom the freshman comes right well let's update that alabama possession chart punt fumble pun pun interception yeah and bama fans are going right now gee that's what our opposing charts usually look like when we're watching alabama football that's what they usually see from the other team georgia susceptible to the run throughout the season but holding strong defensively so far today second down and four right side got a first down see that's what i think alabama has to do jarvis jones is such a good pass rusher they need to make him play the run i think they need to run right at him put big michael williams on him pull chance warmack at him make him play every down so he starts to wear down towards the end of the game first down ten mccarran for the game is seven of eight on first and second downs not so successful on third thus far see if they throw on first down here play clock under five corner blitz coming mccarron will throw slings it out left side about a three-yard gain is michael williams the tight end makes it well here in atlanta time to cue the duck it's the aflac trivia question which three players won the heisman the sec championship game and the national title all in the same season they've been three kwami gathers is in at the nose tackle spot now number 99 shares that position with john jenkins second down and seven left side struggles breaks a tackle first down plus you see the talent they've got a number three that's a freshman tom gurley alabama has tj yeldon to mix with eddie lacy big strong and a lot of effort that time it was ogletree number nine who missed the tackle let's hand it off again this time not so successful it's a big drive for alabama they know looking at the clock 2 30 to go in the first half georgia gets the ball to start the second half you know they got to get a couple first downs they've already done that they couldn't give aaron murray the ball to end this half and then start this next half second down 10. cooper wide to the left norwood in the slot up on the line now eddie lacy is the running back mccarran hands it to lacey who comes right gets a great block and it's a foot race lacy touchdown no flags rushers and doug nutsmeyer or nick saban whoever it is said let's run at these guys and that time the offensive line and those big tight ends ran right at jarvis jones jeremy shelley perfect this year he's not missed a kick field goal or extra point and we're tied at seven alabama shifts brings over an h back at a tight end there's jarvis jones number 29. we're going to run right at him they double team them push him out run right inside of him and it's a foot race to the end zone you could almost see that coming a guy gives you problems with the pass rush run right at him and the clearing block one of them was from anthony steen number 61. lacy 41 yards extra points successful alabama has tied georgia and now it's time for our home depot tools for success let's take a look at the last four well vern this time alabama put both of their sharp tools and big tools on the same tide michael williams and brian vogler gets the block here but watch vogtler get two blocks he gets the first down block right there but then he comes off to get sean williams that makes the touchdown block right there you get two blacks from williams and vogler so you get a first down block and you get a touchdown block that's how you use your tools 41 yards for number 42 and we are tied at seven with just a tick under two minutes remaining kate foster will kick off number 43 for the crimson tide now for mitchell is the deep man for georgia touch back well duck made of an appearance just a couple of minutes ago and he's urgently hurrying back across the screen which three players won the heisman sec championship game and the national title in the same season all right danny werfel mark ingram screen it's two plays on mary can hand it or run the bubble screen now from mitchell out near the 40. it's just a numbers game murray has the option either to hand it off this time to keith marshall if he likes his numbers to the outside and good blocks connolly got a great block out there to make a good first down play that was a block on the cornerback geno smith here's murray that's good to tavares king another first down after 49 and a half two timeouts remaining for the bulldogs in a tie game and they we have the player down stinson is the major player you know the spot i wouldn't want to play as a true freshman is tackle in this league john theaters has played all year at right tackle a true freshman and he's been holding his own in this game now that comes back to the point that alabama does not have that elite pass rusher georgia felt that they could match up and not have to help theis in pass protection so far it's working out well assistance given to ed stinson as he comes to the alabama bench 97 seconds to go before the break murray for the afternoon 10 of 17 96 yards and a touchdown toss looks deep he's got a man open it's intercepted instead the throw was short this is haha clinton dicks aaron murray took a shot and i knew that if he was going to play quarterback against alabama he was going to have to have a courageous play game there's clinton dicks right there let's see who gets the hit on him comes from inside just as he lets it go the ball was under thrown and i think murray got the hit after he threw the ball coming down oh oh my gosh and that's almost unnecessary roughness by quinton dial quinton dial there are there is not a flag that should have been a flag that was unnecessary roughness it was a hit to the head and it was missed here's mccarran after the 36-yard interception return handoff t.j yeldon fights inside the 40. let's take a look at the hit on aaron murray vern i thought the hit must have come on the throw but it didn't aaron murray you have to get your head on a swivel but that is just unnecessary roughness and a hit to the head to the quarterback that's the one the officials would love to have back and see mccarron under pressure throws it away now chris connolly was open on that play and then murray under threw him and remember georgia is trying to red shirt their backup quarterback geico halftime report coming up with tim and the gang here in the georgia dome third and two alabama yet to convert they call a time out it was joe george so georgia left with one aaron murray took the blow from dial and no flag next saturday it's a special event every year for all of us the home depot college football on cbs puts on one of the grandest spectacles in all of sports the army navy game presented by usaa it all starts with college football today next saturday from philadelphia vern we all like vicious tough football but that was crossing the line i know the georgia fans right now are besides themselves the aj got the call and they hit to the head aaron murray didn't get it but just remember this even though it should have been called it still would have been alabama's ball it would have just been 15 yards back third down short left side oh yeah i think he's with this with the push and the second effort only 35 seconds to go stops while they reset the chains alabama has all their timeouts and they're trying to save them still i thought it would have been a good time to use one right there first down 10. first third down conversion of the ball game yeah this has cost him way too much time here stunts mccarran takes off and gets out of bounds to stop the clock with 14 seconds to go see i i think the lack of a time out there i understand they try to save all your timeouts because you get a first down the chains move you want to use the timeout after the first down college football has that but i think it cost them about eight seconds actually 14. 14 seconds okay i think it cost him about 14 i'm only here to help second and one that's a lot of time double the time would be left right now mccarron will rumble again look at that move to the left five seconds to go use your timeout now but see right now and actually nick is mad he's mad at himself i could see him on the sidelines he thinks i should have 20 seconds he's got his hands on his head aj makes a good scramble he knows he made a tactical error yep still might get a touchdown out of it but he's only got one chance there's nick's reaction after he called timeout he was either upset with himself for not taking the time out or his team for not staffing i think they're going to go field goal they don't have time you know there was a play in the game drew brees let one go and he didn't get a play off i think drew brees right now is saying kick the field goal and jeremy shelley is on you see his stats for the year and look at this alabama goes into halftime with two timeouts and it cost him 14 seconds by not taking the time out they would have two more plays have they taken the timeout mccarron will hold carson tinker is the snapper kick is good and alabama leads at the half by three fascinating first 30 minutes of football yeah this is you better be a tough man to play football here today vicious was a good word gary alabama got 10 points in the last 159 tracy is with georgia coach mark richt coach aaron murray took a big hit there can you tell us how he's doing i think he's fine are you concerned at all about his availability in the second half no he'll be fine he's good obviously not the way you wanted to go in the half with those two scores