The Georgia Bulldogs currently lead the Baylor Bears in the middle of the fourth quarter in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, but that could quickly change.
Bears quarterback Charlie Brewer scrambled for a first down deep in his own territory just a few moments ago, diving for the orange marker. While Brewer came up a few yards short, the officials called a questionable late-hit penalty on the Bulldogs, which sparked a critical response on Twitter.
Take a look:
Late hit? He was diving for the first
— Jackson Fryburger (@JaxFryburger) January 2, 2020
NOT A FLAG
— blakejmorgan (@bIakejmorgan) January 2, 2020
LMAO DID HE REALLY THROW THAT FLAG? WE SHPPOSED TO JUST LET HIM GO FOR IT?
— Pat (@UGA_PB) January 2, 2020
I retract my decision to call that hit on Brewer "unnecessary," because he was closer to the marker than it looked and hadn't landed OOB yet. My bad. Not sure what the LB should've done differently. But oy, that sucks. The head hitting the turf is awful to see
— Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) January 2, 2020
I thought it was a bad call, he was running and still in play
— Regina G Roberts (@ReginagRoberts2) January 2, 2020
Hope the QB is OK, but that really seemed like a bad call. #SugarBowl
— Hollow Point đ« (@RMDavis7) January 2, 2020
For the record it was a clean hit and he was lunging to stay inbounds. Bad call. Hate Brewer got hurt.
— Five Stripes, One â (@Eason011) January 2, 2020
How? Even UF fans saying it was a bad call lol
— Pat (@UGA_PB) January 2, 2020
Hope Brewer is okay, but that's a bad call.
— Jason Murtagh (@JasonEMurtagh) January 2, 2020
Bad call.
— Shane Cheatham (@ShaneCheatham1) January 2, 2020