>> verne: the home depot on s.e.c. on cbs is brought to you by nissan. at&t. progressive. and by bud light. 31-20 the score. don't forget. later in the game the play of the game presented by napa auto parts. we've huddled up here and down in the truck and we have reached no decision. inconclusive evidence. >> gary: we do know that if we can call the jump pass, i guess auburn wants it too, they were ready for it and listen, everybody who watches football loves to second guess. you've got to wonder if dan mullen right now is second guessing himself that "i should have slammed the big guy in there, taken my chances."

>> verne: yeah. here is the kickoff. taken at the goal line by ricardo lewis. he's had a part in some heroics in an auburn uniform -- it's loose. forget the heroics. turnover. lewis with a fumble. louis with a fumble. >> gary: verne, it looked so innocent, didn't it? it looked like no big deeshlgs and then stripped right at the end. now you know the auburn coaches are saying forward progress. was he stopped? he fights, he fights, he spins, he gets put -- no, he was going back but it was right on the line. i think it's a good strip.

>> verne: quadry antoine stripped it. >> gary: gus malzahn wants to challenge it. i don't think can challenge forward progress. i don't think that's a challengeable call. >> verne: another look at ricardo lewis. >> gary: it looked so innocent. it looked like he would just go down here. he turns and fights and it's ripped just as he starts back. did he have the ball when he fell down? i did not see that. did he have possession -- i don't think he had possession of it, though, i really don't. that's what i think gus is challenging. >> referee: the auburn coach is

challenging the ruling on the field of a fumble. prior play is under further review. >> gary: no, when you stop it, it looks like he has control but in normal speed i don't think he had control of that ball. he has possession, and then it's out, and -- hey, i get paid to second guess but -- >> verne: i wondered where you were going with that. >> gary: i don't know what to say. >> verne: jim allison is the replay official. in his hands right now. there is the strip. >> gary: it's going to be whether he hit the ground and the ground caused the fumble. did he have possession of it? in my mind, i'm going to stick with he didn't. we'll see what the replay official thinks. >> verne: far be it from me to

straighten your side. we'll get the reverse angle. ball is loose. >> gary: the ball seems to be never back in control of ricardo louis. >> referee: after review, the ruling on the field is confirmed. auburn with a time out. they have lost their challenges for the game. >> gary: i think it was worth a shot, though. if anything, he bought some time for his people to get a rest. they just went 10 plays, 75 yards. if they could hold them to a field goal here it would be big.

>> verne: one time out remaining now for auburn. >> gary: field goal makes it a 14-point game. >> verne: play action prescott. malcolm johnson at the one. >> gary: same match-up. six versus 17. >> verne: i go with prescott here. no. the bowling ball. josh robinson.

>> verne: there is a young man with a low center of gravity and a high energy level. the extra point is good. malcolm johnson, the tight end with the catch to the goal line. >> gary: a fake screen. malcolm johnson runs the wheel route to the outside and it ends up being a back-shoulder throw. handled well, defended well and malcolm johnson epitomizes this mississippi state team. a high school two-star wide receiver who grew in to a tight end, and then they give it, as verne says, to the bowling ball. it began with a turnover on the kickoff. we've seen that before, haven't we? >> verne: oh. here is prescott.

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were away, josh robinson leading the crowd, and the joy is evident. the largest crowd ever to attend a mississippi state home game. 62,945. >> verne: kickoff. taken by corey grant. let's head back to new york once again. here is adam zucker. >> adam: verne, a sloppy one as well between alabama and arkansas. two fumbles apiece. bama turning within into a touchdown. blake sims to t.j. yeldon. bama a 7-0 lead in the second

quarter. back to you. >> verne: adam, thank you. going into today's play, the s.e.c. west standings, auburn and mississippi state here, later tonight ole miss-a&m. alabama as adam just told you out early on arkansas. what a division. first down, 10 but now down by 18. with 11:07 to go. brandon fulse, number 11. louis. >> gary: that's about the first time we've seen that play in this game. >> verne: i think so. louis with a little limp as he goes out.