so how do you regroup and especially after what happened last year in the second half we just got to play hard we just got to keep playing well i think we're playing pretty good overall you know that pick at the end hurt us of course you know we got gapped out on one play they took it to the house they're a good football team thanks a lot lauren all right tracy thank you end of the first half the score 10-7 alabama back with a dr pepper tuition giveaway after this message from your local station sports presents the geico halftime report geico 15 minutes could save you 15 or more on car insurance hello everyone and welcome to the geico halftime report tim brando with the score here in atlanta alabama leading georgia 10-7 i'm joined by archie banning spencer tillman and tony barnhart a whale of a game exactly what we thought it'd be right great football game we've always talked about the defense in this league tim on both sides of both teams i call this big boy defensive football here's the sack by the georgia defense getting on a.j mccarron a.j cause the ball up georgia recovers unable to cash in on as they miss the field goal now it's alabama's turn quarterback aaron murray sacked by the alabama front alabama finally gets down the goal line almost a very costly fumble by running back eddie lacy aj mccarron gets on top of it throws the cost of interception and then late in the first half aaron murray trying to go deep the interception by alabama's haha quinn dicks 36-yard return guys that was impressive and we also talked about another thing that was important for alabama the relationship between the play-action pass and the run and how critical it would be and it was early in this contest a.j mccarron right here off the play action remember zero interceptions off this action a tremendous job of getting the ball to amari cooper with a single safety look let him go up and make a play great athleticism and just one play later tony watch him rip ed lacy right through that front he gets in there for big yardage again the relationship to tag this thing off we talked about 48-0 nick saban uh of course in a situation where he does not lose when he gets at least 150 yards they're at 152 right now guys on 22 carries that doesn't vote well for georgia you know guys a long time ago bill parcells said football's about players making plays and georgia's guys made plays in the first half and we told you before the game on the college football today they would use the tight end look at the up back tied in arthur lynch throws a 14-yard pass to sanders cummings keeps that drive alive and then aaron murray comes back to jay rome son of stan rome for the touchdown right there later on in the half alabama is driving they got a great shot for a touchdown a.j mccarrick on the back shoulder throw sanders hunt sanders cummings makes a great play steps in front georgia made a lot of plays early but guys alabama made the plays late they did and there was one that got away from the officials after the interception by haha clinton dick watch clinton dial number 90 absolutely take out aaron murray right here that's helmet to helmet that is without question uncalled for there was no flag there should have been 15 yards they would later go on and get the field goal to close out the half now my question to you is with all the helmet to helmet suspensions that we've had they cost players the next game what if alabama wins here well that's the question early in the year they did it to an ole miss kid they did it to a south carolina kid suspending him for the next game after the conference office reviewed to play i think the sec office is going to have to look at this one and see if they sit him down for the national championship game or the bowl game everybody's going to pile on the fisher but keith marshall number four was in the line of sight of the fisher you couldn't see it on the tight frame but you can see it on the wide frame so if there's a mug looking for the official that would be it guys it was clearly a vicious hit no question about it now there's more than just enough time for a mulligan though when the decision is made at the conference office coming up we'll get you caught up in other action today and follow the latest turns of the coaching carousel when the geico halftime report rolls on from atlanta the sec championship on cbs presented by dr pepper is sponsored by nissan the home depot autotrader.com and by dr pepper wide open there he is and a late field goal by alabama gives them a 10-7 lead as we get set for the start of the third quarter moments ago tracy wolfson with nick saban coached some clock issues down the stretch there why didn't you use your timeouts in those last 30 seconds we should have you know we substituted so they held the ball i thought we'd be able to quick snap it we should have used the timeout that's my fault a lot on the line though in these next 30 minutes what will be key for your team to come away with victory well i think we got to have balance on offense you know we can't turn the ball over anymore we can't give them field position we got to do a little bit better job on defense but getting up a couple big plays and you know turnovers are going to be critical in the game so you know and whoever can run the ball probably going to have the best chance to win because that's what's going to create the balance thanks a lot vern all right tracy uh let's revisit gary the hit quentin dial late on aaron murray yes in the second quarter post interception aaron murray's right there watch this the hit is coming from right from his blind side to helmet should have been called now remember that would still have been alabama's football but i talked to steve shaw head of officials here in the sec he said tom ritter the head referee that is a point of emphasis after interceptions keep your eye on the quarterback because as long as we've been doing this those linemen love to hit that quarterback after those interceptions as we get set for the third quarter kate foster will kick off malcolm mitchell is the deep man not much doubt about that one you know gary when when uh murray hit j-rome for the first touchdown of the game it it appeared as if georgia had alabama a little bit on the ropes not out of it but no young enough and then there was a punt a punt return to the 49-yard line in alabama territory alabama got a three and out and from then on it was all alabama and i'll tell you what georgia's up against here in the second half there's an unbelievable stat for alabama since 2008 when alabama rushes for more than 150 yards and they're at 152 now they're 48.0 so georgia is going to have to buck a trend that hasn't happened in five years against alabama murray took that late hit but he is back at quarterback mark rick telling tracy he'll be just fine and todd gurley gets the first carry of the third quarter we look at first half trends well both quarterbacks and you know i do want to make the point about aaron murray and aj mccarron you know they're playing against good defenses you're not going to just have a a bunch of easy stats against these guys lacey the big stat obviously run right just to go back one more time to that hit yes it would not have given alabama the football however now you have to watch murray the rest of this football game you know that mark rick says he's fine but that's a big hit and that can daze you a bit remember georgia hunter mason is their backup quarterback they haven't played on one staff all year because they're trying to red shirt him mark rick said if he had to to win the game they would go to hunter mason and blow his red shirt third down one opening series third play quarter murray fires it left side got it tavares king trying to break the tackle of dion blue well mark richt is right when you got a quarterback that can make a throw like this here's the back shoulder throw dion blue cannot stab that as nick saban likes to say there's no such thing as a shutdown quarterback a good throw can beat anybody and that was a perfect throw by murray on first down 10. it's gurley coming right bangs his way close to the first down at the 25. adrian hubbard had a shot at him could not make the tackle second down one let's go left side this time first down georgia gurley with the tackle made by robert lester number 37 and a player down that's jesse williams the nose guard holding his right knee it appears lined up over david andrews he's posted from one side gets bent drops down low and gets taken out by another i think it was i don't know who exactly was that hit him from the opposite side it might have been canarius gates number 72 that landed on him from his blind side this outstanding young man nose tackle from brisbane australia getting help out on the field we'll take good time this sec championship diamond moment is presented by kay jewelers in the 2002 sec championship georgia faced off against arkansas and it was all dogs to corey bryant blocked the hogs punt on the game's opening drive musa smith scored for the dogs on the following play and georgia never looked back winning their first sec title in 20 years beautiful nighttime view of downtown atlanta aerial coverage provided by goodyear tires that go the distance make goodyear a fan favorite goodyear more driven and jesse williams favoring the ankle helped off the field not the ankle to me i beg your pardon i'm thinking of his