I was at the game - here is what happened . . . Auburn's crowd was ridiculous

The first two drives, LSU had Auburn beat. It was the "here we go again" hang dog look. We fumbled at the 2, but then got the safety. Then, we drove the field and they could not stop us. 9-0. The route was on. At the end of the first quarter, we had 120 yards and they had -5. It was complete domination.

Then, Mett fumbles the ball and gives Auburn good field posion. There was hope. Then, Auburn has one big play down inside the 5 and later scores. 9-7. Game on. The crowd exploded. They were loud, hostile, passionate, beating the walls and their seats. I have never seen a crowd like this for a 1-2 team. They believed.

Trooper Taylor is waving his towel, and with every 3 and out by the defense, they got more pumped up. Every time they left the field and came on the field, they were jumping up and down, cheering, and pumping up the crowd. LSU, on the other hand, trotted off the field and showed no emotion.

Auburn always does this, but this time, it was crazy - at the end of the 4th quarter, they whole team ran from the 50 toward the student section in the end zone. The place was going ballistic. LSU as a team came out on the field and started jumping up and down. Bennie Logan got out in front of the team and started pacing back and forth at almost midfield while Auburn was running around. The place was so loud I could hardly hear anything but the roar. Auburn did not yet have 100 total yards of offense at that point, I don't think.

But, that is when I knew we were going to win. Auburn was happy just being in the game. It was one of the biggest emotional barrages I have ever seen. But, they didn't really believe they could win.

After the 33 yard pass to Spencer Ware, Auburn was finished. They were emotionally spent. That was their chance. The next play was the run to Hilliard up the middle for a first down. Auburn was hanging their head on defense - for the first time since the first quarter. But, then we have the holding penalty and mess up the FG. But, people had already started to leave at that point.

We hold them and win the game. But, the Auburn crowd gives their team a standing ovation as they leave the field - they sing the fight song. They cheer wildly. No one is upset. Tons of Auburn fans told me "good game" as I was leaving the stadium. LSU fans were stunned that it was that close, but no one I talked to was really that upset. We got it. It was an SEC road game at night and it was a buzz saw.

If you weren't there, you would not understand. It was the most hostile crowd LSU willl face all year and that team full of top ten recruiting classes believed for alsomt 3 quarters of that game and gave us every ounce of fight they had.

That is what happened. Sure, we should have won by more. The turnover did us in. Then, we got conservative and made mistakes. But, this game should not be an indicator of how good this LSU team is. They have work to do, but this is the SEC.