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>> verne: handoff. cameron artis-payne. the reason i ask is because we haven't noted this yet but it's a bus ride from auburn to starkville. last night, this auburn team spent the night as the capstone hotel in -- where? tuscaloosa. first time ever, depending on how this turns out, maybe the last time ever. 9:53 to go. >> verne: third and two. >> gary: that's what we were used to seeing by the offensive

line in 2013 when they could just -- they're going to get called for a penalty here. they tried a substitution on first down. that won't work against -- that's very difficult to work. that's risky. it's going to cost them five yards. you knew that auburn would go up-tempo on that one. that was a bad substitution. >> referee: substitution infraction on the defense. 12 players. >> gary: minimum on the field. >> referee: five-yard penalty. first down. >> verne: yeah, there could have been more. how about the comparison between the two? >> gary: both guys delivered if you ask me. rushed for 93 yards. bad decisions by prescott. in the fourth quarter we wondered would auburn's experience make the difference?

remember we talked about that? mississippi state says who knows experience. play. turnovers have killed auburn. >> verne: my goodness. a little high. >> gary: as gus malzahn told allie -- i almost said tracy, i figured it out, slow down there -- told allie at halftime, "we dug ourselves in a hole and i think we could pull ourselves back in it" but when you do that, you make one more mistake and it feels like everything falls back down on you. >> verne: second down and one, 8:36 to go. marshall. man for man. coates can't hang o. >> gary: i like will redmond -- in this football game, two guys on defense really stood out. will redmond for mississippi state and jonathan jones for auburn. they have competed -- these are

tough players they're going against. those are big time athletes. sammie coates. wilson. those are big-time guys. >> verne: third and one. guess who. will redmond. >> gary: verne, when you put on the tape, you don't even have to watch it that long to watch this guy make plays. he's a bullet, and he's aggressive, and he makes the tackles. >> verne: daniel carlson is coming on to attempt a field goal. 38-20. if he's good with this -- >> gary: i'm surprised. i have to say. i would go for it. >> verne: 42 yards.

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sno38-23 before this huge crowd in starkville. thursday, football starts here, when rex ryan's new york jets take on tom brady and the rival patriots. another big time match-up in prime time on the nfl network and cbs. jim nantz, phil simms, tracy wolfson will be there. patriots have won six of the last seven and tom brady has decent career stats against the jets. >> gary: i'm surprised that dan mullen doesn't have his onside kickoff team on here to force the kick deep. i would line them up and just tell auburn "we're ready for it." >> verne: carlson will be the kickoff man. >> gary: there are only two players on that half of the field.

>> verne: now they go deep. at the goal line, brandon holloway, number 10. he doesn't get much. 38-23 here. let's find out what else going on. here is adam. >> adam: the top rushing offense in the s.e.c. scoring one on the top rushing defense in the conference. jonathan williams rumbling in for arkansas. bama blocks the extra point and still leads 7-6 trying to bounce back from the loss at hole miss last week. back to you. >> verne: adam, thank you. intermittent rain, sometimes heavy. it has subsided now. 38-23. first down, 10, auburn with one time out remaining. here is prescott. that was cute. >> gary: holding right at the

end of the play. wow. two mistakes. not staying inbounds, and then holding. >> verne: oh, yeah. >> gary: de'runnya wilson. dak has to slide and stay inbounds and wilson can't get a penalty in that situation. remember the nightmare that dan mullen almost had against l.s.u. he had an 18-point lead. >> referee: during the run, holding, number one, offense. 10 yards from the spot of the foul. still have a first down. >> gary: number one, de'runnya wilson on trovon reed. >> gary: that's more than

holding. >> verne: looked like wwe. >> gary: makes it short for a first down. what is it, two yards for a first down? >> verne: looks that way, yeah. prescott. he has been picked off twice today and you see robinson's numbers. here comes the auburn blitz. >> gary: that are selling out. >> verne: josh robinson tackled by davonte lambert. second and short. 6:46. >> gary: following up on that l.s.u. game, didn't kick the field goal, got tight at the end, put his back-ups early, said he learned a lesson in that game, they got away and survived. >> verne: prescott.