backup brandon ivory who does have an issue with an ankle unable to go so damien square moves into williams position at the nose first down 10. play action again murray into the corner leaping god nice defensive job absolutely malcolm mitchell is one of the great athletes in uh in this league remember he started out the season for georgia helping on defense but he's going up against the best cover corner for alabama d milner does it perfectly turns around finds the ball and goes up to the top and makes the defensive play second down 10. and why not run the ball right where jesse williams and brandon ivory had to leave the game mike provost says let's try to run it right where the backups are and he does but gurley kept his eyes open and ran that beautifully and gurley gets to give on first and goal perhaps a yard after that 18-yard pickup on the previous play second and goal it's a great answer for georgia coming out of halftime that throw by aaron murray was the best throw of the football game murray now 11 of 20. he'll feed gurley again he fights for the touchdown you got it wow you talk about some effort gurley was not going to be stopped on that one first of all he hit it full speed took out trade to priest and then just kept going i don't know if his knee was down they'll probably review that to see if his knee went down before he got across the line i'm sure they will review it to see if his knee went down i have not seen anything yet under further review jim allison is a replay official today so he gets a look at this it's awful close but i don't see it yet right what an effort hmm let's take a look low ground level the foot is blocking yeah it sure is robert lester's foot blocks the view i cannot verify that that knee touched the ground i don't think they can overturn that what an effort by gurley it really was in the run before that when he weaved in and out of the alabama defense that was great running with his eyes open another look boy it's tough i don't see anything no a nine play drive seven runs two passes one of them was complete but that completed pass to king down the sideline yeah see the foot is right there i don't know if it's down or not the left foot of robert lester obscures the view of gurley's knee well they're taking a long look at it after further review the ruling on the field stands touchdown yep we saw no evidence that could change that did we nothing that could change it you might have assumed but you couldn't have visual positive israel evidence marshall morgan this has not been an exact science for marshall morgan this year he has missed four extra points but not this one well the start of the drive todd gurley the freshman running back well this one was his impressive run running inside canarius gates cutting and weaving and getting down inside the five or six yard line and then he finished it off he was accelerating as he crossed and got into that linebacker stand for alabama georgia by four the sec championship on cbs presented by dr pepper is sponsored by dr pepper sonic cadillac and by the hobbit an unexpected journey many great traditions abound on game day throughout the league and each week we'll give you a taste of the sec presented by sonic a championship weekend tradition the induction of the sec legends this banquet took place last night and this year's class was headlined by texas a m heisman winner john david crowe with commissioner mike slide paul crane on the right won two sec and two national titles at alabama and david green led georgia to the 2002 sec title we congratulate the entire sec legends class of 2012. we know pat summerhall from arkansas unable to make it because of illness patrick we're thinking about you i'm a girly girl that's a good sign jamie lindley will kick off and it hits left touch back and jesse williams limped off or did not limp off he was assisted off let's get an update from tracy yeah guys as you saw it's his right knee they were using the cool air machine on it to minimize the swelling right now he's at the end of the bench with ice on that knee towel over his head extremely frustrated i was told they're going to try and get him back in but they are not confident he'll be able to go guys okay thank you jesse williams from brisbane as we mentioned got here by way of western arizona community college he was recruited by both of these schools and john jenkins the nose tackle who is not on the field right now but who's had a presence in this game decided to come to georgia when williams signed first with alabama it's quantity gathers out there right now number 99 and eddie lacy is the running back lacy breaks through huge run on first down well tracy only got to talk to nick saban after the half but i think both coaches are thinking the same way the team that could run the ball in the second half is going to win the football game you can see both teams want to run the ball between the tackles they don't think they can handle the pass rush or the blitzing from alabama giving them problems both teams want to play physical between the tackle football lacy now in excess of 100 yards he's got 10 carries for 107. first down 10 after that 17-yard pickup dean gomberg tight end is jarvis jones john jenkins just talked about jenkins ian gathers both on the field the only possibility here was to go to the slot receiver they had a tight end split wide and i don't know if arie jay couldn't cover him the only guy he could find was over the middle he could have delivered it he could have delivered it but he pulled it down loss of six second sack of the game williams comes near side so does kevin norwood omari cooper number nine is at the bottom of the screen three wide left left side lacy three tacklers there led by amarlo herrera number 52 and garrison smith number 56. you've heard people talk about how talented the georgia defense is before this season started there were nine different georgia defensive players that petitioned the nfl to see how they raided in the giraffe all nine of them came back with a draftable grade and that did not include jarvis jones or alec ogletree this is like a dagger to georgia right now what a great play call by doug nutsmeyer caught georgia completely flat-footed two big blocks and a first down on a play where georgia figures will just make them throw short and make a punt great play call by alabama good block by michael williams and a first down ten they needed 13 and got 15. 1410 georgia 9 21 to go clock running third quarter the current vcs standings notre dame is in the championship game the bcs championship game in miami we have here in the georgia dome a de facto semi-final alabama and georgia winner of this one will meet the irish for the national title no polls necessary i mean i don't have to have everybody mad at me by projecting who should be in it like the last five years you are a man of conviction here's the right screen right side breaks and boy does he get popped i think with sean williams but clean it up but another successful play it looked like this one was defended kevin norwood misses his block but cooper makes cummings miss and then it's cleaned up the two safeties bakari rando and sean williams end up isolating it is this four down territory for alabama bear jones leads the offensive lineup over the ball third and two bama trailing by four they'll run it they'll get the first down inside the 35. it's lacy again well if you got two or three all-americans at offensive line you got to use them and right now alabama's using them lacie's going to get a rest t.j yeldon is on from left to right that offensive line cuanjo warmack jones steen fluker and then the tight end michael williams also out there and kelly johnson number 31 is just off the line top of the screen play action mccarran fires it tipped and incomplete intended for yeldon anybody remember lsu and alabama but that one was dangerous yes well it was a first down pass alabama tries to change up but like we talked about in the open of this game can georgia stop alabama from running so they can turn loose jarvis jones and jordan jenkins and put some pressure on aj mccarron let's see what happens on this down three wide to the left again second down it is on balance michael williams is not eligible they'll run it yeldon another third and long coming up now for the crimson tide jarvis jones had that big play early in the football game since then though he's been run at and he's been chasing down runs has not been able to make the big impact but here's third and eight can he do it now cooper top of the screen number nine mccarran oh through the hands of amari cooper nice defensive job by brandon smith they threw the flag though and the georgia pence is upset they're saying the ball was tipped was the ball tipped that will eliminate the pass interference i think tom ritter is indicating that is what happened there is no foul for passive interference the ball was tipped fourth down let's see if we can see it who gets their hand on it boy i don't know about that i think cornelius washington if indeed it was tipped number 83 yes i don't know i think it was just not a good spiral and they thought it was tipped i don't think that ball is tip here's the long distance place kicker kate foster he's hit two in excess of 52 this one from 49. foster it's blocked picked up on the run it's alex ogletree all the way from a georgia touchdown and cornelius