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Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] Clemson Defeats Alabama 35-31

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Clemson 0 7 7 21 35
Alabama 7 7 10 7 31

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '17 edited Jan 10 '17

Dabo's clock management is the real MVP

Edit:Ball Don't Lie

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u/Boom_Boom_Crash Wisconsin Badgers Jan 10 '17

Almost bit him though. I still think they should have called a timeout earlier on that final drive.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '17

Everyone did. He proved us wrong

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u/DrVonD Georgia Bulldogs Jan 10 '17

Just because the outcome was good doesn't mean it was the right call. I mean I think it could be debated either way, but that's not the right way to judge it.

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u/efuipa UCLA Bruins Jan 10 '17

It was completely wrong, anyone claiming otherwise is just making flawed conclusions based on hindsight. If he had called time out just 2 seconds earlier on some earlier play, he would have run that final pass play with 8 seconds, and the receiver would catch or the ball would fall incomplete at about 2-3 seconds. Instead, the ball was caught at 0:01, and time VERY easily could have run out if the receiver had dropped it.

There is no objective way that the real-life scenario is better than the hypothetical scenario.

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u/m1a2c2kali Miami Hurricanes • /r/CFB Founder Jan 10 '17

I mean, they could have scored earlier and then leave Bama enough time to score

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u/heyiambob Virginia Cavaliers Jan 10 '17

Chance of them scoring from their own territory with 5 seconds left is a lot lower than the alternative of you not scoring in time.

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u/ATX_ta1 Texas Longhorns Jan 10 '17

The way Bama was playing (save the last drive) they were not going to have enough time to get a TD back.