Great win
We were badly out coached and out played in the 4th.
I don't agree.
What you saw was a young team that went to the fourth believing its own hype and then crapped the bed a little. The stadium was in full party mode, the players were dancing, half the media had retired to write headlines about the statement Auburn delivered in abusing Georgia. At the beginning of the fourth the ball was at the UGA 16, first down. Up 34-17. Hadn't stopped us all night. Were about to make it 41-17 and set off fireworks.
Funny thing happened. Penalty. Penalty. Penalty. Took away a first and goal at the two. Ended up kicking a field goal. Still 37-17.
Georgia comes out and are just playing out the string. Trying to get out of there. Short passes, runs up the middle. We're just keeping it in front of us, letting the clock run and thinking about the awesome parties later that night. And then a facemask penalty (shouldn't have been a 15-yarder but that's another topic). Hit a pass, score and cut the gap.
Georgia's still not in it. Just something to keep it from being embarrassing.
And then we get nervous. A little tentative. Freeze up a bit. Screw up a play that would have gotten a first down and go three and out.
They get the ball back, hit a 22-yard pass and all of a sudden we're in full freeze mode. Scared to make a mistake and be the goat.
And it unravels.
Outplayed? Yeah. Outcoached? No. Just a young team growing up.
We'll learn from it and not get sloppy. First game all year that Gurley played four quarters and Georgia lost. That's a big deal.