washington blocked it that one we know for sure that's for sure we don't know if he got the last one but we're sure he got this one that's the third special team play that's gone against alabama remember the fake punt that they got to lay a game the fake punt georgia hit for the first down and now the block field goal for a touchdown let me see if i can find cornelius washington for you so you can get your eyes on him i think he's right here he gets inside michael williams puts up his left hand and makes the play michael williams was the weak spot and he came right through the gap to make the play he didn't even jump ogletree looks like a sprinter he was a safety when he came to georgia and mark rick's right behind him the usually placid head coach of georgia special teams touchdown tim brando with his russell athletic update thursday night louisville wrapped up an orange bowl bid when terrell floyd picked off rutgers quarterback gary nova to secure the victory the cardinals will now move on to meet their new brethren from the acc that conference is going to have louisville next year vern gary back to you all right tim thank you 2110 a couple of plays very critical let's first of all gary go back and take a look at the tipped or non-tipped pass yes and our eyes remember it was called a tip pass we don't see it there but remember we don't know if there's enough to overturn it let's look at it again there was pass interference on this call by the way it is reviewable that could have been reviewed and had it been reviewed now we are getting word because we asked we sent a messenger over the review play they said they reviewed it and called it inconclusive and here is ogletree look at that stride of ogletree 55-yard blocked field goal return for a touchdown that is the fifth block this season by the georgia bulldogs look at their differential in the third quarter and what a huge play though well plays both of them marshall morgan will kick off two men deep for alabama cyrus jones d milner this will be jones at the five to the 23-yard line now red lobster presents today's scholar athlete chance warmack for alabama first team afca all-american and garrison smith major in history for the georgia bulldogs red lobster's commitment to the investment of our future is shown today by donating a thousand dollars to each university's general scholarship fund after the play personal foul unnecessary roughness number 44 georgia 15 yard penalty first down the injured player is blake sailors this is tj stripling with the uh unnecessary roughness call it was definitely after the play i think you can see it right there in the middle of the screen there's where the extracurricular takes place as it was against tyler hayes too and then he shoves them again and that's when the flag comes out right there sailors is up one of the special teams standouts for the bulldogs of georgia let's be clear again on the tipped pass on the pass interference call big play in the game they re did go check with the replay booth they did review it they thought they had a good look at it they said it was inconclusive so they let it go the tip was made by washington and then he blocked the field goal which ogletree picked up that's two big plays back-to-back first down and ten georgia by 11 21-10 6 25 to go third quarter yeldon is the running back right side to the 43. dj fluker one of the emotional leaders of alabama's football team is very upset on the field he can feel this football game that 21 10 right now will alabama stay patient will they continue to run the ball what will they do second down five that's michael williams a gain of 32. sometimes like shawn williams going off on georgia dj fluker had to go off on his linemen barrett jones got a great block inside on kwame gathers ran right up behind barrett jones the all-american and tj who gets a little bit i think an unfair record here of two fumbles one of those fumbles was not his he's had one fumble against texas a m first down 10. uh eddie lacy's on the bench let's get more from tracy that's right guys and that's why yeltsin is getting most of the work here because since that last drive he's been on the bench athletic trainers have been looking at him they are not revealing his injury as of now but as soon as i get any more information i will pass it along all right trace thanks 21-10 it was 10-7 alabama at the break mccarran and yeldon two wide receivers wide right cooper the featured whiteout is matched against sanders cummings bottom of the screen mccarran steps up goes deep interference there's the flag called on damien swann norwood was the intended receiver it's a formation that's given george a little bit of trouble they shift out the tight end voguler to the wide spot and then they throw it to the slot voglers out here but they run the slot down the middle good coaching by alabama found a formation that gives a nice seam throw to aj mccarron passing interference number five defense 15-yard penalty first down well if but remember in college football it's not as big a penalty as it was in the nfl that would have been right down there in the one or two yard line ball is marked at the tip remember how alabama answered the touchdown by aaron murray to jay rome earlier they're answering the black field goal touchdown on this drive see that seven penalties against georgia they annually seem to leave the league in penalties and mark rick says not a problem touchdown alabama and baron jones got the key block he did they're gonna go for two here trying to get it from 21-16-20 boy this is a dangerous one right now because if georgia kicks a field goal would be an eight-point lead awful early to be chasing a point in my opinion pull within four that way if georgia kicks a field goal you're only down by seven well nick saban has made the decision he's got cooper christian jones left side yeldon is the running back the try for two norwood top of the screen number 83 yeldon up across the goal line two-point try is good well with eddie lacy on the bench barrett jones dj fluker anthony steed chance warmack and cyrus quanjo that offensive line took over a freshman running back for georgia a freshman running back for alabama barrett jones is kind of finessing kwame gathers there he let him block himself basically and yeldon pushes alabama within three after yeldon exploded for a hundred in the opener barry jones said of the freshman i think we found our next great one turned in barry jones right there again didn't blow anybody out but he kept jenkins from making the play that's a successful block another bad ball game sure is 21-18 georgia alabama just scored and went for two and a couple of pretty decent players on the bench well mark ingram could he replace eddie lacy and kenny bell's injured they could put in julio jones for kenny bell indeed don't forget later in the game the play of the game presented by napa auto parts how about these freshman running backs girly for georgia yeldon imagine that walking into these two programs as good as they are and contributing at running back like that or theist and offensive tackle just imagine what it takes well look at what they've accomplished so far yeldon with the touchdown 14 carries 91 yards on the other side of the field gurley 15 for 90 yards at the touchdown mirror images yeah that's behind lacy's 117. well that's true yes here's kate foster malcolm mitchell it'll go over his head wednesday on cbs ll cool j and taylor swift host the grammy nominations concert with live performances from music's biggest stars that's wednesday only cbs and vern you mentioned it uh georgia always a uh you know highly penalized team in the past the two penalties on that drive the one on the kickoff and then the one in the pass interference you know last time christian robinson bailed out georgia with the tip ball that time no bailout well they came into this game georgia did with 82 penalties in contrast alabama with 49. and the total is 7-1 in this ball game and georgia continues now to run the ball right at the spot that jesse williams left without brandon ivory no jesse williams you've got a third guy in there i think his damien square is playing nose tackle right now and they are running right up the middle and we're alerted that brandon ivey isn't going to try and get it again mosley let's get an update on jesse williams here's trace well guys it looks like we reported earlier they're going to try and get him back in that's what it looks like right now they took him into the locker room put a brace on him he's been stretching it and the athletic trainers are asking him can you squat do you feel movement in that knee when you squat that is the key he's right now at the line and we might see him by the end of this game guys thank you trace third down to four four wides two on either side knocked away by geno smith getting extensive playing game time today yeah that's been the change-up they've taken the safeties off the slot nobody sincere there they're playing a corner and geno smith comes through and makes the play i'm thinking back to our conversation about thanksgiving when we were in tuscaloosa and nick saban was talking about geno smith he said he's one of the greatest video game players ever if he could play quarterback like he can manufa maneuver video games we'll have a great player that was a good one yes christian jones fair catch how about baylor upsetting