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CU Guru [1246]
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Really Finebaum...???
Jan 21, 2016, 12:00 PM
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Really? That onside kick was one of the greatest calls of all time? Do you know what all time means??
Don't get me wrong, it was a GREAT call by Saban, hats off to him for it, but to say that was one of the greatest calls of all time is asinine.
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Oculus Spirit [80306]
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Honestly if the roles were reversed and Clemson had run that
Jan 21, 2016, 12:04 PM
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play successfully in the championship game, we'd probably be saying the same thing. It was a great call and I still grimace every time I watch it.
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It was a gutsy call....
Jan 21, 2016, 12:14 PM
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and Clemson's position/allignment on the kick set-it-up perfectly for them, but I don't know if I would call it the greatest call of all-time.
Clemson rebounded from the on-side kick.
The real backbreaker was the KO return and giving-up the big play to their TE.
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Letterman [256]
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This is exactly the truth***
Jan 21, 2016, 1:50 PM
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I'd actually tend to agree with it
Jan 21, 2016, 12:11 PM
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being one of the greatest calls of all time.
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CU Guru [1246]
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really gwp?
Jan 21, 2016, 12:13 PM
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Again, it was a great call, but I guess I just don't see it as one of the greatest of all time.
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Really. He knew his team was in trouble if they kick off
Jan 21, 2016, 12:18 PM
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at that time. He called it because if they were successful it was their best chance at winning the national championship, in a game that many have called one of the top 10 national championship games of all time. If it fails, they're in big trouble.
The timing was perfect, and the execution was perfect. Name a play call that was better on this stage of a college game. Or throw in the Super Bowl. New Orleans performing an onside kick to start the 2nd half en route to their win? Saban's call is right up there with that IMO
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CU Guru [1246]
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I see your point
Jan 21, 2016, 12:22 PM
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Given the stage it was definitely quite the ballzy move!
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I hate agreeing with a
Jan 21, 2016, 12:19 PM
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charter member of the RAG ....
But I would agree.
Name a bigger call with clutch execution.
ONE of the biggest ever in college football, in my opinion.
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Charter member of what?***
Jan 21, 2016, 12:23 PM
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I didn't know you worked for The State newspaper.***
Jan 21, 2016, 12:24 PM
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If I did I'd kick my own ####***
Jan 21, 2016, 12:25 PM
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All-TigerNet [14488]
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Why not?
Jan 21, 2016, 2:31 PM
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You havent provided any explanation.
It sounds like you are just blindly opposing something that goes against Clemson
Here is the case I am making:
2nd half of National Championship game. Alabama can't move the ball on us. We are moving the ball on them with relative ease. Onside kick call & recovery not only gives Bama a huge momentum swing, but also changes the dynamic of the game and ultimately is the biggest factor for them winning, despite a record breaking performance by Watson.
Sounds like one of the greatest calls during one of the greatest games ever to me...
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I'd actually tend to agree with GWP
Jan 21, 2016, 1:49 PM
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I can't think of many better ones -i f any - considering timing, execution, and what was at stake.
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Oculus Spirit [83116]
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It has to be one of the greatest based on the stage at the
Jan 21, 2016, 12:15 PM
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time. Plus, it's not like they were 14 points down. It was tied.
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Legend [19202]
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Hey Clemson has the onside kick and the puntrooski as some
Jan 21, 2016, 12:16 PM
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of the greatest calls against us. How bout that? In these two real big games only tricks gave our opponents the win.
GO TIGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Like Anything In Life
Jan 21, 2016, 12:20 PM
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everything depend on the results .
If they don't score and we hold them to a 3 an out it's no big deal . It would be
remembered as a great try...that's all .
The fact that they scored so quickly made it a great play.....and it was .
We got props for the fake punt against the Okie's ....it was a game changer.....so
was the on-side kick .
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Oculus Spirit [83116]
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I'll add that Rich Rod's fake punt against UGA when WVU
Jan 21, 2016, 12:18 PM
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beat them in the 2006 Sugar Bowl should be up there also.
Fake punt late in the game, up by less than a TD, what a great call.
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110%er [9028]
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It took a pretty big set to call it, but a bigger set to
Jan 21, 2016, 12:20 PM
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pull it off. Hats off to the kicker. It was executed to perfection. &%$&*it!
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I'm not sure Finebaum reads TigerNet.***
Jan 21, 2016, 12:27 PM
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CU Guru [1246]
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that's an even more asinine assertion!
Jan 21, 2016, 12:28 PM
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Not sure I got this in here at any point, so I'll leave it
Jan 21, 2016, 12:27 PM
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now .....
Met a radio guy on the flight back. Well known sports guy in our area ...
As we were talking about the game, he said "This will make you sick. I saw them run the onside kick play during their walk-thru and the receiver drop the ball and flubbed it out of bounds. "
Sure wish we woulda had someone see it and run up warning flags.
Still hard to believe. Didn't lose the game for us but took away a possession from us that would have allowed continued WEARING OUT of the bama D.
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Re: Really Finebaum...???
Jan 21, 2016, 3:52 AM
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Between the timing, the execution, the surprise, the coach (never expect that from Saban), and the grand stage, it certainly has to be considered as an all-time great call.
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All-TigerNet [14488]
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Whats wrong with that? I have to agree with him
Jan 21, 2016, 2:25 PM
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Bama was in a bad spot and that call completely changed the outcome of a national championship game. Why would you disagree?
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Orange Blooded [2594]
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Re: Really Finebaum...???
Jan 21, 2016, 2:50 PM
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He makes his living being an sec propaganda mill.he's use to saying dumb stuff
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