Auburn’s biggest moment on the road against No. 1 Georgia came down to a play the Tigers had been drilling, and Jeremiah Cobb was the one trusted to finish it.
Down 14-0, Auburn faced fourth-and-3 and turned to the senior running back on a shovel pass. Cobb powered through the line to gain, kept the drive alive and helped spark the comeback that followed. Two plays later, Auburn found the end zone for its first touchdown, setting off the run that led to the second victory in program history on the road against a top-ranked opponent.
Cobb said the Tigers had repped the call repeatedly.
“We kept practicing that,” Cobb said. “I messed up on it before in practice, but they still trusted me. It was awesome to go out there and complete that.
“It doesn’t matter if it’s fourth-and-1, first-and-10, every time I touch the ball it’s my job. That’s what we’re trying to do as a running backs group. I had to do that.”
Head coach Alex Golesh said the shovel pass was Auburn’s preferred answer on fourth-and-3.
“(Left guard) Wilson (Zierer) did a really good job pulling up and through, got just enough,” Golesh said. “The last yard Cobb went and got on his own.
There were a handful of runs where Cobb got a couple yards on his own. I’m proud of him.”
For Cobb, the play fit the work Auburn emphasized during its open date.
“Staying together as a group,” Cobb said of Auburn’s emphases during its open date. “Being more detailed and making something out of nothing sometimes which running backs have to do most of the time, so that’s what we did.”
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