kentucky and basketball earlier today on cbs and next saturday the road to the final four continues with an sec big ten battle as the arkansas razorbacks take on the michigan wolverines that's next saturday on cbs well the question is just the thing we talked about in the open can the georgia defensive line and inside linebacker start stop the run of alabama alabama has rushed the ball for 152 yards in this half in this half no i'm sorry 70 in this quarter 152 in the first half okay i got you i got i can't that's too many numbers exactly handoff lacy who is that back move gets him out of the tackle that shoulder move gives him an additional seven yards what a run well i'll tell you i'd love to have a shot of mark ingram right now because i bet he's chest bumping some bumping someone because this is a championship run he runs right through jarvis jones and sean williams nobody wraps them up take your arms guys you're not gonna block this guy down and watch it bakari rambo almost turns it down he almost turned down the hit on the sideline that's a run of 32 lacy with 1 49 in the game we mentioned in the first half the bulldogs have been susceptible to the run most of the year and they certainly are tonight oh wow beautiful behind jones and warmack they're running right at georgia i mean this makes you think a herschel right there those two runs doesn't it oh yes holy cow 164 on 15 carries now for lacey alabama has had nine rushing plays nine of them in excess of 10 yards first down 10. as they try to come from behind and here's lacey stiff sean williams with the tackle mark ingram well remember when i was wrong and i said they had 152 in the third quarter while i'm coming pretty close to not being wrong because now they're at 131 in the third quarter and counting first down 10. that was a 14-yard gain alabama trails by three lacy bounces it outside fogler trying to help and couldn't and jarvis jones makes the tackle loss of two we haven't called jarvis jones because they can't stop the run this time he pins vogler and makes the play good rush defense that time by the all-american look at that 281 yards on the ground t.j yeldon spells eddie lacy williams with a block here's yeldon first i've been saying this for five years the elite teams have to run this type of offense there's too many great offensive linemen and running backs that can pound the ball protect your quarterback wear down that defense there's more ways to wear down a defense than just by going up tempo you can beat him in submission kelly johnson and t.j yeldon in the eye that's vogler coming to the near side with michael williams on the line that's about as fun a third quarter as i've seen in a long time just short now they get the 99 and a half yard walk to the other end these two teams are going south alabama is less than a yard from the lead that's the end of three right now it's 21-18 we'll return to the georgia dome after this word from your local station we welcome you back to the beginning of the fourth quarter in the georgia dome alabama with the second down and goal trailing by three mccarran and murray you see their stats alabama with 295 yards on the ground and ogletree with a play that has been that is the difference right now and how about this jesse williams with a knee brace back in as a lead blocker for eddie lacy remember it was yeldon that cuddle was lacy that cut it back last time in this play let's see if he stays with him he does touchdown alabama back on top alabama has run 21 plays in the third quarter 17 runs and four passes they're approaching 300 yards in russia they're only four shy now shelly on for the extra point but karen behold carson tinker is the snapper perfect the whole good the kick up and through let's take another look at eddie lacy's touchdown die well he learned his lesson stay behind it don't cut back go with the beef and that time he just pushed it in the end zone there really wasn't much there to stop it from georgia alabama on top winner gets notre dame in the championship game and now it's time for our geico game recap thank you back early first score aaron murray 19 yard touchdown pass to jay rome the back up tight end and georgia on top by seven alabama countered with eddie lacy getting to the outside breaks a couple of tackles and then out speeds the bulldog secondary shelly added a 22-yard field goal on the last play of the first half and the crimson tide led the bulldogs 10-7 opening drive third quarter gurley for the touchdown georgia back on top 14 to 10. and then the block from cornelius washington on the long field goal attempt a perfect bounce to opal three and he scoots 55 yards for the touchdown to make it 21-10 if you can run it why not run it and alabama is running almost at will there's yeldon and then the drive for two yeldon again and it was 21-18 and just moments ago this dive by eddie lacy the extra point good and that gets us where we now stand 25-21 lacy with 177 yards on 18 carries gate foster will kick off malcolm mitchell is the deep back well three seconds into the fourth quarter nick saban told tracy at the beginning of the third whoever runs the ball best will win he was right field goal for the touchdown it has been all alabama nick calls it the process right forget the scoreboard do your job alabama's players is bought in now it's george's turn some people would say it's all going against you you don't have anything to do but to line up and play football aaron murray the quarterback gets the snap left side oh what a catch or is it it didn't hit the hole no no they called it a catch yes mitchell it's a great throw again by murray the second of this half that he made tavares king on the back shoulder throw and right in between the safeties that time haha clinton dicks did not get there in time they'll run it todd gurley on first down trade to priest number 33 with the tackle gurley close to 100 yards for the bulldogs now 18 carries from 97 yards and williams back in at nosedown murray goes deep down the middle tomorrow's king at the 11. from this bunch formation mike bobo has been calling the corner out this time he went to the post let's see if there was a fight on them yes nick perry was thinking it was going to be the corner and a young football player got fooled by a veteran quarterback you know aaron murray's eyes led him to the corner and they bit 45-yard gain here's the run on first down it's gurley again just love watching these players these young great athletes answer all the pressure in a big time football game aaron murray he's had the disappointments he's had some great stats but he needs this one big win to cement his career i snap to give to gurley look at him break tackles look at him star georgia touchdown coaches like to say the scoreboard lies don't look at it do your job and that time the georgia offensive line answered they passed protected on the long pass and they rooted out that alabama defense for a touchdown what a football game we're having here marshall morgan on for the extra point the kick is up and through what a counter punch by georgia here's the great combo block over here it's the freshman to the right side theos and burnett watch them work together knock him out get to the second level oh he grabbed him he grabbed mosley with his right hand and got away with it did you see that happens stuff does yep what a game the sec championship on cbs presented by dr pepper is sponsored by ram trucks bud light verizon and by kay jewelers we are back in atlanta the sec conference championship game the cbs poll results look at this the most memorable game voters by 37 percent votes at florida in 2008. that was against this hell by the way this is the first time that alabama has played in this championship game against anyone other than florida wow yeah think about that you know nick said also at halftime right or maybe it was before the game it was before the game 15 rounds exactly is that not as accurate as can be yeah yeah that was when tracy caught both coach richt and coach saban live here's cyrus jones no he got away with it well they're indicating that the ball might be out let's see oh yeah it's out it is out now they'll unravel the scrum and alabama holds on to it i think it was herrera number 52 that punched that ball loose yes and a flag down we got everything i thought it was a black block in the back by alabama we had a fumble on the play that was must have been recovered by alabama on sports black conduct number 28 alabama to the goal first down and you could tell that was the georgia fans right there they looked at the stats and saw that alabama had one penalty for five yards and said it's about time call was on dean milner oh nice job scooping it up by john there was the shove that led to the penalty that's the second penalty against alabama seven for georgia you know my kids used to do that vern they always used to say it all started dad when he hit me back don't we all remember that of course give on the right side t.j yeldon still going what answers must todd grantham come up with i mean he's got a proud defense he's touting and george is touting and i'm touting that they've got nine or ten guys that play in the nfl well they can't stop the run alabama has rushed for 306 yards 306. we've still got 12 10 to go quick omaree cooper damien swan number five remember georgia just said mike vovo told me he was going to go with gurley and only spell