With just under four minutes left in the fourth quarter against Minnesota, Georgia Southern head coach Chad Lunsford threw his arm around defensive coordinator Scot Sloan’s shoulders.
Both coaches had signs of glee after linebacker Rashad Byrd had just returned a Golden Gopher fumble 44 yards to give the Eagles a 32-28 lead.
Twitter was buzzing at the thought of another Big Ten school falling, GS faithful in TCF Bank Stadium were jumping with pride and it looked like the Eagles were going to pick up just their second Power 5 victory in program history.
But the celebration was premature.