Alabama and Georgia usually play in December or January, not September. To get this matchup in the regular season is something special for SEC and college football fans. Regardless of when these two programs play on the calendar it is almost always a classic. Saturday was no different.
Alabama took a 30-7 lead at the half only to squander it away, and then find themselves trailing their biggest nemesis, 34-33, with a little over two minutes to go. That’s when 17-year-old freshman wide receiver Ryan Williams made one of the greatest plays of the season, and maybe in Alabama football history.
Alabama won the game 41-34, and social media went crazy. Here are some of our favorite tweets and posts from the game.
ABSOLUTE SCENES IN TUSCALOOSA!!!
RYAN WILLIAMS WITH A 75-YARD TD TO RETAKE THE LEAD! pic.twitter.com/pvc9ML7E7G
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 29, 2024
Things Ryan Williams can’t do because he’s 17:
-drink
-vote
-buy cigarettes
-gamble
– rent a car.Things Ryan Williams can do at 17:
-this#BuiltDifferent #Bama pic.twitter.com/UqfmW4N4xg— Don (@DTOWN_1590) September 29, 2024
Alabama after losing Nick Saban
— Transfer Portal (@NCAAPortal) September 29, 2024
Coach Saban texting LMFAO to Kirby pic.twitter.com/HUpEjVeqzK
— Ryan Phillips (@JournoRyan) September 29, 2024
He had those boys hugging like Shaggy and Scooby bro 😭😭😭 https://t.co/irBdQjBwO2
— Sidelines – Bama (@SSN_Alabama) September 29, 2024
This was Kalen Deboer’s “I’m the captain now” game. Alabama is still Alabama without Nick Saban.
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) September 29, 2024
How Carson Beck’s feeling every snap at Alabama
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) September 29, 2024
Fine….I’ll ask it.
Was Saban holding back Bama?
— Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsESPN) September 29, 2024
Kirby Smart looks like he doesn’t even care anymore. He will likely retire at the end of the year. #GoDawgs pic.twitter.com/qZNZosLzZF
— Message Board Geniuses (@BoardGeniuses) September 29, 2024