him with marsha well that's proven out as you look at alabama they've gone almost 50 50. gurley has been the bell cow for them georgia that's the guy see the bottom line first time two teammates in excess of a hundred in this game lacey was 177 yeldon with 115. second to nine keep it on the ground yeldon cuts it up field drives again john jenkins there's just nothing i i've seen this before you know i mean when you've got an offensive line this time it's cyrus cuando pushing his guy 5 8 10 yards the georgia defense is spent it has nothing to do with tempo in this game yes temple works great i'm not arguing it can't work but in this game it's these big hogs up front that are wearing down georgia well you saw garen garrison smith there taking a heavy deep breath they're getting body punched right now both hands on his waist let's run it again oh my goodness ogletree took the blow from yeldon and did bring him down but it was a successful defensive play that time for oh georgia hurts brushed off the block that time and made the play that's good linebacker play even though it was a positive play on first down that's still you got to give it to oglet3 he stood in there and made the play again vicious football second and six georgia by three nearing the 10-minute mark in the fourth quarter first down alabama you start to think now is it the last team that gets the football in this game murray's hot the offensive line for georgia's pass protecting well it doesn't look like george's defense can get a stop on the running game can it come down the last drive of the game gary alabama has thrown the ball 19 times they've run it 43 times and the first down and 10 lacy is back on the field a first down stop last time when ogletree got to stop georgia managed four yards this is about two and a half another win by that georgia defense on first down finally they get a win sec championship game record alabama held the old march set back in 1999. second down eight let's feed lacy again a big stop for georgia and that brings up third down and long well this time barrett jones could not finesse i think it's kwame gethers might be john jenkins but i guess it was gathers barrett jones cannot handle the finesse block this time he gets driven right back and that's a great stop by the nose tackle shove them right into the backfield third down six alabama three of nine on third down conversions oh for four from this distance georgia brings four mccarran nobody open fourth down jordan jenkins makes the tackle another first year freshman jordan jenkins a speed rusher but that time was there anybody open had norway down at the bottom for a little throw had a sideline throw to the sideline but looked like aj gave up on it a bit early felt the early pressure and gave up on the throw mcgowan is the deep man hoping to return the punt of cody mandel that's taken on a fair catch just inside the tent almost no man's land 42-yard front nothing on the return georgia has the ball and a three-point lead overhead view of atlanta and don't forget the jeep post game show coming up next tim in the gang live from the studio here we go from the eight yard line georgia with a three-point lead and the ball oh it's aaron murray's football it reminds me of the florida game 10 minutes to play leading 10-9 they went seven plays 75 yards murray on that drive even though he threw three interceptions in the game was four for six to put the game away for georgia can he put one of these drives to put georgia in the national championship rolling right fires it deep over the head of tavares king well the georgia bulldogs have won one national championship vince dooley was the coach he's here tonight herschel walker played on that team they won it in 1980. they had a chance to win a second on january 1st 1983 but they ran up against penn state and a buddy of ours named todd blackledge penn state won that ball game can they get back and this is a positive run now for the bulldogs out across the 17 by todd gurley well we talked about as you look at todd gurley that the number one unit on the field in this game was the alabama offensive line and could the georgia offensive line do enough yes they don't have the gaudy stats but they pass protected well enough and they're rooting out those yards right now in a really important drive third and one and i think it was jesse williams in there after injuring that knee that stood strong might have been two guys but i know jesse williams was one of them both of them are in there brandon ivory and jesse williams they both make a tackle make a stand and make a stop both guys play and injure one with a knee one with an ankle and it's fourth and one with under six to play colin barber on to putt christian jones on to return it instead of running up and under to make the catch he backed away from it caught a bit of a break it reached out in christian jones yeah that ball was in there long enough where he should have caught the ball but he saves it because that would have rolled another eight or ten yards good job by jones to save field position now alabama's turn i'll get nine i don't know if he can bear to watch this through heavy limited eyes georgia by three alabama in this half mccarran's only three of five passing the ball they passed it five times they have run it 24 and why not it's yeldon at running back yeldon goes left from the 45 chased by ogletree ogle three can't get him and yeldon gets a couple that ogletree is some football player he started out as a safety for georgia he's 6-3 6-4 you know he's had his problem didn't you play suspended early in the year but look at him run i mean he is a big time linebacker second down seven for the defending national champions trailing by three with under five remaining play action mccarran settles for the short one michael williams inaccurate not a very good throw they ran a little bit of a straight play to the outside the wide receiver was trying to free up michael williams to the outside by a little bump pass and just not an accurate throw an accurate throw turns that up where it would be third and short or a first down late substitutions defensively for georgia it's third and five nearing the four-minute mark georgia lineup tonight on cbs we begin with made in jersey and then criminal minds that's followed by a new addition to 48 hours tonight only cbs third down five at midfield what do you think well it was a very inaccurate pass by asia in the last down now right now nick saban has to start thinking am i going to invest two chances to make this first down or do i punt it it's yeldon not lacy in the backfield remember tracy reported that lacy was getting some attention from the trainers earlier in this half that's kelly johnson number 31. the freshman yeldom comes right down yes he did goodness what a play they ran it right at jarvis jones again i think he ducks right inside sean williams too great block inside by kelly johnson and runs right through shawn williams what a job by kelly johnson a former walk-on well all those great recruits and a walk-on comes up with a big block first down ten three and a half remaining play action mccarran deep left side got a man open got a touchdown mccarran will hold carson tinker will center jeremy shelley perfect for the year he's not missed an extra point well vern and barrett jones's 52nd consecutive start he's got a big nose tackle on him he's got the key block in play action and he stands up and makes the block on kwami to give aj an opportunity to hit amari cooper cooper with the great top end speed matched up aj knew he had him if he had time make the fake he thinks aj must be down he slows down and then speeds back oh my goodness aj mccarron amari cooper fluker cuanjo vogler and the margin is four remember they went for the risk reward remember also if they had not made it it would be a two-point lead so the risk reward nick believed in the play he went for it so it's a four-point game instead of a three-point game had he missed it it'd be a two-point game that's why they give you two points because it's high risk good point by you well here we go might be the team that gets the ball last vern you were at the legends banquet last night this is how you make yourself a legend amen 3 15 to go georgia has two timeouts left remember they used one of them earlier and they've got the ball 75 yards away they've got to get the touchdown to reclaim the lead murray is 13-24 for 189 they've got two receivers bunched to the right adrian hubbard sixth sack of the year when you talk to the alabama defensive coaches and you point out you don't have any upshaw who would be the guy and they said if adrian hubbard ever figures it out he could be the guy kirby smart defensive coordinator loss of eight second and 18. 