ESPN Facing Backlash After Revealing Top SEC Play Of Last Decade

In celebration of the SEC Network's tenth anniversary, ESPN's Dari Nowkhah and Jordan Rodgers unveiled the top 10 SEC plays of the past decade on Tuesday afternoon.

Back in 2014, the network launched under ESPN to provide fans with coverage of live games and analysis for the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

The list, which featured plenty of historic and memorable moments, has sparked intense debate among fans who disagreed with the SEC Network's list - especially as it crept closer to No. 1.

As expected, with so many plays to choose from, some fans are voicing their discontent, particularly those from Georgia.

According to the list, the top play of the decade was Tua Tagovailoa's walk-off 2nd-and-26 touchdown pass to DeVonta Smith to beat Georgia in the 2018 national title game.

This has led to frustration from Bulldog fans who felt Kelee Ringo's game-winning pick-six in Georgia's national championship win over Alabama deserved the top spot. In fact, it didn't even earn a spot on the list:

The full top 10 went as follows:

1. Tua Tagovailoa's 2nd-and-26 game-winning touchdown pass to walk off in the 2018 national title game against Georgia.
2. Josh Dobbs' game-winning Hail Mary to beat Georgia in 2016.
3. Jalen Milroe's game-winning touchdown pass to Isaiah Bond on 4th-and-goal from the 31-yard-line to defeat Auburn in 2023.
4. Feleipe Franks' game-winning Hail Mary to Tyrie Cleveland, lifting Florida over Tennessee in 2017.
5. Arkansas' unbelievable 4th-and-25 conversion to keep their game alive versus Ole Miss in 2015.
6. Kendrick Rogers' one-handed touchdown catch in the infamous "overtime game" versus LSU in 2018.
7. Harrison Mevis' SEC record-breaking 61-yard field goal to beat Kansas State in 2023.
8. Mason Taylor's clutch 2-point conversion to lift LSU over Alabama in 2022.
9. Bo Nix's impressive long scramble and touchdown pass against LSU in 2021.
10. Ricky Pearsall's spectacular one-handed catch while being hit by two Charlotte defenders in 2023.

Here's what Georgia fans had to say:

"Nothing from the B2B champs? Not even the Ringo pick? Joke of a list," one said.

"SEC network rn," another added while attaching a GIF of someone putting a clown mask over their face.

Actually, Georgia did not have any of its own plays featured on the list. Instead, the two-time title winners were on the wrong end of the No. 1 and No. 2 plays of the last 10 years.

With only ten years of plays during the SEC Network era, the next ten years may prove to provide more debates among fans.

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