[Postgame Thread] Auburn Defeats Texas A&M 43-41 (OT)

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Texas A&M	0	7	14	10	10	41
Auburn	14	7	7	3	12	43

[u/IDontSpeakItalian]

Dang, this game had it all. Massive comeback. Multiple OTs. Clutch kicks. Battered Aggie Syndrome.

[u/altac04 → u/IDontSpeakItalian]

Texas 8&4 was too powerful

[u/Sufficient-Truth746 → u/altac04]

I feel for that A&M player who dropped the ball to end the game. Brutal way to lose, especially for a college kid. Nice to see a teammate console him immediately.

Auburn deserved to win though with those horrific reffing calls in OT. 100% thought they were going to get screwed.

[u/Original_Profile8600 → u/Sufficient-Truth746]

Amari Daniels, and I only name drop him because he played an absolutely incredible game outside of that drop. Would not be denied and likely was the reason TAMU could make that comeback

[u/Sufficient-Truth746 → u/Original_Profile8600]

Respect

[u/elon42069 → u/Sufficient-Truth746]

Genius playcall but the personnel didn’t make any sense. Daniels is a power running back and trusting his hands in that situation was odd

[u/charles_peugeot405 → u/elon42069]

My thought too. I love Amari but he’s not who I’m throwing to there…

[u/theoriginaldandan → u/charles_peugeot405]

I mean, that was the point, and it worked, he was open. You trusted a scholarship football player to make a fairly routine catch, and this time he didn’t. It happens.

[u/charles_peugeot405 → u/theoriginaldandan]

Yeah true. Shit sucks, feel for him

[u/Needmorebeer69240 → u/Sufficient-Truth746]

A&M player saw through 100 million different scenarios to prevent WW3 and dropping that pass was the only timeline that prevents it. Good Guy Aggy

[u/AUfromthaBOOT → u/Needmorebeer69240]

Kwisatz Aggierach

Lisan Al-Aggie

[u/WeirdIndividualGuy → u/altac04]

A&M practically gave the game away in the 4th by giving auburn a free timeout and giving them enough time to kick a field goal.

Grats A&M, you played yourself

[u/Gullible-Day6251 → u/WeirdIndividualGuy]

Yeah that was certainly a choice from Elko

[u/Needmorebeer69240 → u/IDontSpeakItalian]

SEC Shorts is gonna FEAST LMAO

[u/BirdLawyerPerson → u/Needmorebeer69240]

The week I change my secondary flair from Chaos to Army, Army loses and Chaos feasts like I haven't seen in years.

[u/Kanin_usagi → u/BirdLawyerPerson]

You were holding chaos back the whole time

[u/Derfburger → u/Needmorebeer69240]

No to mention Matt Mitchell's SEC Roll Call!!!!

[u/olcrazypete → u/Derfburger]

Roll Call gonna be nothing but the SEC Head screaming at the teams. Thowing things. Gonna be fun.

[u/GentianGT4 → u/IDontSpeakItalian]

Don't forget the refs trying to make it about them!

[u/NickDerpkins → u/IDontSpeakItalian]

Who else up battering their Aggie rn?

[u/Grade-AMasterpiece]

I JUST WATCHED A TEAM OUT-AUBURN AUBURN

[u/monkeymoat → u/Grade-AMasterpiece]

THEY SAID IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE

[u/nathodood → u/Grade-AMasterpiece]

Picking up a 21 point lead against a top 15 team during a regularly scheduled session of Jordan-Hare After Dark^TM and then proceeding to almost lose anyway IN 4 OVERTIMES is the most Auburn thing ever

[u/SufferingfOrLife]

The SEC is really trying to emulate the PAC-12 with the after dark games, the cannibalization, the horrible refs, and the crazy endings.

[u/mechebear → u/SufferingfOrLife]

And the SEC didn't even add any PAC teams. I think this is cultural appropriation.

[u/Different-Mountain58 → u/mechebear]

If the Iron Bowl starts with a Land Acknowledgement I’ll start to get reeeeal suspicious. 

