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SCOTT JACOBS

Just got back from Atlanta.  Wow, what a crazy game I saw on Saturday.  Florida State-Georgia Tech in one of the craziest finishes imaginable.  From the thrill of near and inevitable victory to the shock and agony of defeat.  I’ve never seen a team’s fortunes swing so many times in such a short span live.  The Seminoles faithful packed Bobby Dodd to the point where it almost became a neutral field, but it wasn’t enough to propel then number 16 FSU over Georgia Tech.  Instead, the Seminoles went from on the verge of completing an improbable and stunning comeback, to fumbling the ball three yards into the endzone, and their amazing win became a more unbelievable loss.

I stood there in the stands of the endzone where it happened, and I just stared.  In utter disbelief.  Georgia Tech fans hugged, and screamed and stomped, and deliriously bounced up and down like they just won 10 million dollars.  It was the most paralyzing 30 seconds of my life. From stunned silence, to pure delirium.  I’ve never heard a stadium get so loud in my life.  My ears were shot for a good 20 minutes.  Florida State’s ACC Atlantic hopes, dashed for now.

And then Georgia Tech rushed the field.  The first time I had ever seen that in person.  And I was left to only stand there.  Just staring at the madness.  That was all I could do.  Look around, and take in the wildest finish I had seen live and in person in my life. 55,000 saw it.  And lots more on ABC.  But if you weren’t at the game, you wouldn’t truly understand what it was like.

This wasn’t just some ACC game between two teams just good enough to be contention for their respective division crowns.  This was a masterpiece.  A game that twisted and twirled, and shook you up all the way to your core.

I’ll never forget it as long as I live.

Heartbreak City, location: Atlanta, GA.

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