3rd and 17 was a year ago today

Relief...

Based on how that game had gone and how they never had an answer for our offense, I wasn’t that surprised. Oh I cheered like hell from my seat in the east upper deck of DKR, but I remember thinking before the play, “I think we got this.” When JJ broke it for the score, that’s when I thought, “oh, holy shite!”

Went nuts with the few LSU fans I had around me. We were sitting in a sea of orange in the lower bowl.

I climbed a tree

I was a little squeamish before the play because neither team could stop the other's offense. If we had to punt it became a game of who had the ball last. My reaction was complete excitement because I knew it locked up the win. It turned out I was wrong since they went for an onside kick where recovering would give them a chance to win.

Regardless, it was a phenomenal game that we kept a leg up but there was enough doubt to keep it exciting. Our offense and defense improved so much over the course of the season and that game wasn't representative at all of how good that team would become.

As I've posted in previous threads regarding my 3rd and 17 conversion reaction- I was laughing maniacally after Burrow stepped up, swiftly dodged the blitz and hit Jefferson in stride. As he hauled it in, broke the tackle and sprinted down the sideline, I was in awe of our QB and quickly realizing that we had something special cooking on offense and that we were capable of absolutely anything.

I was relieved man. We couldn’t get a damn stop that half and the crowd was very loud deep into the 4th Q.

Joe stepped up and Jefferson housed it. It was a special night in Austin Texas.

I wont lie
I didnt see it coming but neither did texas