Georgia turned what looked like a Friday night massacre by Georgia Tech into a miraculous Bulldog comeback win, 44-42, in eight overtimes.
The Bulldogs pulled out the victory after overcoming 20-6 and 27-13 fourth quarter deficits and pulled it out when freshman Nate Frazier ran up the middle for the mandated two-point conversion.
It came after a seventh overtime when Carson Beck was stopped on a design run up the middle and Smael Mondon was flagged for pass interference on a pass, giving the Yellow Jackets the ball at the 1 ½-yard line but CJ Allen stopped Haynes King’s run.
Allen then applied pressure on a King incomplete pass when the Yellow Jackets went first in the eighth overtime.
Beck hit Dominic Lovett on a 17-yard touchdown with 3:39 to go in regulation and then again on a 3-yard scoring strike with 1:01 to go.
Georgia safety Dan Jackson set up that score when he jarred the ball loose from quarterback Haynes King with two minutes to go, giving the Bulldogs the ball at the Yellow Jacket 32 after it was recovered by Chaz Chambliss.
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Georgia moved to 10-2 while the Yellow Jackets fell to 7-5 just three weeks after upsetting a No. 4 Miami.
The Bulldogs can win the SEC championship next week and now still has a chance to get in to the College Football Playoff if it loses as a three-loss team.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Georgia defeats Georgia Tech in eight overtimes, keeps CFP hopes alive
