Georgia linebacker Amarlo Herrera (52) reacts after Auburn scored the game-winning touchdown Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium.ATHENS, Ga. — Time heals all wounds.
Georgia football players are going to need more time.
The Bulldogs are preparing for their final home game Saturday night against Kentucky, but the vision of Auburn’s miraculous 73-yard touchdown pass from Nick Marshall to Ricardo Louis on fourth-and-18 this past weekend remains all too vivid. The desperation heave was heading straight for Georgia safety Tray Matthews, but teammate Josh Harvey-Clemons collided into Matthews, causing a deflection that Louis juggled and snagged with 25 seconds remaining to propel Auburn to a 43-38 victory.
“You’ve got to get over it and make yourself get over it, but that’s kind of hard to forget,” Georgia inside linebacker Amarlo Herrera said Tuesday. “I’m watching the ball in the air, just knowing it was about to get picked or knocked down. Then you see it bounce up, and you’re like, ‘No way.'”
The crushing defeat eliminated Georgia from the SEC East chase, and it was the sixth game the Bulldogs have played this season to be decided by five or fewer points. It was also the second gut-wrenching loss with dejected players strewn all over the field that the Bulldogs have suffered in 11 months.