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re: I still don't know how Demetrius Byrd caught that TD...
Posted on 10/30/23 at 11:33 am to BayouTigers4Life
Posted on 10/30/23 at 11:33 am to BayouTigers4Life
I was at a housewarming for a friend of mine who went to LSU, in Atlanta. The WHOLE HOUSE was watching that game. When he caught that ball I could've sworn we blew the top off that house! 
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Posted on 10/30/23 at 11:36 am to 777Tiger
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another classic example of boneheaded clock management by Miles if he hadn't caught it, I think there was one second left on the clock
Then you send out the field goal unit for the win. I seriously don’t get why everyone thinks it was such a bad call.
Go back and look at the film. It would have been three seconds on the clock if the ball hadn’t been caught.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 11:41 am to Double Down
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It would have been three seconds on the clock if the ball hadn’t been caught.
Plus we had the clock operator. Who knew to stop the clock with one second, so we either have time to kick a FG or Auburn has to run back the kickoff.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 11:41 am to thunderbird1100
quote:This cannot be defended. All factual info is here.
Oh it was completely a dumb move by Miles
Posted on 10/30/23 at 11:50 am to gsvar2004
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Back when not a soul left early.
Good god, of course no one left early that night. It was a top 25 conference night game in DV that was a one possession game throughout. I promise you people left early back then, but your boomer brain is probably too addled to remember those days accurately. As someone who had season tickets from 2001-2016, I remember many a night where the stadium was just as empty as it is now by the time the third quarter ended.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 12:02 pm to Big Scrub TX
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I'm always up for some Miles bashing, but I think they put 2 seconds back on - he caught it at :03.
It wasn't as close as some people think it was.
I was at the game. Didn't get a good look at the catch. I couldn't tell until the officials signalled whether he caught it or not.
I went back to the hotel and still couldn't tell how he caught it. The ball seems to go through the defender. I think there was some luck involved. Byrd had his hands in the right spot, because I don't think Byrd could have seen the ball as he was catching it.
That year, I had a choice of coming to see the Auburn game or the Florida game, and I chose Auburn. I don't see how you top the Auburn game, but the Florida game was even better, tbh.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 12:07 pm to BayouTigers4Life
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Nice breakdown of the play. I didn't mind the call either but as much as I blame Les for a LOT of bone headed moves, it just seemed that Flynn was playing with zero urgency and taking his own sweet time to snap the ball. Granted someone from the sideline should have been telling him how quick to snap the ball, to leave enough time for a FG etc. Lucky that it worked out or else it would have been another one of those trademark Les Miles WTF clock management losses
This situation was probably the best clock management we ever saw from a Miles team. Flynn knew exactly when the ball needed to be snapped for there to be time left after the play. If that ball is incomplete we are kicking a 40 yard field goal to win as time expires. Not sure how you could possibly say that was botched
Posted on 10/30/23 at 12:07 pm to JohnnyBgood
The announcers and pundits after the game really drove this narrative home, when you can clearly see that if the ball was dropped there would’ve been 4 or 3 seconds left on the clock, not the 1 second which they didn’t bother to go back and change bc of the score.
Could we have missed the field goal or something gone wrong on the snap? Absolutely, but the narrative that followed that game always puzzled me.
Could we have missed the field goal or something gone wrong on the snap? Absolutely, but the narrative that followed that game always puzzled me.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 12:12 pm to BlueWaffleHouse
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announcers and pundits after the game really drove this narrative home, when you can clearly see that if the ball was dropped there would’ve been 4 or 3 seconds left on the clock, not the 1 second which they didn’t bother to go back and change bc of the score.
The clock was managed perfectly. That really isn’t arguable. Byrd caught the ball, spun and fell down with :03 left. If it’s incomplete you kick the field goal.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 12:15 pm to JohnnyBgood
Game of inches. If that ball was an inch or two underthrown, it hits the defender. Perfect throw, and the concentration by Byrd to haul it in with the defender in such good position was great too.
I know there's a lot of debate about how much time would've been left if that didn't work, but besides that, I remember sweating bullets the defender would turn his head and pick it off when all we needed was a FG.
I was in the student section for that one. Hell of a memory. That one and the Florida game the same year.
I know there's a lot of debate about how much time would've been left if that didn't work, but besides that, I remember sweating bullets the defender would turn his head and pick it off when all we needed was a FG.
I was in the student section for that one. Hell of a memory. That one and the Florida game the same year.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 12:18 pm to JohnnyBgood
quote:I actually got to ask him the question when I ran into him in a bar one time. Asked him outright how did you make that catch, he said "I have no idea. I just stuck my hands out where I thought the ball might be but I lost the ball behind the defender and just got lucky."
I still don't know how Demetrius Byrd caught that TD...
Posted on 10/30/23 at 12:21 pm to BayouTigers4Life
If it was incomplete they would have had like 3 or 4 seconds left. The clock operator was LATE stopping it
Not nearly as crazy or dumb decision as they tried to put on Les
Not nearly as crazy or dumb decision as they tried to put on Les
Posted on 10/30/23 at 12:27 pm to JohnnyBgood
It was a perfectly thrown ball, right inti the bread basket.Possibly the best throw of Flynns career. Absolutely amazing play by both players.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 12:29 pm to gsvar2004
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I was In the south endzone.
As was I. I remember screaming "He's holding!" as the Auburn DB was grabbing Bowe before the ball got there. It didn't matter.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 12:51 pm to JohnnyBgood
I was in the student section and I t happened right in front of me. I’ll never forget when Flynn dropped back and screamed, “WTF are you doing!”. The ball left his hand and everything went to slow motion until the catch, and then everyone went nuts. The emotional rollercoaster, that Miles put us through, cost each of us 10 years of our life.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 12:59 pm to JohnnyBgood
It was not an insane call, nor was it gutsy. It was a common sense call. The odds of an interception - the only negative thing that could have happened, since the release was too quick for a sack - was about 1 in 100.
The call gave you a solid chance to win the game on a TD instead of having to rely only on a FG. And if you miss you still get to try the FG. It was an obvious call.
The call gave you a solid chance to win the game on a TD instead of having to rely only on a FG. And if you miss you still get to try the FG. It was an obvious call.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 1:03 pm to JohnnyBgood
A great moment in Tiger Stadium history. DB had his arm inside Byrd's arms which were clutching the ball. Astounding catch! 
Posted on 10/30/23 at 3:00 pm to JohnnyBgood
That actually should have been an INT bc the DB had the inside. If he would have looked up the ball was right there for him to catch or knock down.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 3:07 pm to JohnnyBgood
To be a good receiver you have to have concentration. Doesn't matter what happens around you, if it doesn't affect the balls flight, then it doesn't affect you catching it.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 3:11 pm to Loup
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I was 3 or 4 rows up in the student section for that game. My all time favorite moment in Death Valley.
Maybe I'm biased because it was my 2nd ever game in Tiger Stadium but '03 Georgia when Skyler Green caught that Touchdown was something else and nothing can really top that moment.
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