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No. 6 Georgia rallies to beat Georgia Tech 44-42 in eighth extra time, bolsters playoff hopes

No. 6 Georgia rallies to beat Georgia Tech 44-42 in eighth extra time, bolsters playoff hopes

Sports Nate Frazier ran for a 2-level conversion in the eighth extra time of a marathon for the ages after No. 6 Georgia pulled off fourth-quarter comeback, giving the Bulldogs a 44-42 victory over Georgia Tech on Friday night.

After falling on the aid of 17-0 at halftime and being dominated among the sport, the Bulldogs (10-2, No. 7 CFP) might per chance per chance well also have locked up a region in the College Soccer Playoff — no topic how they fare in subsequent weekend’s Southeastern Convention championship sport.

Carson Beck threw five landing passes, two of them in extra time, in a sport the Bulldogs never led except after law ended 27-all.

Georgia Tech (7-5) turned into once led by Haynes King, who ran for for three touchdowns and threw for 2 extra. Nonetheless the Yellow Jackets took their seventh straight loss to the Bulldogs, the live coming correct a miniature while after heart of the night on a frigid night between the hedges.

Frazier took a handoff from Beck and burst up the center, sending fireworks into the sky above Sanford Stadium.

It turned into once the longest sport in SEC historical past and correct one extra time petrified of the picture for any FBS sport — Illinois’ 20-18 victory over Penn Grunt in 2021 that went to nine extra intervals.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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