short. >> gary: nothing again. >> verne: right. one more stop and it's going to get nervous. >> verne: derrick moncrief with that tackle. third and two. >> gary: i started out saying the difference is a big quarterback being able to make third and one. if he could ever do it -- you know tebow would be doing it. cam would be flying over the top. let's see if dak prescott can take it over the top. he's going to line up under center. no. >> verne: no. here he comes. stopped short. >> gary: he did not make it. how about that defense for auburn. three straight plays. it was first and 2 1/2 and they

stopped him three straight times. my goodness. you've got to punt. >> verne: absolutely. fourth and one after it was first and two. a little late substitution. auburn very late getting set, and a flag is thrown. i don't know what was going on then. >> referee: substitution infraction. >> gary: mississippi state. >> referee: on the offense. 12 players into the formation and did not leave within three seconds. a five-yard penalty. remains fourth down. >> gary: yeah. this is a mini-meltdown. first you had your quarterback make a first down out to the 45 yard line, you get holding and

then you get first and two. you could have taken another 2 1/2 minutes off the clock. >> verne: the tigers will get it back with 5:04 remaining. fair catch called and taken at the 30 yard line. well, nick marshall gets to come back on the field. has shown the ability to come through in the clutch. 13 against mississippi state. he hit c.j. uzomah for a touchdown. auburn won it. ricardo louis in the iron bowl. sammie coates. and against kansas state it was duke williams. the junior college transfer to secure that road victory. now a formidable task but they have a chance. one time out. down 15. 4:56 to go.

marshall. sammie coates down low. >> gary: one time out with the football is no big deal. one time out without the football, when mississippi state controlled the game could be a quick -- mississippi state could not get a first down. >> verne: marshall slips it to cameron artis-payne. it will be third down. when they rehash this one, and they will for a while, don't forget. third quarter, first possession, auburn, 68-yard catch negated by an offensive pass interference call. this is cameron artis-payne looking for blocking help. settles to get out of bounds to stop the clock. >> gary: that was a tre mason run there. remember against alabama it looked like he was stopped. switched fields, cut back and got outside the defense.

a great run by cameron artis-payne there. this is going to go -- listen, i didn't think gus was doing it right. if they score there, he can tell me i was wrong because i'll admit it. >> verne: player down. it's one of the defensive stars. will redmond. where more than

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tonight cbs. nervous time if you're a mississippi state fan. iment fans and players for mississippi state look nervous. -- >> gary: fans and players for mississippi state look nervous. >> verne: first down, 10. marshall. preston smith, first man there. >> gary: mississippi state kept two safeties back. they trusted their front four to put pressure. they did not zero out. they played four corners that time. picked up men late. >> referee: 30-second time out. >> verne: dan mullen used the time out. both teams now with one left. >> verne: don't forget to stay tuned for the dodge post game show on cbs sports.

second and 14, gary. what do you think? >> gary: if they win this game, that's why they may be looking a little too far in front here because if they win this game they're going to be favored in the next three games and they would roll into alabama 9-0. in 2012 they went there 7-0. if they could win this game, the schedule favors mississippi state. >> verne: open week next week. so does auburn have an open week. 38-23. second and 14. marshall. woops. complete mix-up with sammie coates. third and 14.

>> gary: tolando cleveland could have almost ended the game. >> verne: two wides, bottom of the screen. that's ricardo louis moving. marshall steps up. rolls back out of trouble. got him open. that's a first down at the 22. ricardo louis. >> gary: that was russell wilson right there, you've got to admit it -- that's exactly what russell wilson has been doing in the nfl, spinning around -- no way this should work. -- no way this should work. makes the play for a first down. >> verne: first and 10 with 3:19 to go. marshall pumps. he has to throw it away. contact is made.