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[QUOTE="PeteCalvin, post: 877048, member: 439"]
Auburn clearly had the better game plan.  Not even close.  And they kept FSU on their heels the entire game.  All the proof you need is that footage of FSU's D-Lineman sucking wind on the sideline...at crunch time of the 4th!  He was gassed!

The Auburn staff deserves a heck of a lot of credit.  At the same, FSU made some simple adjustments to get Winston back in the game.  Those short, quick passing routes built confidence and kept the chains moving.  FSU was in survival mode pretty much all game.  Auburn didn't hit that point until the 4th, and by then FSU's D was gassed.  Marshall's one blunder (the INT) probably cost Auburn a blowout win.  They had the momentum and the stamina at that point of the game.

But FSU never gave up.  They made the plays when they had to, and that's what great teams do.  They had just enough time left at the end to exert their will and stop Auburn's Magic Carpet Ride.  I honestly thought that some higher power was willing Auburn to this championship, especially when obvious facemask and horse collar calls were missed.  All was set right, though, with the pass interference call at the end.  It may not have mattered either way, but it gave FSU some breathing room.

Just a great game...well...4th quarter anyway.
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