Overview

• Ty Simpson went 24-of-38 for 276 yards with two touchdown passes and added a 2-yard rushing score that proved decisive in the 24-21 road win.
• Left tackle Kadyn Proctor took a designed lateral screen 11 yards to the Georgia 2-yard line to set up Simpson’s rushing touchdown, with the play officially logged as a rush.
• Kalen DeBoer said the tackle screen was installed in fall camp, briefly shelved after a bad rep, then revived this week after Proctor made a difficult practice catch.
• Kirby Smart defended going for it on fourth-and-1 in the red zone late, saying the staff planned the sequence and he would make the same call every time, though Alabama stuffed the play.
• The unusual Proctor touch ignited viral reaction as Alabama moved to 3-1 (1-0 SEC), with the 6-foot-7, ~360-pound lineman noting he wished he had finished the play with a touchdown.