2 45 to go four-man rush murray across the middle great play by dicks that time clinton dicks he didn't he didn't play it safe he didn't wrap up the receiver he went with his inside hand and knocked it down a great play third down 8 18. murray off his back foot goes deep that's going to be incomplete fourth down i don't see any option but to punt the ball i don't think they've got another option and they can stop the clock twice georgia can with timeouts 225 to go it's steve kirby smart's going crazy he's calling defense safe and half the alabama defense is on the sideline defense safe means that your regular defense stays on except for the punt return and that return man is christian jones remember he misjudged the last effort and they're singling the christian jones fair catcher don't take any chances as he does and he does at the 35-yard line a 48-yard punt nothing on the return how ironic if this score stands that alabama has rushed for 342 yards you punch you punch you punch your punch then you play action and go deep for a touchdown to amari cooper well it's going to take one first down for alabama to get back and play and defend their bcs championship 217 remaining how about this tj yelled instead of eddie lacy you think they got faith in that guy it's yeldon boy watch him protect the ball gary mentioned a while ago he's had two fumbles this year one of them not his fault the other was time call by georgia we'll step aside barrett jones is an all-american outland winner he's played along the line in his career played in the national championship game and starting right guard he played the left tackle last year for a national championship and an opportunity now to go to a third national championship and now he's playing it at center don't know if i've heard one like that before no he did tell us a couple of weeks ago he'd like to settle down at one position he really would well barrett-jones over the ball jesse williams is in the backfield and yeldon will follow jesse williams 206. to go well two big stops there by georgia they're hanging in one more stop and they're going to get the ball back 206 to go we're back in the georgia dome what a tussle this has been alabama leads it by four with 206 to go a berth in the national championship game but also significant in this part of the country very significant champions of the southeastern conference and here comes mccarran if they run it and they did last time they had third and five it'll be their 51st run of the game and remember last time when they ran it on third down they went to the right let's see if they go back to the right this time first two have been to the left that's vokler sets up to the left all three left no he stayed in bounds though very smartly georgia will get the ball back with approximately between 118 and 112 left in the football game nice job very smart running i assume nick sable will run that clock all the way down to one second to take a timeout so he can set up his punt team you know a black punt a hurried punt now would be disastrous the georgia defense did it though they got the ball back one first down game's over so aaron murray is going to get one more shot play clock at one timeout 116 to go aaron murray is going to get one last chance back in the georgia dome with 116 to go fourth down and three so cody mandela's on to punt brett mcgowan i assume will be the man going back no it's malcolm mitchell so mitchell will return this one hopefully he hopes for just don't jump off sides right now beautiful punt bear catch they're gonna have to go 85 yards yep with no timeouts a 42-yard front nothing on the return where do you try to attack i'll tell you what you got to do aj mccarron did it to lsu if you're going to complete passes you have to take advantage of the college rule you have to throw past the first down marker get the ball to the 50-yard line take your chances trailing by four 68 seconds remaining goes right got it that's complete to arthur lynch's tight end that was a big run by arthur lynch right there if he's tackled that ball was thrown short of the first down it's going to cost him 10 12 seconds second and one right side again through the hands and incomplete arthur lynch the intended receiver d milner defending alabama basically sitting in a zone milner almost got the bounce he really was on the outside receiver third and one less than a minute remaining they'll run it he'll try to get out of bounds does with the first down gurley nice run clock stop 51 seconds to go three-man rush they're giving the short throw murray looks across the middle fires it deep i don't know it's very close vinny made the play though number three vinnie sensari is the guy that makes the play does milner catch it or not watch sensari break to the ball left side of the screen he causes the hit and milner with the interception it's very close i don't know if that ball touched the ground previous plays under further review i don't know i don't know it's very close jim allison is the replay official called an interception gets his hands underneath the ball boy i'm not so sure his hands are underneath the ball does he control the boy i think that ball hit the ground i think that ball hit the ground we're going to go back if this takes a while it means that the replay official is going to go back and have to spot the ball where it was it would be second and ten i believe on the 28-yard line or it's alabama's ball and the game's over tom ritter another look milner and now this might be a good look right here the ball hit the ground i think so too and that might be the definitive angle another look at it this ball is coming back i think remember if it does come back 43 seconds to go second and ten there's so much riding on this ruling on the field was an intercepted pass what a play by what a play by vinnie cincini yeah beautiful play tech that football was in the end in the air here comes nope not yet brown there's an incomplete pass there's the georgia's ball second down entering the 28 yard line please reset remember right now georgia has to be thinking can i get it to the 50-yard line can i get a hail mary for a chance to steal a win alabama needs to keep it in the middle of the field chris conley the inside receiver here tavares king bottom of the screen three-man rush murray up fires it right caught and arthur lynch the tight end gets out of bounds stops the clock that one took seven seconds george is still alive now that was a big time throw right there king is hurt and king knew he was going to get hurt he took that catch stayed with it he knew he was going to get pasted on the play with cj mosley 30 seconds to go georgia ball at the 34. now from mitchell number 26 bottom of the screen 15 seconds they're going to get two throws to the end zone they can clock this ball right now meaning grounded or they can run a hurry up play the clock has started 12 seconds to go murray got it but the clock is running that's the one thing he didn't want to do game over alabama faces notre dame for the national championship in miami gary take us through the last one i think this last pass was deflected but either way it was not in the end zone the ball had to go to the end zone it was deflected cj mosley got a hand on it and once it was caught the game was over i thought they should have clocked the ball right away as soon as the umpire moved go down ground that football and you get two throws to win the game let's go down to tracy wilson who is with nick saban well thanks so much for getting a smile out of nick and code you said this would be a heavyweight fight and it lived up to it what was the difference though tonight well you know we did a great job of running the ball in the second half and the reason we did it is we couldn't handle their pass rush we couldn't handle their pass rushers on the edge offensive line did a great job i mean i'm ready to have a heart attack here about that last drive but you know this is a great win for our team i'm not saying we played our best game today you know georgia's got a great team it's great for our fans you know we really appreciate the support and we created a great opportunity for ourselves and i'm really proud of what these guys have been able to accomplish and how about the chance now back-to-back national championships a chance to win your second straight title well you know that's all good all great but i'm going to enjoy this game for a minute here and i'm just really proud of our team winning the sec championship you know is really a significant accomplishment so i'm really proud of our players proud of our fans proud of everybody in our administration this is a great win for alabama congratulations you told me at halftime you needed to run the ball to have a chance to win it and here's the guy eddie lacy stepping up down the stretch what was going through your mind after half did you feel like you had to step it up and hold your own there i did i mean as an offense we knew running the ball was going to be successful and we came out the second half and tj and myself we was able to run the ball and find huge holes and put our offense in a great position you've watched marking room trent richardson and now you have a chance to play in the national championship and be the featured back with you and tj yeldon can you even put that into words right now i can't right now i'm still happy about this one right now but uh that'll be something we think about later on but right now we're just enjoying the moment good luck go enjoy it appreciate it well eddie lacy rushed for 181 yards his freshman colleague yeldon rushed for 152 as a team alabama 349 rogering yards on 51 carries vern while tracy was doing the interview we were looking at this play it may be that aaron murray was trying to throw a back shoulder throw to mark malcolm mitchell c.j mosley might have saved the game he might be going to the end zone mosley knocks it down and that's where they get it it would have been better now you can't do this but it would have been great if it had