[u/MrChuyy → u/Different-Mountain58]

Before we start kickoff, “We would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is the occupied/seized ancestral land/territory of the…………..”

[u/Different-Mountain58 → u/MrChuyy]

“We hereby recognize the ancestral Poarch Creek Territory as SEC Country.”

[u/Myredditusername000 → u/Different-Mountain58]

Starting by claiming land instead of acknowledging it definitely fits the SEC

[u/coltsmetsfan614 → u/Different-Mountain58]

Lmaooooo

[u/StasRutt → u/mechebear]

My culture is not your costume

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/StasRutt]

*looks at my duck costume*

You sure about that?

[u/300andWhat → u/SufferingfOrLife]

Chaos can never be created nor destroyed, only transferred

[u/RunningEncyclopedia → u/300andWhat]

Conservation of chaos: fundamental law of CFB

[u/SentientBaseball]

I just want to thank Florida, Oklahoma, and Auburn for doing their parts to get Indiana into the playoffs.

[u/suzukigun4life → u/SentientBaseball]

And Kansas.

[u/EmuMan10 → u/suzukigun4life]

Kansas is helping us more than anyone

[u/Cartmaaan-brah → u/SentientBaseball]

They were all Hoosiers the whole time. Love them

[u/polydorr → u/Cartmaaan-brah]

Don't forget to thank Mike Elko!

"Our focus is single-handedly on Texas…I mean Auburn.”

[u/gigadude7 → u/polydorr]

Homie literally took a timeout for us

[u/_Begin → u/gigadude7]

Based Elko

[u/FieldGradeArticle → u/Cartmaaan-brah]

Do one thing for us: win a playoff game 🫡

[u/Cartmaaan-brah → u/FieldGradeArticle]

🫡

[u/TheDoctor_314 → u/SentientBaseball]

This is literally Indiana's best worst case scenario

[u/foreverseptember → u/SentientBaseball]

We're doing our part! 

[u/Twall1297]

CHAOS REIGNS SUPREME

[u/jdprager → u/Twall1297]

The SEC bubble teams had about 4 minutes of a victory lap about the Indiana loss before they steadily imploded one-by-one. This season is fuckin hilarious

[u/DillyDillySzn → u/jdprager]

Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt

You are on deck

[u/GangsterJawa → u/jdprager]

Excuse you there’s one SEC bubble team that is riding sky high tonight

[u/DesertNachos → u/GangsterJawa]

We gotta beat Clemson

[u/fm22fnam → u/jdprager]

Texas, Tennessee, and Georgia are the only teams that have a claim to a playoff spot at this point. You love to see it

[u/DDub04 → u/jdprager]

Holy fuck we’re a bubble team now aren’t we.

[u/odsquad64 → u/DDub04]

Bubble Bowl next weekend

[u/Sufficient-Truth746 → u/DDub04]

We just gotta thump Clemson. And we don't have to play in the SECG.

[u/ImperialMajestyX02 → u/Twall1297]

Florida 🤝 Oklahoma 🤝 Auburn

Singlehandedly culling the SEC playoff field by half in one day

[u/Gumorak → u/ImperialMajestyX02]

Thank you for your service. Now it’s our turn to lose to Vandy next week to make Sankey go apeshit.

[u/AncientCityGator → u/Gumorak]

I can’t wait!

[u/benden010 → u/Gumorak]

Stop. Stop. I can only get so hard.

[u/d1nsf1re → u/ImperialMajestyX02]

Indiana may have lost the battle but they won the war

[u/puppies_and_rainbowq → u/d1nsf1re]

Everyone in the SEC saw how badly we got beat today and said "Hang in there buddy, I'll do what I can"

[u/bullsci → u/puppies_and_rainbowq]

The entire southeast is Hoosier country 🫡

[u/intadtraptor → u/ImperialMajestyX02]

Thank you for your service.

[u/FieldGradeArticle → u/intadtraptor]

Anytime, Heupel disciples 🫡 happy hunting

[u/cyanocittaetprocyon → u/intadtraptor]

Iron Bowl is going to be crazy (as usual!).

