War Eagle! Auburn beats Georgia

The Auburn Tigers were dominant on Saturday.  The game was well in hand and everyone started salivating on the Iron Bowl in two weeks with national title hopes hanging in the balance.  Someone forgot to tell the Georgia Bulldogs that it was over and someone forgot to tell Auburn that there was a 4th quarter to play.  A 32 yard FG at the beginning of the 4th quarter put Auburn up by 20 points.  Aaron Murray then went on a rampage and threw 2 TD passes and ran for another TD to put the Bulldogs in the lead 38-37 with under 2 minutes left.  It was his second rushing TD of the day.  Murray’s stat line was 415 yards passing with 2 TDs and 37 yards rushing with 2 TDs.  Quite a day and a heroic comeback for the senior.  The kind of play that gives some draft buzz.  Instead, it set the stage for a miracle comeback for Auburn and a gut wrenching loss for the Bulldogs.

Auburn was going nowhere on their final drive.  Time was running out and they had 73 yards to go.  It was under 30 seconds on the clock when Auburn’s QB, Nick Marshall threw the ball.  It wasn’t a Hail Mary but just an effort to get into range of trying a Hail Mary.  Marshall had a bad day throwing until that point.  He only had slightly more than 150 yards passing at that point and no TDs.  He was much better with his feet having rushed for 90 yards and 2 TDs.  It has been that story for the entire season for Marshall.  All that changed in a blink of an eye.  Georgia tipped the pass up into the air and right into the hands of Ricardo Louis.  Louis was behind everybody and took it 73 yards for the GW TD:

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The reaction of the Georgia coaching staff was the same reaction I would have had if I were a Bulldogs fan:

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WAR EAGLE!

 

As a Kentucky Wildcats alum, the best part about the finish of this game is that the SEC on CBS can stop using footage of the Bluegrass Miracle where LSU beat UK in the same exact way for 75 yard TD on last play of the game:

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