It’s easy to see why.
With another SEC victory in the bank, coupled with Texas A&M’s annual late-season tailspin, No. 8 Auburn (7-2, 5-1) moved within a defeat of Georgia (5-4, 3-4) from making the Iron Bowl a war for the SEC West title and — sorry, East — the de facto SEC Championship Game.
But it wasn’t all jubilation when Joshua Holsey, for the second game in a row, sealed it with an interception.
The air went out of Jordan-Hare Stadium when 18-wheeler Kamryn Pettway blew a tire on the way to a sure-fire 72-yard touchdown late in the fourth quarter.