SEC Shorts hilariously trolls Notre Dame over fake injuries during Georgia game
Georgia beat Notre Dame 23-17 Saturday night in front of an amazing Sanford Stadium environment.
It was a hard-fought and physical matchup between two big-time programs. Georgia proved folks right by taking down the Irish, but Notre Dame certainly earned some respect in the loss.
One point in the game, however, it appeared that Notre Dame faked at least one injury to slow down Georgia’s offensive momentum. Late in the third quarter, Irish defender Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah was pulled down by a teammate after appearing to get instruction from the sideline. QB Jake Fromm had completed three straight first down passes for a combined 36 yards and the offense was moving. When Owusu-Koramoah went down, fans let out a chorus of boos. It temporarily stalled a promising scoring drive for Georgia as it moved 53 yards in 2:36. The Bulldogs ultimately kicked a 31-yard field goal.
Later in the game, Notre Dame defender Asmar Bilal also went down, and Fromm was visibly upset.
Brian Kelly was asked about his players faking injuries Sunday evening on his teleconference, and he basically gave a non-answer and criticized the reporter for asking the question.
Well, Notre Dame received the SEC Shorts treatment this week, as the online comedy series produced a hilarious take on the subject. The Athens ER was ready for all those “fake” injuries.
Spot on!!
Yep. ND’s defensive strategy for the Dawgs Hurry-Up offense was to flop.
Although it worked perfectly I would have to deduct two style points because everyone in the nation except the ACC refs knew what they were up to. I’m sure with a little more practice the Irish will do a much better job in disguising their intent.
With ND an ACC member in every single sport except football how is it that ACC ref’s are perceived to be “neutral” in this game? One of those “injuries” happened literally right in front of an official yet his flag stayed firmly tucked inside his waistband. So now ND has played the *one* tough contents on their schedule, and lost, and will continue with their ridiculously easy schedule while still somehow ranked in the top 10. I wish them and their Drama team nothing but best of luck in their quest to win an Emmy.
*contest* not contents.
That’s hillarious! ND played exceptionally well but the flops were not even close to being hidden from what they were.
The crowd noise should be kept in check as well as monitoring how long an injured player is out of the game following an ‘ injury ‘.
It was two incidents. UGA fans are making way too much of this.
It was two incidents on one drive that had ND reeling and could have salted away the game with a TD. Instead, it allowed their D to catch their breath and resulted in a field goal, and kept ND in the game late. Big diff at 27-17 when the Irish get that last possession. Kelly knew that drive was the dagger to avoid.
Maybe. We still don’t know if either was faked. The second guy was seen gets drops in his eye, so something seems to have happened to him. If your only chance to score is when the other team is tired, why not try and wear them out earlier? UGA played most of the game to not lose. Way too conservative. Too many of y’all are avoiding that issue.
The guy bumps into Fromm and then fell down. Is that what people do when they get something in their eye? Kelly said later he was cramping. Eye drops? You might be a tad sensitive on this sense LSU was accused of doing it against Texas.
Anyway, yes, many people think UGA played it too close to the vest early on.
Did you not see the drops being put in the guy’s eyes. Was that all an act? I don’t care that folks were making the accusations against LSU. They were just as silly as these. Two LSU guys went right to the locker room for IV’s and two others still haven’t returned from injuries suffered in the game. UGA looked to be playing scared early on. They made ND look better than they are. The only weapon ND had was a TE. UGA is going to have to be a lot more aggressive if they plan to beat Auburn.
He fell down..on the ground! For eye drops??
But Brian Kelly said it was cramps…
LSUMC, I agree they are making too much of this. Kinda like how LSU fans have been making too much of the fact that they get Bama during the day this year… I mean how much could that help yall? You only lose by 15-20 points this year?
As long as we beat y’all, I’ll be fine and you and your buddies will be quiet. It’s a win win.
Excellent. But I would have added the video of the player dragging down the “hurt” guy.
Now do one on PAC 12 referees.