Saw this last night on the Twix:
So today’s Musings is simple: what’s the Georgia version of the Immaculate Reception? Was it Belue to Scott? Bobo to Allen? Greene to Haynes? Stockton to Humphreys? Ohio State missing the kick? Ringo’s pick six?
Discuss.
David Greens to Michael Johnson
Belue to Scott for me. Greene to Johnson was close for me, but “Run, Lindsey Run!” wins out because of the distance and the fact it was just a pass to get a first down that turned into a score due to a block and Scott out racing Gators for the score.
The other TD pass plays listed were throws into the end zone and, while low percentage completions maybe, were more likely to be scoring plays than the pass that broke a chair with about a fine inch cushion.
man, is there gonna be some property destroyed tonight
1965 flea flicker vs Alabama. Dooley beats Bear 18-17. Good thing there was no instant replay review then.
Always 1980 but wide left at midnight was truly divine.
It’s Belue to Scott without a doubt. There is no 1980 title without it. It was a play with about 1% chance of doing what it did … designed for a first down but scores a TD from 93 yards away.
Buck Belue is selling insurance or mortgages in Valdosta without it. Lindsay Scott is remembered for a kickoff return in Baton Rouge but not much else without it.
2021 would have been to end a 79 year drought.
It’s not even close.
Belue to Scott
https://youtu.be/uQPru-Emr0E?feature=shared
Belue to Scott.
https://youtu.be/xGGFjnwcOM4?si=i-EeqnnRMNF2MKvE
High on cocaine? Hey man, it was the 80s. Everybody was on coke.
gurkhadawg
Belue to Scott. We are on the stadium corner, Lindsay was coming our way. Cheering got louder & louder the closer he came. It was fast, but it seemed like slow motion. Gotta be no. 1 !!!!! And then the nerds beat them gold domers and the world was right!!!
Meant tied the domers! Brain fog on the nerds!
Lewis memorialized the tie (the original sits behind an AJC paywall):
https://redclaysoul.com/georgia-vs-florida-2/
Belue to Scott. Every time I watch the replay I still don’t understand how Scott scored on that play. He caught the ball at a stop and still somehow outran the entire Florida defense.
The safety who was supposed to tackle him slipped and never recovered. Fred Lane ran the other safety to the opposite side of the field.
Lindsay’s discussion of that play on the 1980 Dawgs documentary explains it all from his perspective. You may be able to find it on YouTube.
Gawd broke his ankle! @:08
https://youtu.be/gXpq_TwCRTU?si=UVa8x-4sVTlfX_YH
Run, Lindsay! For me, it will always be that because it put us at #1 and allowed us to win the national championship.
I’ll take them all including Tarkenton to Herren.
“Run Lindsay Run” is the one that most resembles the immaculate reception and the above example.
How about a non-reception? Marvin Harrison, Jr’s non-reception with Javon Bullard applying the (non-targeting) hit. I still can’t understand why anyone thinks that hit was targeting as it was a shoulder to shoulder hit (not a head or neck hit). Cry me a river OSU fans!
He first was out of bounds!! FTMF’s!!
Honorable mention, Belue to Amp Arnold on 4th and 7 for 42 yard td against the nats in 1978. Completed a comeback from 0-20 on national tv. Belue had a linebacker hanging around his neck when he sidearmed a prayer.
That tied the game. His pitch to Amp Arnold for the 2-point conversion was just as critical. That it came after the nerds thought they’d stopped us only to be called for pass interference (by 3 different officials) was the icing on the cake.
The legend of Buck Belue was really born that day.
Nothing wrong with Lindsay, but there are many, many others. How do you choose which of your children is the best?
All of the above, + Fromm to Godwin in South Bend to beat the Domers.
I’m 64 years old and can legitimately say that I was one of the ‘750,000 Dawg fans’ who claim they saw Belue to Scott in-person. That play is still #1, always and perhaps forever.