Gus Malzahn took family advice to ditch the visor for a ball cap. The clock almost ran out once, but LSU was called for an illegal shift penalty that gave them one more chance.
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In the end, it was Auburn who survived in an 18-13 win Saturday night after LSU’s would-be game-winning touchdown pass with no time remaining was nullified.
“I was kind of over the ball when they snapped it; I kind of thought the clock was at zero”, Davis said.
“I was pretty confident time had expired”, Malzahn said.
The instant replay booth confirmed the on field ruling.
Facing fourth down at the Auburn 10-yard line with one second left in the game, LSU quarterback Danny Etling took the snap, rolled out to the right, and fired a pass to Travin Dural.
NO. 4 MI 49, PENN STATE 10: De’Veon Smith led an overwhelming ground game with 107 yards rushing and a touchdown and Karan Higdon ran for two scores for MI in the Big Ten opener for both teams.
“That was unbelievable”, LSU center Ethan Pocic said. Then its off to Starkville the following week for the first road trip of the season at Mississippi State – and you can bet White will have that same penny in his sock. “I thought the game was over”, said quarterback Danny Etling.
Bobby Dyer is a Sports Writer at End Zone Score. A few seconds and 41 yards later, the quarterback had cruised through the middle of the Georgia defense and into the end zone untouched.
Now some that will still defend Miles to the very end, will note that as of right now, a total of seven preseason Top 25 teams already have at least two defeats (LSU, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Ole Miss, Southern California Trojans, Oregon Ducks and UCLA Bruins ). The Rebels (2-2, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) dominated every phase, building a lead of 31-0 by halftime and 45-0 by midway through the third quarter.
For a moment, it appeared that No. 18 LSU had stunned Auburn on a touchdown pass as time expired.
NO. 23 MISSISSIPPI 45, NO. 12 GEORGIA 14: Chad Kelly threw for 282 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score to help MS break a 10-game losing streak in the series dating to 1996. It seemed as if Auburn has essentially won the game, but not so fast. On the ground, Leonard Fournette rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns in 28 carries while Etling had 23 yards in three carries.
This, clearly, could’ve been a lot worse. “They will have to grow up”.
No. 1 Alabama 48, Kent St. 0: Alabama didn’t miss a beat after tailback Damien Harris went down early in the game. Seriously someone needs to make sure she’s ok.
The Tigers threatened to increase its 9-7 lead late in the first half, but Kerryon Johnson’s run on fourth-down at the 1 was stopped short of the goal line.
After a 36-yard Auburn punt was fielded at the LSU 30, LSU was charged with a chop block on first down and couldn’t recover.
“We were going to go out and get a win for Tre, we didn’t think he should have got disqualified”, Auburn defensive lineman Carl Lawson said.
Auburn held off LSU in the final seconds.
He’s paid, and paid well, to know that just a second of hesitation from anyone on the field or on the sidelines wearing purple and gold would spell the difference between finishing first and finishing second.
Played hard, but no win to show for it at Auburn.
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“You know anybody that wants to be down on us after this, then they got other issues”.
