[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

An absolutely outstanding game with two excellent teams and an incredible finish....Watch for the video''''s

A WALKOFF TOUGHDOWN

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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Byrd's TD catch with 1 second left lifts LSU past Auburn

And this is the FINALE:

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Les Miles had converted five fourth downs in a dramatic 28-24 victory over Florida the last time LSU was at home. This time, he let Flynn take one last shot at the end zone with the clock winding down when the safer play would have been to set up for a potential game-winning field goal.

LSU had a timeout left, but the Tigers cut it awfully close on their final play.

Miles said those calls come from being confident in his players, who had come back from a 17-7 halftime deficit.

"They showed great character and great resolve and want - the way they played in the second half," Miles said.

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The Broadcasters thought that Miles had lost track of the clock and he really did not have time left to call a timeout and kick a field goal if the pass were to fail.

[dr_lew]

There was one second left so they had to kick off. Auburn tried the rugby play, but teams have gotten better at defending it.

Why did the announcer keep insisting that if the pass had been incomplete, time would have run out? The ball was caught with about 4 seconds left, and the clock stopped at 1. If it had gone over his head, presumably it would have stopped with 1 or 2 seconds, and they could have attempted a field goal. Of course, it COULD have run out! Cf. The “subjunc-TV” in Douglas Hofstadter’s GEB - “Let’s see how that play would have looked if space were 8-dimensional.”

[Sir Gawain]

Good game refs.

[GOP_Raider]

For the Tigers on the College Football thread

[JennysCool]

This finish, and that idiot Blanco soundly thrashed by Jindal in the Governor’s race. GREAT day for Louisiana!

[Sir Gawain]

Auburn beat LSU. Too bad they couldn’t beat the refs. Two blown calls that led directly to two LSU scores.

[eyedigress]

Coach thought he had 16 seconds when he did that. He had 7.
That was a hell of a game, and I can’t explain the confusion. WOW

[baclava]

Tuberville is an idiot. Auburn had the momentun, had just scored a TD, taken the lead 24-23 - and they hand them field position with a little dinky squib kick-off. Kick the ball deep! Don’t hand it over to them needing only a FG close to midfield! Worst..... kick..... ever. I couldn’t believe it.

It was a ballsy call by LSU to throw that ball into the EZ - they only needed a FG. But the college kicking game can be a crapshoot.....oh well, they got lucky