Tie game. Billboard's Top 20 the last time the Gators won at Starkville... 01. Careless Whisper » Wham! 02. Like A Virgin » Madonna 03. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go » Wham! 04. I Want To Know What Love Is » Foreigner 05. I Feel For You » Chaka Khan 06. Out Of Touch » Daryl Hall & John Oates 07. Everybody Wants To Rule The World » Tears For Fears 08. Money For Nothing » Dire Straits 09. Crazy For You » Madonna 10. Take On Me » A-Ha 11. Everytime You Go Away » Paul Young 12. Easy Lover » Phil Collins & Philip Bailey 13. Can't Fight This Feeling » REO Speedwagon 14. We Built This City » Starship 15. The Power Of Love » Huey Lewis & The News 16. Don't You (Forget About Me) » Simple Minds 17. Cherish » Kool & The Gang 18. St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) » John Parr 19. The Heat Is On » Glenn Frey 20. We Are The World » U.S.A. For Africa
This is roughly on the same level of Steve Lyons' comments about Lou Piniella stealing his wallet. I think that resulted in Lyons being exiled from broadcast television.
Basically, they were talking about NASCAR when the question of where Juan Pablo Montoya has been since he's out of the Top 5. Griese said something like, "He must be out getting a taco."
Part of that has to do with distance. Usually, kickers use low line drive kicks from long range in order to get the distance. The closer you get, the higher you can kick it in the air in order to get it out of reach of the defensive line.
They could've clocked it and ran a pass play but there's a good chance they don't gain another yard. Plus they can't afford to take a sack without a timeout. They had enough time for a pass play or two to the sidelines. Even a quick 5-8 yard route followed by a spike would have given them a better chance.
Considering Tennessee had about 40 seconds to move the ball further down field, but instead opted to be complacent with a 44 yard kick, that's on Kiffin.