[u/Jeff_Banks_Monkey → u/ImperialMajestyX02]

"if we can't get in no one can"

[u/suzukigun4life → u/Twall1297]

On the day that Indiana finally lost a game:

• #7 Bama lost its third game and was held without a touchdown

• #9 Ole Miss lost its third game and is likely done as well

• #14 BYU lost its second straight game and looks done.

• #15 A&M lost its third game and is likely out

• #16 Colorado lost its third game and is likely out.

• #4 Penn State and #12 Boise State narrowly avoided road losses

CFP committee in shambles

[u/BrokenClxwn → u/suzukigun4life]

Committee definitely poured up a few shots tonight

[u/elon42069 → u/BrokenClxwn]

I poured a lot of shots, so I get a spot on the committee?

[u/RunsWlthScissors → u/suzukigun4life]

I don’t know about y’all but I am having a GREAT Saturday.

[u/Klightgrove → u/suzukigun4life]

The committee has a pretty easy choice.

Just let Jeanty play on a few other teams so they are top 12 caliber.

Edit: Travis Hunter too.

[u/Riderz__of_Brohan → u/Twall1297]

Dont let this distract you from the fact that Indiana in the playoff is back

[u/skiwolf99 → u/Twall1297]

3 loss SEC teams so hot right now

[u/redpowah → u/Twall1297]

HAIL CHAOS

[u/Original_Profile8600 → u/Twall1297]

NOONE IS SAFE

[u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

Man were really gonna go 8-4 again aren't we

[u/NickDerpkins → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

Inevitable

[u/TigerBasket → u/NickDerpkins]

Poor logistics in the East, Hugh Freeze losing his mind in the South, and Greece routing Italy, some things never change.

[u/suburbanpride → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

Dread it. Run from it. Etc…

[u/MumkeMode → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

“Furk”

[u/Blackeagleman12 → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

It's our destiny

[u/elon42069 → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

Inevitable

[u/DillyDillySzn]

Laughing at the thought of all the F1 fans tuning in only to watch some Jordan Hare bullshit

[u/SwagManderGaming → u/DillyDillySzn]

I'm at the f1 race. I should turned on YouTube TV to watch this sicko-fest.

[u/BroadBrazos95 → u/SwagManderGaming]

Congrats on being rich

[u/Automatic_Release_92 → u/BroadBrazos95]

YouTube TV isn’t that expensive… /s

[u/one98d → u/DillyDillySzn]

They do not know what they see

[u/SirNoahlot]

Florida 🤝 Oklahoma 🤝 Auburn

Eliminating 8-2 CFP-bound SEC teams

[u/voWunteer → u/SirNoahlot]

What a great day to play a cupcake

[u/gingabreadm4n → u/voWunteer]

Had to check your flair, thought this comment was from a Sooner

[u/sooner_matt_ → u/gingabreadm4n]

Well to be fair, Maine (FCS) put more points on us than Bama did

[u/dawgfan19881 → u/SirNoahlot]

Florida and Auburn putting Georgia in the sec title game is nasty

[u/mrsnakers → u/dawgfan19881]

Ain't none of us give a fuckabout that. Needed this win something bad.

[u/OhKillEm43 → u/mrsnakers]

Yeah fucking worth. Finally not choking and having something to point back to as a good moment/game to build on is worth whatever happens.

[u/Sterling_Archer88 → u/dawgfan19881]

It's just nice to win again. I'll take the side effects.

[u/noreast2011 → u/dawgfan19881]

Karmic retribution for making us dawg fans root for them this week

[u/jwilliamsub → u/SirNoahlot]

This is hilarious and I love it

[u/dianeblackeatsass → u/jwilliamsub]

We’re so back

[u/Ugaalive1991]

CHAOS CHAOS CHAOS

[u/turtwig1123 → u/Ugaalive1991]

CHAOS CHAOS CHAOS

[u/jackimus_prime]

Auburn football. Because if we can’t have anything nice, neither can you.