just fallen on the ground they'd had another play but instinctively instinctively conley makes the catch a ball that is being thrown to the end zone ends up going and a completion in the game ends i still think they should have clocked the ball to stop it however a lot of things happened at the end of that game well we've talked about the number of rushes and how ironic the winning play was a pass now it's time for the play of the game presented by napa auto parts with the call our good friend eli gold of the alabama radio network yeldon the setback play action fake man is open looking long amari gopher he's there well said eli wow now let's take a look at the chick-fil-a players of the game we're going to name two of them eddie lacy t.j yeldon how about this effort lacy with 181 yeldon with 1 52. yeah but a big nod has to go to aaron murray people questioned him he played a fantastic football game in this he didn't come out the winner but he showed he's got the heart of a champion so for gary danielson and tracy wolfson vern lundqvist saying so long from atlanta the final score 32-28 but it was heart-stopping almost that last drive aj mccarron hits the game winner to amari cooper the jeep post game show is up next after these messages and a word from your local stations go ahead take a deep breath oh cbs sports presents the jeep post game show welcome to the jeep post game show tim brando with a reminder tonight on cbs begins with made in jersey and criminal minds followed by a new edition of 48 hours that's all coming up tonight only cbs in an incredible game alabama clinches the sec championship and earns a chance to defend its bcs title i'm joined by archie manning and spencer tillman fellas just an incredible conclusion i want to pick up though what happened after the milner interception was overturned by the officials the final dramatic drive for georgia and it began with this very nice pass to tavares king art really a big throw by aaron murray fitting it in there takes a lick sandwich between two guys holding the ball shake it up on the plate and here comes a big play spell we talked about getting the ball to the tight end over the middle of field against that cover two look alabama playing a safe look and they got it completed but then this and uh i think georgia wanted to go in the end zone i think he was trying to throw the ball in the end zone there the ball got tipped and unfortunately the other wide receiver finally kindly should have let that one go time and moment but sometimes the spencer instincts take over i think what it does is underscores the fact that what you don't know can hurt you in this situation it's situational issues again big games are lost not one many congratulations though to a very deserving a.j mccarron and that entire offensive front and running game for alabama coming up we'll hear from the winners the presentation of the sec championship trophy when the jeep post game show continues we are back with the jeep post game show let's immediately go out to tracy wilson for the presentation of the sec championship trophy tracy wow thank you so much guys and let's hear it one more time for the alabama crimson tide and now it is time to present the mvp of the award of the of the game eddie lacy not too shabby of a day for you eddie very hard to pick just one mvp of this game where so many people stood out but for you to have this opportunity after the off-season injuries and the surgeries and now to be up here representing your teammates and having a chance to go play in the national championship can you put that into words and describe that as of right now i mean i'm still excited i can't explain it right now but i mean coming from the injury and you know having the success you know thanks to my teammates you know i'm just happy right now well congratulations and now the head coach of the alabama crimson tide nick saban and nick you've been part of a lot of big ones but how about this well this was the most exciting biggest win because it's what happened today and i'm so happy for our fans the people of the state of alabama everybody in our administration and our program and these players who did a fantastic job competing to come back in the game against a very good georgia team well you mentioned it and you were holding your heart after that but what about the poise of this team and what they showed when they were down in this game and just kept coming back well we kept telling them that that's what we train them to do that they have the mental toughness and the physical toughness to hang in there and play for 60 minutes in the game and i got to be really proud of the way we did it today well congratulations you're on to miami and now to present the championship trophy commissioner of the sec mike slide thanks tracy first ladies and gentlemen we want to congratulate the georgia bulldogs and head coach mark rick on a great season and one of the finest championship games in the history of the sec and now it's my pleasure to present the 2012 football championship trophy to coach saban and the crimson tide coach one more time let's hear it for the alabama crimson tide sec champions we are looking right now at the greatest coach of our time with perhaps the greatest program the southeastern conference has seen since paul bear bryant was at alabama archie well yeah i agree tim and i think it's becoming kind of wooden-like right now this we talked earlier about nick saban his intensity his focus and you can see it right you know he said he's going to enjoy this i think he will tonight but i guarantee it he'll be on notre dame tomorrow and there's there's there's also legacy here as well guys 1973 notre dame beat alabama 24 to 23 in the sugar bowl and cost him the national title wind up being a split national championship some will wake up those echoes as we revisit this great rivalry there may be a few out there that suggest that the old horseshoe might have been at the crimson tide this year and i don't think that he would even argue that point absolutely a number of things happened to happen and they did but they were good enough to cash in well the way that the season ended in regular season of course the bottom line is it was in their favor baylor stanford did him a favor to get him in this position and after what happened tonight it was an awesome deal and there were so many significant plays late in this football game and alabama was responsible for gustavo no doubt about it well a very gracious mark rick a few moments ago took some time to visit with our tony barnhart here were the statements of the head coach of georgia with tony here with georgia coach mark rick coach that was an incredible drive at the end of the game tell us the last pass at the end obviously with no timeouts you want that to get to the end zone well it got batted the line we're throwing a fade we had a there's a speed out by the inside guy and the outside guy was running a fade that's where we're throwing the ball but we ran that route because a lot of times when the inside receiver runs that speed out it can get the attention of the corner and uh we'll throw over the top but it got battered at the line and it just so happened it landed in our arms which was not good but normally that's good but not on that not in that case incredible college football game regardless of who you were pulling for heavyweight fight both back and forth from the georgia perspective what was the difference in the football game well i guess the clock ran out is all i can say absolutely well coach we know it's been a tough night for georgia thank you for spending some time with us yes well i'll say this too we've got some mighty tough warriors in there i'm really proud of everybody okay thank you coach no doubt about that and our many thanks to coach rick for being so gracious to chat with tony barnhart it was an incredible game final thoughts on the notre dame alabama game coming up for the national title well notre dame's got a month to get ready of course alabama does two i think it'll be a great football game and spencer i think it'll be great for college football alabama and notre dame i bet brian kelly who was with us earlier is glad that he left and didn't see this physical beating today because it's going to be tough on the irish they're going to need a lot of luck to beat this team he has plenty of time to look at tate well that will just about do it for tonight are many thanks to those of you watching the jeep post game show here's a look at what you'll see tonight on cbs and don't forget to break down the game with the sec tonight presented by geico right now on cbs sports network that's the 24-hour hold of cbs sports next saturday it's the 113th army navy game presented by usaa it all starts at 2 30 eastern with autotrader.com college football today and there's more football tomorrow an nfl double hitter on cbs most will see the patriots face the dolphins and the steelers beat the ravens it all begins at noon eastern with the nfl today for our entire crew here in atlanta thanks so much for watching congratulations alabama the echoes have truly awoken you

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Keywords: Alabama, Crimson Tide, Georgia, Bulldogs, SEC, championship, NCAA, Football, Nick Saban

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Length: 188min 50sec (11330 seconds)

Published: Sun Dec 09 2012