Didnt Bill Battle call a dumb fake punt once?

[jasonvols2.2]

And wasn't he winning?

 

[Boca Vol]

I think so...maybe against Bama?

 

[dougvolfan]

Yes against georgia and it blu up in his face. Many cite it as the beginning of the end for bill.

 

[vol-un-tear]

Kirby dumb again!

 

[landscapingvol]

That was the worst fake punt call I have ever seen and on top of that they called a running play with 11 yards to go

 

[Volhoops]

Not in a championship game and not while it was tied in a championship game. It's almost like Kirby threw the game so Bama could win.

 

[landscapingvol]

That call will haunt him for the rest of his life

 

[dougvolfan]

I listened to that georgia game. Wow what a bad call

 

[ThreatLevelOrange]

That was the worst fake punt call I have ever seen and on top of that they called a running play with 11 yards to go

Did Hal Mumme call that one?

 

[kayman1]

And a moving van was sent to battle's house the next week by a fan.

 

[dougvolfan]

Teams like us and georgia dont get many shots at a title. That will be a nightmare for years

 

[Carl Pickens]

Did Hal Mumme call that one?

Mumme the dummy

 

[onevol74]

1973 Georgia game in Neyland.

If Fields had not panicked and pitched the ball he would have gotten a 1st down. He just panicked.

 

[landscapingvol]

Teams like us and georgia dont get many shots at a title. That will be a nightmare for years

I believe Bama had 4 turnovers as well. If you can’t beat them with 4 turnovers and a 14 point lead then you likely never will as long as Saban is there

 

[BACKDOC]

That wasn't as dumb as throwing five yard passes there at the end when they needed 15 or 20 yard passes.

 

[76vol]

It was the kind of Call that can cause a coach to lose his team. Will be interesting to see how things go from here.

 

[rolling_coyote]

Just an absolutely terrible call. For a lot of reasons.

I decent middle school would not have made that call. Just terrible.

 

[Advol]

That was a stupid call. UGA lost 2 games. One on a stupid fake field goal. And now this one...……NOT only was it a bad call, but the players appeared NOT to know what to do!!

 

[BigorangeBoy]

The only way Hurts could drive the length of the field against UGA is breaking containment and scrambling. You punt there.

 

[dougvolfan]

Georgia will be favorites next 2 years in east but they are snake bit vs Alabama.

 

[VOLED]

Kirby is an idiot. One of the dumbest calls i have seen ( I was at the GA game when Battle did the same thing), and he pulled out Fromm for several plays to put in Fields. Fromm had an epic game and should not have come out any.

 

[MAD]

Here is the dumb fake punt. It’s at 2:46 in this video

 

[LibertyVol]

I believe Bama had 4 turnovers as well. If you can’t beat them with 4 turnovers and a 14 point lead then you likely never will as long as Saban is there

Don't you worry my friend. The Big Orange is on the comeback trail. Tennessee is in the process of out recruiting both of them. And when Tennessee gets the Tide down there will not be a choke.

 

[volmanNC]

Kirby dumb again!

Stupid is as stupid does..

 

[76vol]

Kirby is an idiot. One of the dumbest calls i have seen ( I was at the GA game when Battle did the same thing), and he pulled out Fromm for several plays to put in Fields. Fromm had an epic game and should not have come out any.

I was there also. Can still vividly see it in my mind. Snapped the ball to the up back Steve Chancey. It cost Battle a lot more than that one game.