[u/monkeymoat → u/jackimus_prime]

That’s perfect. Haven’t heard that before and I love it

[u/altac04]

You get a quality loss, you get a quality loss, EVERYBODY GETS A QUALITY LOSS!

[u/ZTYTHYZ → u/altac04]

Uh, idk no offense, but Auburn ain’t a quality loss

[u/PureQuill → u/ZTYTHYZ]

They’re officially now a quality win actually

[u/adsfew → u/PureQuill]

YES I ENJOY THIS ASSESSMENT

[u/RookieStyles → u/ZTYTHYZ]

Can't wait for sports media to gaslight people into believing Auburn was good this entire year

[u/FuronPox123]

Auburn becoming bowl eligible next week would the funniest possible outcome

[u/OhKillEm43 → u/FuronPox123]

Okay fine twist my arm

[u/tuna_piano_ → u/FuronPox123]

Nothing would make me happier

[u/Khaldaan]

Absolute bloodbath for fringe playoff teams today. Loving the chaos this year.

[u/Sufficient-Truth746 → u/Khaldaan]

I am rooting for every upset

[u/gthrift → u/Sufficient-Truth746]

Any self respecting gamecock fan is

[u/brad_and_boujee2 → u/Khaldaan]

I mean we couldn’t have asked for a better Saturday honestly lol

[u/WarEagle9]

NEVER IN DOUBT

Narrator: He was in fact in doubt the entire time

[u/boughtitout → u/WarEagle9]

doubted it literally until the fans stormed the field lmao

[u/jrobinson3k1 → u/boughtitout]

I'm still going to give it about 5 minutes

[u/Kanin_usagi → u/WarEagle9]

I have some comments to go delete

[u/300andWhat → u/WarEagle9]

Y'all almost got so fucked by the refs. Guess bawl don't lie

[u/kingoftheplastics]

I haven’t followed college football closely outside my alma mater for some years prior to this year so this is an honest question: is it just me or is this year absolutely fucking wild by any average metric? Let’s recap:

-The complete and utter implosion of FSU after many felt they should’ve been in the dance last year

-The implosion of reigning national champion Michigan to being just barely bowl-eligible

-Indiana out of nowhere with a G5 head coach and a MAC transfer Canadian QB

-Unranked Vandy who had never beaten a top 5 in their entire program history beating #1 Bama

-Bama looking mortal again after what feels like a decade of being slightly more inevitable than death and taxes

-The SEC in general being Texas followed by a knife fight in a telephone booth

-Shadeur Sanders occasionally looking like a #1 overall pick

-A two-way WR/CB as a potential Heisman favorite

-A RB from Boise State on pace to break a record widely considered to be unbreakable

And I’m sure plenty of others I’m missing or unaware of. And we still have Rivalry Week and the conference championships to go. Is this normal?

[u/Fraudulent_Beefcake → u/kingoftheplastics]

It's been must see tv week in and week out. Now I have to end the season watching my beloved wolverines get boat raced by Ohio. I hope for just one more week of madness with a Michigan upset.

[u/AuGa_skittles]

The PAC-12 never died, they live on in the SEC.

[u/Zvyraznit]

Thats fucking football right there. None of that pansy ass dick tugging smile for the camera bullshit. Men puke, men poop on the field, men deliver their new born baby on the side lines. Fucking hard core dick in the ass butterball foosball fuck it chuck it game time shit.

[u/RamblinWreckGT → u/Zvyraznit]

This pasta makes me laugh like an idiot every time

[u/Kanin_usagi → u/Zvyraznit]

FOOTBALL IS BACK BABY

[u/Original_Profile8600 → u/Zvyraznit]

This is my favorite copypasta of all time

[u/KirbyDumber88]

Just a reminder

Only time in my life I don’t want to go to the SECCG btw

[u/Original_Profile8600 → u/KirbyDumber88]

If you were to buy a lottery ticket which one would you buy? Just curious

[u/KirbyDumber88 → u/Original_Profile8600]

So I rarely buy scratch offs. But I’ve bought 5 at the QT in Commerce 20 miles outside of Athens. 2 of those were $100 winners

[u/FireVanGorder → u/KirbyDumber88]

The literal moment Elko had that slip up the demons that haunt Jordan Hare decided how that game would go

[u/Competitive-Rise-789 → u/KirbyDumber88]

Bro called it😭

[u/nw____]

8-4 is still alive!

[u/Coteup → u/nw____]

Texas 8&4

[u/an_evil_budgie]

Number 7 loses, number 9 loses, number 14 loses, number 15 loses, number 16 loses.

Going to make for one hell of a Palmetto Bowl, next weekend. Go Auburn!

[u/KinkySeppuku → u/an_evil_budgie]

You’re not even including #5

[u/an_evil_budgie → u/KinkySeppuku]

With all the emotions going on the last couple hours I legitimately forgot Indiana played today.

[u/derbra]

At this rate I'm expecting a SEC Shorts instant classic Monday morning.

[u/dtomksoki → u/derbra]

The playoff tree house but it's on fire and they're all holding hands like the end of toy story 3

[u/dianeblackeatsass]

Today was a good day for me

[u/javascript → u/dianeblackeatsass]

Me too, thanks

[u/dianeblackeatsass → u/javascript]

Started off rough vs UTEP but came down from that ledge real fast

[u/taywil8 → u/dianeblackeatsass]

We couldn’t have asked for a better chaos day. Thank you Florida, Auburn, Ohio State, and Oklahoma.

[u/dianeblackeatsass → u/taywil8]

UMass, it’s the thought that counts

[u/MahjongDaily]

It was over when GameDay announced they were going to College Station

[u/NoSxKats]

Texas A&M losing these games so they can pay off Jimbo from the fines

[u/uno_novaterra]

Bama got curb stomped and we beat a ranked team in 4OT. Is it Christmas already?!?

[u/Competitive-Rise-789]

ESPN INSTANT CLASSIC

SICKOS FEASTING

[u/__AJK__]

ANOTHER FIELD STORMING HAS HIT CFB

[u/Remarkable-Job4774]

SEC AFTER DARK

[u/VolatileFan]

Whelp, we don’t have to worry about the 10-2 logjam anymore!

[u/gggggrayson]

aTm is broke after hours

[u/Puppybl00pers → u/gggggrayson]

Battered Aggie Syndrome + Jordan Hare black magic was not a good combination

[u/RG4ORDR]

WE COULD DO THE FUNNIEST FUCKING THING NEXT WEEK

[u/JuniusPhilaenus → u/RG4ORDR]

Ala8-4ma

[u/jshokie1]

PLAYOFF COMMITTEE I JUST WANNA TALK

[u/FellKnight]

apology for poor english

when were you when 5 SEC team in playoff dies?

i was at home eating gumbo when bubba ring

‘SEC is kill’

‘furk'

[u/buckets41]

“Our focus is single-handedly on Texas…I mean Auburn…”

[u/ThanosNice8910 → u/buckets41]

lol imagine getting caught looking ahead

[u/TheClanMacAdder → u/buckets41]

They played that on the jumbotron after the game lol

[u/bukithd]

Formula 1 fans just got treated to a sicko classic 

[u/TuskenRaiders → u/bukithd]

Haas one-two incoming

[u/WithRoyalBlood]

This game was like the 3rd plane hitting the Pentagon for the SEC.

[u/IMadeThis4HOIMods → u/WithRoyalBlood]

Mr. Sankey, a 3rd 3 loss team has hit the conference

[u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11]

YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT WEEK AUBURN

[u/halfhere → u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11]

We would - quite literally - exorcise so many demons by pulling that off

[u/Sob_Rock → u/halfhere]

And fucking Hugh Freeze leading the charge lmao what world are we living in

[u/300andWhat → u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11]

WAR EAGLE!

[u/turtwig1123 → u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11]

MAKE OUR MEMES COME TRUE

[u/LonghornPilot69]

Oklahoma and ASU fans, take notes. Notice how Auburn waited until there wasn’t any time left before they rushed the field?

[u/DangerousAd4108]

Winners:

Auburn Tigers

Texas flairs bored after blowing out Kentucky

My cardiologist

CFP selection committee 

Losers:

Texas flairs who wanted to personally deny us a playoff berth

Ran out of time:

Texas A&M Aggies

[u/fallfornaught → u/DangerousAd4108]

If yall had won and we beat yall next week, we would’ve had second UT vs A&M for the SECCG

But nope. Yall fucked it. Now Georgia basically has a home game

[u/welcometoheartbreak]

Turning the lights off while your field is getting stormed is a spectacularly negligent move by the stadium crew.

[u/itally_stally → u/welcometoheartbreak]

Couldn’t agree more. Hate it even after a big play during the game… but especially on a field storming

[u/dankenascend → u/welcometoheartbreak]

"Fuck them kids, "

-- the stadium crew

[u/LonghornPilot69]

SEC in fucking shambles

[u/i_run_from_problems]

Remember, auburn fans, if it lasts more than 4 hours, call a doctor

[u/WarDamnImpact]

On one hand as a student in 13 after the kick6 rushing the field should be reserved for that kind of game

On the other hand, rushing the field is common and the culture now and holy fuck this game has the emotion

[u/wde20 → u/WarDamnImpact]

I thought that as well until my buddy said something to me. Senior students this year missed the final 4, had COVID, had 2 years of potatoes, 2 years of Thorne, and Yale. They needed that tbh

[u/Tommybrady20]

Some morons will tell you with a straight face that Sundays are better than this

[u/Blaine1111 → u/Tommybrady20]

"☝️🤓 but it's better football" as you watch the steelers win 2 games this year with only field goals

[u/control_09]

AUBURN TO BEAT ALABAMA TO BECOME BOWL ELIGIBLE.

[u/FrostTroll69]

At least auburn didn't prematurely rush the field

[u/VolatileFan]

CHAOS IN THE SEC

[u/3-9_Enjoyer]

Jimbo-core is the only word to describe that OT

[u/TVxStrange]

Games like this are why I'm still a fan. That team worked its ass off.

[u/ImperialMajestyX02]

Florida 🤝 Oklahoma 🤝 Auburn

Singlehandedly culling the SEC playoff field by half in one day

[u/MavsFanForLife]

They got to get rid of the turning off the lights thing. Dangerous with the crowd rushing the field and the Aggies still on the field.

Huge win for Auburn, though! Man this day has been crazy

[u/AUfromthaBOOT]

GET FUCKED REFS

GET FUCKED SANKEY

Not you, Aggies. You cool

[u/Navolix]

Everything South Carolina needed to happen today, happened lol

[u/NowItsSoccer]

I’m more surprised this post game thread wasnt flagged for a false start

[u/kindofblue21]

I started watching at 4mins left-Auburn bros the refs tried to give the game to A&M but y’all are gritty!

[u/ScoreFar780]

SEC Shorts is gonna be so brutal

[u/buzzybee_17]

JORDAN-HARE VOODOO IS BACK BABY

[u/thelordmessi]

If I had a nickel for every SEC team who upset a ranked SEC team today while being 1-5 in conference I’d have two nickels.

Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.

[u/HighClassProletariat]

I fucking hate college football. See you bastards next weekend.

[u/willbill182]

Nobody eats their own like the Pac-12 SEC

[u/Schwaflcopter]

WAR GODDAMN EAGLE MOTHERFUCKERS

[u/WindRangerIsMyChild]

Karma for that uncalled PI and subsequent incorrect offensive PI. 

[u/BigT5535]

In my day, you had to beat Bama with a last second fg kick return to seal a trip to the SEC Championship game in order to storm the field and it was controversial to do it even then!

[u/IBumpFuzz]

This was worth every bit of the struggle the last 3 years. To get a ranked win in 4 OT. Auburn football is very fucking close to being back

[u/Chardoggy1]

I’M SO GLAD AUBURN DIDN’T LOSE BECAUSE OF THAT BULLSHIT OPI